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FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1897.
Tus preparations for the taking of the consus have been commenced. A large body of constables are engaged distributing papers at the houses in the Colony. Those papers have to be filled up on the night of 24th January, and they will be collected as. Boon as possible afterwards.
THE YOKOHAMA POISONING CASE.
STATEMENT BY MR DICKINSON. (Special Telegram from Our Owen Correspondent).
Kuss, Friday, Jan. 15.
In the course of his examination in the Carow Case at Yokohama, Mr H. V.
CORRESPONDENCE.
THE CHINA MAIL.
NOTES BY THE WAY.
lottery may be genuías or it may be a fraud; the Hongkong Govemment might THE STAR TEHRY SERVICE.
The other day, three globetrotters were communicate with the German Conani, in To the Editor of the 'CHINA MAU."
arrested wandering in the vicinity of the any case, and gave the Colony from rusk- Hongkong, Jan. 15.
It is diffìing-peli-mell down the broad-way, which Sin, I feel myself bound to support Hongkong forts with a hodak. Kowloon Fesident' in his remarks as to cult to be out with 'a comisra without run-leads to destruction—and the nepension of offieioney of the ferry service to and frorning this risk, forta are so numerous and business on the local Rialto. This is the Kowloon. Season Ticket Holder le orid-
REVIEW.
Tan NAVAL ENGINEERȚAND THE COMMAND or Tuz Sea; a Story of Naval Ad ministration. By F. G. Burton, Manchester Technical Publishing
・・ Company, 31 Whitworth Street,
This is one of the long series of painpulats,
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THE VOLUNTEER RETURNS. The returns of the Voluntear force for
examined and checked at the War Ufice, the year 1896-15, which are now boing
indicate that there will, when the Examina tion is
completed, be avory substantial in- erane of enrolled men and efficients, 'to a large extant the reault of the more activa seoruiting in the earlier part of the year. The
year 1894-95 closed, with 291,704 Vo
[Dickinson, who at the proliminary trial one of those persons who are inclined so well concealed. I was arrested myself seductive way in which Albert Jarmul- only two familiar to the public, couched inlunteers on the roll, of whom 284,082 wore
The Band of the West Yorkshire Regiadaitted having written letters couched in ment will play the following programme at
afectionate terme to Mrs Caron, stated the Officers' Mess on Sunday, commering that, 'décsised by Mrs Carew's statemente At 12.30 p.m. !~*
to him, he suggested that she might obtain a divorce from her husband. He had no idea of marrying the accused,
Processional Marb!Irautuve........ Beilivan,
from...........
Batred Clamus.........1 La Cutita'.......... Respir Nocturno No. 2... Da, R... Belection. A Midsummer Ni hiszen Head, God waves tice Alices.
Wm. Geo, Bentley, A.R.C.M., Bandmaster.
TESTERDAY a ticksha coolie in the employ- reent of Inspector Butlin, Yaumuti, arrest- ada Chiosman in Public Square Street while making of with a pair of gold car-
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
[SUPPLIED TO THE CHINA MAIL.'
InNDON, 13th January, 1897:-) THE FAMINE IN INDIA. Lord George Hamilton has sent the Lord Mayor a powerful statement showing the
rings and jade-stone drops which he had
immenso extout of the Indian Falaine, and snatched from a woman walking along the street. He was brought before Commanderestimate that the cast to the Lusion Hastings, at the Magistracy to-day, and treasury will be from four to six millions
sterling.
sentenced to four months' hard labour and to receive twelve strokes with the mtzen
an ostering prison and twenty btrokes at the finish of his term of imprisonmcat.
WEATHER NOTICK.
The following noticus is issued from
the bearystory!-
th the 10th at 11.30. The barometer han risen on the Chinx-Cass, fallen in the
• Mx Robert Young, editor and proprietor extreme North. Probably the depression of the Kobe Chronicle, arrived in Hongkongia moving Eastward over Japan. For Saterday by the Kingin linor Niobe. Mr-cast moderato to fresh N. and N.E.
winde; fair.
Yourig has been holidaying in England, and is now returning to Japan. During his may in Bagiand, he has contributed largely to the Times and Saturday hams on Far Easternuubjects, and his article on *Commerciai Morality in Japan,' published in the November number of the Nineteenth Gendery, in the best statement we have read of the attitude of the Japanese towards commeres generally and particularly
is the Foreign merchant.
although no doubt considerable inconvon- te inagnify a maclubill into a mountain, and ience had been contioned to his friends voyage over to Ilangkong in a sampan, mero especially to the ladies--in having to stil he must understand that accidents will happen. It is unacoossary for me to zo assort what Kowloen Resident has said in regard to accidents in the best-managed concerns at here. As one of those who were greatly displeased with the service of Last year I hasters to do justion to the man ngers of the forry, and to compliment them on the excellent service that is now in tained-un infinitely superior servico to many of a like nature in the old country.
Trusting you will find space for my abert note, I am, etc.
AULD SCOT.
CYCLISTS F. PEDESTRIANS. To the Editor of the 'CHINA MAIL.'
Hongkong, 16th January, 1897. Seive your indulgence to be allowed to give expression in the columns arvelly popular paper to the following ofyour widely circolatod, and very do opinionThat, tho P.W.D. in ita good pleasure sus se to provide proper sidewalks to ou. Streets cycles of all descriptions should be unticely supproac in Hongkong.
Thunking Non-Searcher' very sincerely for the suggestion, and hoping that the making of sidewalka' may be long defer- red, I am &c., fo.
HUMBLE PEDESTRIAN.
once-but that is another story. To return unsky, Bankor, 800., attempts to saduce go there three. They were a merchant and me from the path of virtuous business :-*
Doar Sir !-Thousands are often risked in the miracle. It was the teacher who in business, where the benefit to be Suped a doctor and a teacher. And hore.comes
bailed out the three of them. Now, all for, is very doubtful
the style of this once famous Battle of efficients, and there is good reason to Dorking." Like most of them it falls as antloipste that the latter item will in far short in ability as in intrinsic interest 280,000, if there be not a clear gain of. 18-90 prove to have reached, well over of that notable brochure. It purports to 10,000. Of 95 corps (less than one-third be an account of two naval. campaigns-chave luces examined, 66 have incressed of the entire number) whose returns: with Fraces in the Mediterranean, the chuir previous tints of efficients by other with the United States on the North 3,581, 28 have decreased by 1,265, and Great Britain one has the sante as in 1804.95; so that the net gain over the 95 is 2,316, Auiong, the corps reckoned are two or three whose drills wole stopped through alipoz epidemic in their districta, the officiants of one corps decreasing more than 300 through this use; but it is improbable that the returns of any of the 211
согов
to be vet compared with last year's results will suffer from the like calamity. Many of the stronger corps in the country are proving to have well maintained their numbers during the past season, and some very substantial retums are boing rando by those usually exported to produce each more than 1,000 unisienta.
ruerstunts are rich and all doctors ought to | • Therefore it might well be recommend. he, but a wasithy teacher--one might asel to offer the hand to fortune in another woll expect to find an affluent jour-forin, in order to obtain a large amount, by Atlantio. In both ensus nolist! Teachers deserve to be wealthy, an insignificant risk only; the more so if ultimately wins, but only after a severestreg and therefore never are more than barely such an opportunity is offered in such angle and after incurring losses attributed to able to pay their debts, and if it be true,advantageous manner, as is herewith done, as I am assured, that a teacher never finds by participating in the State Money Lottery, his way into the bankruptcy courts, the autherized by a German Goverment, and reason is simply that no tradesman thinks guaranteed by the whole State's Property. of trusting a tachor. Martin Luther said
All the particulars concerned as to be that toaching was the noblest of the professeen by the subjoined prospectus, sione. It is pertainly the sorriest of trades. In the hope of your estoomed ordet, In England indeed the elementary teacher remain, Dear Sir,' &c. often is paid less than a póliceman and has un pension to await him when superannya-
ted. A chasse copy of an English odnaw tinual rewspaper lies beside me as I write, and from it I call the following t
various administrative and other causas, It does not appear from the stock that daticiency in numbers or in quality of the engineers of the Navy had much to do with the earlier misfortunes of the two cam- paigna. But the tale serves to hang toge Ither a nuishor of criticisms on our present methode of naval administration and, in particular, to enforce on its readers the grow- A bill introduced into the South Austra ing importance of the naval engineer in
coming wars.
na House of Representative for the purpose of abolishing barmaids has been It is, however, very doubtful whether the defented - as might have been expected !| able body of engineer officers now in the It is possible to push grandmotherly legisla. Navy will feel much indebted to their zealous advocate. He is rather too clearly of opinion that on all sides and in every way the Navy in going to the dogs. Every department and not a few individuale como in for abuse. A for samples will illustrate the style better than any description.
• Wanted, immediately, Assistant Mis- treas. Experiones, Disciplinarian, Kindertan a little too far! Now, a Bill to abolish garten. Singing. Loyal Churchivoman faddists who make themselves a nuisance Sulary £30.
would be popular.
For tutor and governesses, evon less rates are shamelessly offered. Take for instance the following from the Church Times-
THE CENSUS. To the Editor of the * CHINA MAIL,'
Hongkong, Jan. 15. Ste.-Why taks a census on the 20th inst., 12 days before China New Year have left for their lotes in the neighbour-pay 12s. 6d, weekly, ate." which a large percentage of Chinese will
ing province 7 Many have gone already. Yours truly,
Wanted, young lady (good musician) in private school, to assist two hours daily and
FOOTBALL
DIOGENES.
BONGKONG F. C. PRACTICE GAME.
In view of their approaching cup-tie with the Centurions, which will be played next week and not on Saturday as formerly announced, the Hongkong F.C. played
is 1
THE ALLEGED TREATY BETWEEN CHINA AND RUSSIA. „FRENCH KOTTONS.-
The Daily Graphic correspondent writes from Paris-It is worthy of attention that the publication in London of the text of the alleged Manchurian treaty has excited little notice in Paris. The hot is, ne one Ching Herald and the North China Daily is surprised. It is possible that the North Naes have been heared. On the other hand, you will remember that in a recent despatch (vide the Daily Graphic, Nov. 20) I reported to you an article written by BL The Admiralty, we are told, is air de Lancsson, in which the ex-Governor of cumlocution office. The First Lord, who French Tade China announced that Russia. by Sea Lords who are to appointed for in connection with the Trans-Siberian s before all things a politician, is assisted and Chinn were about to sign a convention their political rather than their profesional Railway practically enbodying the sub- ability. The Naval Intelligence Depart stance of the document just published. M. the particulars of foreign navics, but a fact that China, in gratitude for Russia's ment is supposed to concern itself with de Larawan too laid great stress on the little later on wo read of its boing valu-assistance during the war with Japan, Permanent Secretary or at least a pre-Russian vessels would be free to come and lean, and of its utter worthlessness. The would concede in return a port in which decessor is said to have told & Committee.
go all the year round. Davis's right wing went off as once and of the House that he considered is his adopte precisely that standpoint
The de scored after clever run up by Millward duty to sigh anything placed before him. Tancasan also referred, as one of the cer Offsido res claimed The present secretary, we learn, probably tainties of the near future, to the railroad and Humphreys. and given and this early check seemed to excruises a little more discretion, if nut in to connect Port Arthur with Kirin, the damp the energetic spirits of that wing his signing at least in the description of it. capital of Manchuria. I may add, in con- throughout, and keep them too far back. The Director of Naval Construction 'always elision, that the account of the normenta Looker had Ia good aide, and with the wind addressed scientific moieties ex enthedra, of the Rossinn flues. I sent you last
weak. in his favour soon ran down the luft paced and is further alluded to as 'the chief points to unwonted activity in Chiness mazster shipwright, and $3 another waters; Cores, in particular, would seem ham, who was in goal Bush followed
rush stray ball from on the left, but nothing was scored till ambition-than-a-thinly voiled predecessor.
nayat match hampered Then the officers and more naval protection of Russia.
*ROME REASONS FOR SCRITICISM. * Gillingham, and enabled his opponents Ships taken share of these remarks. It is
The Manchester Guardian also, under the to score. From the kick-off, Looker's suggested perhaps rather than stated that a above heat, publishes a note from its Lon- team tried the right wing and centre lieutenant is a jack of all trades. But don correspondent, who say that the
SUICIDE OF A SOLDIER. Last night, a Corporal in the Royal Engineers named Bates, committed suicido by throwing himself from the borendah of one of the buildings at Wellington Bar- racks. The deceased has been in very, depressed spirits for some time past in con- sequence, it in reported, of having received distressing news from home, and has been behaving in a strange manner. He has been drinking beavily and otherwise con- THE School Examination of the London dueting himself as if his mind had be College of Music commences to-morrow come unhinged. The other day he was afternoon (Saturday) in the City Hall discovered by two officers on the Peak ROYAL HONGKONG YACHT CLUB. The method of conducting tho Theory Road, in possession of a revolver and Examination is exactly similar to that numerous rounds of ammunition. He wou adopted by all Musical Colleges. The pa. muttering to himself, but on pleserving the pers of questions are sent out in seated officers he drew himself together and moved packets which are opened in the examina uff. The officers took possession of the re- tion room Lofore the candidates. The pa- volver and ammunition, and conducted to port; twice road-13 miles. The boats are all distrusted. The University degree Davis, and made warm work for Gilling Pintaoh of different typo and mero solish to have been placed under the exclusive
ble Bad G. P. Lammors, and will commence at two o'clock.
W. ROBINSON & Co., Piano and Musical Instrument specialists and experts. Work- shops and Factory, Duddell St.; Show Rocms, Queen's Road Central.
★K'I-WAANG.
(1. Crotchety).
SIXTH CLUB RACE.
The coarse for this race, which was sailed on Sunday, the 10th January, was from the Polico Pier, Kowloon, round Channel Rocks, Kowloon Rocks, dinghy off Pier, all
starting were
FIRST CLASS,
Activ, (Mr H. E. Pollock)." Mrter,..(Mr T. W. Lammert). Princes (Mr James McKio) Maid Marion, Mr J. Hastings). Phakes........ Mr F. H. May). Brica,
Mr A. Denison). Sybil
(Officers R.E.). Chanticleer...(Mr.C. A. Tomes).
SECOND CLASY.
Dark,.....(Dr Clark). Payne, Officers R.E.). Ladybird,...(Mr F. J. Crist), She,(Mr.E. M. Hazeland).
Hongkong shore, but did not gain much by doing so. When off Burghon Point Arica had the misfortune to carry away her wea
There must be some reason why tes practice game at the Happy Valley yester chers are so wretchedly paid that the day, Teams of nine men, a-side got to mention of a wealthy teacher provoke work at 4.45 p.m., Imoker and Davis cap
smile. It seems due to the fact thainining the tears. alone among the professions, teachers have no society whose guarantee is accept ed by the public. Hence, the teaching profession is overrun by quacks. Given peony cano and a half-poiny quill-pes, and any man may open a school. Hence they
a
is no criterion That can be bought at a fixed tariff (M.A., £7.70; LL.D., £12) from the Universitas Illiniensis, or more honestly crammed through by the U.
M.
0.0., but a London degres does not macan with no result. Machell lay well clear writer a quosed with approval oroficial circles. It is believed that a treaty
and a
dynamo."
A
"pars "are" worked in the presence of at least the man to the Barracks. He wzosterwards two supervisor, of whom the local arrested by the Police while in an in- Secretary must be one. The usual tules, toxicated condition, and yesterday morn as to exclusion of all except candidates and ing was fined $1, at the Magistency, by examiners, ary observed, and at the Commander Hastings. Bates was afterwards
authenticity of the draft in doubted in a University education. What is really re- of the halves and promptly returned sil refers to stekers in the Rory as close of the examination the papers handed over to lie military authorities,
that
Shade, Looker, and dinary lower deck Johnnies, and to pased them.
was signed, but not this one. По pro scaled before leaving the room, and was serving the usual twenty-four-
quired is a Teachers' Registration Bill, that, Grayson then devoted all their energy in the naval lieutenants as
lot of book continues:- and afterwards forwanted to the College. hours' incarceration when, by some means
as in Law and Medicine, the public way left, and soon a long shot by Grayson crammed young officers. The paymasters The clauses relating to Port Arthur,
scored the second gos!.
Foch of the position of precedence is a relic of Talienwan, and Klaochon are those which The supervisora are required to sign a or other ho managed to get on to the
be protected from unqualified practitioners. Dentes, made a ganie spurt from the kick medieval superstition when all men who case debt apen the authenticity of the declaration to the effect that the candidates veranda), and threw himself over. He re-
off, and two corners are obtained, but could write or read were entitled to beretit published text. It is said that these provi At Le Magistracy the other day, a local kicked behind by the taker. Then Looker's of clergy.' If retained as ornamental append-stone for fortifying certain important ports, have not received sesistanco of any ceived a nasty word on the back of the
solicitor, cross-examining a simple-minded men had a couple of corners, both on the ages to me of war they might prepare and forallowing them to be used by Russia, kind, and that everything has been con-bead and is supposed to have died from a ducted in a proper manner. The papers will tcture of the skull, Information WAS The wind was blowing strongly from the Celestial who had no gaila in him,..per and both well placed, but fruitless, pea-soup.er boil oatmeal porridge, En-in time of war, while Russia guaran.... The ground was very treacherous and falls gineer officers and engine-room artificerates them against capture by any other petrated the following When you signware frequent, and dianstrous to gir alone escape the universal ahloqay. Of Power, are opposed to the cautious and be distributed at 1.16 to-morrow afternoon, afterwards set to the civil authorities east, and all the late were rested. Meteor hits to your compradoro, do you always ments. As half-time the score was still thu artificers we read that some have a but candidates are advistal to be in their On Monday afternoon Commander Hast- and Erica were five or six minutes. late at
unadventurous policy of Hussia in the Far good knowledge of general literature waile East. Such provisions applied to territory places at least five minutes before thatings will hold an inquest at the Magistracy. the line, being in doubt whether to reef or sign them? The noble nina bors of The Loker 2. Davis 0.
Charging over both teams changed the other indulge in chemical, botanical or which Japan gave up would probably Foor who throng the court-rooms and goul-keepers. Play went on down the zoological investigations in their leisure precipitate another was, for they would time. The Pianoforte examination will be Deemsed had previously borne a good not. Meidi Afarias soon went to the front, imbibe legal lore through their very pozes, left wing as before, but Davis's teami spurt hours. They are the equal of theas who goad the Japanese to frenzy and it is not conducted by Messrs Ward, George Grini. character,
|with Chanticleer a few minutes behind.mled a combined smile which might have sharp calls. A fairly large concouree offgineers. The unfortunato chief stokers to war or to drive her into permanent ed and the opposing custodien had como enter the merchant navy as assistant en- the policy of Russia itself to provoke Japan and off the Docks was third boat, close up Erica went through the rest of the fleet, been heard at Peking-or Dundee. onlookers derived much amusement from however, restore the balance ones more. We hostility. The Japanese are particularly the frequency with which ons player kicked read of their utter inability that they pos- sore at boing chlized to give up Liaotung. to Chanticleer; Acties went over to the
time, nothing farther had been scored, and that it is not imperatively necessary that ion, and a Ministry with a strong out. Whenever and wherever the ball Bass as least as much ability and professional Marquis Ito's Ministry fell largely fruin touched bin, or he it, aut it went. At skill as any ordinary street Unker, and
and public dissatisfaction at this retroone it was agreed to play out the light. This he should know the difference between a foreign policy, bsa
done, with no change rent bearing in Isatly, of a senior engineer we are told that for Russia to use her influence in China us poma into power, as to results. slotting machine
And, This would be the worst possible moment Ani fosture was a immense letters, the legend Refresh he entered the Navy at & time when the secure certain Advantages which would mente, and quite eclipsing the modest chief engineers had risen from the class drive the Japanese to take up a position of table outfit of the Football Club,
of Scotch engineers or foreman fitters, the
bostility and resort to mussures in which majority of whom never became anything they might not be lone. Tiutes and se better than leading workmen, benefitted to sond have always been carefully studied by the end of their liven for association with Rezain in het diplomacy, and there is 10 gentlemen.*
retsch why she should bo lose cautious on There are many engineers in this colony these points now. Heaidas, there is and in the large merchant atosmurs sater other reason ing this port who will read with interest thean tason why Russia should not make DOW She did not the last quoted extract from this book. stand alone in rescuing Limutung from the Such examples of the writer's taste and Japanese; and if her reward in he no oism defeats its own object, and tends to is Francs to be rewarded it judgment abound. But this style of caiti-great both materially
ni politically, how it a correspond. injare rather than benefit that portion ofing degree And the Navy which the writer is professedly would be the begining of the disintegr
Gorintly also This trying to assist. At the bottom of it all- tion and partition of Chios, in which the ono finds two main and definite points three Powers would not he alone. The which
need consideration, viz, the relative partition of China may come in tine, but In the course of a debate, in the French rank and privileges of civil offisere in the Russia has no trish or object it hastening about the lingerie and other feminine de Chamber, on the Uplogial Estimates, Mavy and the insufficiency or otherwise of it. On the contrary, all her interests are licacies of the Angel of hie Heert, who Deloncle referred to the Niger Question the present numbers of naval enginners in postponing it to a time when her ter proponends the question why the wearied There, he said, we have had to do with
ritory in Asia is developed and her power resident of the Straits, unable to find a now Jamieson band, who must be treated and artificers for future war.
as tho Boers trented the
Any student of paval or military admin that region is euch that the sun make raidors intu the ----spot to 'cool his fevered head, should aural. We easily nettled this question nistration knows that there has always been sure of her own simre of the plunder. For not take a passage to the salubrious of Western Africa with Geranny, Spain, strife, between the combatant and civil sisa habitual policy as well as from the a border-land of doubt, and sometimes of these reasons-rasons derived from Rus North Hongkong, to wit!) which just and the Congo State me question officers of all countries. With the rapid actual situation in the East the authority remains as regards Great Britain, that development of mechanical appliances the whose views I have been reproducing now, in all probability,' is enjoying the county with whom we are asked to difficulty from time to time threatens to believes that it will be found we have most delightful weather, a dear sky, blish the entent cordiale, who made us be- basomo acute. But it can hardly be doubt not yet seen the true temma of the a chearing sun, and a temperature that ege Antwerp, take part in the Crimean that the fighting branch will, as long as Convention, and that when they have be
BEFORE Me Justice Charles, without a jury, an action was tried on Dec. & in which
The Shah of Porais certainly exhibits more ecurage in the abolition of unnecessary ex- pense and of court intrigee than does the Suite of Turkey. He has disassed the entire hurem of his late father, anti refush to get one for himself. The relicts of the late Shah are at liberty to marry priests and merchants, but they must aut fastowther shroud and backstay, and gave up. their persons upon any officials. Tre Siam Free Press alati one of its Bang Fior, Active and Sue, wachi had passed In the run down to the markboat off the Mr Edward E. Duun elained damages kok contemporaries as follows-Lucky Mront of the first class and was in front of against Sir Claude M'Donald, Intely Com- Ginnell! Of course we mean the missioner for the Niger Coast Protectorate man to whom our horning contemporary her own class, wore rounding the mark to
gentle How British Ministor at Fekin, for alludta in this wise Mr Ginnell expects gather when the former got across the bow breach of contract and warranty in connee later on to return to Selangor, where of a junk and was capsized. All the cow tion with an engagement which the defon-hirth is awaiting him. But why Selangor, dank had made to ouploy the plaiuliff under Mr.Ginell? We have excellent accoucheurs were saved, but the host went to the bot- him in the Niger Coast Protectorate for in/Bangkok, of the night accompany you three years, but which he had terminated home. at the end of the first year.
The defence was that the plaintiff had beor. engaged eqbject to the right of her Majesty to dis miss hit from ber servicg at her pleasure, and that he had been dismissed as unsuit- shie to discharge the duties of his post His lordship gave judgment for the defen-re important, since it enables actual plo dant, with costs.
-
Ar a recent meeting of the Paris Academy of Medicine,' says Tax American Journal if Photography M. Guinkoff stated that he had successfully photographed the interior of the eye. Tho advantages of this method
tures of the disease of the retina to be accared and compared from time to time to determine whether disease processes of the Tar following note, en passint, taken from vyo progress or not. The pietura is made The Natile, very fairly sums up the pros-in two seconds. The apparates can thus serve as an ophthalmoscope, and any num pects of the Imperial Bank of China':- bor of putsona can thus observe the re
"Shêng, China's Coming Man, has been Laults, coming of into with such rapidity that it
tom. Several of the boats stood by to render assistance and gave up the ruce. The markboat was rounded the first time
as follows
H.
K
3,
Maid Marien... 12, 45 Chanticleer... 12. Syb Dars
0
50
1
.48
1
&
*
Ladybird........ 1 $0 30 The rest gave up here. The second round was a proteion, and the line was
eroased at the finish as follows —
II.
$2,
Sy
Maid Marion... 2 17 Chanticleer
·Darkn Ladybird
17 23 20
2
48 - 51
30 10
Maid Marion. 24 Sybi Phoebe
21
15
Chanticleer Meteor.....
4
Erica 20 She ....... 98
Dat Ladybird... Payas Senbreeze... Eileen
25
10
4
that the Rev. John Watson, better known The Presbytery of Toronto has decided
as Ian Muduren, is a horetic. In a course of lestures in the United States, he has detailed and defended the opinions suggest
done Canadian Calvinists are of opinion ed in his various books, and it seems the
that his heart is larger than his head. The resolation is unlikely to cause much com- motion beside the bonnie briar bush, but what will Kate Carnegie my 7
KOWLOON ↑. H. M. 8. CENTURION.
kick-off at 2.16 p.m.
There will be a match at the Happy. Valley to-morrow between these teams
The following will represent Kowloon Goal, Moore; Fall Backs, Henderson and Robinson Half. Backs, Gambion, Wilson, and Hegan: When I read in a Singapore swspaper, Forwards, Symington, MS wared, Suthor. a few days ago, that Hongkong was room-land, Simpson and Wooley.. Resort, mended as a health resort, you could have Jones.
| knocked me down with a crowder. There is a chap who moralises in one of your con temporaries and reveals a lot of scesota.
THE NIGER TERRITORY.
FRENCH WISDOM.'
war, and who caused us to lose Syria.
to
must occasionally puzzle oven bimself to THE origin of the national badge of Scot- remember all the interests and offices he land, the Scotch Thistle, is thus handed now represents but he will probably not down to tradition. When the Danes in forget No. 1. His phenomenal career vaded Scotland it. was deemed anwarlike to proves chiefly tint in China "money talks,' attack an onomy in the dark
darkness of night and that to bosoms possessed of a fow instead of in a pitched battle that up to data era :-
The number of marks gained by the boats site upon a fire in the grate and the as- The Princs d'Aronberg said that in all war retains with us, claims and receive a disclosed they will prays Birch, sitpler million dollars is a aurer road to power Que occasion the invaders.
sumption of our warnest clotating. I Africa there was no viver more important Propanderating induence and rank,
With
and less alarming than those publines. to the second point our They will arrange for the railway cross than even an acquaiutanos with the Classics. avail themselves of stratagein, and in order
must be a first-clase temperature, something had been almost entirely explored by forms part of the general question of Aigun, to Vladivostock, and possibly for
to French indiense than the Niger, which
space only permite us to say that it Manchuria from the Siberian frontier, near No doubt Mr Shêng can work the railways, to prevent their tramp from being heard tulegraphs, mines and factories of China they marched barefooted. They had thus
with a body in it, that usista úpuna are in Frenchmen, France had made great efforts the manning of the navy (and array) and the line running south from Kirin to Bhan for his and their mutual benefit, and the mached the Scotch forces unobserved, wher
the grate and calls upon the boy' for an to have the feed pratique of this river, but that it is tolerably obvious in our opinion haikwan and Tentsing with some ordinary advantage of having them all in one man's Dano unluckily stepped upon the superh
overcoat. Why does not The Morelisting to itself rights which it did not
now the Royal Niger Company was arregat that, for reasons we hope in a further con hands must simplify the keeping of ac trickled thistle. He gavon bowl of pain,
consequential on these and provisions counts.
which disclosed, the assailanta so the Scots,
In the second shss She, Dart and Lady been spreading himself on the local the present no satisfaction had bean ob. greatest stress in war time will be in pro it is pointed out to me that such a conven try ice for his fovered head He has It had insulted the French flag and up to sideration of the matfer to allude to, the there it will probably stop. Further, His Intest stupendous conception, the who ran to their arms and defeated tire fou if sail again for this race. Imperial Bank of China, is a master stroke with great slaughter The thistle was im of policy; fox through this institution, benediately adopted as the insignia of Sect- des helping the railways, etc, he is to land. This famous plant was of old anerad продатина Chinese Finance, with the kindly to Thor. Ite colour, it was said, was de- Dotring and Michig. This tired from the lightning. This, be it if the story," us given by Tientsin ; and if noted, is not a chestnut, it has never suus sourewhat whate-like; But if it
typical of China's awakening the mentioned before 1-ED., C.X.1
as
HANDICAP FOR ME N'KIE'S PRIZES. ·
freedom of entity
planted Under these circumstance the fact that Madams Haratsky horeli
caring scamen rather than securing a for that insult. That copy sufficiency tained for
tion as that now published would have been maunfacture of ice in the Straits, and be nometimes prevented vessels from entering and their staff of artifioors and atokens.
of competent engineer oors known to forsiga Governmentes generally beve Singapore-made ies is not a bad thing tho watare of the Niger, and got the Bri
many weeks ago, and would The following is the handicap for Mr for a fellow who is a little gone in his as a set-off to the alleged
tish had succeeded in entering the Zambesi
have created such ruta unquestionably have McKio's prizes for a course round Mah par storay.
led, on the part of some of the Powers at won and clean sung, men Lanto, dies (f offecro comments list gives to the Niger enjoyed by the Zomba hi reincomation of Madama Blavatsky but wouirt have heard long ago that there
The Morslist concludes by French. The Ax Aussian lady is claiming to be the least, te noval movements, that the world
tanive 22 miles to bu raced for on the 17th in ewey distance and the fares thereto aro places where the Fronoh far had been | Besant disputes the claim and recalls whole therefore, it would be well to sug
something serum the matter. Un the 18 тету she should appoint as Directors of her A Warren in the Singapore Free Press inst,, starting at 10'alook-Meteor, Erica, cheap. A dose of really exhilarating coal close watch should be kept on the move-decare, before dying, that the body being pad judgment and exercise some scent. National Bang three men who (by their saysThe first number of a new publics-
Parliament sitting, complete ignorance of banking) ans so then semel the English and French. Phoebe, Maid Marion, Sybis and Charleness, with a nip of hot greg at night, would outs of the uz sedition which had recently prepared for her was that of an Indian something further will be hung whin minently-ittel for its work hnt has Gottle has just appeared, with the object teration Actice and Princess 5 minutes; do the languid Straiteman more good, I ten. It must he made clear that the free- bs migre sbsurd than to suppose that an matter.
left Liverpool for an unknows destins youth. Nothing Mre Besant said, could evor boen China's way a clus
a classical scholar of bringing the French and English to lead the army, a steamship outpany's ples more together and of enabling thein Dart and Payne, 14 minutes and Madge, fancy, than either Taiping or Penang. To dom of navigation of the Niger was a reality adept would choose the worn-out body of manager to direct her milways, success. to know and appreciate ench other better. 20 minutes; adjud and She, 27 minutes say nothing of the superior social provi. and that no point of the territory added middle-aged trotaan for carrying on the Is your papas Christian, Goorgis? *Not ful contractor to command an Ironclad the good henchmen who are contrihating to Senbites, 60 minutes. Should the first
We should be glad to learn the names of Elleen, 30 minutes; fe, 40 minutes one in the Northern colony and the results, so far, hara Invariably been satisinatory for someone or other.
Should this benk be formed there wil
this reconciliation,' saye Lo..
The enterprisa
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laudabid one, which priss be won by A class boat, the second ro doubt be found, moored somewhere we cordially support, observas La Politi prise to go to a Hi clasa bont and vice about it,
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or two whe, in case of que Celentata Bun for ourselves, syys Le sunil be able to distinguish between long, djub we know of the Englion as a **
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the French colonial possessions would work bo invaded by the Britis
The Minister of the Colonies pointed out Speaking about literiss, which I believe territory on the Great Band of the Niger mains of the famous wall of Antoninus Commission at Delirultation of the Szecs are being taken in preserve the re- are illegal in Hangkong, can nothing had beert sisting in Paris. In view the between the Firths of Forth and Clyde. cons by the Post Office satkozibles to pro- plans of the Royal Niges Campany the This furtification was built by t a lodges and lighthouse. Also, womey whole, leads to make thumph 50 New Planes just arrived best makares culars from German and other foreign port and to consolidate the territories an- nians or ancestors of the Highland Bostel, Durocon of vout the Colony being inundated by our Government he requested. M. Ballot, the in the yout of 140 to defond Tonsait rampetatare
the Rounds amater 23.85. BUN 29,08 precuts that the Directors will be able to Anglo-French Union F
Governor
05 Dahomey, to prosced to his Britain against the attacks of the Coledo Humidity devote most of their time to "high finance," This hugared plum has no temptation for Also Cabin and Transposing Pianos, guaran
the depoel, savings and current account us We incline to agres the other way toad fut the climats W. Robinson & Co. lottery mongers The Prat Uses coolie der Festchance: The British Govern who, as will be remembereds, not brly krsnobes are not likely to trouble them about, with the Mekong. If French hysto-
hands two days ago, a ofrcular men had given assurances that the pro cheased the Roman istysalon of this woult greatly at first. We would suggest, how, rical misconceptions concerning Britain Tap souret of austere is to know how to
Jected expedition was not directed against try, but ultimately forced the bank to the feather
Forerunn oper, with all dus defssance, that the same can be removed, gund and awal tut en dany yourself. If yn ongo learn is get purporting to come from one Albert Jar may of the territories claimed by Frankes
Bolvay where they felt a stronger wall alone of the bank might be one of happier not deger for gushing entises with the whip-hand of yourself, that in the best mulowsky, Berken Bohrasin 1. M. Que- Cottkt hat Mr. Molto think of anybody Wars quite prepared to live educator, Prove to ind that yrs can on many, and proimming to send me a whole
tava roughly macked in advance the ti marnod with 20,000 moh, er hold thalam own against them. This letter in peacefaly with our neighbours and had trol yourself, and Lil way you are an eriginal ticket in the Gregd-dusal Moskinny and Machinery, pat vn hand ping the latest timate bounder lot between Scotland
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