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General Memoranda.

TUESDAY, JULY 16, 1907,

LOCAL AND COAST NEWS. BY TELEGRAPH. BY TELEGRAPH.

The Champion County is having a bad time of it at present, having just

The English Mail of the 15th June sustained another defeat, this time from

was deliyored in London on the 15th Gloucester-vide our special telegram. July, Goods per Lelki not cleared at 4 p.To date they have won seven matches,

on the date subject to roat.

having beaten Somerset, Notts, Snesox, Tho, A. Zafiro arrived yesterday Derby, Northampton, Leicester and evening from Banils, the latter part of the Hampshire, and lost five, their convoyago to port boing in a strong W, S, W. TROBADAY, July 18-

wind and rough so. Transfer Books of The West Point Build-querors being Lancashire, Hamp ing Co., Ltd.. close from this data to shire, Middlesex, Essex and Gloucester, 29th Inst, inclusive. SATURDAY, July 30:-

8.30p.m.-Austion of Household Fural-

ture, &o., at No. 5, Morrison Bill. 9 p.m. Concert by Kowloon Bowling

Green Club, at the Green..

The China Mail.

HONGKONG, TURNDAY, JULY 16, 1907.

THE HEALTH OF HONGKONG.

To retain premier position Kent will have to put up sterling performances no more draws or losses. With bowlers like Blythe, Fairservice and Fielder-all |

Horious difficulties are said to have been encountered in connection with the construation of the Panama Canal. The

work is almost at a standstill,

The Caronia arrived at Liverpool on

the 12th ultimo with 2,174 passengers, the largest number ever carried from Ameries. in a single ship. Five special trains were needed to carry the London contingent.

The proposal to connect the Baltic of whom are in form this year--and and the Black Sea by means of a canal batsmen like Wooloy, Hardinge, Seymour has been revived, and a Russian Govern-. and K. L. Hutchinga, the County should ment engineer has been directed to prepare be doing better than it is. Notts are still the necessary plans, going strong and Surrey-with its threa "oitches," Hayward, Hobbs and Hayes-- are also in the running Worcester with four wins and one loss to its credit is not to be despised, though fourteenth down the list last year. To-day Kent From time to time we are compelled to

and Worcester are playing at Tunbridge publish announcements that the Gos-Well. It will be interesting to learn the erament of such and such a place has result. declared Hongkong an infected porti These notifications are unpleasant be cause there is involved extra cost to consignors of cargo and others. It is

an

unfortunate necessity caused by our geographical position that we should periodically be declared unclean: Hence the annual health reports are matter of supreme interest to all of us who have more than a transitory counec tion with the Colony. An improvement in the general health of the port means

an improvement in the genera commer- cial conditions. The two things are

in

diasolably intertwined. The report published in the "Government Gazette " of July 12 gives an immense amount of valuable data and shows that our health anthorities are doing all that experience can suggest to overcome the manifold difficulties they are called upon to cope with in Hongkong. If we have to find occasion for criticism it is because the

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The Tmzisvaal gold output for the

mouth of May amounted to 524,477 ounces of fine gold, of a total value of £2,227,538, hoing a decronse of 12,542 ounces in weight; and of £63,272 in valus, as compared with the month of April,

Harrow's win over Etpa-referred to in our special qablo-is the thirty.

A Government exploring expedition fourth against Eton's thirty-first-left Soushays for South Dutch New seventeen watches have been drawn. Guinea, on June 24. The expedition is. Taking the last fifteen matches: Eton commanded by Captain A, J. Goossens, à has won four, Harrow five and six military officer. It is cscorted by s strong military fome. The object of the explorers have been drawn.. Harrow's victory is to survey and map out the unknown is a signal triumph for Mr M. C. Bird, interior. whose double century one in each innings is a great Eent. In 1905 the Tokyo Hinode Shimbus"-Takahashi Bird scored 36 and 20 and in 1906 13 Soko and Takeda Ichiji by name--the lat

Two Japaneso journalists, engaged on

and 14, but on the latter occasion heter of whòni has also been manager of the

HOME CRICKET.

Kent Again Beaten,

(Exclusive Service, supplied by Reuter.

ein Bombay),

LONDON, July 15.

The match between Lancashire and Sussex at Brighton was drawn; and Gloucester defeated Kent at Dover by

96 rens.

The South Africans Beaten.

!? The South Afritions sustained thair.

first defeat of the tour in the match against Surrey at the omil

The county won by 85 runk::

··Éton- v. HarroW;

Good Scoring

The annual match between Eton

and Harrow, commenced at Lord's on July 12.

Harrow batted first and compiled 222 runs, of which Mr Bird scored 100 not out..

Eton replied with 29), but in the

did much of the bowling, taking 4 Japan Commercial Intelligenes Office at second innings the Harrow batsmen wickets for 91 in the first innings and Tokyo - have been placed under police scored 362 runs for 8 wickets befora 3 for 30 in the second. Last year supervision for tor of years it

by 78 ruas

"The Times" commented as follows: having been discovered that they have been they declarad, leaving Eton 314 rona Of individual batsmen Mr. Bird is urb aancial cintes by disseminating false ever, was dismissed for 234, thus losing intimidating banks and attempting to disto get to win. The latter team, how- no doubt, a very fine ustural player, reports. but considering his powers, he has not been a success in the 'three years be has played in this match, and, per hups, like others, he is apt to fail on great occasions." Now he has justi fied himself and will probably be heard

THE MAN ON, INSURANCE COMPANY.

Extension of Business.

of further either for one of the Uni. An application was tunde to His Lord- WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS. report is voluminous that it is difficultversities or for a County. A batsmanship the Chief Justice (Sir Francis Piggott) to pick out salient points. Still this is an who can also take his place as a bow in the Original Jurisdiction of the Supremo error on the right side. The table dealer is an extremely valuable asset to a Court this morning by the Hon. Mr H. E.

NOTIČE.

lent imitation,

NEW

A

ing with plague is of especial interest. cricket eleven.

We find that the victims of this dread

| disease in 1996 reached the high total

of 893 as against 304 in 1905.

there should be such a startling increase

In Bouter's massage in regard to

the Pesca Conferenec it is stated that

out in bold relief. The resisting power knows that it means nothing. LABEL

BEARING OUR

Pollock, K.C.,.on behalf of the Man On Insurance Company for the confirmation by the Court of certain resolutions which

In Harrow's second innings Mr Bird again reached the century, making 131

before being beaten.

JECUTED'S BERVICE.] THE UNITED STATES AND JAPAN.

LONDON, July 14.

A report that a Japanese has been

lund been a slow arrested in. San Diego, California, for

the buon passed with a view to extending Mr Pollock stated that suce the matter was last before the Court they had complied

with his Lordship's desire that verlam

liabilitics. Certain affidavits by the man-

THE ANHUI AB- SASINATION.

Female Accomplice Punished.

(From our Correspondent.)

BHANGNAL, July 16.

A female teacher employed in the Girls' School at Bhaochun in Chekiang Las been decapitated as an accomplice of the assassin of the Governor of Anhui,

KOREA.

Intending Assassins

Discovered.

Servios, supplied by Rev

LONDON, July 15.

A message from Reator's corrospond--- ont at Seoul states that twenty-fivo: men wore discovered concealed in the ladies' apartments of the Palace.

It is believed they were secreted there for the purpose of assassinating Korean Ministers.

KOREA AND JAPAN.

A Delegate Dead.

(From Our Correspondent)

LONDON, July 16.

Ti Tione, the second Korean dele

gato at the Hague, has died from heart disease.

Owing to the illness of the wife of“

of the the other delegate, Prince Tiong, at St. Petersburg, the American trip has been postponed.

Mr Root, the American Secretary

for Foreign Affairs, bas declared that the mission to America would be hope-

sketching a fort, bes created much stie in loss anyway us America had der pted America, but the Government at Washing Japan's position is Koron ton affirms that it has no oficial information

of the occurrence.

-A remarkable feature in the situation is

New York

· KOREA AND THE HAGUE,

LOADOS, July 14. The Korean deputation at the Hague yesterday presented Mr Choate with a Korean protest.

FRANCE.

AMOY NOTES.

THE AMERICAN "HOLIDAY," (From Our Correspondent.)

Amor, July 12,

Seldon has this famous holiday passed more quietly in Amoy. Save for a select ** At Home” at the American Consulate,

public that so auspicious a day had veriveð. there was nothing to acquaint the general

COMMERCE STATISTICS.

We beg to notify our Cus

the Chinese delegate has had the bad might suggest to the Inyman that the taste to stick a pin deeply into additional information should be put on tomers and the public gene methods adopted to stamp out the diplomatic bubble. In passing it may the record with reference to the financial that Eastern Ametics is constantly unin- rally that from this date, with disease have proved ineffectual. Were remarked that the Conference seems position of the Man On Insurance Comformed of what is Ippening in the West }a view to preventing fraudu-are inclined to think that such a con- to be achieving that which it was expany, and setting forth its assets and until the San Francisco newspapers reich clusion should not be hastily drawn. pected to achieve nothing. There is ager of the Company, Mr R. F. C. Master the customary display of noble ambi-and Mr Kwong Tong-kwok, a director, had Very little, even in this year of grace, istions by the several Powers which keep been filed. If those affidavits satisfied his really known in regard to plague. It these things up their steares until the Lordship he would ask him to make an waxes and wanes according to no re-

moment comes to display them. But would be submitted for the approval of the order approving of them. A formal order cognised law. When the detailed this interchange of admirable senti. Court. Mr Pollock further asked his Lord- figures are examined one fact stands ments means nothing and everyone ship to make an order that costa should be will of the United States for Berea, suwero composed of Borneo uil in bulk, Me Choate, while dwelling on the good. The imports from June 22nd to July 5th Rotared and paid by the Insurance Company if it wished to make representations it 34,020 gals; Sumatra out in bulk, 44,957

should address Washington. of Europeans other than Portuguese is turning to the indiscretion of the as between solicitor and client.

His Lordship--I grant this application apparently remarkable. There were, Chinese delegate we find that Hat gen-now that the further information has been during last year, five cases of plague tleman had the temerity to sak that a supplied me. It is a matter which concerns among Europeans of which but two definition of war should be established the public, and therefore I will give my reasons for granting it. In the first place proved fatal, With the Chinese, on the Most unkindly he mentioned that war when the application was made I was uniter

LONDON, July 13, had sometimen been made on China the impression that the share capital was other hand, there were 826 fatalities in

President Fallieres, while returning from 870 cases. The fatalities among the under the name of an expedition. The not sufficient, but information has now

I have no nows" as to this project, indiscretion is the greater because the been supplied to mo that a great number the review at Longchamps on the 14th inst., Japanese, Filipinos, Portuguese, Malays,

of Chinese marine insurance companies, was fired at by a man who proved to be except to say that extensive preparations statement is entirely true." The Cutis- which are also in the fire business have a insaue.

are being made with a view to its materiali and Eurosions were 100 per cent. tian Powers will not have to cast their capital practically the same as this, unthely,

zation ero long, for large purchases have Two shots were fired but no one was been made of different kinds of materials $1,000,000 had paid up. It is a mather (although it should be observed that memories back over many years before which the Court must inquire into carefully hurt. there were extremely few cones). Nine they ascertain to what the delegate event of

because experience has

shown that in the winding up. of the

of a company Indians contracted the disease and six referred. The Boxer Campaign was there is always very great did

difficulty

with wa regard to absent bateriastion with regard shareholders Therefore succumbed. It would be extremely described by each of the Powers which I required special infe dangerous for a civilian to dogmatise in took part in it as quoxpedition." to resident shareholders in this Company and I had that cab of 5,000 shares all regard to health statistics but it looks Diplomatically we were assisting the with the exception of 2. That appears dock at Cardiff, at the King knighted a large consignment of Narcissus bulbs, s

shareholders in Hongkong. as if one of two deductions can clearly be drawn. Either Europeans are con stitutionally better able to resist the

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OPENING OF THE CARDIFF DOCK.

Lospos, July 14, The King and Queen opened the new

th me, so far as the Court an investigate the Lord Mayor of Cardiff,

Chinese Government to suppress rebellion, and if incidentally we bunted the Chinese Royal Family out of their be

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disease or else the superior hygienia Capital that was, of course, merely unplied in the Court required,

conditions in which they live tend to render them immune from the disease in its worst aspect. It seems to us that further investigations in this connection could be made with advantage. With out considering the report further in detail we wish to congratulate the com pilers upon the splendid efforts they are making to improve the health conditions of Hongkong "At times we have had to criticise gone actions of the health suthorities which have not appeared to us justified by the necessities. But

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gals; benne and beanenko, 25,679 pels, Americana flour, 6,208 pels: rico, 0.860. pels; cotton, 4, 626 pels; shirtings, &c. 0963 pes; opium. 70 pels boche de mer, 156 pols. While among the exports were found 1,700 kitty fls; 22,200 pcs of bemp bogs and wicking;1,735 polt of paper 3,723 pels of sugar and sugar cardy

THE ZAILWAY

needed for it. Probably before the end of the year in real beginning will have been made of actual excavation at the Amoy end of the line, so we still live in hopes of being able to get to Chinng Chin in an hour or so some time before the ext Greak Kalends 1

The S.S. Nippon Marucanie inte liriour on Wednesday 10th inst., and took away

very little tea, and some passengers for Japan.

QUINTUPULETS, A

A remarkable case of multiple birth reporter from Yamagata profecture, mys: no Japanese contemporary. The wife of un inhakicant of Misawamanı pozicu Misumiyn.

unfortunate incident. The Christian Powers will not be pleased with the Chinese delogate's desire to secure an

Soji, who led Boon in confinement, gave agreement to call a spade a spade. Jeffrey and Cockburn Woro in case indicte, co capital charges, Generals birth to four babies ons after another on

the 16th ult. One nice baby was still, The Christian Powers prefer to dewhere a rather muddleboaded witness had Stossel, Fock Smirnoff and Rons, formborn, but exhausted by her great Inbour

to be examined to prove the montal condi concocting false reperts of battles, and for the poor mother expired, scribe it as a manual instrument used ton of one of the parties. Do you think recommending defented Generals for for the displacement of 201)

decorations,

UNREST IN INDIA.

Muzzling the Native Press.

Shita, July 9,

the defendant capable of sannging his own finita?" asked Jeffrey. The man stared. Is he perfectly sine? Do you consider him

FRANCE AND GERMANY, Lieutenant W. A. Odling, 3rd: Middle-a rational boing? asked Jeffrey without the

LONDON, July 3, sex Regiment, left the Command on 12th, least success. Let me tackle him," said instant, per se. Cheongsing for Tientsin Cockburn. Has ya you your mull wi ye? It is reported from Paris that the

he naked. “Och, nye," and the witness, rumours to the efoot that a Franco-Gar The Government of India is considering for duty.

readily houding oror his snuff boz, Noo, man understanding or rapprochement has legislation to deal with various phases of hoo lang has yo kent Jock Sampson?" asked boon proposed are entirely unfounded, the native disafication throughout the coun A SOLDIER'S EXPERIENCE. Cockburn ne he tack apinch. Ever sin hs The relations between the two countries try makagit dapa

was that height," was the wswer. "And have undergono no change whatever, and A Bill is being prepared to provide fur ANY a soldier in the late war has dae go think noo, atween you and me, that no improvement can be expected unless strikes of railway, employous, and penalis

cause, to remember Mr. J. Dutoit thoro's onything intill the body?" Germany clearly demonstrates that she is ing workers for leaving duty witheat lary, who is now manager for the store of As the immediate and much-sought answer. Boning, an oflour in the Free State Artil wádna lippon (trust) hini wi a calf," was ready to fasilitate the execution of the giving adequate notice

duties which were placed opon. Franco by

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