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Rice Fcarcity in Canton.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY JUNE 24 11QIO
HONGKONO PARSI COMMUNIT
ROYAL ACKNOWLEDGMENTS,
MEETING OF HONGKONG CHINESE the Colonial Secretary acknowledging receipt
· MERCHANTS.
FLOOD RELIEF Fund 30 ne apPROINIATED,
zzad inst.
Sir HoN. Mody is in receipt of a letter from ol a telegram from the membat of the Parst community of Hongkong, forwarded on the. 10th May by the Officer Administering the Government, conveying a message of sympathy King Edward VII.,
Sensational Affair on
8.S.Yarra.
FRENCH PRISONER SHOT:
MAN'S 'DYING DEPOSITION. TAKEŃ,
21st lust,
The French mail steamer Yarre, was the
HOUSE COLLAPSE AT MACAO,
INMATES SERIOUSLY" INJURED.
18th lant,"
An accident, which may have fital results, is reported from Maczo in broad daylight yes terday a two storey Chinese building in Praia "Andaco, in front of the Sepoy Quinters, near the HarbourDice, suddenly collapied without any warning: What takes the occurrence the
"COTTON INDUSTRY IN CHINA.
THE SHANGHAI MILLS,
Io a recently published latter, we learn from the Weekly Conanlar and Trade Reports of the United States, Mr Frank G. Carpenter described the cotton industry in China, the character of piece goods made in the Shanghal muile, and the waysı pald'operativet, a large proportion of whom als women and children, Min. Carpenter writer
BULLION
Metz, Samuel Montagn & Co's Bullion report dated London, May 25, contains the following
Gold. The atrivals of bar gold from the Cape, ble amounted to about £480,000, and were divided between the Bank of England, India (6177,000), and the Contimant.
Aire in the French exchange - rendered gold movements practicable, and the Bank of Franca let out several parcota of, bar, gold:
Readers of the Hongkong Talent: wits on the occasion of the doth of His late Kojenlyceus of po little, excitament shortly, before|| more remarkable is the fict that the building, Shanghai is: preparing to manufacture for the arrival of which is noted below. Abouta
· The letter states that he telegram had been eight o'clock Tant sight as the role of a to all outward appearance, was 'parfectly sound the new. China,: It is putting up factories and £300,000 has also been shipped from Germany.
Save learnt that during iba past few weeks, in consequence of the profogged drought is South China, fears were entertained in official circles in Canton and by the local gentry, that famine would stalk the land bringing along with it all its contomilant evils. Among the manutes devia. ad to avert the threatened calamity was the very practical one of importing large quantities of grain from Saigon and Bangkok and, nador 'an organfred system of distributlen, sold at cheap prices to the indigent population of Canton and its environs,
This cheap distribution of the staple com modity of the native population of the Benthem Capital was commenced last week, whan four different polets scattered over the most densely populated put of the City rice was sold under the supervision of a specially appointed committee nominated by the numerous charitable associations in Can 10期.
*HONGKONG'S GOOD OFFICES were also solicited in furtherance of this em inantly charitable undertaking. A deputation was sent down from Cantón by the easymon- aty isnkuticos who have since been to con ference with the committee of the Tung Wa Hospital devising ways and means for the bet ter giving effect to the scheme planned nutia ald of the poor_and_needy_ib_CALtin in their straitened situation Two mastings were held At the Tung Wa Hospital at which it was de- cided that a recommendation he made to the Committee of the Flood Relief Funds, to ap propriate the balance of the money remaiolüg over from 1908 in soppart of the measures now la progress having for their object the relief of the poor threatened with famiss by the - scarcity and the deatoess" of rice in South Chins. The amount available for the purpose jia mums of
OVER 90,00 TAELS,
When the Coton deputies first arrived at Hongkong a little over a fortnigh ngo the situation.was not at all reassuring, but since then the extreme lension has been somewhat" colaxed. This was explained to us by Mr. Lau Chu-pak nihis morning, who, when interviewed, stated that the piles of rice bad gone down and that the people in their comforting knowledge thatistance was close at hand did not regard the im- mediate future with that look of despair that seemed to have lurked in their minds be- fore it became generally knows that or ganised help was about to be carried out. The promptaess with which the Cheap Rice Distribution Committee had ordered their applia from Saigon and Slam hat defented the possibility of any corner which, had it *been inccessfully engineered, would have spelt. rain to the hundreds of thousands of the labourers and agriculierists in the interior, Fortunately for them the timely arrival of adequate supplies bas relieved the situation of Be worst features, at any rate for the moment.
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laid before Their Majesties by Lord Cone who
was commanded to request His Excellency to express to Sis Hormujse and the members of the Pasi community of Hongkong the thanks of the Queen Mother for their kind mes anges of sympathy with herself and the Regal Family and also the thacks of His Majesty the King for their assurance of devotion to His
YESTERDAY'S MEETING. Information baving reached the Chinese here lo Hongkong that the Flood_Relief Com | mittes are showing hesitancy in appropriat. ing the relief funds to aid the Rice Committee a general meeting of the sub. scribers in Hoogkong to the fand wis held at the Tung Wa Hospital last evening under the presidancy of Mr. Lau Chu-pak, chairman of directors of the local hospital." After discussion It was again resolved that the money should be appropriated in the maonor decided upon at the saellar meetings, unless, of course, it be found ibat the necessity for its appropriation does not from any cause arise any longer. Some of the speakers at the meeting remarked, that they hould endeavour to ward of any trou ble or disturbance which, perchance, might be brought about through a scarcity of the male staple of the Chloese in Cauton; for they “could nei lielp but think that were a ript or any rising to occur to the Colony's own im- mediate neighbourhood, business in Hong- kong would be prejudicially affected thereby They were all agreed that the Chiness in Hongkong should do what they could to assist thely kinsmen in Canton in their dire stralto,
When our representative visited Mr. Leu Chu- pake in his sametum sinctorum this morning that gentleman was in conference with mom- barn of the Danton depolation; but as tha, busy man is the one who always finds time, Mr, Lau courteously acepided the Telegraph re- presentative sa Interview and kindly placed at his disposal the facts recorded above.
THE MERCHANT SERVICES OF GREAT BRITAIN, AND FRANCE.
The following is a copy of a letter which has barn received by the Imperial Merchant Ser vice Guild from the representatives of the cap. tains and officers to the Merchant Service of France:-
Fédération des Syndicate. de Capitaines av Long-Cours de France, 105, Rue de Paris, - to Le Havre, in 18 Mal, 19 0. Monsieur le Capitalno T. W. Moore
Secrétaire de "The Impérial Merchant
Service Guild," The Arcade, Loid Street,
reet, Liverpool, Ang Dear Sir,-We bare the honour to approach you to express to our English comrades the profound regret that is caused to us by the death of His Majesty King Edward VII.
Jeterre,'
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We have many pleasant recollections of this grant friend of France, and pray that the mem- hers of the Imperial Merchant Service Guild will accept our lacere condolences
With the assurance of our cordial and de.
vout sympathy.-1 am, o!c......
(Pour le Président de la Fédération),
„,. Le Secrétaire-général, (Signed), E; A. REYDIER.
RUBBER DIVIDENDS.
BARDYCROFT AND JOHORE.
Mesir. ES. Kadoorie and Co, are in receipt of advices from Singapore that the Sandycroft. Robber Co. bave declared an inístim dividend of so% payable to registered shareholders angist July; also, the Singapore and fobois dividend,. declared some time ago, is payalgia register od shareholders sa jalb Jane,
It would therefore be adviskas let all bold, ers of scrip in the above naman ompanion 10. sand sima to' Singapore for transfólkafore the dates madtioned, so as to secure hi dividends.
person;
A CHINESE THEATRE.
Look, ea! That was what my friend Woked remarked, I looked. Bayóad a mul-, titude of putty-laced Chinumen there one a There was huge maand bamboo godown.
My first
recount to arms by a soldier on board is copsequence of which a French prisoner who bad been arrested for a serious crime and whose name we have been unable to ascer tain, was severely and, it is feared, fatally injured, it appeals that the victim of the incident, who was travelling on the liner is the capacity of a prisoner to be finally de livered to the Saigon authorities, was ordered by the soldier who had been handed a French Governmmat Bervice revolver with which to keep guard over the prisssor, to place his dinner plata -outaida: his cell but the order was 'disobeyed and the prisoner want on to' the gangway on the main deck with the plate in his hand. He was ordered to de liver the plate and return to his cell, but on the prisoner aguia refusing to comply with the
the the impression was what a splendid order, the prisoner's guard discharged his te hangar" it would make for the Albert Hall if yolver at his obdumale charge, fiting three shots which pierced the victim's lungs, the latter drop. the Albert Hall worn only a flying machine.
We pushed through the shoals of yellow-ping on receiving the third bullet midway on tbs faced Celestials, circled round the godown, staircase. The injured man was removed to the Government Civil Hospital, where shortly and entered the stage-door. I bat took us into the dressing room. Thote was but one, but afterwards, his dying deposition was taken by Mr. J. R. Wood, Second Police Magistrats, that large spaugh for the Grenadier Guards to
The ship sailed one o'clock this afternoon marcavre is. A shelf ran the whole length
for Europe, and wn waderstand the Police of the room, and over this were one or two
authorities at Talman-taui are conducting is small mirrote, Helore these the members of the company wore touching up with grease quiries into the mitter. paint, the company, of course, being all men. But for the lile of me I could have sworn that the women were the real thing, so marvellous was the make-up.
Wakes took me through this room to the other side, pulled aside a curtain, and ashored. me.on to the stage.
This is what I saw. On either side two wide.
GALLERIES
sloped op gently from the platform for the whole length of the building. Between those the contre of the theatre fro a stage to entrance was packed with half of China, Tall Manding The other hall was sitting lo no galleries. I tried in const the heads, but after getting to the second million gave it up. That swaying mass in the centre had bean standing for four hours with the thaimamater at about 500 degrees out- side and 430 degrees in
THE STAGE
was just an open platform, similar to an ordia- ary concert platform, with nothing in the way of scenery beyond a coloured daub of a rag hanging at the back. If a Chinaman cannot act without the aid of scenery he is only fit to sing bymas in the mission hall, The actors made their entrance from curtained apertures on either side of the platform..
The orchestra'sat io a row against the cur lain at the back, making a little Hades all on their own. The instruments were Chinave.
hat is the only way I can describe them. When the flute-player stopped for a breath- and in that awful atmosphere be 'might be ex cased for taking à brena once in six hours- the nearest actor on the stage simply sleppad over and banged him on the side of the head, the Eastern cue to continue playing.
I took a soit at the side of the stage, the only European in an audience of fiye millions-or was it is?-and yet not a single soul was vulgar enough to stare at me. Not even ing Edward himself would have been daturbed. Near me on the stage was a'Chiadmis whose garments must have belonged to a stoker in the Ark, le squatted at a cauldron making chow for tha orchestra.
What the play was about. I have not the re- motest ides, and as a Chinese
PLAY NEVER ENDS,
and I am getting on in life, I Bad not the time to say and fad out. I think it must have boca a comedy, for whenever the loading man spoko the whole five millions simply shrieked,
As I have stated, the building was made of matting and bamboo, and if struck me that
some gocios bad put a lighted match to it in by the early door would have been able to 10.ace what would happen, those who came give the curious one a pretty vivid picture of the result, Abové the slago there was a tear in the mating of the rool, and the sun's rays ware just coming down molten hot through it on to the scalp of the flute player. Udder such circumsinates an English artis: would have fumed, sweated, or dropped dad from apoplexy. Our Chiosie friend did nose of these things. He simply holsted a gemp over his shoulder and went on playing.
Down in the area the atmosphere must have been appalling, and yet the coolies ware; so densely packed that it was quite impossible to raise a hand to brush' off the offending fly that had settled on the coolie's pose to complete its toilot. If your arms were' down when you came in; they stayed there. If by any super. human effort you raised one, that aim bevat. -went dowo again."
There was ODS
PUTTY-FACED. HEATHEN somewhat taller than the cool.o behind. The shorter had apparen∙ly appealed in vaic in the long ondt öar to lower his head, and now resorted to other tactics." It was amp suble, to raise his fits to fight, he quietly sered the dangling retail of his enemy" and began winding and winding it around ba wrist, when he tons on on the tall one's scalp be came tog intense; the offending head ducked down and so cleared the shart one's field of vision.
At this piặt I was fúnt with the heat and: 5.ck of the odour of the orches'ra's chow, so quietly retired.
Two things I shall never forget-lba per. severance of the Chinese actor, the pulence of his audience.-Monro Anderson, Fa Pall Mall Garetia
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THE CHINA ASSOCIATION.
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- On the occasion of the death of King Edward. Vil the london Brauch of ika. Chipa a 180- ciation, on the initiation of the Chairman, Mr. F. Andsison, sent to Windsor Castia a palm leaf and laurel chaplet about four last bịgh, tied with broad purple silk, to which was at. tached a card bearing the following inscriptions,
A tribute from the China Association, Lon don, on behalf of the British Commisitles in Hongkong, Chion, and Japan."
The following" acknowledgement was re-, ceived from Mr. A. Y. Nutt, H.v.o.-I bog to acknowledge receipt of the beautiful Palm Leat Chaplet from the China 'Association, London, os Eobalf of the British Communities at Hong- Kong, Chlos, and Japan, which was deposited with other Baral tributes in the precincts of Bie George's Chapel, Windsor: Oksito, st tha, frer af ke Kobe branch of the funeral of His lata Majosty King Edward VII,
Asbf, left Kobe by Talf for
buday morning (6th Instant) El A
Babicupatly sto WITH kii diesl enterprise,, Mr. Mes Cheung bidas Ballway, han for sale on Monday, photograpte of the 10 Invaliza's the phenleg ceremony of the new Belmon's Ins
MALICE IN BUNDERLAND AND THROUGH THE MAGNI- FYING GLASS
The Change was grinning on the Band,'
Gribning away the gloom,
It did its very best to tako
The market free from doom- And this was odd, because it was The middle of the brom The Soup was grinalog sulkily, i
Because she thought the Change, Had got no business ta' ba thate -
While she was on the range 'It's very rude fadeed,' she said,
'After such rumours stringal', The Shares were wet as wat could be,
The Packsti dry as dry. You could not res a Sala, becausa
The Sales were all my ayo; No Buyers hovered round the Club-
There was ao ona tó buy. - The Voodor and ike skarebroker Were strolling close albuzi. They went like anything to see
Young fellows geing wrong: 'Ifthese were only cleared Away,
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They said, things would be strong.'. *Ilaoven men with seven lakhi
Carried for half a your,
'Do you suppose, the Vendor said,
That they would get them clear? 'I doubt it,' said the Sbarebroker,
And shed a bitter tear,
*O Public, come and feed with us !'
The Vendor did beseech,
'A pleasant mesh, a pleasant deal,
To keep us off the beach: *We caupot all come in ground floors: But here's a chance for each The Older Public looked at him,
But never a word they sold: The Older Public winked their eye,
And shook their heavy head- Manning to say they did not choose
By Kanucks to be hind.
But four: Young Public hurried up.
All eager for 4'splash': Their hats were new; their clothes
smart,
Their waistcoat's very fath And this was add because, you know,
They hadn't any cash,
Four other Public followed them,
And yet another four; And thick and fut, they came at last, And more, and mare, and more- All looking through the flawlog bowl, To get in on things sure, but The Vendor and the Sbarabroker
Went on a month or so, And then they fixed upon a rate
Conveniently low!
And all the little Public stood
And waited in a row. The time has come, the Vendor said,
To talk of many things:
Of tin-and Tre-and Cocoscats- 'Of Coffee Trees-and Klings- 'And why the Kerosene must not
'Be meationed in the wings. **But wait a bit', the Public cred.
'Before we have our chat; Though some of us are out of debt,
'Wè none of us are fat!! ''Don't worry 1' said the Sharebroker.
They thanked him much for that A book of cheques; the Vendor said,
Is what we chiefly need: 'Credit and Compradores besides.
'Are very good indead-t New, if you're ready, Pablic dear,
We can begin to feed... But not on us! the Public cried,
Terning a little blas. *After such kindness that would be [["A_spivvy thing
dott
The night is foe, the Vender said,
ra bathe in the Whangpool 'It was so kind of you to comet
And you are very chic t The Sharebroker said nothing but
'Let's have another...bic. I wish you would not brag so much You make me feel quite sick!! *It seems a abane, the Vendor said, To make each one a lamb. After walva go! them in so far,
'And filled them up on chim I' The Sharebroker said nothing but
I do not care a➡- 1o
"I weep for you the Vendor said, ***-'I'deeply sympathiza,**** With sobs and tears he'd aborted out
The shares he'd said world rise, Holding his last prospectus bluff - Balore his streaming eyes.
were
O Pabllc,' said the Sharebroker,
"You're bad your bit of fan! "Shall we be satifing up just now!
But answer there came none And this was scarcely odd; bicanIO
They'd skloned them, every one.
-Shanghai Tirasi,
THE CHANGSHA RIOTS
CLAIMS FOR COMPEKJATIÓW.
The Brillah and Japanese clair ties whh the Chargaba riots: sympe: cally couched
All
and there was not the faintest indication to give foundries, and starting all sorts of new indus- rise to suspicion that it was in danger of col lapsing as it did so suddenly yesterday, ties. It has slik filatures which are producing Ods Chinite woman and two children, who bales of raw silk for our American wanvers, had no time to make good their escape, were modern fur mills equipped with Mil- entombed under the debris. As son as the waukes machinery, and a cigareits factory accident became known the Indian soldiers, owned by the America tobacco irast which quartered in the near-by barracks, and the Euro-mploys more than 1,000 hands. It has eight pean palice at guce repaired to the scene of seat cotton mills with several hundred thous the occurrence to render assistance.
When
ind spladies and' soms which have 80,000 or the woman and children ware recovered from 90,000 spindles in a single establishment. In these mills over 30,000 Chino10 men, women, under the heap of wreckage they were found to ba seriously,lojured,
and children are employed, and they are spin- "bing and weaving callon, quita, us wall on in say of our Americao factorien. The most of them aremanaged by Chinese foremer, and they give some idea of how the Celestials expect to make their own cloth in the fatore.
CORRESPONDENCE.
We do not necessarily endarás the opinions expressed
by correspondcous in this column,)
SEAMEN'S INSTITUTE,
To run. Eutron or the “Ilónakond Telegraphit
Deaf Sir- was one of thote present at the opecing of the Seamen's Institute on Saturday, fully expected that the large concert hall would have been overcrowded by members of the British mercantile marine. To my as tonishment thers did not seem to be a dozen. present, if as many. The very same of the instation implied the character of the assembly that one was led to expect and, as suraly, dis appointed. True, there was large and representative attendance. But represents tive of what, I would like to, sik? : Was it representative of the Twla Services? It not, then the gathering was miserably deficient for a ceremony of the importance of the occasion.
The principal speakers in that alernoon had for their theme the seamen and wore ontansibly addressing body principally composed of British sasmen.”** If a gathering, consisting in the main of ladies whose better-batves, for the most part, are not even identified with shipping interests in the Colony, can by any stretch of imaginationbe described as representing British soamed, then the assembly last Saturday was worthy of that derīgastipe.
I went through the establishment of the Soy Chee Cotton Spinning Company, on thẻ. Huangpu River, the branch of the Yangtze which gives Shanghal access to the sea. The buildings cover several acres. They are of
gray brick sbádowed by huge smokasticks.
CHILD LABOUR AND WAGES,
Over 1,ccɔ men, women, and children are employed. I went through room after room Alled with girls who ware weaving and spin nigg, and saw 200 children tending the ma chines. Some of them were Bitila tois not higher than my waist, The children warn pulling baskets filled with bobbine about the rooms. The large ones ware tending the apinning machines. Their wages were abɔuj four of our cents per day, and the pay of the older bands ranged from that to twenty cents. The manager told me that they had many whole families employed in his factory, father, mother and children all-working-thora baing no law against child labour,
This factory works day and night, and there are quite as many children employed in the night shift as in the daytime. One thousand bands are always busy all the year through. its chief product cotton "yara for the domestic weavers. This is made up into bundles, which are then packed loto bales of 400 pounds each and shipped all over the Itis no mirepresentation that British seamen country.. The yarn is woven into cloth ou were conspicuous by their absence. Their hand looms, and it supplies a largo part of the failure to appear at the inaugural ceremony clothing of the common people. I am told. cannot certainly be put down to apathetic in there are something like 305,coo spindles now difference on their part to the munificence worklog upon such yarn at Shangbal, and also which prompted such a splendid gift to those a large number at Ningpo and Soochow, There that go dows to the sea in ships-one that is at is poe big mill at Hangchow, one at Canton, the same time na architectural ornament to she and some at Hongkong, Wachang, and Hay. eastern end of the City. There is no questionkow. The labour is abundant and the people that the officers and European crew of the easily learn to handle the modern machinery: shipping in port, last Saturday should have been invited to a function eminently gratifying thom,' If not for the edifying in fatace of the hymn and preceded the ceremony, at least for the land, and only certain specialties come from the benefit they would have derived from the United States. In one factory. I found ́an masterly discourse of His Excellency Sir American electric-light plant with 6,000 electric Henry May-a discourse fall of salutary homily lamps burning, and is another there we tactfully dressed topical witticisms. ft dera fica machines, and the employer had a fire would have done the sailors good also to drill every week, in nearly every place the listen from His Excellency's own lips his wages were as low or lower than those I have appreciation of the "bullock's heart that has quoted, the highest like thirty cents per days proved itself 10, magoaplmons to the sailors, while a good average wage was eight or ten who make the port their occasional halting cents. I found girls at work in all of the fac place. Yours, etc.
toties, and I know of nons which, does not A. B.
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The Chinese are rapidly introducing the batter class of machines, and their mills are already about as well equipped as our own. A
The following amounts were recaired by the Bank of England May 196172,000 la ber gold,
21,000 la bar gold..
#16,000 Jasovereigna.com Ang
94,000 la bar gold. *** 267,000 in bar gold from France;
59,000 in French gold coln, Withdrawals were made an under:--- May 19 £25,000 in soys. set aside for Strmits
Settlements.pw
5,000 IN HOVE set guide for Straits
Settlements,
200,000 in sovereigns for South
| 24, 105,000; ̧ in sovereignn for... South
w America, d
The bet inflex amounts to La98,000
As pre-arranged, £50,00, zavareigas from Australia "wore earmarked for the Indian Currency Reserve,
Silver-The dull tendency of prices bus confirmed the views of the market which wa expressed last week.
it is quite possible that with ■"conilopance of good news at to the Monsoon, speculativă intérest may broadon"in the West as wall an In the Eail, and thus the stress of carrying the whole burdan of the market may be spread
vox ather shoulders."
Inaninch as before the justifiable hopes of Tadian Government boying materialize somu time must slapse, the cumulative, pressure of daily offerings during the interim Will involve a certain amount of strain unless other demands sat in, and for that reason movements of prices in the no future cannot be gauged with cer titude
It is officially reported that the Central Pro vices of India have quite recovered from the aftermath of the famine of 1907-1908, SAM
Considering that the famine was so severely felt in this district, the promptitude and com pletents of the recovery is both a compliment to the famine administration and a testimony to the prosperity of agricultural affaires,
Naxi hai bana" received by cable from, Paking that the Chlosse Gorarament is about to strike, colas of the new decimal coloaga. As la wall known, the passing of an edict and the carrying out thermal in Quina are two very of an attempt to cope with a reform in currency, different thlogs; it is none the less indicativa)
On the aid instant a shipment of £10,000v was mide from San Francisco,to Hongkongs
The quotation tɔ-day for cash is x/röd, lower; than that quoted a week ago; the two months,
player which part of their machinery is imported from Price is the sama.
Hongkong, 1st June............
"THE ALL-RAIL ROUTE"
A REVIEW.
employ children, so
VAST CONSUMPTION OF COTION CLOTH. Our cotton factories should send their agents hero lo study the market. Taose prople dress in cotton instead of silk, and most of the cloth. used in span and realed by hand and woven at home. With the new civilization wages will rise and the Chinese will wear more cotion than What a comic thing nomenclature is and how ever before. At present it is wale to say that erratically we poor men folk (especially literary there are at least 400,000,000 of them who folk) use or misuse language to express or to dress in such goods all the year round. disguise, cor messing! An interesting little They wear only one two thin gar.. book lies before us; it is one of the best guidements, in the summer, bat in winter books we have yet seen, but we cannot help wish they have several suits well wadded to keep ing that the author had resisted the temptation themselves warm, and in the northern pro- of using a catchy bat inaccurate title. The rinces they put on suit after suit as the weather Route is of course, from Europe to the Fat grows colder. Even at one suit of twenty yarde Est, and I will save time and argument if we to each parson per yearthe amount of cotton used say at once that as far as the rail is concerned is so great that at least 8,000,000,000 yards are you can go by traie from anywhere on the required. This amount is beyond comproben Continent of Europe that has a 'railway to sina. It would carpil a pathway sixty feat wide Peking, and even to Hankow. The author from New York to Chicago, Ourtdial shipment of "Christophers' Handbook to the All-Rail of cotton goods to other countries is less than Roate" did not go from Hankow to Peking by $33,000,000 a year, add all we send to Asis rail. He might have done so, but he didn't, sails for less than $1,000,000, That which goes He did not go from Bombay to Colombo and to China would hardly patch the kanes of the thence to Singapore and thence to Hongkong Calostials, let alone make their clabı, and thence to Shanghal by rail, because he couldn't. But he did do everything except givi "AD BCCDraje namie to a useful little book. Hi describes how to travel from here to Europe and what jo sas, where to daily (and why not | CRITICISMS OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT. at Dalby) io readably that we recommend the book, which contains several excellant photo- graphs and two. ustial maps The Index unusually complete for a book of this kind,
The All Rail Routs between the Far East and Eurogs, With Maps and Illustrations from photographs taken by the Author, London: Christophers, Lancaster Place, Strand, W. O.,
THE SUNKEN DEWEY:
PROGRESS. OF. SALVAGE WORK,
An Olongapo despatch of 17th Juan says:-- Within three wocks, the drydock Dewey will emerge from the mud and be ready for the repairs to machinery which will made it as set viceable as it was before its sudden deacan into the big
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This is the concensus of opinion among Deval men who have been watching the preli minary work which Naval Constructor L S Adams bai now brought to completion. This work has incinded the pumping of almost every compartment to a degree that has proved them to be without loske of magnitada suff cient to hinder the ralaing, tha
Now will begin the work of raising the deck, The dock will be examined for possible leaks and any that are found will be made tight Then the pumping will be started and the dock raised suiciently to get at the machinery Whether this can be used to aid in the raising or not has not been determined as yet, thougs some of it has already been found in good con dillon.
....... Nothing. the preliminary work, bas deve loped to show open valves or widespread damage to the bottom of the dock as WAN FORTE at first.
RAILWAYS IN "CHINA,
Londor, June 17,
Buraler, discussing in the House of Commons Mr. G. A. "Arbuikast, Unionist member, for
railway concessious le Chins, urged bat support should be given to the British interests involved in the Chinchon-Algun Railway, He denied that China bad graded a concession to any- body is connexion with the line. Hence the Scott Mouravie Agreement did not apply Mr. Arbaibnot contended that the Govern ment's Argemnot...¿ was farther invalidate ed by Germany's participation in the Canton Hapkow Rsilway, which was to be constructed within the sphere of British in uence defined in 1898. He contended that bees considerably modified by recent traatias the whole principle of spheres of influenca bad and alleged that Russia and Japan shewed signs of impatience at the restraining lofsence of the
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DESCRIPTION,
The allegorical border, designed by : Sir Edward J. Poynter, Bart, president of the Royal Academy, typifias the Mourning of a Nation
drawing aside a curtals and displaying the Above, on each side, le a winged figure touching Letter of the sorrowing Queen. Os the left, the design represents Britannia mõnen. ing her loss, The Harp with the broken string and the broken, withered branch of the rose sug gest the sovaring of the thread of the Life which, played so important a part in the harmony of the Empire, and the breaking off of its Joys and activities, By Britannia's side, standa, the Bute of Grief offdring a cypress wreath 4 Beg low them, two boys astride, on"Dolphins, and holding the Trident, the dea
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descending to take the Trumpat, her well ** On the right is the winged figure of Fame. known emblem, which a winged cherub holdi up to her. By his side sits the Mase of History policy of equal opporscity in Manchuria, with a tablet ready to record to Posterity the wirral Division, Cheshire, contended that, if of Peace, of Blessings and of kindly deeds. Mr. Gershom Stewart, Unionist member for nobls achievements of the departed, a Reign Great Britain welcomes others to her sphere of The two boys beneath, placing a girdle about infidence, Britons should be allowed to enjoy the earth, suggest the Empire on which the opportunities for railway enterprise in Shantung sun never sote or less closed. He claimed that Chias Shamrock and the Thistle, supported by iga and Manchurls, which were DOW BOTE From the centre below spring the Ross, the had treated the original British negotiators for bayi, pas holding, the broken ross branch and- the Canzon-Hankow undertsking with want of the other the avar blooming rose" springia” consideration. The British Foreign Office into fresh life with the advent of the coming should have supported the megalator He Sovereignamiglio Way Treaty was a dead fatter and that this was complained that the coinaga clause of the Mac- producior serious rabbits, Mr. Stewart also
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Sir Edward Gry, Seemlaty of State for Foreign Affairs.in reply reaffirmed the statement that the only reasonable couran for the British Its monounced locally that GOVEremant was to melotain a neatral attitude. Astation, will be brought of in In sogard to the Chinchou-Algus lipo «natil | June 11 of Bungel: Royal and: Bung *China had discussed the mstier and had reostales at present, owned by: Memm" UNDER Cate Shanghai, 26th lost, Messrs, rad the Russian and Japanese objections, and walon slasted at Kaala Kangsar Whenlock & Co. wrin sWe have to report i He again stated that China had grated a con miles from Surge) Siput stati very dull fortnight, la our Homeward Fasigh; cession für's loan för making the railway At A The astazas adjoin and compe market, and but for isa to Europe and America the same time he warmly welcomed British pianist and and side good-oil to New York, there is way and American cooperation is commercial mate litla geargo
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