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Dinizulu has been committed for trial with the printed rules of the Amateur at Pietermaritzburg on a charge of treason Athletic Association, which governed and incitement, to murder. the meeting, he might have spered himself and his men many unpleasant momente. Some of his protests, like the episode of the English policemen's heavy boots in the Tug-of-War contest, merely raised a laugh against him, but

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Goode per Nore not cleared at 4 p.m.

on this date subject to rent. Goods per Silesia undelivered after this

date subject to rent.

For unlawfully delivering letters with- in the Colony, a Chinese merchant was fined $10 at the Magistry to-day.

The reporters recently walked out of the press gallery in the Assembly at Perth as a protest against unsuitable apartments

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There was a record in the export of

SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 1908.

THE NEW ORDER IN

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GARRISON MANŒUVRES

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LONDON, August 29. Manoeuvres by the Garrison of Con- old regime stantinople, which the carefully avoided, commence to-morrow on the oatakirts of Stamboul.

A SHIPPING-CLARE:

The hearing of the action in which Übun Tak Loong and Co. saed Kestra Butterfield and Swire and the China Navigation Co. Ld., their claim being for $10,859 held by defondanta as payment for services render- ed in connection with the stranding of the a.s. Akashi Mara, was concluded at the Supreme Court before the Chief Justive, Sir Franea Piggott, and Commander R. M. Penfold R.N., and Captain Robinson. Nautical Assessors, yesterday afternoon."

Sir Henry Berkeley, who defended, asked the Court to accept tho cugiucer's explana- tion of the wards in the engineer's log book which meant that it was fine weather for pho engine room. Any weather that helped the

tin from Penang during the first half of THE EMPEROR FRANCISgines was find weather for the engineers,

this month. The amount sent out of the Settlement was 2,105 tors..

The Simia-correspondent of The Times says the smuggling of breach-loading rifles into Afghanistan moat mean a big incronsa · in its offensive strength.

The Gazelle contains the declaratiaz,

A Chinaan was onlored by Mr J. H. Kemp, as the Magistracy today, to he sont to a neylum, having attempted suicide by throwing himself into the harbour a few days ago.

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LONDON, August: 29.

AMERICA MARU DOCKED.

To Undergo Special Survey.

; and, as one of the deck officers void, the engineer would have made a very different entry if he had been going head to the wind. Apart from that there were facts before the Court-which showed that the engineer could not have meant fine weather" in the sense that thero wis no risk in a boat going between the Yeebow and the Akashi Mara. Thore was the

weather, specially when they were along-

any way, to minimise the evidence placed before the Court which entitled them to that the services rendered were couragecas, being carried out under circum- stances of great poril,

BAY

His Lordship referred to part of the evidence which mentioned blue sky.

so long as it is won, thus opening the

The Emperor Francis Joseph is ant-evidence of the officers of the boats as to the way to the adoption of any underband signed at Asuncion on March 14. between

the United Kingdom and Paraguay, amand-fering from a severe cold but the latest side the Akashi Maru. The entry was i devices or running adroitness suggesting the Treaty of Commerce of October 16, reports regarding his condition are piece of evidence that could not be used in 111 ed by the axigencies of the moment. 1884.

rejsauting. That is not the English idea of fair sport and naturally the two different systems of thought clashed and clashed badly. What was worse, started an acrimonious newspaper war. The Mail and Empire, of Toronto, commenting on this unsightly phase of the affair days" Not in years has the British-hating section of tha United States press had such an op-

Dr Koch, the famous German Bacterial portunity for twisting the lion's tail,gist, has left Japan for Washington, where In such a paper as the unspeakable he takes part in the International Taber

oulasie Conference.

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TEESDAY, September 1 :-

2.30 p.m.-Auction of Valuable House- hold Furniture, &c., at Mr. H. Bonner's Residence, Dorrington,' (8, Paak

Road}- WEDNESDAY, September 9:--

11 am.- Auction of Condemand Stores,

at the Central Felles Station Com-Journal and Ameriam, of New York, pepod.

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2.45 p.m.-Auction of Household Furci ture, at No. 1, Ormsby Terrace, Kow

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Sir Henry Berkeley-As to the blueness of the sky, that is a matter which has SOCIAL AND PERSONAL. Having experienced an extremely smooth nothing whatever to do with the east. passage all the way from San Francisco, the What your Lordship will probably desire The King's Exequatur empowering Mr Toyo Kisen Asigha steamer America Mara | to consider with the aid of the assmurs is Tatsuichiro Funatsu to act as Vico-Consul arrived in harbour at six thirty this morn- not the colour of the sky or the amount of for Japan in Hongkong has received Hsing, sad after manccurring around in cloud thereon, but what was the state of Majesty's signature.

search of her buoy, found it about seram tho con existing between the two vessels,

and especially alongside the Akashi, It wow- o'clock and have to.

The vessel has to be docked as soon as there, of course, Cuansel continued, that possible to undergo a special Teishinsho the living peril to life existed. What the survey to qualify her for the Govern-crews of the boats did was to risk their own mont-subsidy, and she was taken to lives for the sake of saving life, and their Kowloon dock at noon to-day. This is the efforts were successful. IftheCourt came to vessel's second special survey as she is just the conclusion that in fact its was saved ten years old.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to recognise, peavisionally and pending the receipt of Elis Majesty's Exequstar, Dr Rössler as Consul for Ger- many at Hongkong during the absence on

leave of Dr E. A. Voretzsch,

Goods per Prins Estel Friedrich ende. with the glorification of W.

lirared after this data subject to rant. SATURDAY, Septembar 5-

HEARST's political party, now in Goods per dagrin Mart undelivered national convention. British fair play

is denied. Vigorous editoriale point Mr Thomas Luff Perkins, executive engineer, has been appointed by His the moral of the contests to the effect Excellency the Governor-in-Council, to Letters relating to businces should be address-

that the American people are superior act on behalf of the Building Authority in all cases referred to in Section 2070 of the Communications relating to news should be to all the other people in the world in Public Health and Buildings Ordinance addreened to THE EDITOR.

every department of human activity. 1903. Correspondents must forward their names | and addresses with any commencations ad Their brains, their souls and their dressed to the Editor, not for publication but bodies are all of a superior grade, ca evidence of good faith.

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owing to, the efforts of those on the Yo- chow, then he would submit on anthority Among the first class passengers on that, notwithstanding the fact that board the America Mary are twenty the vessel from which the life was saved Filipino students, returning to the Philip was a foreignor-a Japanese vossel, but pines from their studies at Yale, Harvard inasmuch as part of the salving and life and other well-known colleges in the saving was effected in British waters, United States; all their expenses having that the saving of life dould be an inust been paid by the Goronment. In all, the be taken into account in segmenting the steamer brought fifty-three first class, amount to be allowed. At the moment bi iteen stuerage and seventy-eight Asiatic the peril the probabilities were that they passengers, white her cargo amprised about would be ready to give the whole treasure one thousand eight hundred tone, of which to be saved, but the Court never allowed a larga amount was cotton sheetings con- Sir Robert Ball, famous se a natro-signed to Japan ports.

agreements to beimposed on people in stress. nomer, recently celebrated his sixty-

While pasting the straits of Tenshims, The stavant of one hall could not be in any All letters, for geblication should be written Conteopt for the rest of the world, and seventh birthday. Born in Dublin in 1841, the Tenyo Maru was sighted by the sense said to be unreasonable to sak in the he is an Irishman to the backbone and is America Maru. She was behaving in a circumstances. They were entirely on the especially for the British part of it, is fond of telling a good story. Oncer, young splendid manner in a very heavy sa and koers of the gods in this matter and asked No anonymously signed communications that taught as a creed. The New Ford Sven, woman told him how sorry she was that persons who ought to know, state that the for a general exercise of discretion. Some apre already oppoured in other papera will be inserted.

whish is intelligent, if not very friend-she had been unable to attend his latest idle ruinoura us to bor being top-heavy and thing ought to be added to the salvage Orders for extra copies of the Jana NAILy to Great Britain, insists that the interested you very much," said Sir Robert,

lecture. Oh, I don't think it would have useworthy are simply ridiculous,

The next sailing date of the Amerios shoidd'be sent before 11 am, on the day after

Mara is at prevent unkawan. **** publication. r that hour the supply is Marathon race reveals a decay in the genially. You see, it was all about, eum Lamited, Coah st., Credit 20 "os, per stamina of the English people.

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unpopular its victories were with the citizens of London. Several readers of the Sun wrote to deprecate such charges and others supported them. As there are manay more of the latter than the former it is easy to see that the end The China Mail. | will be ́a verdict against British sports- men on the part of readers of one Hongzone, Saturday, Ätetar 29, 1908. of the most influential of the United States newspapers. Even such a good INTERNATIONAL SPORT."

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RICE FOR THE KWANTUNG PROVINCE.

award from the fact that they saved 136 lives. The valua of the Fochow sad the lighters she was towing was $550,000, and to be told, after diverging from his course and placing his ship and the lives of the arew in danger, that he was a robber and-a pirate, was unfair to the captain..

Mr Slade To ask half is absolutely picrtical.

The Viceroy of Canton has card that Sir Henry Borkolay-I am instructed to the House of Commons in farcur-of the the siens aitunted in the southern corner judge of an admiralty court and antical Mr Reginald M'Kenna was arguing in there is an abnormally good crop of rice in say this: that shipowners contend that ug Government's old-age pension sekeme of 5s of Hunan Province. He gives the ames of assessorn should say that any shipowner in for people living along, and set for old several of these asians and has issued asking too much after risking best the Yu- couples living together. "It is relatively orders to the Magistratos in the Northern cheaper," he said, "for two persons living part of the Province, such as Shinchua and how did. She risked $350,000 and I com together that for one." The House Lega Namhung, ordering them to make in-tond that $14,000is not too ranch. Proceed to chuckle, for it was only a for right acquiries as to the missibility of transporting ag. Sir Henry said they were claiming an that Mr M'Kenna was married. * Wall, rice from the Southern parts of Hunan award which should be given to courageons

you ought to know by this time, com Province to the Province of Kwantung, mon for what he would describe as bravery mented the burly Labour man, Mir Will Thorne, in stentorian tones. The House The difficulties will be very great, for in rescuing Me Hp had before him coured. Mr M'Kenna blushed, "Well, I the rice will have to be carried over the latter from Messrs Butterfeld and Swire hope it will be cheaper," he said,

mountains on the bricks of coolice before addressed to Mir Aziny of the Omka Sho- it is impossible to get riverine assistance,sen Kaisha, in which they spalenf the Eut is hoped that the rice can be trans- courageous conduct of their crow, and Mr "Dan" Rolyat is now a well-known ported over the mountains to the head of which, in reply, the Osaka Shosen Kaisha his early ambitions were for Shakespearian the different towns of this Province.

TRs aportamen the world over will York Tribune could not refuse to English comedian. Like many comedians, the North River, and thence downwards to designated as gallant. regret that the outcome of the last publish the complaints of JAMES SUL-tragady. He obtained his engagement in a

the United States are concerned, is a

Olympic games, an far as England and IVAN, the American athletic dictator, characteristically original manner. He had who has persistently objected and applied to a manager for any ono of various parts in a forthcoming production of whined ever since ho landed in

"Hamlet"-Laertes, Polonius, the King, England."

or either of the Gravediggars. Not the ghost of a chance," said the manager; “all | these parts are filled." On his way home

PER DOZEN $16.50, legacy of ruffed feelings. The meeting,

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Mr Blade thought that even the en thuson of his learned friend could hardlyg rouse him inte saying that this rescue, the heroism of which would compare with many in stormy places round the British const-rescues in really high sens, not in choppy sear; and in really serious and bad weather, not in a fresh monsoon and on 10- fine day. There were times when the conditions tended to iender the risk to: F. H. May, Colozial Secretary, the Galte not deny that there was risk in this caso. Under the signature of the Hon. Mives of salvors really serions. He did

For Harbour Resone Work Daring Typhoons.

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"Dan" remembered that he tad omitted. with the Mother-country in the un- happy controversy and in summing applications. That night he composed and the te majoɛty of Denmark” · from his

country represented by them.up any we agree that, warmailed to the manager. the following states that it is proposed to raise a Volan-Of course, there was risks, and if the best.

is a good thing because it promotes brain :- petitors. The officiala in charge,

Healthy rivalry and atual respect beaded by that splendid sportsman, between the pations concerned, thea Lord DeazeRouge, were all men of tha

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teor Emergency Corps for the purpose of had sunk alongside the Akashi » Mary You'il souso mo for making a second saving life on the Harbour front during there undoubtedly would have been serious

adware.

For some modest Shakespastian post :"

chance.

typhoone Life buoys, ropes, sk., vill

be provided at convenient interrals along danger the lives of the crew, and want But I thought, as I hadn't the Ghost of a the Praya, and the sex fcant at Kowloon of skill-might have usily cause loss of As a certain amount of organization is life. Ha did not think this feat could be That there might be the chance of the required to secure, co-operation and the magnified into the heights of heroism

Ohost.

best results, it is nocasanry that intond displayed on many, many occasions under The manager, himself something of amg volbeers shall pledge themselves to circumstances to which these werabsolute-

rates governing each event were known, maintained; If, on the contrary, we pout, was Louched by this appeal from a obey the orders of the officer in chargely child's play. According to the attitude

or should have been known, by all

interested wonths beforehand. If

| human ingenuity could have provided egainst unpleneL t friction, it seems, barring a few very minor details, that all was done that could have been done so far as the Olympic games were concerned. Yot the festival had bare-

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and dishonesty, onty and contempt between representativos, of different

Powers fa injurious to the best intereste

INSULT TO INJURY.

Case.

His Lordship reserved his decision.

hold the opinion that the promotion of brother versifier. Though there was not of the party, who will be the Assistant of the Court of Admiralty with regard to the chance of the Ghost, he allowed Mr Harbour Master, or one of the Har salvage swards, the half was given as a bitter rivalry, buailing defeats,Dan Rolyst bo go on as a page and to bour Department Boarding Officers or maximum only in most extmodiary belittled victories, charger of unfairness take seven shillings a week for doing so.

some other Government Officer deputed circumstances, and Counsel thought las by the Harbour Master or by the Captain the half uught not to be awarded in this Lordship would be clearly of opinion that

Superintendent of Polica.

Any person who is willing to voluntoor Bug pardon, sir," observed the tough | for the Victoria Corps is requested to pom- looking waiter suggestively. Gentlemen muricate his name, private address, and at this table usually sterember me,

The s.s, Changsha, From Australia ports, place of business to the Harbour Master, esperienced strong, south cast galos, and "I don't wonder," mid the customer in order that he may be allotted a station heavy rain; thence light south-east winds cordially. That face of yours would be hard to forgot. And he picked up his as near as possible to the place in which and find clear weather until arrival. bill and strolled leisurely in the direction he may be expected to be found. of the cashier.

of the countries involved, we shall have

ly begun before protests began to to protest against a repetition of the shower down on the Committee, the contents that have taken place in Landon." Certainly had better be French contingent being dissatisfied at various decisions givon against them without the Olympio gaines if such be in the cycle races, the Americans, the harvest which they provide. A. E, WATSON & 00, through their manager, protesting

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