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POWELL'S S. MOUTRIE & Co.,

DRA SATAKUN ACTE VAHETUS FEMALE PRONOUNSARA Cİ

ALEXANDRA.

BUILDINGS.

Now Clearing at Considerably

REDUCED

PRICES

THE REMAINDER OF

UIRIR PLAYE

MUSLIN

LOUSES,

QUNSHADES

LIMITED.

www

NEW PIANOS

ON HIRE

at $10.00 Per Month.

Tuning and Regular

Attention Inclusive.

SOLE AGENTS FOR

BLUTHNER, RUD. IBACH,

RACHELS, PLEYEL, ROSENKRANZ, HOPKIN-

SON, KEMMLER, and

TOOFF & HOOFF. &c.

S. Moutrie & Co., Ld..

Vork Building,

CHATER ROAD.

Hengkon Avril 18, 1907.

AND

WASHING A A

SKIRTS

An Early Call Solicited

Wm. POWELL, Ld.

LADIES OUTFITTERS

HONGKONG.

THEATRE

CITY

ROYAL

HALL.

FOR A SHORT SEASON ONLY.

COMMENCING

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17th,

THE

BANDMANN

OPERA CO.

WATSON

& Co., Ltd.

WATSON'S

CELEBRATED

BLEND.

VERY OLD LIQUEUR

50 LONDON ARTISTES 50 SCOTCH

W present the following latest Lond

Badecases, most of which will be staged for the krst time in Fongkong THUR DAY. OCTOBER 17, The great Gaiety Theatre Sunces "THE ORUBID.'

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1804

The Kage of the present London Sen

THE NEW ALADDIN

at present crowding the Gaiety Theatre.

London.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19. The brilliant musical comedy SERGEANT BRUE OF THE C, DIVISION.'

MONDAY, OCTOBER 21ST, The beautiful Comio Opera

'AMASIS'

from the New Theatre and Criterion

Theatre London,

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22ND, Sydney Jones' Masterpiece THE GEISHA.

WEDNESDAY, OUTOBER 23RD. Bymour Hicks' successful moaiesl comody *THE BEAUTY OF BATH."

THURSDAY, OUTOBEL 24ru.

The noteringly funny musical comedy THE JAT PARISIENNE." FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20

The highly successful musics! comedy

THE DAIRYMAIDS."

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2011, George Bewards' superb production THE GIRL ON THE STAGE OR

THE LITTLE CHERUB."

MONDAY, OCTOBER 28TH, The great Appolla Thearse success MR POPPLE OF IPPIETON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27ru, The Rage of London and New York "THE "BELLE OF MAYFAIR."

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER VOTL The sparkling military comedy

LADY

MADDAP

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31st, The sparkling Chinese Comio Opera

SHE! SEET

Music by Sydney Jones, coinsor of The Geislin

FRIDAY, NOV. LAT, LAST NIGHT.

THE SPRING CHICKEN."

DEATH,

THE CHINA MAIL.

BOWDLE. On the 4th October, at 9.15 p.m., at his residence, Fungshui, Thu Peak, KWARD Bownes, lato of the Colonial Civil Service, in bis 76th year.

MEMOS FOK TO-MORROW, Miscellaneous.

Goods per Peonu undelivored sitar

p.m. this date will be landed.

MEMOS FOR MONDAY. Anotion,

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3 p.m.-Auction' of Crown Land at the Public Works Department's Ulices.

Miscellaneous, 32.15 p.m.-Military Gun Practice. Goods per Farra anclaimed after this date at Noon will he subject to rent and landing barges. Goods per Benalder undelivered after

this date subject to rent.

rulers, officialanti unofficial, that we fear that they will never sucexed in achiev ing the viewpoint that judicious borrowing is much more meritorious than injudicions retardation of the Colony's natural development. Fassing from that phase of the matter we find that a member of the Logislativo Council, who in the Far East represents the premier British shipping company, declares that a second fire float is not required. Any number of ill-considered remarks will not decrease the value of tes- timony from such a quarter. Speaking from recollection we believe that on offer was made to the Government by the Waterboat Company which would ob- vinte the necessity of constructing a new fire float altogether. Moreover it would

General Memoranda. WEDNESDAY, October 9:-

12.30 p.m.-Meeting of Hongkong & Kowloon Wharf & Godewa Co., Ld., at Messrs Jardine, Matheson & Co.'s give the shipping in the harbon, which Offica, 2.30 p.m.-Auction of Household Furni-according to the Government, is utar in tura, do, at Mr Geo. P. Lammert'a danger and has been in jeopardy since Sales Rooma.

1900, immediate protection. We under stand that the Waterboat Company offered, for a retainer, to always keep their vessels mady fox roll to lar

Goode per Delhi pot cleared at i p.m.

on this dare subject to rent. Gonds per 8. George undelivered after

noon on this date aubject to rent. SATURDAY, October 12-

Noon-Meeting of William Powel. Id.,

at Co.'s Officos. MONDAY, October 14-

esar fire at any hour of the day or

EXCURSION TO MACAO.

steamer Hongshan, of the Hongkong, Tomorrow the popular and commodious Canton and Macao Steamboat Co., Limited,

Feast of Rosary is being hold and will no doubt attract a number of tourists.. The Hongshan leaves Douglas wharf at 9 alm. refreshments can be obtained onboard. returning from Macao at 8 p.m. Meals and

will rant on an excursion to Bacao. The

PERILS OF THE DEEP.

The Askehall Ashore.

A mussage has been received in the

hall has gone nahere at Luke Pint. Colony announcing that the steamer Aske

Thu steaner was outward bound from

New York to Delay with a cargo of rails and material for the M.R.K. milway con- tract in Mandarin.

THE CINEMATOGRAPH.

To-night the Cinematograph at Weis MT Boonus will show

pictares.

Sound DeW

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1807.

BY TELEGRAPH. BY TELEGRAPH.

SAD AFFAIR AT SHANG-

HAI.

Resident Commits Suicide.

(From Our Correspondent.)

SHANGDA, Octolr. Mr Montrio, son of the late Manager of Messra Moutria and Co., Ltd., committed suicido to-day by blowing

out his brains.

AERIAL NAVIGATION.

A British Success.

(Badusire Service, supplied by Reuter,

via Bombay).

Lowpos, October 4. The trinks of the Aldershot War Office airship have been vory succoss-

One in particular, 1,600 feet Jong, should be exceedingly instructive and interesting since it illustrates a tour

showing the Life of Marie Antimette, The round the world. Then thers are

Hea with the Golden Eggs, The Opium Sucker and others of serious and comic The aerial machine covered a ciren. charnator. The pictures on this machinelar course of twenty-five miles.

12.30 pm.--Meeting of The Dairy Farmght Instead of necepting this offer art dirlined to a degree and tre shown

Co., Lal, at Co.'s Town Oflice.

The China Mail

BONAZONG, RATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1907.

PERIDES ECONOMY

fle

de Government places a sum of mone?. which might with much greater advan inge be expended otherwise, on estimates Put the fct that the aunt is on the stingtre is not to be taken t a guarantee that the Government is going to powder the harbour fosse maala

during the earrent favorial year to it is alleged to have been during 1985, Cascinguam ereit is claimed he the 1996 and the greater portion of 1907 forgrament for its strict devotion to

No surprise would be expressed if in MAY With economical administra- † the next estimates the laconis announce tion we have no fault to find if the meat is made that the vote has ligymel

nomy does not interfere with thei

We are not overesus with ar!miration at TIPS If economy means leaving undone the Cloverumt's so called policy of theso thing which might to be closed my | doing those ilings which ought not to ↑ be done we are of opinion that the adeamtagen to this Colony is extrunely

T: me-

to be faced.

with most avcellent results.

"TRACT FOR THE TIMES."

Stork Exchange Scandals Unveiled."

ful.

For an hour the versol travelled easily in the teeth of a strong wind, and it is estimated that fifteen miles per hour was attained.

Hon piper,

TAFT IN JAPAN.

Result of the Visit.

(From Our Correspondent).

Toxye, October 5.

Mr Taft's visit to Japan, although it has promoted an understanding be- tween Amorien and Japan, has not resulted in any cotcrete agreement.

JAPANESE RICE CROP,

An Optimistic Forecast.

(From Our Correspondent.)

TOKYO, October 5, The forecast of the Japanese rico crop shows that this season there wil be an increase of 7 per cent. over last year's crop and of 13 per cent over the average crop.

A SOCIETY ENGAGE- MENT.

Count and Heiress.

(Exdusive Service, supplied by Reuter, ja Bombay).

LONDON, October 4.

For two yeaIn, Ray# Under the late headings a printed work has been secrotely carried on in a from Shanghai with a strog accusa-loon factory on Farnborough Common, Gladys Vanderbilt, daughter of the statement pages to us through the postgrest iron-grey buúlding adjoining the bal

The engagement is announced of tione against a firm of brokers. Presumably Aldershot, and now we are enabled late Cornelius Vanderbilt, to Count the cicalars are being sem bralcast, and announce that the finishing touches are if the brokers alluded to value their good only wanting to Britain's first any air name they should make the peren responship. sible for the circulation of the slogations The nirship is enrefully guided day and (if they may find him) make good his night by Colonel Capper. R.J., and his ntge

nasistants, and they only await favourable weather to haul the huge inflated-monster from its shed and our skywards.

POSTAL IMPROVEMENTS.

Reply Coupons Instituted.

The

The new airship will probably be facts

to approximate to the type of the French

Laszlo Scozchenyi, of Hungary,

[REUTER'S SERVICE.]

THE UNITED STATES NAVY..

LONDON, October 3. President Roosevelt, speaking in St.

La Patrie. A cigar-shaped balloon, made Louis, appeared to support the building of gold-beater's skin, girdled by narrow up of a great fighting navy, and an strips of silk, t

at regular intervals, carries

73

for a postage stamp of the vakte of 20 centies for 2hd.) the urguivalent of that am in countries meutionel bebe which have opted this arrangement. Coupons from other countries will he

A carrying exchange by the Hongkong Post Office and its Agencies in China for om 10 cent stung.

in

It is a policy of neglecting | public works in the hope that sometime in the indefinite future something will

It is notified in the current issen the bght framework of aluminium and long as it is no larger than the present, turn up to usable the Government to Government Gazette" that International bamboo. The envelope is of great lifting the bulk of the battleships must always demlat ful We know that there are

proceed with them. Such u polier may reply compras can now be obtained at theer, and is nearly 60ft, in lungth by 30ft. be kept together.

indiaincter. Both planes and fan pro- weary works which certainly ought to be

be the ausiest in fellow but we warn the Hongkong Post Office and at its Agoncits pellers are used in the direction and pro He said that the Pacific voyage was prevedend with lat which the time

Bin China. The selling price of these is pulsion of the airship, and the models tried essential to acquaint the officers and Government that it will eventually find 12 conts cath and they can be exchanged helst, & structure similar to that on moon with naval needs and for practice,

have in a remarkable degree answered their rænt, with dat high-minded alergation itself in a cul de ene and that the com

La Patrie. Some useful shiek is most elamput for subruiestionpulsory potraring of ite stops will be a

boos obtained from the German airships, seful suggestions have

The waters to which they were going. ishem in se miibited at the expense of painful and difkeralt matter. Difficulties

with whose construction the Alderment were as emphatically American Home specialist staff are familiar. ehres, kas dreieci sintt be brunel nest bwege easier to overeen: by

Waters, as those of New York, Lousiana Calculations give to the new war balloon and Texas.

capacity of f until thing turns up

of eloven mon. It ea, postponing the day on which they are

three, and the difference between the however, ba perfectly well haudled by

LATER. lent of necessary works we are told to

weight of three inen and of eleven can be Cairo, Illinois, in advocating the in- President Roosevelt, speaking at heliere uns, al, in the sate

unde up by explosives. The fact that the Lisi t'ountries: Austria Hungary, airship could convey explosives is an in- brath, we are asked in gubilate on er the from Janitary to July 31 this year Bulgaria, Burma. Camda, Cape Colony stored on board. The lifting power is

Revenue paid into the Treasury Bahamas, Bechuanaland

crease of the navy declared that the Prettorale,

portant advance on anything now existing, policy of peace with insult was as bad Delgium Bosnia-Herzegovina, - surplus derived from that negleri. Tamounted to $9,016, 104.64 (including Ceylon, Chili, China (Frilishi, French, about one ton.

Brazil, and the advance is all the marked for a nation as for an individual

owing to the quantity which could be jubilate over the sorry condition of land sales) as agained the payment out Cores, Costa Rica, Crete. Danish West German and Japanesu Prist Offices).

He hoped that the policy of keeping [the Colony's fuances is we exufess he of $5,434,588.5- an excess of revenue Lilies. Denmark, including Greenland engines, which are of the motor type. Pacific and the Atlantic would be

Petrol will be the motive power in the

the battleship fleet alternately in the yand us, tore especially as there is such over expenditure of $681,816.39. Corn-Forrassa, France, French Colonies:-

and Faree islands, Intels

Guin, gypt,tronble

Unfortunately, there inst been

with these, and the experts are

Some steadily followed hereafter. fimility shown by those who have the pured with the first seven months of Algoria, Ivory Coast, French Samidi Coast, working hard to lessen their

1906 the revenue shows an increase of

Fromen opportunity to grapple with it.

Giann French Guinea,

atrain. The difficulties

are, tyto Must of the sins to be found placarded in the $31,688.51, but that is duo entirely to d Dependencies, St. Pierre, Atready the motor contains much that is lands, Mauritanin, Now Calo-thas a greatly improved engine will result.

en surmounted and there is

erury prospect land knies: escluding this branch of German Fretectorate: Cameron Caro engines. It is light, and promises to be Sunegal. Miquelon, and Tubiti: Germany, an alvance on the Frends and German are not there. They are sins of mis-890,375.30. Though there was inerons. South West Africs, Kianchow, Marian power for driving theas twing derived from visit to England,

duerense of and Palaos Islands, German Eastlinble.

arship has two propullers, the

estimates, to use a forgivable Irishism,

Slub

revenge

there was 2

donia

Africa, German Now Guinea, German Islands, Marshall Islands, Togu. Samo

India (British)

now

There are also to be made revenue received from Light Dues,ald Haitice, Gam Islava 80-1.p. engines driven both by electricity

of

Italy Calenies: Kenadir,

and petrol. The propellers will be driven minuta.

Duraza, Junina, the rate of over 1,000 revolutions »

Offices

Junina. Scutari d'Albanie,which is 100 foot in length, shall be called It is suggested that the great airship, Japan, Labuan, Luxember, Mc-

THE KAISER TO VISIT HOLLAND.

LOMON, October The Kaiser and Kaiserine will visit Queen Wilhelmina at the close of their

THE EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA.

LONDON, October 3.

WHISKY,sis of commission. The Hon Mr Fees of Court. etc., l'ost Office and Hongkong,

Hewett in the course of his speech m Interest to the total extent Thursday referred to the provisioc for a $65,567.11,

alina tha heavy fall in second fire tent as unnecessary,

'There Licenses und Interual Revenue

The Emperor of Austrin is suffering xien, Mezoc is on the estimates the sum of Shoot otherwise specified ($14,728.10) cos), Netherlands, New Zealand, inspotted the aerial warship during a recent brets suspended.

(French and German Post the Edward VII.. his Majesty having from hoarseness and audiences have forn fire fical and in the appendix send and house ($10,021,55) more

and Rent of forornment property, dia, Indi P.0's in the Persian Gulf,

cluding

Cook Islands, Notherland's In-

visit to Alors The Prince of Water A PURE MALT and a memo: "The need of a second

Islands, Porto Rico, Kodasin than counterbalanced.

Roumenis, Blecting fire engine was felt as far back over half a rillion has been made on zerland, Transvaal, Turkey (Austrian and A saving of Spain, Straits Settlemonts, Swede, Swit

nis, Shychelles, Sim as 19 hat owing to the financial state expenditure-des entirely to Public dian Post Offices), Tonis, United Kingdont, British: Post Offices), Turkish Andia (In

WHISKY

OF

ther

A THIRSTY CORPSE

Asks For Whisky.

of the Colony it has not been found Works Extraordinary being allowed and the United States of America. possible to provide for it in previous to stand over: for whereas in the estimates." In parenthesis it may be period January to July-last your remarked that the only inferenen ta he

$1,016,445,68 was spent on Public Works Extraordinary, only $1 1 4,568,22

of 1907. The departments which show was spent during the first aaron ruonths

the greatest increases in expondi-drink of

GENUINE AGE drawn from this ment is that the financial state of the Colony has so vas

herder, sat up in his votlin and called for

This, of course, is from an American ex- ly improved that it is now possible to

change-Edward Bock, a Wyoming sheep on with works which became necessary turo aro-Public works recurrent, just as his feral was about to be held! whially thirty-six hours after what was believed to have been bis death, and two or three years ago, which, as Euclid | $60,160.59; Public Works Department, No examined Beck's

body remarked on obviously unstable propasi- |$11.44741 Education, $17,364.31, pposed death, but, friends who examined

it saw no signs of life,

งา I believing he was dead, made scrude colin, put the

VERY FINE

AND

MELLOW.

PER CASE

doctor

after his

and

a number other important people THE C.P. R. PACIFIC SERVICE.

have also spen the auship.

The staff are alighted with the air-

capacity. They agree that it will prove ship, and have the greatest faith in ita

in the

of

LONDON, October 3.

the kind. All the men manifest the keen. Pacific Railroad Co. at Montreal, the a great advance on any previous vossed of At the meeting of The Canadian ext interest in airship, and are loyally co-operating to prevent valuable details transference of the Atlantic bests to its construction lenking out.

The building in

the Pacile, and the building of faster which the airship rests bonts for the Atlantic was authorised. is like the nave of a huge cathedral, and can be seen for miles around. The light- ing is by means of windows high up in the zine walls, so that nobody can see what is insile without the use of a forty-foot Indder.

BIARK TWAIN'S RETORT.

Mark Twain had finished his speech at a

tions, is absurd. But the delay in Police and Prison, including Fire and arranged to bury thum.lawyer arose, shoved his hands deep into Į

RACING.

The Jockey Club Stales.

1.--Sancy. --Larig. *—Kuroki

Losms, October.

BANK NOTES.

necessary is in itself a stong argument the Audit Department has gone up the collin, anil one of them was about toional humourist should be funny?" in favour of our contention that public about 10 per cent, Treasury, 73 per Beck set up and called for a drink. Halty had subsided, Mark Twain drawled the month ended September 30, as certi~ | $15.00. wake should be divided into two cats cont; Medical, 3-per cent, the Re-entil he had. Dot felt sick Lefore being a little unusual that foster company anied by the Managers of the respective

dinner party, and, an his seating hindi,

his trouser pockets, as was his habit--and constructing the fire Boat-assuming Brigude, $14,302,03; and there is also ed death occurred on the range where he was laughingly inquired of these present at the purely for the sake of argument that it is!

bording sheep and the funeral was to take society diuner Doesn't it strike this a special expenditure of $1262.39 on

from place the Fire Brigado. The expenditure on inen who knew.

d: wore gathered about camp. A number of

company as a little unusual that a profes

The following returns of the average! amount of bank notes in circulation and red a passage from the Scriptures when

When the Laughter that greeted this of specie in reserve in Hongkong, during

A. S. WATSON & JO., LIMITED,

it

a lawyer should have

fult no ill effects from his death-like sleep. consciousness, and save a slight dizziness, his hands in his own pockets?". Ho got the whisky.

au impermanent work. It should havebeen expected: Revenue falling very badly on a loose etone,' says Church during the month of October...

therolore

revenue.

be paid for out of

***

3,724,569 2,500,000

Banks, are published in the current issue of the Government Gazete"

Banks, . Avenge Spacie in. Amount Reserve, Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, Hongkong and Shang

hai Banking Cor. poration, 79.15,517,740 National

Bank of IME KARA Olina, Limited,

215,107 125,000 Toto! 810,505,470 $13,625,000

THEUMATISM.

gories, permanent and impermanent gistrar Gouoral's Department, Harbour The former should, as a rule bo cores, and Post Office, from 3 to 1 per structed from loan money, the latter cont respectively. The financial outlook. PROMPT RELIEF FOR A

The Rev. C. N. Magill, of the American from revenue. A fire float is obviously from those figures isnot as brightne might

SPRAINED ANKLE

Presbytorian Mission, Lucban, Taynins, COME timo ago I sprained my sakle will occupy the pulpit of Union expenditure rising. On the estimates Mr. Goo. Stovons, who lives near Durban, for the year, however, the expenditure Natal A neighbour gave me a bottle But although, according is well within bounds, being $114.000 Chamberlain's Pain Beim with which 14 QUICK AND SAFE REMEDY FOR WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS. to the Government, it has been wanted less than the proportion for seven with

rubbed my uklo and then bound it up.

BOWEL COMPLAINTS, since 1905 it has been done without twelfths of the year, Aut that may be swelling gone, but still very saro. I used Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy was A a cloth saturated with this remedy.WENTY years ago Mr Gao. W. Brock T was surprised next morning to find the discovered that Uhamberlain's Colic, because permanent works such as the exceeded during the lust five months. the rain Balm faithfully during that Fook quick and safe cure for bowel complaints.

The revenite is also above the pro-and the pan his rouedy in our family biva used: it and recomniouded it many Waterpontion of Chamberlain's

sprain gave me very little trouble. Law Courts, Fost Office, and so forth

During all of those years," he says, "I have absorbed all the revenue. The Sales and Public Works Extraordinary disappointed in getting quick relief. I pointed me," Mr Brook is publisher of Pain Balm will zolieve the pain and wake

portionate amount by $100,000. Land

Bavora titaca since,

and have never been times and the caults have never yet disap fetish of paying for everything out of are not consided the the above two consider it the best house-hold linimout on tho Aberdeen, Maryland, C.S.A., Enforest and slaap posible. Dany cures bare. revenue is so blindly worshipped by our sentences.

the market. For sale by all chemistsand prize For sale by all chemists and store been effected by i continued use. For store-koepori.

keepers

sale by all olemista and stort-keepers.

ALEXANDRA

BUILDINGS.

1683 Hongkong, July 27, 1907,

Box Plan NOW OPEN at Messrs S

· MOUTHJE & CO, LD,

Hongkong, October 1, 1907.

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