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the British Beation of the K. C. Proposed by yon would therefore be It has beru a good old dynasty to pelt the diminished Tartar Hailway, which correspondence you mild, however, that under presentligs every reason to soud a flanel On the whole it appene I best to
I may for Australia, and this country liga chy to death with vegetables. CAPITAL fo may perhaps think of sufficient gen conditions the government could not flower or a waratah to the funeral; flattor the old orushed Chow with oral interest to print. It appears guarantee to raz trajan at the hours and to drop a tear and a gum-troaa show of confidence rni to hope confidential. that our Hailway which has cost which you suggest as the requisite upon the grave, Something that a new habit of military obe million storting, and to start which locomotives and rolling stock will more than 250 years ago, in once might counteract the old the colony has paid an expert from the available until next April. time of civil war, rebellion and babit of disorganiated hatred. Borgkong, 13
year, is still, after An order for their supply is already ecmmotion, a Tartar race came a years running, short of engines in the hands of the Crown Agents into China to assist one of the So he was given a rifle and a and rolling stock and that if anyone is satisfied by April next that there it stayed there even unto this loud yell of rage and rusted all
for Colonies; and, if the Government partica to the disagreement, and bayonet, and he promptly uttered were prepared to pay for supplemena really a desire on the part of the day. The sun of old Chinu sot ting the present very meagre ser residents in the Colony to develop in blood. The last fighting Ea are, of course, still possiblitis.of vice of traine" the Railway admini-Taipo and Fnaling, an experimental peror-the Josiah of the falling start to disagree among them- in reaction. The insurgents may stration would not be able to meet alleration will then be made in the monarchy-committed
buiaido the demand. Türther that, instead time-tablo.
with the sword, and the last shaarise to save tlie situation, or selves, or a Napoleonic Turt r may of taking care to elaborate a system From Mr. Gibbs-Referring to your dow-Emporor-the Jehoi ́chin or for safe guarding the godels com-lotters No. 1 in 4914-10 of 3rd Zedekiah who followed on his foreigners inny inforvcao and
prop up the rickety edifice for a expected, 14′′ be complete and. 11th October, I wish to suggest heels-drowned himself grievous while longer. But, at time of end of M that the trains inight at least, bely in a muddy river.when his lat train from Tai Po is timed to strive ciune a land of crushed woman is up with the old Manola friend, have their lonece en elinew; to run to fit the ferry service. The first hope had pegged out. China bo-writing, it looks as if everything
If the Mauchu is disembowolled | voi I delay in obtaining the ligh at Kowloon of 10.30 (and is usually with club feet, and oppressed and buried by his ancient set- The Company ara prepired to sub punctual). The ferry leaves at 10,30, men wearing pigtails. With the and the next one at 16.40, as it takes aquest there commencoil the int, the position is that some nit estimates for wiring lí 114es on not more than 2 mites, to walk to 250 youre of nothinguess which 200,000,000 or 300,000,000 or rulication**
GIBE, LIVINGSTON & 09., Agenţi. the wharf, all passengers have 8mins did so much to give Australia is 100,000,000 people who have, to wait there, by the length of time trance wherent it has made less since long before the white in Yaamati it would appear quite Manchu Emperore broughs a which the train waits at Sha-tin and so thin it should have done. The came to Australia, been squi
fied by internal dissensions for
practicable to expedite the journey
horde of their countryman to prop
interference in foreign affair's, will y gmins. The samo ucatura with up the throne. Their number is be let loose. In other words, that the afternoon train to Tai Po, now vaguely estimated at 4,000,-ubor will be added to the passengers must learn by the 3.83 000-perhaps only one in 100 possibleoncmies of Russia, Japan, ferry, whereas if to train wero timod of the population, but sufficient India and Australia. They may to leave at 3.47 instead of 3.48 they t bon very solid garrison. They or may not spend a long series of might cross by the 3.35 ferry. aro pensioners, down to the years in civil war or in wild From the Colonial Becratory youngest Mauoliu infant. Also, xperiments in the art of govern am much obliged to you for drawing they are all soldiers, publionent. They may take to molern my attention to the inconvenience plicials, or otherwise people of wethods with a rush, ag. the caused by the Railway Tinte Table mportance at least they collect Japanese did, and rote an
my, EVERY DESCRIPTION not fitting in with the Kowloon Farry the pay thit attaches to the job, "p-to-dato fleet Time Table and attention will be and, in a great measure, leave the compared with which the re given to the point on the next revi. job. undone. A thick-headed; sources of Russia and Japan will sion of the railway time tale.
hard-fighting race of awor lamen took a very moderate proposition RE-COVERING. were these Manchus among the they may reorganize slowly. world's best fighters-in-the-days-But the fact remains that the
and REPAIRS. when men bioked and clubbed biggest possibility, the world lios cach other at close quartors with seen for 1,000 years and more is ponderous weapons of metal, and growing up almost in sight of among the world's worst whon Australin's northern coast. That worldre became matterska, Chinara is a youüing Tapestries, signs. The Manchu Impiro there is always the elince that Velvets,
man is well enougly down. And had fees of wood instead of clay, the sight of bloodhe lias been and, when science became an
L. CIBUS. Hongkong, 30th December, 1011
The Correspondence.
The following is the correspond enos, slighly condensed
From Mr. libbs to the Oulodial Secretary, Sept. 28, 1011. •
I wish to draw the attention of the lovemment to the question of the train service on the British Sec. tion of the K.O. Railway. From the time table revently publi hed it appears that there are 4 trains los ving Kowloon northward and 4 trains leaving Shun Chun southward daily. The departure times of the "through" trains are given at inter- mediate stations so that it is an certain whether they stop or do not
In a letter to the Colonial Secre stop at these stations. Asoum-tary dated Nov. 28 Mr. Gibba dress ing that they do stop, the first attention to an instance of the un- train in morning will leave Shun: satisfactory working of the British section of the railway, Ently ir
(at 10.30 am, di
the afternoon will leave Köwibody, 2.20, Tai Po at 2.61, Fan Ting at ́ond'arrive at Bhun-Chun at 3.10 pi
HE. The Governor in his report on the blue book for 1010 bas stated
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ed to Mr element of warfare, the white seeing more of it litely than the Leathers, and
whole Australian army could When ant got into ita foot.. time ar Its position,, in time, become supply if it was slaughtered Every he found profoundly complicated. The twice over may rouse him to a probably be a considerable develo, the van partly unloaded and his thick-headed, foreign aristocrity sudden and violent career of ng- pment (Lc., in connection with the furniture being taken to his house. learned little of the now methods ression, just as the Revolution building of European, dwellings in If anything had been missing, he of war and developed more lagi-lid with France, That he is the neighbourhood of Taipo) in would not have known who to blame, nese, incapacity and supercilions still a most unpleasant fighter, futuro" I submit that the train the Railway or the coolies he had ness every time it drew its pension: with a tendency to aran, mas service advertised produdes spy himself engaged. As nothing was It has been an utterly inefficient cre and crucifixion, ani pos suca development. My own case missing he made no complaint. On and antiquated defoura, both by sessed of a wild ingenuity in is not encouraging to anyone desir sending two further trucks it seemed land and sea. The population matters of torture, the recent ous of building in the neighbourhood useless to go through any form of which it was reckoned safe to on troubles have clearly proved, In 1904 I tought land from the taking delivery and he simply sent trust with weapons only equalled Within the last few days there i Government and built a bungalow for pleasure purposes at Tai Fo, this poolies to take away the goods and that of a second-rato European have been shown in Sydney pho bungalow, was resumed for the pur signed a receipt for "1 truck furni: Stato, so China's huge numbers tographs taken on the epot, tongkong. 20th Oct., 1911. poses of the railway, Acting on the tares" at the request of the Tai Po never really counted in armed expounding Chinese deth in its knowledge that a railway was to be fitation Master. Finding a bag and disagreement during modern most disagreeable appro', includ built and assuming that trains would basket (for which he held a receipt days. The dynasty dared not ing pictures of prisoners of war, KUHN be run for the accommodation of the signed by the Kowloon Station raise an efficient military and still living, but with their flesh locality I soquiesced in the Govern Master mising he reported the naval force from among the Chhacked from their bones, and ment proposal to accept an exchange matter id sent in a claim for the nose, for it felt that there would making a drapery of horror that "of land for my originál
stimated fees. After he had sent soon be no dynasty left if the the inquisition never excelled in Art Curio Dealers: paliont, pig-tailed serf got arms its worst days. It is known in his hands-Bo China was that the Chinarians a great tr INSPECTION INVITED
mble and peaceful uver Alan veller and trade sånturer. He ba, and man bo o gain, a Erolusion Laws and other thing
agreed to a building covenant bai impooed on new lót though I had
the nisim he xirmed, at the reque
Calrondy fulfiled oksyon the origina
arranged": to. Bamit, or
business mon. Bonding at TaxPo memo chia
Kowloon between 6.80 and 0.20
garded: 25′′
of a military adven [as
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za pantry. He
Australia's has learned ad Jie has a demus. Tot lacré, as
it would be to the general advant On sending out a fourth truck the even if the antiquated. Mancha stupen age. A train leaving Tai Po daily hallway authorities had it looked and army had been of mueli account, evidenced by lizing devices between 8 and 9 a.m, and leaving the key handed to Mr. Gibbs at Te it couldn't go far from home, lest adopted by the illiat Chow immi p.m. would serve this purpose. I Fo, exactly as he had regurated the throne and the jobs and the grant, This is to him the nearest have the honour to request that you should be done in the first instance, pensions should all be gone be country that cffus a chance for will submit the above for the con- thus admitting negligence on the fore it came back. The dynasty settlement on a large soale. It is sideration of H. E.. The Governor previous occasions. He submitted was somewhat in the position of the emptiest country of any volao From the Colonial Becretary, that such treatment of its clients the embezzling clerk, who can on earth. And the emptiest and Oct. 3, 10111-I am directed to was not conducive to the success of take a holiday for fear tho broke least defensible part of it is also inform you that you have given the Railway.
may be audited in his abgence. the part that is most adjouent to a correctly the times of the feat slow The Colonial Becretary replied or It was a wretched, temporary possible Chinese juvnder,
"train in the morning from the fron
tier to Kowloon, where it arrives at 10.30 am, but that the last train.
Doo, 20:--
Bort of business, and the end was In reply to your letter of the 98th Inevitable. The Russians and Japanese practically divided in the afternoon is timed to leave fulling., I am directed to inform you Kowloon ef: 3.40 p.m. and reach that pareful enquiry has been made Manchuris, the ancient cradle of Fanling at 8.06 pìm.
into the circumstances of this case the Emperor's race. The event It is, as you point out, impos and evidence shown that the has involved a grievous loss of pos- sille to run a train At a loss to the must have occurred after the good sible recruits to pfop up the Colony for benefit of a few indi were delivered to your servants at throne at Peking in the day viduals but the publiemay rest Thing at thelf regnest, which, as your of trouble; and it made the sured flirt as soon as there are sul-admit, was made in nocordance with Manchu in China a homeless Asient private houses being blius 'n the vicinity of railway station n your in-truotions to them,
I am "nied3 that the bale was
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the New Forkorise to warrant the expenditure,” the rail by will en «desyour, as far as possible to run
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