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AMERICA'S WHEAT.

-An Enormous Decrease,

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LONDON, May 21,

10 m-Auction of Sandry Naval and has a great reputation at stake and he in England or Germany or liccause they

Victualling, Stores at . M. Naral

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2.30 pm.-Auction of Husobald Furni- ture, at No. 11, Hamphreya Avenue, Kowloon..

Miscellandons.

General Memoranda. FRIDAY, MAY 24

of his name to mere idle rumour. It tivaly near at hand, so that they way.

may be taken as granted that he has see them during the periodical holidays, will be 188,000,000 bushels below that

We have a much longer acquaintance of of last year. Hongkong‍than Mr Douglas Story, and,

Goods per Husate dieru undelivered definite knowledge which has decided

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him to issue this impressivo waching It is to be hoped that Japan will bearken and feed. Her position as oua of the front rank powers is too insecure for her to commence antagonising her friends. That is what Dr Morrison, without any beating about the busb, warns her she is doing. After winning

Exchange Banks Cloro. Insurance Offices Close,

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CHINA'S CURRENCY.

tion.

oven in the terrible epidemica of 1894, 1806 and 1898, we never heard of

апу European residents so scured that they sent their women and children away Yuan Shih Kai's Determina-- from the Colony. Frear these questions of fact, it is interesting to inquire into Mr Douglas Story's qualifications as an export on the Far East. Is is a genial Scotsman with an ambition to write

golden opinions from the whole world like the late C, W, Steevens. So far, he

Goods per Benkemond undelivered after

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after this date subject to rent. Goods par E. Franz Ferdinand andeli vered after this date subject to rent. SATURDAY, May 25-

11a.m.-Auction of Steam Laugh fun Fick, on Board, at Causeway Bay. 9.30 p.m.-Auction of Oil-Trintings, &o.. at Mr Gao, P. Lammort's Sales

by following a mistaken and selfish Rooms. 9p.m.-Concert on the Voluntoor Farado

Ground,

commercial policy, were to forfeit that Noon-Merting of Peak Tramways Co..good opinion ao lately gained, Japan's

Id., at Co.'s Registered Offices.

(From our Correspondent)

Suasana, May 29. Yuran Shih. Kai is reported to have

for her patriotiem and military capacity has not realised his ambition. Ho is stated his determination to place the

it would be most regrettable if Japan,

12.30 p.m.--Meeting of A. H. Watsen & honour is at stake. She gratuitously

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MONDAY, May 27

9.30p.m.Auction of Household Farni

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THURSDAY, May 30:-

9p.m.-Performance at City Hall. FRIDAY, MAY 31-

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

Saturday, June 99:-

China, Id., at the Bank Premises.

typical of a certain class of Fleet. Street currency of Chins upon a gohi basis, at

men who write the larid without being any coat,

particular about the details. The

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copy" is readable, but not always reliable-as is borne out by his re- ferences to Hongkong. He reminds us made a solemn announcement that she of an eminent Fleet Street journalist of undertook the Inte war to secure the "the new school" who went to the independence of Coren and to establish launch of a bit Tship about two years the open door in Manchuria. If she now declares that Corea's independence

and ant back some beautiful pen- pictures but not a fact with regard to the warship bo was sent to describe.

DALNY

Custom House Opening.

(From Our Garrespondent)

SHANGHAI, May 22.

The Custom House at Tairen will bo

is to cease and tries to shut out foreign Industrious sub-editore bad to dig for opened on the 1st of July. trade in South Manchuria she will find these in musty books of reference in

that there will be some dificulty about the office library. After a spell of work

renewing the Anglo-Japancae alliance. National credit is exactly the same La individual credit, "gained by many.

actions, lost by one." If Japan's word. is shown to be untrustworthy in one]

Noon-Meeting of the National Bank of particular it will always be accepted

forlier to do the correct and wise thing. Will she do it?

with reservation. There is still time

The China Mail

as a war correspondent on the Boor side during the South Africa campaign, Mr Story went to Hongkong as the Editor of a now journal there. That was in 1903, and he travelled by way of Biberia. His watered G. W. Stee-

CHINA'S RAILWAYS.

Another Loan Réported.

(From Our Correspondent.)

SUANQUAI, May 22,

vena'style amused for a time, and one or Mr Bland, the representative of the two of bia leading articles, in which he | British-Chinese Corporation, held an told the people that "death stalks the important conference with Chan Chil atreets," may have done some good Tung at Hankow on May 14.

Hongkong has a champion in Sing though we doubt it. War brasking porer. Treating on some

out between Japan and Russia, Mir comments

e reported that a loan agreement

HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1907. Ble Douglas Story on Hong. Story endeavoured to get to "the for £2,000,000, between the Britishi-

JAPANESE IN MANCHURIA.

MURDERS IN KOREA.

Sir Surveyors Killed.

Í From Our Correspondent.)

SHANGHAI, May 22,

Six military surveyors have been murdered on the Tumen River in

kong, the Straits Times says: "Mrfront" on the Japanese side, but, like Chinese Corporation and the Canton- Douglas Story is a journalist. This, others, was refused facilities. Then, Hankow Railway is being concluded.. in itself, is not sufficient to ooccign for a few months he was with Kuro- him to the outermost darkness, but patkin, but, judging 'from his own Tax foreign press in the Far East is

when he adds to his original offence that book-pse of the first to be published divided on the subject of Japan's nepi-of inaccuracy of statement he incurs rations. Some journals see in sach the heaviest penalty that can be meted about the war, if not actually the first, move taken by Japan, especially in out to a member of the Fourth Estate-ho never got very asar "the front." Manchuria and Corea, evidence of à Iu a roview of "Lotters from the Far He returned early to London, and in East" by Sir Charles Eliot, K.,M.G.-1905 again came out to the Far East spirit of antagonism to every other Me Story is the Far Eastern "expert" for The Tribune. During & visit to URE WATER,

country. The most harmloss and of The Tribune"-ba wrote recently Poking, be sent sorno telegrams which necesary action in the eyes of these "It is of no moment to Sir Charles had an alarming effect upon public opi- UP-TO-DATE PLANT,

prejudiced persons is distorted into a Eliot that, instead of a population euior in England; eo much so that Dr North Korea. THE BEST OF proof of the existence of a policy of 40,000, the population of Hongkong in G. E. Morrison, then in London, hir-

Judge L. R. Willey, of the U.S. Court 1904 was 361,200, of whom 18,900 ried back to Peking, and speedily re-at Shanghai, is at present in the Culony MATERIALS,velfish exclusion. On the other hand'

were Europeans; or that, instead of assured the English public with one on his way to Conton. He leaves, for the there are journals which acclaim overy being a sanatorium, Hongkong possesses panely worded message to The Timer City of Rams to-night. action of Japan, even where there may absolutely no form of drainage what Mr. Story takes pride in being anti- | be reasonable doubt in regard to their soover, hud that its epidemics are a blot Japanese; and he quotes Sir Charles wisdom and justice. It is a matter upon the record of the Orown adminis- Eliot with approval when the distin for congratulation to us that we have fration of the Colony. Had Sir Charlesguished traveller and writer. ventures Mr Grovea takos charge of the Chinese

Eliot been in Hongkong at the time upon an admittedly superficial criti-section of the Kowloon-Cauton Railway. never gone to either extreme. During when the poorer Europeans were pinch-cism of certain traits in Japanese All these conditions are obtained in the war we did out utmost to neutra-ing themselves to find the means to send character. Mr Story may yet become The following ladies and gentlemen, tre

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are advised, havo consented to assist at the a high-priest of English journaliam, sentations which was sent out from Chefoo, or to Weihniwel, he would not but unless he abandons the attempt tonight: Meslanimes Fratik. Maitland and J.

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paint impressionistic pictures of places w. Kow, Messrs Goldring, Kendall- and elsewhere. Wo rejoiced at tho

«This sort of writing is good ecough and polities and fills his palette with Worcester, Macgregor, Jamieson, Moore, victory of Japan believing that her for Fleet Street, where the ignorance of more serviceable colours, he will never Courtney and Koenig (Cello). The Band success would prove more advantageous places abroad is unrivalled; but it is accomplish any permanent effect or of the Regiment will also be in sitendance. Improvement in machinery and appliancas, to the world generally than would hardly ereditable to an excellent newe create an undying name for himself. If Among the passengera on their way and although such changes are invariably costly in the first instance the results at that of Russia. At the same time we Paper, which is striving to establish his "facts" about other places are 28. home by the. German Mail is Mr FW.. tained in PERFECT AERATION and have always preserved our right to of Liberal opinion in England and Hongkong, he will only make himself Grimble. Freddie Grimble is a Hongkong itrolf as the reputable and reliable organizacourately recorded as those about Grimble from Kobe, a brother of Mr Goog freedom of criticism and we have not throughout the Empire. The mistake and the journal for which he writes boon silent when we considered that of Sir Charles Eliot about the popularidiculous in the eyes of people who THE FINEST MATERIALS only Japan was failing to not up to her tion of Hongkong is inexcusable; but know." are used.

promises. We pointed out long since so also aro Mr Story's remarka regarding that there seemed to be some departure the drainage of Hongkong and the poorer European residents. When he factories and our Waters are acknowledged | from what the British understand by ssys that "Hongkong possesses abso. left tho. Cocoan Capital on May 9. It is returns from his holiday. by leading English Makers to be equal to the expression "open door," in Man-lutely no form of drainage whatsoever significant that about this date we received

charia The rumours that Japanese Mr Story states not only what is not unrest had been caused in Cores in conacustices of the Peace for the Colony will a cablo from Tokyo stating that great booting of Police Magistrates and J. P's. A Meeting of Police Magistrates and Thees resulte have only bean obtained merchants were being given prefecontiaf true, but he tells an exaggerated an- quence two foreigners trying to secure

be held at the Magistracy, at 2:15 pm. on through constant experiment, the adverse

trath. The complaint of the older funds for the representation of Cores a Monday, May 27, to consider an application climatic conditions of Tropical Olistes for rates on the railways word so persistent

residents of Hongkong has been, for the Hague Conference. Mr Hulbert is in from Louis Comar for permission to remove the successful manufoolure of High-Claes that they could not be brushed aside

many years, that it hùa too much drain- the confidence of the Corean Emperor and the business now carried on by him under Translated by Ewann Hanran PARKER Acrated Waters necessitating special study. as malicious inventions. The com- age. Years ago, what is known as the it in possible that he has been authorised an Adjunct Licence in promises No. 65 mistes of Shanghai merchants who double system was introduced in spite to attend this Conferonte as the official Das Veux Road Central under the sign of Raprlated rom THE CHINA Raview.). Our STONE GINGER BEER is went on a tour of investigation in of the reiterated protests of the British representative of the country to ask the "Tho.Cosmopolitan. Hotel" to premisos

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