AN ALPHABET OF HONGKONG
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IS FOR KENNETH
• Who Kams from Kowloon. He Looks & Taipan. "And Hopes to be Soon !
JULY THE FOURTH."
YESTERDAY'S RECEPTION.
Tho hospitality of the Amurican community was well demonstrad od Inst Ovening, when a mest enjoyable reception was gison in the Grill Room of the Hongkong Jutel to their foreign friends. The scheme of decoration was simple but most effective, the lights being nicely overhead fostonned with flowers und greonors, and bunting being freely used alsowhere.
Toa and other refreshments were served at tables inside the Orill Room and on the vorandahs, | what in an adjacent room was! the bar, to which the "dry" law did not apply in the least degrou.}
SHARE MARKET.
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, JULY
RUSSIA AND FAR EAST!
-POINTERS FOR JAPAN
TO NOTE.
Moscow, July 4.
M. Stakloff, writing in the Izvestia, suys, the first rocosaity for a Russo-Japanoso agrooment will be tho avacuation of North- óra Sakhalin.
M. Horriot's policy, he says, finds an echo in the polloy of the now Japanese Cabinot in its olausos and differant "buts,"
The Soviet Government wants) to establish peace on tho Pacific Const, but won't sacrifice the vital Intorosts of the Russian Far Eastern population. Japan must chouse botwoen antagonism or following in China's footstops, ---Reuter
RUSSIAN ESPIONAGE
TASE.
Moscow, July 4.
On the conclusion of the tria) at Kharkoff of sixty-fivo persons accused of espionago on bohalf of Poland, twelve death sentonces were passed, and six persons were
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DAIRY FARM NEWS.
CHEESE
Shipments tanded at special prices.
Australian Cheddar
Kraft
Edam
70 cts. per lb.
80 cts. per lb.
Dutch in Tins -
$8.00 each.
60 cts. per tin
Roblechon Swiss
Gruyere-
80.cts. per lb.
$1.10 per box
The DAIRY FARM.
sentenced to various torms of Ice & Cold Storage Co., Ltd.
prisonment Reuber,
THE AMERICAN
FLIGHT.
SHANGHAI QUOTATIONS,
Karachi. July 4. Mosers. Ellis' and Co. have Tho Ameriena fiers have
with the arrived høre. Reuter kindly supplied us following cable quotations of Shanghai stocks Shanghai office:
Langkats (conh) - Tix, 1834) buyers.
Ewos. Tis. 11 sollers. Shanghai
Docks, Els. 94
Tie. 6.10
buyers.
New Engineerings. buyers.
Öriontals. --- Tls. 3 buyers. Shanghai Cotton. Tu. 5+ buyers.
BASEBALL.
The guests wore roecived by [ The following will be the line-
the Consul General, Mr. Williamı |
up in the Lougue game butwoun
Jan.
BRITISH FLIGHTS
Shanghai, July 5.. Squadron Lander MacLaren loft for Kagoshina at 9,35 this morningRenter.
HONGKONG IMPORTS.
FAIR BUSINESS IN PIECE GOODS.
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H. Calo, and Mrs. Galo, who lator the Filipinos, and the Chinose The fortnightly Price occupied places at the chief table. husoball teams on Sunday at 4 Market Report published by the whore those prosent included in
Hongkong General Chumbar of Excellency tho Governor (Sirp weather porniilting :
Filipinos. Catcher, RullCommerce, says !-- Edward Stubbs, K.C.M.O.), Capt. Pitcher, Angeles: Base, Cotton pioco goods and fancy R. Neville, A.DO: Mr. T. J. Suncho; 2nd. Bose. Malig; 3rd. cotton goods. There is a notice. Gaisford-St. Lawroneo, Private Baso, Leonardo; S. Stop, Cruzable disposition on tho pari Secrotary; Sir Claud and Lady R. Field, Silos: L. Field, Fran- or Lancashire, manufacturers- Sovern, the Hon. Mr. P.-H. aut cisco: C. Field, Garcia. "Sub-Coincident with the easier tone Mrs. Hulyouk, the Hon. Mr. E.
Castro, Fabian and of the Liverpool and now York stitutes: D. C. and Mrs. Wolfe, Mr. Delgado.
collon markets-lo inique on- Justice Gompertz, and Mrs.
Chinese, Catcher, Kwongquirios which one or two weeks Drallette.
Pitchor, Leg (8.1) ist. Base, age would very likely have boon Dancing proved the main at Chung 2nd. Base, June; 3rd. fruitloss, As'a consequorice a traction, the music for which was Buso, Shim S. Stop. Chan; fair business has been done both supplied by the Hongkong Hotel R. Fiold, Hoe: Field, in groys and whites and dyed orchestra, and ovdryone prosent | Chu : C. Field, Leo (C.H.), goods, al fairly satisfactory rates; spent a most happy and enjoy- Substitutes:-Loung, Clay and quantities have not heon big," able time.
bul The business dono have been spread over a varioty of weights and qualities, which tends.fo confirm the impression that the local market is roady to operato. on morg extensive scale, but that the futuro posi- tion of cotton must ba moro clearly defined nafore the nocussary confidence cais bo foll.
Cotton Yarn.We have to re-i port a dull and lifeless market,} due to the continued docline in +++ |Japanese Yarn, which fins check- ed the domand considerably. No What is the use of praying in a
Jesus Christ settled the quos businoes of any importance has world where everything is fixed tion. He prayed himself. He been effected and prices are on and ordered? If natural law taught mon how to pray. He the easier aldo. Quotations are: governs the world is it not an- said that God was the Father and No. 10s. $220/240. No. 128. reasonable to ask tiod to change that children should talk to their 225/245. No. 1Gs. $240:230, No. anything? In other words God Father and the Father would 20s. $250/240. Arrivals 1,800 balos. cannot answer prayer because hear and answer. Pray therefore. Shipments pil. Sales 500 balos.) that would be to interfore with The famous Dr. Johnson was Unsold stock 7.100 balos. Bar- tho laws by which the world is once asked what was the greatest gains 2,000 bales. govorned. Let us considor this argument for prayer, "Thoro is Woollens, Market extremely point for a moment. If this view no argument for prayer," he dull, nothing doing in any direc bo tonable then we ought not to replied. This was a somewhat tion:
THOUGHTS ON
PRAYER.
By the Rev. G. R. Lindsay, M. A.
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expect to see water flow uphill cryptic way of saying that Raw Cotton. There is në but this phenomenon inay be econ no argument for prayor is change to roport. any day, not because, man has necessary, and while this Matais. Market Jifuless.... → violated the law of gravitation is true that no difficultion Flour Market Roport-Stook! but because he has used it. will koop mon from praying, About 1,500,000 sucks. Market: Personal forces count. Things prayer being both natural and Quiet Quotations: Aniòrican can be accomplished by a man Instinctive yet if at the back of Patent, $3.55 per sack; Athorican using a law of nature which the mind there is a doubt as to Straight, $2.70 por sack; American otherwise cannot be done. Why its usefulness and power the Cut off, $2.70 por sack; Shanghai a child can dofloot the course of a prayer will bo robbed of its Flour por sack; Australian No. 1, stream. Is God then a slave sweetness.. whore we are free?
.. cai trust with $2.55 por sack.
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according to law. Mon talk of power,
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ANDERSON'S
WUCHOW NOTES,
RECORD OF RECENT DOINGS.
(Our Own Correspondent.)
i believe she has now reacheḥ, Nanning.
Li Chai-sum has taken charge) hero and his first act of bonevol- onca was to equoozo" the poor moreboat,
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Shum Hung-ying is still boslog- ing Kweilin.. Hole reported as Wuchow, June 29th,
having close on 10,000 troops," Wong Shiu-hung's expolition half of which consists of recruited to Nanning was carried out bandite closoly rolated, to those without any opposition. He took that recently captured the four over command of the capital last Wuchow.missionarios. Luke is wook. To rosch Nanning without still within the besiegedeity and any opposition he must have had is waiting for reinforceinents from the co-operation of Li Chung-yon Ma Chai
|$2.80 por sack; Canadian Cut-off,
Window-glass.Very fow small| Hla liberty, and Balds. Market easy.
Sugor. Markót wosk, tho laws of nature boing His willingness to answer. The
Saltpotre. Very quiet market Interfered with, but what if answer is sometimes negativo, prayer itsolf Is one of the very sometimes it is deforred, and with poor, outlook. laws by which a loving Father sometimes it is of a difforont govern the world and fulfile-nature, to what wo orpeated. But Hle purposes Those laws of every prayer that is real coming which mon speak are His laws. from a clean, hoart is answered Official sanction has been given to Luk Wing ting that he would arrival here last week after hav Without Him not one sparrow in God's time and, in God's way, for the use of one of the lawns, support him) otherwise be could ing spont an unpleasant-time in
ough there are somo and morouver:
Statue Square, for the purposes not have reached it without a the bandits don; did not appear Thot of public band concerte. The Ight. HMS. Moorhon was to have suffered much. first will be given by the Burray kopt busy at Kwaiping
photograpliers, were busy next Eday Mix Bay had to subbilt Band on Monday afternoon, Kwaiyuon taking over com
mandourel British motor boats. Pag commencing aI15:155
at Tie may not answer "His grion and power are
rayer which Hocau
a can ovoz sak too much".
of Kwaiping, (who gave his word The Rev. Rör - Ray, où bis
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