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MANILA THROUGH AUSTRA. Then he spoke he gave us Auncica &

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greeting to the Australiana, *Say l' ho said addressing the funnel of the steamer, The following article in the Springy |・・ there's no accoud-clues or third class Morning Herald is from the pea of Mr. passengers allowed to go ashore. We A. Paterson, the Australian jour: ain't tokin' any pauper inmigrants in nalist who was in Hongkong a few these parts, Then be chewed stolidly, works ngo

while the second-class passengers argued Our visit to the Diatch and Malays and expostulated; but it was no use. at Colebes was liardly a triomphal pro- He said No papers immigrants. P cession

we went ashore full of our own and thist settled it. The first-class importance and came away minus fifty passengers were then lined up to get eight pounds ten shillings, with very their permits to go ashore, These per- little to show for it. We didn't see any units were as follows — No. 1 WELLINGTON ST.pirates, or tigers, or orang-outange--

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Froni 132: nothing but the baybour officinis and a

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Noon, in one Tot, certain LEASEHOLD PROPERTY, registered Malays are much nearer to our northern in the Land Office as Inland Lot No. 507. const than is the bulk of our own popu with the seven taçasmges thereon known us Nos. 38, 33, 40, 42, 44, 46 and 48 Stane iation; and if we need a defence force 2153 Nullah Lane.

at all we need some of it up Fortrous little dark brown men, for the For particulars and conditions of sale

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sonte cases strong enough. Besides the Leaving the Mrlag Archipelago we Filipinos there were Chinese, Japanese, WILKINSON & GRIST,

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Philippine Islands.. Entering Manilas, Euglish, Australians, Spaniards, beach-combers, and poor whites of every Dated the 9th day of November 1901-2291 Harbour is like going into Hobson's degree and of all uations, all taking up Bay. The hands are not many miles the white man's burden and the black apart, but inside the heads the bay man's property as fast as they can get it There is an indescribable hurry, opens out into a sort of inland sea; bustle, and fuss-or perhaps it can be and we had to steam a good many hours described to Sydney people by saying ros. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8, WILD before we came up to the town. NDELL WANCHAL ROAD.

A sea that the whole town all day bag was Like Belatore Market, Syilooy, on a faring inn on board the Changsha told Saturday night. The restanmats are us the story of the taking of Manila, all full, the shops are all busy, the cigar- and pointed out where the Americans stalls and soft-drink shops crowded. went in to attack the Spanish fleet, Money is being made here wholesale, and one well-known Australian, who which was lying miles away up the landed here two years ago, and had to harbour. 'You see,' he said, they pawn his watch to avoid being turned

Inspector Immigration. Guards will satisfy themselves befuit Lonoring this permit that the tearer. thereof is a Erst-class passenger

This was tot done under martial law either, but under jurisdiction. Once ashore we found a marvellons town. The roadways are very narrow and the old Spanish, buildings with broad court- yards and overhanging windows looked As a matter of fact there though they should never have been disturbed by any bustle or noise; but till dark with a jabboring, jostling multi- the streets were crowded from daylight tude. The Filipinos were most muure-

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NO. 1. MAGDALEN TERRACE, MA- 2050 gezine Gap, lately occupied by J. J. came in through these heads right past away as a pauper, is now making a big.

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these forts, and that was a brave thing month, and taxes.

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to do, because if the Spaniards Ind had the pluck of a lot of tin men they could have stopped 'cm; but no, they never fired, a shot from the forts, and Dewey steamed right up into Cavite Bay where the Spaniards were lying, and started to pound them to pieces. They hardly

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or sunk them themselves, as fast as they could. When they were all aunk or run ashore Dewey dredged up the cable which ran to Hongkong, but be couldn't work it himself because it takes very, very delicate instruments to work a cable-not big powerful instruments as you'd expect, but very delicate in struments-and Dewey hadn't got any

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interests, so that they could both com municate with their headquarters.".

"And wouldn't the Spanish general

[OUSE, WOODLANDs' West, No. 9, Agree? sad one of his listeners, HEMON ROAD

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Not he He had sent off his last dyin' message to Spain, to the effect that the Americans were knocking the Spanish navy to pieces, and that he himself was going to remove inland, so

hands. This dosen't suit the Ameri- cany, who have bad to pay for the war, and who now are having a lot of expense fighting the Filipinos. The matter will settle itself in a survival of the fittest,

but the Americans will naturally help their pwn people all that they can; at present they feel like the ent that pulled the chestnuts out of the fire only to sce the monkey eat them.

The cigar factories are the main buildings to have a look at, but Inside the walled city fortified part of the town built by the Spaniards-there are some beautiful old buildings. The American soklier is everywhere, and I vaa anxious to see how he compared with the English Tommy Atkins The American soldier is a fine man physically-alert, intelligent, and civil which the Tommy is an entire stranger, spoken, with a stock of self-reliance to

But he has exactly the same drawbacks that our colonials have want of dis cipline, and a 'slack way of doing. things. The sentries at Manila very often sit on chairs instead of doing sentry go, and when the saloons were open they have been known to leave their“ drink with a friend. But they are post and go round the corner and have a

scart as needles Aeentry over some. vast stacks of forage saw some men banging about the back of the stacks; he challenged and the men ran; he fired. und shot two, and would have got some more only that some Filipino women rushed up and pulled, bim down. Ik turned out that these men were setting-

hate had his rifle jam like the man's was needed. An English sentry would.

rifle did who shot at Steyn,

HURST-FLOOR of GODOWN No. 1, as to get a more comprehensive view of the stacks on fire. So, his quickness

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the operations. He put a notice up outside is office Return shortly put

all telegrams and letters under the door and off he went. So. Devoy couldn't wire Lome, and he didn't intend to let the Spaniards do it. So he cut TO. 3 ORMSEY TERRACE, Kow the cable and tied it to a buoy, and No Immediate Entry.

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I called on General Chaffee-awar correspondent can no more pass .A. general than a goman can puss a hur gain sale and had a long talk "with" the grisly-looking old warrior. He said that he bad enrralled all the Filipino went on with the war on his own ideas, corimanders that there was anything to." He appeared profoundly, uninterested. And when he handed his mot, they in the South Africa campaign except found the Filipinos leading Spaniards that he guessed it was open ocuntry le host with rings in their nose, like South Africa while the Manila basi- ness is mostly done in swampa. There beasts of burden. And when they had was a sentry outside the Ceneral's office, put a stop to all that sort of thing they but he said he didn't know if General 1218, 22, 56, 28, 30, 51, 521 had to start in then and fight the Fili Chahe was insitle be reckoned there were such stacks of Generals he'd pinos. And the ples is full of English lost interest in them -nearly all the capital of the town is All wound the town there are English capita—and there was troublenzants where the stallholders--Chi- Japanese, or Filipinos--of with the Consuls. And when the wire

all day and every day, Saturday and was restored the English Const sent Sunday alike, and seli silks and pearls up for a man of war to come down, and and had jewellery. If they get one and they sent down the Perfil or the customer a day it pays them, as their expenses are practically nil. The back Terrible, I forget which it was, und she country grows rice and toliscos, unl eans in all ready for action, flying op judging by the business doing, there is this harbour at 15 knots an hour, look a lot money to he made here than

in South Aftien. N ing like a grout flouting fortress tearing We went to a Filipio race meeting, through the water. I tell you the where they ran wretched little ponies Britishers shore here raised a chcer about eleren hands higli. The riders were Spaniards and Filipinos and a few when they saw her. And there was Americans, They carrind great whips DOOM, No. 14. QUEEN'S ROAD CENTSAL, trouble then, and there has been more like cart whips with winch they fre-

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Americans and the strangers here,

We anchored in the harbour close to lot of big American transport, ships, and a Custom-house officer came off He was long and allow and goatee bearded, and he gnawed a mouthful of tobaccoeff a ping before saying anything.

nd hit the gouy over the fall, making lan tuck his tail ha and go like a scared tabbit. For a few strides. Ponies were deliberately palled, und Filipind brass band was kept in readiness, so that the moment the ponies passed the post the drummer hit the big drum, and the trombone player blew into the brow bone, thus drowning the lows and execra tions of those who had backed the