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A four mill, with a plant capable of tuming out one thousand pounds in 24 hours, has been established at Sanshing, South Manchuria

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1808.

NEWS OF THE DAY.

An opinion in favour of prohibiting the pari-mutuel as horse-races is gaining ground, in Japan,

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The output from the Malacca Rubber Plantation Limited, for Joly amounted to 4,080 lbs.

Forty hours under water during a Booliganism appears to have reached cruise of 320 miles under war conditions-Shanghai, for the referee at the Interna this is the extraordinary record of the tienal Swimming Club carnival was hooted

British sabmarine manouvre Botilla,

Shanghai is getting more and more Westernised. They liave tratas and motor cars, and now, Mesers Envers and Clark announce that they are about to introduce taxi-motors.

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An actress pleaded psychic craclty ''

by some people.

While engaged in the erection of the ironwork at Blake pier a mitive workman folla distance of fourteen feet, owing to a plank breaking on which he was standing. Ho received injuries to his back.

The inquiry as to the death of a number

of several bonus at Shankiwan during the afternoon but was postponed until Friday. typhoon, should have been rammed this

.

Galveston divores caso, and the judge awaits the divorce of the leading man from alowed the plea. This ac ress now only

his wife, also in hor company, to marry him.

There wore for a long time fears enter When the Alarity arrived at Chim-tained that drought would spoil the antire wangtao with Vice Admiral Sir Hedworth harvest of the northern parts of Chili Lambton on board, he became the guest rovince; but during August at a mather of Governor Admiral Truppel. His stay late moment rain set in, which gaze hopes

were held in Tsingtau in honour of the dis- was a most agroesble one. Official fetes for better expectations. tinguiabed visitor.

find herself rapidly coming PARIS, will

into line with the kingdoms and STREET.

empires that have been her models in free institutions. It is instructive to find much stress laid by the-de-

The Siam Observer annonces the com- mocratie organs of publie opinion plctions of a scholarly task of a particularly which advocats, by the way, the onerous character in the issue of the last volume of Dr Samuel Smith's Anglo-Sinn:- closes: possible alliance between China:

est Dictionary.

# and America-on the visit of

Que of the finest athletes' st tthe courtesy to the latter country which Stadium was the man who, at the opening is to be paid by the Chinese High ceremony, held trabrellas over his wife, his Commissioner, TONG CO. These wife's cousin, and his oldest girl all nt the juraals, which advocate most per-Hangkok exchangs.

same time for an hour and a half, says on the path of her husband in a recent of people who ware killed by the collapse sistently a constitutional form of 879 government, and at the same time Following a long period of drought, persistent and overwhelming zalus kave strongly fusour the republican form, seeuw begon over the greater portion of JOHN & ROBERT HARVEY &in the drawing together of China and this Shantung. Around Tainanfu 'it mened

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preson janeture with one of the HARVEY'S 'Bez¢hai' $14 per Case.lealing Western nations would be a practical asmral on the part of China that her ally is also to be her model Ideals, standards and modes are to come to her on the nation that responds to er overtures of friendship, and all formative influences will work on the pline of the new international relations Goods per Bencenus undelivered after upon which she enters. There can be no doubt that an alliance with America is viewed with the greatest favour by large majority of Chinese journalists

the south because of possibilitice it seems to offer in the direction of turning the new China into a republic. The Court party and the high Imperial and provincial authorities may have their own point of view, a view which tends to the keeping

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The Government intends to despatch Commissioners to meteral foreign ports where the Chinese have been urging the immediate opening of Parliament, to ad- monish Chiness residents in these porta

Buston Times,

For the purposes of employment the to hare confidence in the Govenment.-min of twenty three years old stands the best chance in New York dog. Young, men are being sought for more than ever China is becoming more strict out before. It is a great disadvantage to be was alarmed recently by the arrival of to be more tinn forty. foreigners travelling in the interior. She more than thirty and almost prohibitory

body of 60 Japanese in Mongolia,

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A compradore of the s.s. Kwon Sai was fired 850) at the Magistracy to-day, for fall, ing to stamp a cargo receipt, while a Chinese cake dealer had to pay a fine of $25 for a similar offence. He pleaded as an excuse that he had no time to put a stamp on. -

The Constabulary Burent at Hanying have received instructions from the Taotai Baperintendent of Police to the effect that who divided into parties and proceeded | During the seven months ended July in accordance with a communication from to make a survey of the country. Sho 31, 239,232 persons travelled on the Sings the Antipium Guild all opium dens now forbids servey work in the interior pore Kranji Railway, and the vecsipts are to be closed on ne before the 9th except ander permission.

Lamounted to $97,50€P, 15. The total zorence September and that dus effort should be during the period was $115,103,12, which taken by the constables to inquire into any is a decrease of 97,740.30 over the con-illegal opening. responding period last year.

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The Toronto branch of the Navy League has decided to offer a prize of four hundred dollars for 2b best essay ou **Shall Canada have a Navy of her own?" One of the objects of the competition is to bring home to Chundians a sense of their dependance on, and interest in, the naval strength of the Empire, and to press upon public attention the need for a Canadian Naval Defence Force.

After lying buried for two centuries, of power in their own hands, but a firkin containing one hundredweight of

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*It is announced that the Dominion of As soon as the postal and telegraph Canada is to roliere the British Govern- questions between China and Japan are mout of a portion of the cost of the settled the Japanese Governant is going Liverpool to Hongkong mail subsidy. For to form a Sino-Japanese Cable Company to several years Groit Britain has been con- work a cable between Shanghai and l'orttributing £60,000 and Canada £10,000 Arthur, while the Japanese telegraph offices year. Under the new contract the joint in South Manchuria will be abolished subsidy to the Canadian Pacific Company shortly

is to bo reduced to £45,000, and of this! the British Government will contribute In opening the first national conven-

£20,000 xl the Canadian Government the advanced literati, the landed gentry buttor has been dug up in Fallagherave tion of the Independence L'arty at Chicago, £35,000 a year. Great Britain is thus re and the leaders in industrial and Bug, co. Tyrene, by a farmer named W. B. Hearst characterend Mr Bryan sa lieved of £40,000, while the Dominion William Nuely, The hoops nad stayes of "knight arrayed in a motley of modified

assumes an additions3 burden of £15,000, commercial life who have a stake in the the firkin, which was twelve feet under professions and compromised principles, offt is, however, considered that the service country undoubtedly lock with favour ground, collapsed when lifted up, but the altered opinions and retracted statements;" on those forms of administration, which butter, of pale yellow colour, is in a perfect, and the Republican organization as "the open and avowed handmaiden of the savour most largely fliberty. Whilst

state of preservation says a Howo paper.

Trasts." hopefulness bordering on enthusiasm is the keynote of many articles discussing

Accogling to a Consular repost from

Censor Bai Shao memorialized the

is well worth the extra cost to Canada.

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL,

Capt. Cecil F. Thursby, R. N., who is Throne that in the interests of the self.well known on the China station has assain government of the prefceturns and districts ed the command of the battleship Swift-

C. G. Cradock, C. B., M.V.O..

His Majesty the Emperor of Japan, bas

No asnymously eigzet communications the probable government of the new time, approaching a timber famine. that it is necessary that the people should be sure (tho Channel kleet), in place of Capt.

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Philadelphia, it is stated on the very best authority that the Azerican people are there is also evident the ever present say, the annual consumption of lumber in- Orders for extra copies of the Cursa Maldistrust of the Manchu. It is declared sluding the amount exported, is now more tera to be their representatives. As a should be sert before 11 a.m. in the day after

thon three times as great as the manual result an Imperial Rescript cominauds the bea pleased to confer upon Mr W. H growth, and it is estimated at the preson Council of Parliamentary Representatives Donald, laty Editor of the Uhing Mail, limited. Cash 10.ela, Credit 20 per whose bandshave been forced by the po-rate of growth and consumption that the

pular movement, are not likely to submit day is not very far distant when timber to report on the matter.Universal Charette. the Order of tho Rising Sun, 6th class, în Alterations and additions to Advertisement a

will be so expensive that it will be impos without a pertinacious, and it may be asible to use it for ordinary purposes for ing incident at a meeting of the Bunnbad. Mr Forstse, the Japanese Cousul, this "The Bio Champiss reports the follow. recognition of his services as war cofre. spondent during the Russo-Japanese War: violent and deadly, struggle. They will which it is used now.

ded (John O'Dowd) branch of the United morning handed Mr Donald the Order. fight to maintain the old position and

Irish League :-" After a long discussion During recent years praetienlly the Fat Farrell proposed, and Joliu Gurady ahol of the 18 province of Chiama proper seconded, the following resolution: Peak Club on Saturday ovesing, on the There was a brilliant gathering at the and Manchuria hivo been survoyed by Bel-That we call on a certain widow in

ocension of their bi-monthly musical even- tish intelligence officers, German, French, Deechemaade to choose some other boying. A very delightful programme of and others, and mape have been published instead of the emergency man to lieep musis was played by the band of the 13th

on Pages 1, 2, 3, 6 and 7, should be amt to our Office at S Waniliam Strect not later than 27 our Ofice at 8, Queen's Foad' Central before

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to the great advantage of the Chinese and company with her goodlooking daughter.”

sion of the burning question: How shall

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C. T. Coke, and many residents at the Peak enjoyed the music from the surround- ing paths.

arrival of the steamer in New York Har bour a reporter thrust his head in at his cabin door and gzended him with "Hello! Bish." A forcible roninder, said Bishop Potter, that he had arrived in America.

picion by journalists south of the Yang of the world, but the Japanese action in Mongolia, the seale on which the surveys te little weight is attached to forced were conductedt, ni the conviction that camphor trees in Kagoshima-ken than in compliance or to the peace at any price the results will never be published. cepe any district of the Japaness Empire, az-

cially in view of the Japanese reto upon cepting Fernosi. policies dictuted by prudence at- the lay construction acathwards from largest camphor red in the world is in the story is told of bow, after appreciating It is claimed that the In connection with the late Bishop Potter HONGKONG. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1908. present momout Popular leaders warn Hsinminton, causes Chipa misgiving and compound of the Hachfan Shrine, Kamond being enormously in pressed by the the nation to prepare for a crisis when hurled to the issue of new regulations. mura, Kagoshima-kon; it measu 108 THE HOPES OF YOUNG CHINA.. the moment arrives for free institutions

fect in circumference at its base and 78 respect with which, as a high dignitary of the Church, he was treated while in Eng- We observe in our weedy Sharghint feet at some distance up the trunk, the land, he returned to America, and on the to take shape and few are maguine contemporaries, says the Changhe Gazette, diameter being 24 feet. The ice is LEGISLATION on Western principles, by enough to think that a revolution so that there has been a considouble dispus believed to be one thousand years old.

parliament chosen to represent the far-reaching and so complete will be dies who require to beautify their faces

The Engel troups of Russian dancers people, and the administration of the law entirely petoeful. Indeed, the establish treat that portion of tlicis auteurs One who have been appearing with so much under a new régime characterized by meat of popular government in this paper, nu by a mere man, says ladies success at the Victoria. Cinematograph, justice and equity, continue to be among empire way, in the opinion of our today that the gifted editress of the now previous to leaving for Shanghai.

We notice gives their larwell performance to-night. Death has removed another well known the main topics of discussion and adro- vernacular contemporaries, render weakly enthusiastically recomenda steno special programmes has been arranged and figure from Shanghai in the person of ency in the vernacular Press of China the theatre of soure of the mosting it twice a day. If we may be the telcated whites will render now Captain D. A. MacDonnezho succumbed Sonthern Chino. This is one of

pardoned for intruding into this delicate songs, besides a number of now dances, topalysis. Decoused waswellknown along stirring events known to the modern domain we would go one step further sad consequently a humper humse is anticipat. the whole China Coast, where he was con-- the most encouraging signs of the

history of the world.

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Exports of opium from Bombay to China during the past ten financial years bure been very irregular. In the two years. 1898 to 1900 about 25,000 chests voye According to Japanese papers, a large to these occurred a sudden fall to 17,600 in. to Japan. Just before the sazival in Japon part of the Japanese' navy will be appoint exported, and in 1901 about 24,000. Then er to welcome the U. S. Pacific squiron

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Yangisze pilot and in his time has taken some of the biggest ships that heça over, There stands in London at No. 54 gone uji river up to Flankow. The areansed Stoud, opposite Duncannon stierky a was an Irishnan by birtli, forty-eight house of many notable associations, his years of age, and fast settled in China the courage to give 2410, for a canlice S. N. Co., which service is Jell to take up tical and literary,

dealer in antiques who recently had years by was in the replay of the 0. M. "It now" bulongs to about twenty years ago. wbon for soveml

1992. There then occurred a rise to 20,000 of the 7. S. squadron the Japanese Best of thirteenth century work which piloting. He was well liked for his hearty again in 1964, after which the number fell will be organized into squadrons in time had just boen disgavered in Wales. This and genial manner and was a welcome to 13,000 in 1906-07, rising again to 17,000 of war to carry out maduros, and one chalice was promptly claimed by the Crown addition to any company, says the Usion. with vaster potentialities, and it is safe

in 1907-08. The increase during 1907-08 of the most powerful squadrons will he to affirm that no nation blessed with a appoured to to day to the cheaper told off for the duty of welcoming the the house date further back. In the can naval offer, has been writing her re- Mrs Hitchcock, the wife of an Ameri WATSON'S

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tween the English, Indian and Chinese squadron and escort the vessels to the port the Chirese sace in a direction hitherto Governments that the quantity of Malen of Yokobama. During the stay of the US founders of the London Joint Steek Bank, Americua ynght during the meing soason untried. Few who know the people of opium during the calendar year 1998 shall quadron, one ship will be appointed for who is known in Literary history as the at Cowes. The Prince of Wales, now King Fattendance on each American vessel, and person who bequeathed Buras punubbewl Edward VII, and bis imperial maphow, the Eighteen Provinces will be wanting not exceed 16,100 chests. The total revenue when the officers, and not come sure to the British Museum. Even earlier the the German Emperor, Badli in his own in confidence as regards the issue of the in 1997-03 was Rs. 983 lakhs against Rs. they will be escorted by the Janes house had been occupied by another Scotch yacht, were making the harbour very gay. officers and mon of the companion ship saddler and his four sous, two of whoop the day Mrs Hitchcock and her hosts were experiments. After a time of stress nud

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