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Miscellaneous,

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- General Memoranda.

THURSDAY, May 16:-

Goods per Hongkong Maru undelivered after Noon on this date subject to rent, Goods per Gneisenau undelivered after

this date subject to rent

FRIDAY, MAY 17-

11 s.m.-Avation of Steam Launch Hung

Yick, on Board, at Causeway Bay. Noon-Auction of Goodwill, Stock-in

Trade, &c., at No. 17, Queen's Road Central.

2.30 p.m.-&uotiorul Japanese Curios, dro, at Mesara Hughes & Hough's

Sales Rooms.

2.30 p.m.-Austion of Household Fural: tare, at Me Geo. P, Lammert'a Sales Room.

Saturday, May 18:-

2,30 p.m.-Auction of Household Farni- ture, &c., at No. 2, Kimberley Villas, Kowloon...

MONDAY, May 20:---

Goods por Czeanien unclaimed after this date at Noon will be subject to rent and landing charges.

WEDNESDAY, May 22:

10 am-Auction of Sundry Naval and Victualling Stores, at H. M. Naval

Yard,

FRIDAY, MAY 31 :---

Noon Meeting of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, at the City Hall

SATURDAY, June 20

Nom-Meeting of the National Bank of

Chins, Ld., at the Bank Premires.

The China Mail.

HONGKONG, TUESDAY, MAY 14, 1907.

GOVERNMENT BY THIEVES.

mor moral than the poor man, in fiot the leaders of high finance are perhaps the least of any trammelled by ethical con siderations. But we do hold that a com. munity is more likely to be well served by its representatives, municipal or parlia mentary, if they are arlected from meu in the middle stratum of life. Such men, who have enough of the world'e goods to live uo, have no inducement to mix themselves up in the selling of privileges to the highest bidder. Their ambition is gratified by obtaining a

position of trust in which they can

advance the intereate of their city or

TUESDAY, MAY 14, 1907,

is sold. Auberry was sold for nine months for one dollar. J. J. Johnson was his purchaser. The first bid - was 50 cents and the last 1 dollar, for which price Auberry was knocked dṣwn,' Sheriff George Yates conducted the sale in front of the Hardin County Court-house door."

·LOCAL AND COAST NEWS.

The Board of Communications is con templating the introduction of wireless telography into Inner and Outer Mongolia,

The office of the Eastern Timer, a Chinese nowapapor at Shaughai, was burnt] out on May 8, as well as two or three other houses.

country. This is likely to be realised more fully in other places besides :

Their Imperial Chinese Majesties invo America before long, and then we may urged upon the Board of Finance the mint expect to hear couch less about the ing of gold colus and have forwarded a sum of money from their private purse for this Labour-Socialist. He has bad several

purpose. bad checks Istely. The German eles. tions, the sweeping victory for the Reformers in London, the defeat of Hearst in New York and the San Francisco exposures all show the trend of public opinion. Labour la likely to find its true level before long,

BY

TELEGRAPH.

NEW YORK STRIKE,

Dockmen Down Tools,

(From Our Correspondent.)

BAN FRANCO, May 14. The dockmen of New York have gone out on strike.

The situation is threatening.

PANIC IN CHICAGO.

The Wheat Output.

(From Our Correspondent.)

San Franci800, May 14.

A panic has occurred in the Wheat The Chinese Government is now pre-Pit at Chicago owing to the threatened. paring to re-construct a new flect and docks

and is collecting Tis. 200,000, 600,000, shortage of returns, and the consequent and 300,000 from the different provinces rise in prines. according to their size.

[An exclusivo telegram to the, CHINA Ar published yesterday says:--There is: The Russo-Chinese telegraph agres- mont has been signed. By this agreement grant excitement in the whent market in | America, owing to a rise of three cents per the Military lines are to be restored to bushel, due to no expected shortage of China at a cost of about 160,000 dollars, 90,000,000 bushels, of the winter wheat, and the lines along the River Sungari are which is equal to 20 per cent. of the whole restored without any compensation or output-E., O.M.) · privileges being demanded,

The missionary conference just con- oluded cannot fail to attract attention to the vast strides made by the mission aries during the 100 years that have

With regard to the Timber-folling elapsed since Robert Morrison first set along the Yalu the Japanese Government foot in Macao.. Now they may actually ineista on the continuance of the works in walk the Empire of China, without order to supply timber, for Military mcleatation. When Morrison undertook purposes. China disagrees with the

.

CANTON NEWS.

WATER WORKE

slowly. From the steamer wharves to the

(From our Correspondient).

CANTON, MAY 13. Preliminary borings for the foundations his great work of Christianisation he establishment of the Japan-Chinese Tibor of the bridge to be erected across Pearf was compelled to conceal himself in a falling Co., considering the Japaness Rivor just above Dutch Folly are now attitude to be an infringement of the being made. Tho complotion of this struc cellor until he required a knowledge of Japan-Chinese convention, and is going to ture will take the important island of the language. Now the students may protest.

Honam easily accessible from the city. study almost, where they please. Mor-

Already property values of the island are risoa had to sacrifice every comfort.

When he was recoived in Imporial Audi-rising. He never left the house in which he ence on May 3, H.E. Teen Chun-batten, the Work in the new bunt goes on very newly appointed President of the Board of i lodged, spending his whole time in an Communications, made several suggestions Electric Power House the riser front is apartment underground, wearing the to the Throne, of which the most important strewn with water pipes, a foot or inore in Chiness dress and enjoying no society pointsconcerned thorsform of the Provincial dinracter, that are to be used in construct, but that of his teacher. The missionary Government Administration, the restora- of to-day tay enjoy any society he likestion of China's rights and interests in the ing, the water works systein for Canton.

Three Eastern Provinces, and the despatch without legal restriction. Morrison gave of a High Commissioner to Canton to make Christian instruction to a few Chinese investigations into the Canton-Hankow behind lacked doors and in greatest Railway Affairs, secrecy. To-day colleges and schools besprinkle the land, and it may be said Placating a Nat. corruptionists, had practical contut the very frst school to assist in breaking the river in order to obtain blessingssionaries are being instructed to accept n

Win the characteristic slowness of American legal proceedings the charges of corruption which were made against the Mayor of San Francisco, Mr Ruef (the power behind the Mayor) and the city Board of Supervisors, have not pro- WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS.gressed far during the past six months. There have been great difficulties, however, which account for the delay. According to American exchanges the grafters," to use the expressive Ameri- can term for political and municipal

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The Officials have been somewhat stirred up recently about an English missionary refusing to allow a gund of Chinese soldiers to accompany him on his travels. Complaints lúave been male to the British Consul The Burmest every year let go fish in Viceroy and I understand that all mis General through the

the people of that quarter with so much offering to get rid of the nat who is visiting

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Australian Fodder for the East.

In the course of a report furnished to

has been signed.

Society give another of their delightful Tomorrow ovoning the Philharmonic

concerts at the City Hall Those who love music laro no excuse for complaining of want of entertainment of Into and the

down the wall of separation between Over 70 carts, gaily decorated and acoon guard of saldiers when it is offered. even of the legal machinery itself,

China and the English-speaking Chrie pauied by dancing men and girls, with Part of their plan of campaign was to tians was the Anglo-Chinese College Burmese music, drove round the town one put creatures of their own in the posi-started by Dr Morrison and the Rev. orening recently, anys the Bassein News, to An agreement regarding Russo-Chinese tions of public prosecutors, and on the w. Milne in Malacca-where there let off fish in the river. The Kane que joint enterprises in gold mining in Mongolia Bench. This they partially succeeded were Chinese settled-on Nov. 11, 1818. ter has turned this annual into a daily in doing but fortunately, after Ruef had It was from this school that the converts time after, time bribed juries to throw came to spread the Gospel la Chinn out indictments against him, at last an The first Protestant missionary to pene- THROUGHOUT THE EAST lunest body of men decided against him.trate into the interior of the vast domi- nions, was, of course, Mr Gutzlaff, a Then he endeavoured to "size" the native of Stettin, Prussia. He sailed the Minister for Mines and Agricultura concert to be given to-morrow should be a District Attorney's office and have the in a junk from Singapore to, as it used regarding the trade of the Straits Settle. fitting wind up for the season. We under indictments quashed but the District to be spelt, Tien-ding-fou, and later did New South Wales in the East, points, out that will be given ere the aurumer sets in. ments, Mr Satter, Commercial Agent for stand it is about the last indoor concert Attorney was an honest official and much expleration on the coast, but that of total imports of horse fodder to the It is reported that all the items have been would not be bought. Ruef was at the never found it safe to openly preach the value of £8,084 Australin supplied £1,487 thoroughly rehearsed and consequently the time on bail of $50,000 (gold) and upon Gospel. Housed the "silent prechers worth. Mr Sutter adde:"The Australian entertainment should be very attractive fodder je in excellent repute, and I certainly one. The programmo is to be as follows; a number of what were described as translations of the Scriptures and feel that there is plenty of room for im- Part 1.--Chanson de Nuit, (Ed. Eigor), "preposterous technicalities" being religions tracts-and- found they were provement, especially in connection with the orchestra. Piano Boln, Scherzo (Opus accepted readily. Nowadays the preach-compressed fodder done up in bales of 1121b, 25] (Chopiu), Mrs Forall. Part Song npset he went into hiding. It was ing is not so silent.

in the proportion of 181b. chaf, 7lb oats, Full Fathom Five," (Charles Wood) | freely asserted tint the Sheriff was un

and 3lb of bran. I also found the Hunter the Chorts. Seng, "The Two Grenadiers," River lucerno had been imported and was (Schürmann), Mr G. Baliuch willing to find him, but the honest

Of all places in the world, America highly spoken of Thinking that all of oat Paraphrase, D'apres Chopin] (Ed. Schutt). authorities were in deadly carnest so takes prominence for eccentric laws lucerne was of the same quality, some Piano 1. Mr. Dannun Fuller, Pisuo 2, Mrs they swore in a special official who and customs, and the State of Kon- further consignments were ordered, but on Longridge. Fart Song, Seguídills," speedily discovered him and brought tucky is not backward in contributing arrival the lucerne was found not to be of (Charlos Vincent), the chorus, Triangle

to the reputation of the Union. But the same good quality as the first consign- Mr F. Crawford: Tambourine-Mr. H. ment, and contained a large percentage of Chaykley, Chatausta-Mr A. S. Tuxford.Į grass:!"

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* A HISTORY OF UNION CHURCH,

Rev. G. H. BONDFIELD and DYER BALL, M.R.4.8.

Edited by Rev. 0. H, HIOKLING,

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SECOND EDITION.

ISTORY OF THE CHURCHES OF

Burmese and Aerated Water.

Valse.

him to Court. Even then, roports a'

according to the latest American mail San Francisco contemporary, he was not

Part Two Bourrees, (Handel), the nows, they have in Kentucky a law committed to gaol because the Sheriff for dealing with vagrants of the "won't

Orchestru. Soug, "Nyraphs and She- could not be trusted to keep him safely.work" class that might, perhaps, be of serated waters as they have to other Allegro-Scherzo Andante Finalo, pherds," (H. Bombay) Mrs Belilios The Barnese have taken to the use Quartet, [Opus 47] (Schumann), Sostenuto Both the Bulletin and the Chronide, advantageously copied elsewhere. But drinks used by Europeans to an extent un Violin, Mr J. P. F. Joki, Viola, Mr F. two of the leading papers of San Fran- the story is best told in the words of equalled by most Asiatic races. Exoopt Gonzales, Cello, Mr G. Koenig, Piano, Mr cisco, declare that the facts which have a newspaper correspondent at Eliza-amongst the poorest classes, there is hard Deuman Fuller. Part Song." My Love is come to light show that, with the ex-bethtown (Ky.). It is as followsy wedding feast, or a funeral coremony Like a Red, Red Rose," (Garrett), the conducted in Rangoon, where from 10 to Chorus. Vocal Trio, The Snow," (Ed. ception of a majority of the judges, the "One of the most remarkable scenes160 dozen bottles of lemonade are not ce- Elgar), Mr Beliling Mrs W. S. Bailey city is governed by its criminal elements witnessed in Kentucky sinco ante- sumod. Many years ago aerated water Mes TL Parkins, Violins MIT F

bellam days occurred here this week, were only thought of if European guests nzales and Mr J. P. F. Jokl.] Chora! The Board of Supervisors has confessed when Dock Auberry, a white man, were expected, They are now used in all

Burmese coromonies and in the hot months Fanning), Choras and Crehostm.

Ballad, The Miller's Wooing," (Eaton that it was regularly in receipt of bribes 30 years of age, was put on the ice is almost as great a necessary of life which were arranged by Reef and black" and auctioned off into servi- well-to-do Bussens is one for WHISKY.shared by him. Judging by the free rude. The price paid for the man was There are probably fifty shops and stalls.

Shum, the Impeacher. way in which the Americani newspapers only one dollar. The man was placed where serated waters, and ico are sold in Audience the first timo LE. Teen Chun- When he was received in Imperial comment upon the disclosures made by before the crowd that filled the town Rangoon, and the suburbs now where there hauen could not fully express his opinions the Supervisors there seems to be no on court day and witnessed the unique paid for many of these places in town show on Prince Ching whom Her Majesty the Empress Dowager appreciated in high moral, nor indeed legal, doubt that the spectacle of a man being legally sold how large the consumption must bo while ternis, but in his next audience he im

into slavery. Auberry was married the sale soems in no way to adversely affect poached the Prince without reserve, which Mayor, Ruef and their trades union as-

10 months ago, and during the term shorbet also in great demand in the men former who was obliged to prostrato in the itinerant vendors of tea, coffee, and $15.00...Per Case.sociates Lave been systematically rob- of his married life did manual laborings and evenings throughout the town front of Her Majesty. The Empress

bing the citizens. It would be unfair for exactly five days no more His Rangeon Gazette. to infer from this that the domination of father-in-law, who objected to keep the labour element must always neces-his son-in-law in idleness, instituted sarily be associated with corruption and vagrancy proceedings. Auberry was

was not one a few years ago.

The rents

resalto iú For Majesty's rebuke of the

Dowager since then has been again irritated againat Prince Ching, sa Censor Cho da- nounced him in severe terms, and at last an Imperial Deerne instructing Prince THERE is a lesson in the work of the Chun and Grand Secretary Son Chia-nai to

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INDIA, BURMA, SIA, THE MALAYA, S. WATSON & 00epoliation. But on the other hand found guilty. Under the Kentucky thrifty farmer. Ho knows that the make investigation in the matter was

it in fair to point out that the templa vagrancy law a man convicted of fal- bright here in my it brows that the

PENTOTIA, CAMBODIA, AANAS, TRIBET,

CORRA, AND JAPAN, Entrusted to the Scorery of the

MISSION ETRANGERES.*

Translated by EDWARD HARPER PARKER

and y Reprinted som THE CHINA RIVERW.) Paton & Cento,

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COLDS AND PNEUMONIA.

likely to follow. So it should be with tion to a poor man who is suddenly lure to work simply has to go to work. Prepares for the showers which are so issued.

To provide for this the man is literally every household. Dysentery, diarrhoea hoisted from obscurity to a position

and cramp colic may attack some member HERE can be no excuse for a man it sold into servitude, the purchaser be of the home without warning. Chamber- whence he can axercise power which is

Iain's Colic Cholora and Diarrhoea

ho allows a cold to develop into ing bound to furnish him with food Remedy which is the best known medicine pusumonia, Chamberlain's Cough Remedy worth a great deal financially, must be lodging, and médical attention, and in for these diseases, should always be kept ab disstry and many doctor's bills have been counteracts any tendency towarda thua BUILDINGS. hard to withstand. We are not saying return to receive all the prisoner's hand, as inmodiste treatment la necessary

Il chemiste and storekeepers. that the weultby man is of necessify any services daring the term for which he and delay may prove fatal For sale by all saved by its finely use. For sale by Hongkong, April 27, 1907,

and storekeepers.