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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH THURSDAY JULY
Apart
THE COL WAN APPAISS
GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
His Excellency the Officer Adulolstering the Gorerament and Lady May gave a dinner Party at Government House on Wednesday the 27th inst. The following were invited Commodore Eyres, Mr Cooks, Mr. and Mrs. Chatham, Deputy Inspector General and Mrs. Barrington, Mr. and Mr Leiria, Mr. Carleton, Mr Tv:ntschald, Mr. Mucido, Capt. da Cunha Lima, Capt. Hopcraft and Mr. O.E. G. David- son. After dinner the party went to the land Concert in the Public Gardens.
BAND IN THE BOTANICAL GARDENS.
this prosaic nineteenth century from Colowan, however, cases of piracy on
CHINESE OFFICIAL VERSION. the upper reaches of the Canton River and
According to the local Chinese papers, Vice- on the West River are still of not infrequent occurrence; and it would be well if the roy Yün Shu-batu Canton bas dispatched Chinese Government once and for all tunde telegrass to the Viceroys and Governors, in a clean sweep of these piratical pests from the following terms. In the years of Tao Kwang the Portuguess had built forte near the great southern waterway. As regarde Kolowas, which has been a nest of malcontents: Hongkong, her history, contains long. In the last month a dezin er more of students list of piracies committed within her from the Sap-oing district bad been taken Gwn territorial waters. When the island pileopore by the malcontents and held for was fint ceded to Great Britain the ransom. As the boundary question was sea all around was infested by pirates, ponding, the Viceroy says that he coulă In 1843 the then Governor, Sir El. Pot not ask the Macan Governor to take stepsi tinger, tried to induce the Chinese authori and thus acknowledge Portuguesn'jurisdiçtion ;
LAST NIGHT'S CONCERT. ties to co-operate with him in suppressing either could be send troops to raise tolera- tional complications. Meanwhile applications piracy in local waters, but we read that his
were made by parties concerned to the Macao,
Ideal weather condtitods favoured the efforts were neutralised by corruption on the Governor, who sent troop to effect the arrest secand concert by the Band of the Doffs in the Chinese side, Trading and fishing boats of the malcontents. A few men were, however, Public Gardens last night in the presence had to pay regular blackmail to these des killed by the malcontents. A fresh attack was of a good gathering. A variety of musical peradoes. About 1849 the British Govern- also sepulsed and the desperadoes took the selections to suit all tastes had been arranged ment appeared to awake to the necessity of Portuguese forts and in cted loss on the for- for the occasion and with such masterly taking stronger measures for dealing with tuguese. Then the Portuguess shelled the interpretation of the pieces as was given place, retook the forts and rescued the students by the talented.combination of musicians under the evil, and warships were despatched to others who had boun kidnapped. Many Bandmaster Hewett the evening could not have Hongkong to extirpate the pirates. These of the nicontents were reputsad. For several beep otherwise than pleasant. With Chisoa warships destroyed 'tome 8o piratical armed days the ringuese blockaded the place. The fapieros doited hara and there in various parts and heavily manned junke-some of the en-Portuguese did not allow the Chinese troops to of the gardens and a starry sky above, the assem- gagements taking place in Mits Bay and set. An the boundary question is pending, bled company enjoyed the cool evening Air on Aberdeen Bay. Still piracy flourished. As although applications had been made to them, the terraced walks of the well-kept gardens and many as yo cases were reported during the the Portuguero were wong in not informing any amorous couples happened to be there year 1853, the most shocking case being the China beforehand of the logs they took. The fast night, they must have found the place a vérit murder of the captain, officers and passen siege, however, was really to suppress the malable lover's book, so secure were they owing to gets of the 8.s. Arrafoon Aptar, by the contests, and many persons have been escurd. the condition prevailing from vulgar, prying As he fears that rumours may spread, the eyes. His Excellency the Officer Administering Chinese crew, 'on the 5th of August. The Viceroy soods this tologram for general in the Government and Lady May and a party from periodical onslaughts made by British men formation. He also says that though the Chi-
Government House were also present durlog of-war on the pirates swarming in the neigh-acso wera prevested frgin operating against the the evening and remained in the gardens for bourhood of Hongkong still appeared to malcontents, gunboats were ordered to exercise the greater part of the evening. Perhaps the make littic impression. A whole pirate vigilance in patrolling the Obisete territory most favourite pieces were Leo. Fall's charming fleet was captured at Lintia in 1897. and delegates have been sent to report on the production" The Dollar Princess" and the bell After that, piracies decreased in frequency, situation. Peace reigns in Hongkong pud selection, while the ever popular "Cavalleria.
Canton,N, C. D. News.
Rusticana" would also have barns repetition. but in the same year the schooner Arve was
It is sincerely to be hoped that these musical attacked by pirates who murdered the cap-
evenings will be continued, which, of course, tait and two of the crew. In the following
catirely depende do the extent of the patronage year the Hongkong passage-boat Ping-eas
offered by the public, was captured by x-piratical junk and in 1859 the ss Cumfa was plundered by these.des-
BULL DOG peradous. In 186t the brig Worth Stor was
BRAND
GUINNESS STOUT in PINTS and SPLITS.
A. S.
CANTON DAY BY DAY.
CONSULAR VISIT.
[From Our Own Correspondent.]
Canton, 17th July,
The programme was as follows:
PART 1.
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28 1910
BANKRUPTCY COURT.
A BOARDING NOUSE THAT FAILED,
Tan Chinf Justico, : Sir Francie Piggott, pre- aldaat-the-sitting-of-the-Bankruptcy Dontt this morning.
Ro W, H, Embarlay (Pabile, Examination); The Oficial Receiver-How long is it since you came to Hongkong?
Dabtor-Nearly three years..
CANTON OPIUM TAXONA
→ VICEROYS' DEFIANCE OF IMPERIAL.
INSTRUCTIONS.
[From Our Own Correspondent]:
Canton, 27th July, With reference to the recent establishment of the Prepared Opiam Licence Monopoly in Canton, as matters stand at present it is not at
You took charge of the Soldiers' and Sailors' all likely that the Chiness officials here 'will' withdraw the regulations and discontinue the Home at first 7-Yet
levy of the lax on foreign-raw.opium, though
How long?ar months, /*
What buslants did you do ?~My wifs kept a boarding-house..
You mean you and your wife ?-My wife, You did nothing?—Yes. What was the capital-$100 and some furniture.
How too did you remalo at 74, Caine Road-Three mouthi
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What did you do after that ?—I took a house the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on receipt of representations from the British Chargé it 74, Caine Road.
d'Affairan at Peking, bas, on several occasions, given instructions to the Viceroy to stop the impost. Furthermore, the Viceroy is of the opinion to fanker extend the operaties of the opium licenco regulations and enforce them at Swatow, He has accordingly given Instruc tions to the Government Anti-Opium Boreau. to send a doputy to that port to arrange the~ details for the opening al-na office there for the collection of the tax as foreign raw oplum Imported into that port. It is learn from the Dative opium dealers in Canton 'that, since tha enforcement of the Prepared Oplum Licence Regulations, they have been in a state of us. cortalaty and have almat ceased to Import formiga raw opium from Hongkong, with the ↑ exception of those merchants who, being the monopolists of the opium licence, still continue to impart one or two cheats a day of the foreign raw article for bars requirements only.
What did you do after that?-We want to the "Waverley" at 43, Robinson Road"
Was it your wife of you who took the house? I took the house from my wife.
Who signed the leare?--I did.
Then you took the housef-It was under stood all along that I look the house on behalf of my wife.
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How long is it since you want to the "Waverley"?--Since last November.
Did you have any capital-No, only the
income.
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The furniture was not yours? -No. "It belonged to Mrs. Taxford? -Yes.
You agreed to purchase the farsiture for $3,900 by instalments?—Yes.
On the 20th December you gave a bill of sale to Mr. Hout?—No,
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'I beg your pardon. You gave a bill of sala on that furaltura 7 A bill of sala was made out.
did not mean it.
We are not concerned whether you meant It or not.. Did you give a bill of sale ?—Yer,
On the 2nd February you gave a second bill of sale to Mrs. Toxford. in which the furniture was regarded as your own?—Yes..
What is your explanation with regard to the first bill of exchanga?—I gave $1,000 to Mrs.
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RUBBER GROWING IN
NEW GUINEA,
INTERVIEW WITH A PLANTEK,
CATCH CROPS NECESSARY,
Mr. W. B. Joseph, who for threo yoam has been actively engaged in plantation work in New Guinea, is on a visit to Sydney, and an Evening News representative called upon that gentleman at his residence, Darling-street, Balmain, with a view to information as to the outlook of the rubber ladustry.
Yesterday morning . E. Viceroy Yuan March...... "Nibelungen". Wagner Taxford and assigned the good■lli of No. 74. Rodney.. There the cultivation of cocoanat is
attacked four miles off iongkong and the received the acting Portuguese Consul General captain, some of the officers and crew and
at Cantos, Mr. C. A. R.d'Assumpça).
HELD TO RANSOM, a passenger were murdered. Some months later the Dutch schounet Henriette Louise was plundered just outside Lyemoon, the skipper and some of the crew being wound. ed. Three weeks afterwards the British brig Imogene was plundered and burned, Next the British schooner Augle was plun WATSON & CO., dered near Green Island by pirates (under the leadership of an Englishman!), and the captain and some of the crew were murder ed. Soon afterwards the s.i. from Prince
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ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS. Hongkong, 7th July, 1911.
NOTICE.
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With reference to the case of robbery; which took place io Saqui district, thɛne wɛoks ago, in Wong Kong village, when six persons including. a seven-months-old infaur, were kidnapped, "is now reported that a blackmailing letter har been received by the relativas of the captives from the robbers asking for $1,000 for the re tense of the kidcapped persons. It is forther reported that the infant has since died owing to lack of nourishment while in the bands of the robbers.
GAOL ESCAPE.
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Overture......
*Obaron". Weber
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Selection..." Cavalleria Rustiction"...farcag Piccolo Solo "Dansades Satyrox"....Le Thiers Bell Idyll... "Les Voix des Clotches" Lugint PART II.. "Peer Gyot"......Greig Patience".........Sullivan Selection.The Dollar Frincess"......Fall Vocal-Galop Always-Joyful!.......................decker.
Suito....... Selection.........
'GON SAYS THE Kino...
THE SMALLS OŠ CHINA, THE NATIVES DO NOT NOTICE THEM AND OTHERS FIND IT USELESS TO COMPLAIN.
Calve Road to her.
tion. It was the fault of my solicitors in mls. copying,
There are to pagon here rolsting to the furaj. ture. There are only four about your and ra Ford's furniture. How then can you say that?
Debtor's answar was inaudible.
Mr. Joseph's plautation is at Olamata, Capa
the malo business, and the number of pative I want an explanation-That is my explana-boys" employed from 50 to 60, but the labour
is but catual. The wages pald in £6 per year. per boy, with food, medicine, and clothing, but ns the natives Iguvie the latter, and practically....... live and work inn nude condition, the itam, clothing, in the contract is superfluous. The diet consists of rice, a little tinned meat(very,; In answer to his Lordebip, the Official Relittle), yams, tora, sweet potatoes, and bananas. colver said that the craditors bad asked quat. The climate at Cape Rodsey is humid, tampera- tions regarding debtor's affairs and wished for
ture ranging to go Fahr. la the shade. a public examination. There was no doubt
Mr. Joseph bas lnteresting information on that there had been a mistake, because debtor the native labour question, the method of recruit- had besa very careless la drawing up the longing at the villages under which the employer bill of sale. He meant to give the bill of sale
bankruptcy-in the first place for having only on his own properly.
What was the immediate cause of your
fag while on her way to Macao was attacked by
In the evening of the 25th justout nine prison.air which carries the odeur of sewage. Frea
Chinese in their own land do not object to piralesdisguised as passengers and two of the
e: incarcerated io the Pan Ye Reformatory crew were murdered; but on this occasion
breezes may disquiet them, but they do not note fatide the city effected their escape by means anything offensive in air which is full of faml-paid too much for the business and secondly the pirates were overpowered after a prof an opening made by then on the wall of
wa paid $cco for four monthi and got only All cominuriatiuos totended for publication it
liar talate, The HONGKONG TELEGRAPH” should betracted fight in which the captain, officers the building without the knowledge of the
$1,500. addrumed to The Edit, 1, Ice lone Road, and
worders. Yesterday morning two of the subaway alcould be accounpantwide the "Wiltar's Name and
prisoners-ware recaptured by the police, Addres
Ordinary baghum communicatimə dont be sdårene
to The Maunger.
The Editor will not underage to be tarjouaille for any-rojoclo!_MB or to return any Coatribu kun.
PRATAS ISLANDS.
and European passengers were all wounded. At this time, it appears, these piratical hordes of Chinese were being assisted by lawless Englishmen and Americans. In Yesterday Expectant Prefect Chol Hang left 1863 the barque Berika was unsuccessfully Canton again on board a gunboat with a sumber Fattacked-can-Stonecullera.—Six_mooths of labourers for the Pratas, Jalazds for the later some of the crew of the Danish brig development of the place." Chice were murdered and the Spanish bright value of oplum imported into Malaya las Nuevo Lepanto was captured by pirates near
year decreased by $743,000, the value of native Lantau. For some years later piracy con
and other spirits increased accordingly by tinued to be as rife as ever owing to lack of $131,000. Out of the frying pan into the fire. The daily inue is deilvered from when the addros loco.operation on the part of the Chinese,
THE revenue of the Federated Malay States acosible to mounger. Peak anbscribers can hav
Que terrible case is recorded as having oc their copie delivered at their residences withöst
curred in 1865 just outside Lyemooo, a
Jast year amounted to twenty five and a quarter sy extra charge. On copine sent by post an
whole junk's crew being murdered by
million dollars, Perak was responsible for
SUBZCHUPTION KATRS (IN ADVANCES DAILY--186 per annur
·WEEKLY-$15 per ensam. The rates per quaiser and fidé zavrnemo fasigurilor.
Subscriptions for any period te than one month will be charged na for a full, month.
way 180 per qusitar is charged for postage
The postage on the weekly issue we may part of the the crews of two piratical craft. With
world la 80 thts per quarter,
the advent of the Macdonnell administra. Single Copies, Daily, on cents.
stre cents (for cash only).
BIRTH.
Weekly, twenty-tion, however, cakes of piracy, which had
On ist festant, at Watsion Orbittier, the wife of Captain J. R. Milligan, of a daughter, both well.
DEATHS.
On July 24, 1910, at Shanghai, the beloved wife of James Clark, I. M. Customs, aged forty
seven years.
On July 23, 1910, at Hongkong, Leila Augusta, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kirchner, aged two years.
On July 18, 1910, at Hankow, Woody, the dearly beloved daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. White-Thacher, age elevou months,
Jongkong
eicgraph
HONGKONG, THURSDAY, JULY 28,, 1910.
OLD FIRACIES IN HONGKONG
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nine millions and Fabang for three quarters of
a million.
When a white man calls their attention to a
bad smell of the vicinage they do not know what he means. An èvery-day smell is some- ibing they cannot distloguish, unless, per chance, it is caused by the perspiration of white people, and that they can't stand,
Chiness will linger over the open sewer of the main street in one of their dirty native cities and breathe in the Infested air as if it were ibo sweetest prope; but let a crowd of overheated foreigners go by and they will cut and ruD AS from a walking pestilence..
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If a man's native air is bad air, one who tries to introduce fresh air instead is courting un- popularity. Sanitation has more than once proved to be the bane of missions.
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His Lordsbin-Was the boarding-hose car. tied on properly?-No, there waro purepre- sentations made to us.
Proceeding, debtor stated that be took two other houses in Glenealy for $450 a month and for which he paid out of the incama from tte Waverley-Had it not been for the two
houses, he would have been able to make the boarding-house pay.
The Official Receiver-As a mailer of fact you have been living, on credit since you felt the Sailors' Homö}—Yes. (
An order for adjudication was granted.”
SOLICITOR HAS NO locus standi, Ro Kwek Sing Chaun, and Kwok Sing Chan (Public Examination).
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the Imperial Chinese University notified the examination of two fishermen and also two
The other day a group of foreign professors at
The Official Receiver said that was a public Government that they would leave if the dermi-wilbosses. He asked for leave to call the two
was added in the news dispatches that, though' the protests had been made before, the ausbiori- ties had paid no attention to them.
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Of course, they baduk! The authorities were
charged with something better to do tban to listed to objections which bad so meaning Smells. There were no smells!
witnesses first,
Mr. Jackson said he appeared for the two witnesses,
The Chief Justice don't think you have any locum si milk.
Mr. Jackson-I have, my Lord, It is alleged that theen witnesses have property in their
usually binds the contract with the recruit by means of a present to the latter in tho'shape of As at each village there is a native policeman, bit of calice, a knife, or a few plugs of tobacco. who practically is the representative of British authority, the recruiting is conducted' in a peaceable way. Mr. Joseph holds, however, that the labour problem is a difficult vad. To a táod flawing with milk and honey, so to spask where the native may live on the fat of the land without doing a top of work, the Tecruiting becomes every year more trying...
Mr. Joseph favours a compulsary labour faws - ander which every native would be compelled to work for at least one month out of evòry, year. Were such a law made and applied to the 500,000 Papuaos in British New Gaines, the labour question would be solved; and, sc- cording to this authority, the native would bim self be benefited. By engaging in plantation: work or any work demanding some exercise of kill and intelligenes, the worker would be raised in the civilised scale. Eight hours a day after finishing, the "boys usually spood their the regulations lay down' as a day's work, and night in singing and dancing a happy lot.
| On the production of rubber, the conalry, ac- cording to Mr. Joseph, is the best adapted in the world, that, in for the para subber tree, which gives out the rubber of commerce. The native rabbar is scattered throughout the country, and small quantities of rubber are gathered by natives had brought, into the stations for
A JAVANESE Coalie engaged on in new clear-Lories and classtoms were not cleaned. And it been hitherto of weekly occurrence became ing on Mr. Melbye's estate at Teluk Anson accidentally met his death by the fall of a tree less frequent. In the year ending October, which he cut down. His skull was split open 1867, not a Bingle piratical attack on and death was.instaniducous. European vessel was reported, whilst the few attacks made upon Chinese junks were trivial. From 1870 onwards the piratical gangs appear to have given Hongkong waters д wide borth and removed their spheren of action to less dangerous zones. Thereafter, piratical depredations may be said to become sporadic in the near neighbourhood of the Colony, although, unfortunately, piracy as a legal practitioner in a summary action sity treat the complaints of the foreign professora event of proceedings which might be institated lavested in that direction is thus obviously out
bad always been. If a little food had been lois authorities in support of his contention.
The air was the same at the gaiversity as it possession which they obtained with a view to barter, but the rubber jodastry, about, which i fraudulent preferente. Mr. Jacksa cited
around for the stray dogs and cats, why not? That was but commes humanity, which the foreigners professed to reach.
much fuss is being made, and so much capital invested, is the paza rubber, and this lakes six yours to mature. The uce may be tapped sooner, but at the expense of quality and full growth. immediate return of profit os capital
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The Chief Justice-You are entitled to watch the proceedios but you have no focus standi.
Mr. Jackson-I wish to appear in the
hereafter.. Fask that the witnesses and Official | of the question. Trustee should be bound by their answers,
The planter must depend upon scratch crops, The Chief Justice-Thay's a rather wide pro- such a corn, though the freight charged by position.
steamer on mains in exorbitant Copra, of After further discussion, Mr. Jackson's point course, is practically the staple article for ex- was over-ruled,
port Sandalwood and small quantition of sival One of the witnesses was then called. He hemp (sample is on view in Sydney Museum), stated that certain monies were das by debtors are reponed, but this country abounds in valu for provisions supplied and when pressed for able timbers. These include teak, marava for,
In other words, the governors of the univer
with the same amused tolerance that wo trested stench of perfume at a White House dioner Li Hung Chang when be complained over the par y. The old gentleman had all he could do to hold. his politeness in check. But he never went again,
It is hard sometimes, when you are in Rome, to do as the Romans do; but it is harder when in Paking to do as the Pekingese do
Still, a white man has a Chinese job there. Payment the lalter handed him a promissory cabinet work, two Eos varieties of cedar and) ·
note for $1,000. In that document, debtors drawn up between him and debtors, whereby pledged a juak, Recently, a document war
ops of the Janks was sold,
THE estimated exprise of rauning the F.M.S. during 1909 was twenty-five and a half million dallas, the actual cost was twenty-three and a half. The value of the exiplus sets of the States was just under forty million dollars. -- MR. Aratboon Seib, 1.5.0, late Registrar of the Supreme Court, appeared, for the first time tint his retirement from Government service
continued to be a standing danger to ship- before Mr. Justice Hixeland this morning. ping coming to and going from the port. Tua Indo China government has decided upon When one comes down to more recent times, establishing wifeless telegraph stations between there is to record the occurrence in 1890 of Saigon and Hanoi in Tonkin-a disiasice of the terrible Namu piracy, when Captain | about 94 - miles. The postal department, with Pocock and another European were murder-
the help of specialisis, will take the work in bod.. ed and the ship looted not far from Houg. kong. But that case as well as the many THEF.M.S.rabber output lecreased in quantity others that have since occurred on the last year 91.31 per cent, in valus 217.45 pat The terrible, affair that has just occurredCanton River and its tributaries, notably valued at $14,453,583. The Egures for 1910 share and share alike, or use his nose relco cent, a total of 6,087.875 lbs was exported and wants to keep it, he had beiter turn in and at Coloran naturally makes one's mind bark the more recept Sainam case, do not pro-will be interesting. Port Breitenbam is bo- spectively.-S. F. Call back to the many piratical horrors that hold perly come under the heading of this article.coming rapidly the great rubber post. place in the history of Hongkong. So far Thesa decidedly show, however, that piracy as the Colowan affair is consemed, people such as must affect shipping that frequents in Europe, and even in Hongkong, would not have believed that at the present day such a sest of pirates as that which did exist at Colowan could still have been allowed to remalo as a menace to peace and good order and to plunder and ravish with impunity thair unoffending neighbours. Were such
WATERS.
Hongkong Harbour still exists in a highly dangerous form in Kwangtung aud calls for strong measures of suppression on the part of the Chinese authorities.
LOCAL AND GENERAL,
the Order of the Double Dragon, est Division,
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THE Messageries Maritimes Company baɛ un- dertaken to build a new and up-to-date steamer measuring 15,000 French tons. She will be the pioneer vessel of a new fliet which the company intends an build should it secure the mail con
TYPHOON WARNING,
The telegrams quoted below were received from the Manila Obicreatory at the American Consulate Generał to-day :-
Manila, Joly 18th, 10.35 am. Cyclone or Typhoon NE of Nabs moving N.W.
Madila, July alib 1035 am Cycloos or or Mariana Islands. Direction unknown.
timber for shipwork,
sent away, and mee made as much as 300 to A little tortoiseshell, pearl shóll, and tartie, la
£400 in a few months from the birds of paradise trade ontil the Government stepped in with a law forbidding the trade, it being sald that tha birds were becoming scarce, thongh" Mr. Joseph says they are in myriads The Batt quality of sago is in abundante, but no one has done much by way of export of it,
The public examination was closed.
ASSETS $1,000—LIABILITIES $76oo. Re Yam-bos, aller Pun Két. Mr. Holmes said he appeared for the patitioning credier. The application was brought under the Act of Bankruptcy with regard to uplica of suspection of payments, Asked with reference to the advisebľanass, of The assets disclosed la iba declaration by the petitioning creditor were wood, brass and frontiers selilog out from New South Wales and taking op land thare, Mr. Joseph deprecated and furalture partly finished also la debtor's successfully critivated, but allmatia conditions premises, valued at $150. There'ware also cer-
were sacrying besides the labour drawback, that be good. The liabilities amounted to $3,610.
"Were a man, possessed say,, 1000.. The Official Receiver having no objection.caak in search of making a home,
him to Ly. New Guinea)" asked the xy; Mz Joseph replied in the negativn
· ́horde of marauders, to make their strong. THE Walwapu has asked the Throne in confer | powerta prohļbit cinematograph pictures of the Typhoon near er over the Northern Ladrone "Gitinge worth abuat $ion in debtor's premises the suggestion, Coulon and tobacco could be sible country ons would not be inclined so / 3rd Class, on the French Consu! la Chungking, bour Member) interfected i-Would there have A Mukden message states that a physician talo debts, à proportion of which was stated to life he was undensably iba bellar.
hold in some fastness of the almost inacces
tract again, tenders for which are now out. In the House of Commons, Mr. Churchill in formed Sir W. Howolf Davies, that he had no
Jobasoa-Jeffries fight. Mr. W. Theres (a La beca so mach Lobbytalk il Jeffries had won? Tax result, of the Jaquiry, in regard to the wicking of the French submarine Plusid o indicates that a fire, owing to `a short circuit, occurred before the collision. The crew was asphyxiated, mot, drowned. The submatins probably was not under control at the time of the collision, Mar
muntcipality of Triesto has awarded gold medals to the master of the Letter Grange the family of the dead engineer, and the captain
much to wonderment; but here we have this scourge flourishing almost at the very door of Portuguese Macao and within a few of the Frissie hours' all of British Hongkong.. Some of the facts that have come to light as result of the affair appear to belong rather to the realms of Stevensonian fiction than to
a
On Wednesday, the Singapore monopoly da- partment made a sexure of 9,129 bottles of co| calma in the bottom of the chain focker on the stemmer Glamogie:
an order for debloy to be adjudged finskipt
has bean selling dengs made of opium within the city limite. On the sqth; a Chinese police. man anddenly arrested two Chiasse who were going to buy some of the drugs and confiscated was wide. all the drugs in the store, which is kept by a Japanese. The Japanese Consul General is is THE directors of the Selangor Rubber Com. communication with the Chinesa kulkorities | pany, Limited, hava declared an interim)divid. .“ New Guines in no place for the sma * about the ma
| end of 75 per cent.