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MEMOS FOR TO-MORROW,

Auction. 10.motion of Sundry Naval and Vistaalling Stores, at 1. M. Naval Yard,

Meetings.

$403.832.78-for that was the amount saved entirely or almost so on salaries through no fault of their own, did not appeal to the Officer Administering the

6.15 p.m.-Meeting of Bowling Club, Government, notwithstanding that he was well aware that a petition had been

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Miscellaneous.

TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1907.

LOCAL AND COAST NEWS.

A new Chinese Consulate has been opened at Kobe.

There is a proposal to samox the town, of Hodogaya to Yokohama.

Transfer Books of Peak Tramways Co., sont flome from these very cervants Two persons were injured in a gas ex

Ld., sloep from this date to let May, praying for a readjustment of the ques-plosion at Tokyo Ezbibition, Register of Shares of A, B. Watson &tion of salaries, in view of the high

Co., Lady close from this data to 20 Inst., Indusivo. Goods per Ucem not cleared at 4p.

on this date subject to rent,

General Memoranda, THURSDAY, MAY 23 5-

2.30 p.m.Auction of Household Furni

Kontopa

exchange. His Excellency Sir Matthew reported in various parts of Januar

Earthquakes more or less severe aro

Nathan, late Governor of the Colony,

took a sympathetic interest in this mat- ter and shortly before he left he promised the Civil Servants that ha

The English Mail of the 20th April | was delivered in London on the 18th Bĩay.

The work on a section; botwuen Wo- chang and Yohow, of the Cantou-Hankow

ture, at No. 11. Humpliroys Avenue, would, on arrival in England, back UP Railway was lo bo commenced on the

Goods per Kasate Mart undelivered verbally the recommendations he made -

when forwarding that petition to the Secretary of State for the Colonies. Yet

after this date abject to rout FRIDAY, May 54-

Exchange Binks Close,

Goods per Bentosund undelivered after hore we liaven document containing Goods per Cardiganshire undelisprod most legitimate argument in favour of

this date object to rent

, after this data subjner to rent,

Geeds per E. Franz Ferdinand undali-the Civil Servants and it is passed over vored after this date subject to rost. without a word of comment.. It was laid SATURDAY, May 25

on the table and there was an end to it. 118.motion of Steam Launch Hung Half a roillion dollar-seven and a half

Fick, on Board; at Causeway Bay,

2.30 p.m.-Action of Oil-Printings, &o,

At Mr Geo. P. Lammert's Sales per cent of the total estimated expandi Roows,

ture-aved through the magaries of exchange, and yet not a word of it! We

otrert on the Volunteer Paride

20th.

Tho Cesitral Government has decided- to continuo the Peking-Kalgau Railway to

the town of Ura; in Mongolia, and work on the now line will comence in the

́Summers.

Privato contractors having failed to clear the entrance of Pert Arthur, the Japanese Government has determined to

Lundertake the work itself at an estimated

cost of Yon 960,000

"and

The Chinese cruisers “Hal-chou"

Noon-Meling of Peak Tramways do not render that there is dissatisfacai-gung" which are to be sporintly deg

Ld, at Co.'s Registered Offices. 12.50 p.m.-Meating of A. . Watson &tion in the Public Service of Hongkong Viceroy Yuan are to depart sonic time patched to the Malay Archipelago by Oo, Ld...kt Co.'s Office.

WEDNESDAY, May 29:-

12.10 p.m. Meeting of The Star

Ferry Co Id. at Mesars Gibb, Livingston & Co.'s Office,

THURSDAY, MAY 30

9. p.m.-Performance at City Hall. FRIDAY, M-y. 3

What else could one expect when such towards the cud of this moatli.

toportant matters us this

are

ignored:

The very fact that last year the Govern

Captain Hamasaki' of the Shinshu Maru," has lodged an appeal against the ment mado half a million dollars out of decision of the Osaka Marina Court, which

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BY TELEGRAPH.

STORM AT NINGPO,

Ten Lives Lost.

(From our Correspondent);

STANOUAY, May 20..

Ningpo was visited.. by a terrife squall on May 1775

The roof of the colton mill was blown

cff; several junke capsized and top lives

"were lost.

PRINCE CITING.

Wants to tesign.

(From Our Correspondent)

Praig, May '20. Prince Ching a petition, praying for leave to resign, has pas been granted.

PRINCE TSAI-CHEN.

Proceeding to Europe.

(From our Correspodent.)

PEEING, May 21, Prince Tai-Chen, a son of Prince

Ching, lately Minister of the Board of

.

exchange is quite sufficient to redouble suspooded his certificate for four months. Noon-Meeting of The Hongkong and the interest which is taken in that in consequence of the collision of his boat Agriculture, leaves shortly for Germany

with the P. and O. s.a. "Devanha " : Shanghai Banking Corporation, at the matter. It is quite possible that in

and Great Britain to study military and City Hall. SATURDAY, June 20

another year the Government right drop Commerce has sont strong petitions to the

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HONCHONG, TUṛsday, May 21, 1907.

PROFIT OUT OF EXCHANGE,

Ar the last meeting of the Legislative Council His Excellency Mr F. H. May, Officer Administering the Government in dealing with the Supplementary.

| [Prinço | Tsai-chen is an Imperial!

A like amount, though it is not probable, Pride-Minister, the Home Minister, and plasman. His record (talten frout Who's

as the Government of the Colony are in the Minister of Finance, Communications, a position to rectify their position should Agriculture and Commerce orging the re- moval of the hallway lines and works which they be on the losing side. The gravity form a great obstruction in the middle of the of the position of the Civil Servants has city... been pointed out at length in the past, A Peking telegram to Shanghai says

Who in the Fur East) Is us follows Lieut. Generat, Bordered White Banner Corps, 1991; special Ambassador to Lug- bad, Coronation, April, 182, President, Board of Commoreo, Sept., 1993; Minister of the Presence, Jan. 1901; Minister, Board of Agriculture, 1906.-15; C.M.}-

but up to the present nothing has been that the Chinese Consul-General at Scout has telegraphed that the Japanese done to ameliorate their lot. Will the Government has deolded to dispatal Abamecting of the Legislative Courbi publication of this new fact--this un-number of military officers to Korea for toy held on Thunday the Colonial Serre- carned profit to the Government, a profit the special control of the Korean native tary will move that 22,438,000 be advanced army. There is considerable exo toment for the construction of the Erfish section of which they gain without as much as among the Korean population on account the Kowloon Canton railway, raising a finger, unless it bo to scoop in of this decision. the shokels which are accruing to them.

This N.-C. Daily. Now, rena ke,

In view of the luto Morrison Centenary.

Estimates for 1906 remarked:-open the eyes of all to the ging evil that a private-latter from the North states celebrations at Shanghai,, an article on Dr Robert Morrison in the curreal (L. M. N. that is being inflicted on the Civil Ser-that. Toên Chun-henet hus ad Chronicle, frout the pen of Dr Gitth himenff de unpopular with the Princes and John, is of spacini interest. Aa Montson

only item in the Egfimates for last year

ahewing an excess of expenditure is Mi Fonte? It is not as though thegh Ministers in the Capital that he died in 1834 and Griffith John was born in In the manufacture of High.cellaneous Services, due to the loss of a purchasing value of the dollar rose in avoided by then as much as possible In 1831, the careers of these two great mis..

Class Mineral Waters the following are essential:-

URE WATER,

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THE BEST OF

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like rotio to the exchange rate. It does consequence of this Tsou is said to be siouatics cover the whole century of large quantity of subsidiary coin sent home last year to be sold. Among the pot, as all who reside here are well seriously thinking of sgain asking for a missions in Chine. The same p

| provincial appointment.

Morrison, says the writer, can nevar Papers to be laid on the Table are the

porish, and his influence can never pas Financial Keturns for the year 1906

Bands of burglars and sassins are away. His translations and distimaties Chercher la femme! It transpires puding the streets of Harbin in broad has already passed into improved and which show a surplus of $209,400 on that a woman is at the bottom of the daylight; a meeting of sixty-eight foreign mora perfect works. But Morrison lives the working for the year, and an excess bribery scandal at Peking. A singing and Americay Consuls and a representative example rerain, and will remain, a light, merchats, with whom were the Russian his spirit is still marching on, his life and of assets over liabilities on the 31st of girl originally mentioned things to her of the Chinese authorities reocally unsui-and an inspiration to all his successors, to December of $652,230, not including parents, and the parents passed them mously passed a resolution calling on arrears of Revenue and over-payments

on. Prince Ching and others were the Russian authorities to adopt oficient impeached, but the Prince having been measures for the proservation of good The Wesloyous, as usual, arranged their amounting to $113,260.65, making a

order: the answer ms-been returned annual picnic yesterday. They, like all found not guilty, the people who com that Harbin is au open port and tho total excess of assets of nearly $800,000.menced the scandal were seized and duty devolras on the Chinese; but a

other holiday makers, wore favoured with These figures show a satisfactory finan-are at present in custody at Feking.demund for municipal privileges equivalent fuse weather. A cloudy sky helped matters,

the end of time."

HONGKONG WEEKLY. EXPERT MANIPULATION. cial condition. (Applause.) In addition One of the hostages at the Capital is to those enjoyed only by Busians, and and a smootli fua exactly suited their

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CORRA AND JAPAN, Extrusted to the Soonwx of the MABAION ETFANGZRES."

e bave had a large windfall this year the Chairman of the Chamber of Com- in the shape of the probate duty amount.merce at Tientsin. These gentle persone will probably have time to learn that

Chinese brought no response.

An Obstructive Teotas

visits, for they had arranged a picnic to Stanley. Two faunohcs had been stranged, yet these were not too aapacious to supply

Mr E, T. C. Werner, H. M.-Consul at accommodation for all that availed them-

All these conditions are obtained in ling to over $260,000 on the Estate of after all a still tongue maketh a wise Kinklang, is in dispute. with the Customs selves of the chance of a day outing

Waters of our manufacture,"

hoad.

the late Sir Robert Jardine." The

Teotai Wong about the erection of a tank Something more than two hundred were comparative statement of the Estimated

for the storage of Kerosene oil at this present, and among them were not ABSOLUTE PURITY. Repeated and Actual Expenditure of the Colony

Treaty Port by a British finu at Shanghai.A few children. This is exactly what analyses both focally and at home guarantes for the year was laid on the table, but it

The paragraph appearing in our The Trotai refuses to giro permission on the promoters wilt," for the youngstore thia.

notes from Canton to-day regarding the ground that, na Kinking in Treaty always enjoy a day away from Hongkong, did not even obtain a passing note

note from dasire of the Viceroy to be quit of office Post and is thickly populatal by Chinese and yesterday's opportunity apparently UP-TO-DATE PLANT. Our policy His Excelicnoy, despite or probably seems to give some ground for the residents, and in view of the dangerous was no exception to the rule. Those whe is to continually introduce every modern owing to the fact that a perusal of the rumour that has been abroad of late and destructive nature of kerosene oil the took charge of the expedition found that it Improvement in machinery and appliances,

request cannot be granted by China. The was necessary to have all their wits about- and although such changes are invariablygures therein contained would explain that Chou Fu is about to roll up his Consul, however, insists on gaining his the to arrange for so large a gathering and to see that tea was provided on the costly in the first instance the results at in farge mensure the very satisfactory tent and flee. Viceroy Chou is an old point, as he is able to quató a similar congrass with as little dolay as possible. tained in PERFECT AERATION and position of the igures of the Colony. The man, but despite his age he is procession given at Hankow to a foreign fum. Everything as far as I know passed of 'economics in working justify them.

estinated expenditure for the Colonygressive. Since he has been in Canton The matter will probably be referred to satisfactorily, except that there being so laigo a number present, all the provisions ainobuted to $7,056,055.00, while thee has taken considerable interest in Poking for faal settlement,

vore domolished, and perhaps if there had the progress of the city and where Chinese River Gunboat &quadron, actual expenditure amounted to only

been a little more no one would have mind are used,

It is not easy to cater for so many improvements could be made he is. L. Viceroy Chang Chili-tung, ofthe ed $6,832,010.08, H

cigar saring of

done everything possible to effect them. Hukuang Provinces, has telegraphed to

one knows how many will ENGLISH EXPERTS manage our 8224345.32, notwithstanding the fact. In the construction of a bridge secose squadron of light-draught gunbeats and about satisfied. The picnic was able to Peking concerning the formation of a turn up. Still I think everyone was factors and our Waters are acknowledged that Miscellaneous Services increased the river and the improvement of th torpedo-hosts for services on the upper command music all the way, for the newly by loading English Makers to be equal to

by $477,849.63. How was this large bunding be is taking a keen interea Yauges to commise four gunboats, constructed band was very generous in its those of their own manufacture.

THE FINEST MATERIALS only

(three of which have already lenmesio and "overybody enjoyed joining in completed), the torpedo-bants now in cotireo with the singing Indeed the folk sang all of construction in the Hanyang arvonal the way thither and back. Te is not cos Viceroyalty. The proposed squadron to esisted, but as veral there wes niany will consist of ten or twelve vessels is to be lug minds and many helping hands when placed under the connard of Colonel Lithe aguitude of stelt u tes is considered,

and three old vessels of the Hukuang sary to motion the mounts of those who

SECOND EDITION,

saving effected? The question; might and on every possible occasion visit the 1STORY, OF THE CHURCHES OF These reautta have only been obtained

BODIA, BORM, SA, The MAZAX PENINSULA, DAMBOULA, ANEAM, Puma, through constant experiment, the streme well be asked. They grosa saving one of the work and consults with the

olimatic conditions of Tropical Climates for anxounted to 8702,13385, and of this sporvising engineer. The Viceroy he does not talk English by The way the successful manufacture of High-Class large sum, no less that $548,983.99 rems to know something of engineering Translated by ROWARD HARPER PASKE Aerated Waters necessitating special study was due almost entirely to the profit and is never more delighted than when

made by the Government out of the he has a sot of plans in front of him. Yan-hung (calicated in the destroyed and the fewness of tho sppliances available,

uval college at Tientsit) for the it was n sign of careful management that -- Our STONE GINGER BEER high rate of exolango which ruled Viceroy Shum, who is at the moment preservation of peace. The estimated all were applied with so little dolay, the only aucoresful production of its kind FOR SALE at The -OHINA MAN' OFFIOR in Tropical Countries. It at ance became ughout the year. His Excellency popalar and increasing eales leatify to Mr May, presumably-it pust inorcosing-popularity. Brewed from the be considered with the object tö finest Jamaica Gingor it is perfectly whole-cloaking this fact, did not as much

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having a spell of influence at Peking. annual expenditure for the maintenance of There were mods for the children, wito also has some object in getting Chou Ya out this squadron in the Yangtzekiang is about enjoyed the old-fashioned ceramblo-for-

223.200,000.

sweets on the grass. It was a pleasant of Canton and if he can assist the

afternoon and that all felt as they lunded. Throne, to come to a decision-on-the- petition for release from office submitted

RELEUMATISM MAKES LIFE

MISERABLE.

at nine o'cloak-Communiented.

The carliest known directory is that of

some and is an ideal summer beverage. as mention the expenditure of the by Chou, he will do so. The proba

Colony. It was sufficient for hun bility is, however, that what he will A happy home is the most valuable po London, published in 1677..

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fozis if you are suffering from rheumatism.

your home

COLDS AND PNEUMONIA.

You throw side and you can be relevou THERE can be po drous for man i from thosn rheumatic pains also by npply. ha allows a cold to develop into ing Chambarcin's Pain Balia. Uno proumonia. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. application wit give you rolic and its counteracts any leadenoy towards this. continued uso for a short time will bring diba and many doctor's bills have been 1t noods mach virtue to live with those stout à portanon pure. For talo by all atved by its timely ven. For sale by

chemists and storakcepors.

all chomists and storescopera.

of the Colony were inuloted of who have none.-Chinese,