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coming out from home in recent owing to the utter lack of employment, maila, a similar phenomenon is now particularly in the iron and slip- manifesting itself strongly in England. building trades, and these troubles We find a Colonel LONGDALS HALLwill assuredly not act as a corres writing to The Times in the following tive to a nation whose serves are all Normal modes of thought strain :-"I do sometimes have my hair unstrung. cut, and a short time ago I missed the will come again with the restoration of German who had had to do his best to normal times, and the sooner eir make my hand look tidy. His om approach is signalled the better it 1 won will for everyone, and moro particularly ployer told me he had gone. adored whether in his pocket book were for the ease of mind of that sober memorandu as to the telegraph wires headed, fur-sighted section of English outside the shop, the sidings at Cam opinion which sees in a thoroughly berley Railway Station, or the bridges good understanding between Great over the Blackwater. It is not worth Britain and Germany the truc solation our while to learn all about German of many of the most vexing of modern

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Meeting.

Amusements.

Noon -Meating of Hongkong Hotel Co., whatever information of this kind they

Id., at Ca.'s Horal

wish to obtain, except in fortresses, their immediate vicinity; but as I have said, the efforts to obtain the information are in pro portion to its probable eventual prac. tical value; so we have merely to keep our eyes and ears open, and we shall then form a very fair estimate as to which of our foreign (at present)

9.10 p.m.-Volunteer ontort at the dockyards.... and

Volunteer-Parade Ground.

General Memoranda.

MONDAY, September 14 --

Geoda per Siteria undelivered at noon

this date subject to rent. Gooda per Monmouthshire andelivered

after this date subject to reul.

WEDNESDAY, September 18-

Goods per Estow undelivered after this

dato subject to rent.

Goods per Fera not cleared at 4 pm,

on this date subject to rent.

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NEWS OF THE DAY.

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 11, 1908.

THE STRANDING OF THE

S.S. AKASHI MARU, '

The Award.

The Chief Justice, Sir Francis Piggott, garh his award, at the Supreme Court, this morslag, in the action by Chan Tay Loong and Co., who sued Messrs Butterfield and Saite and the China Navigations Co., Ltd., for $10,833 for services rendered in connec tion with the stranding of the a.. Akashi Maru,

His Lordship and he had put the follow ing questions to the mutex assessore, ouder R. M. Parfold, K.N., and

Captain Robinson.

value. The messors wore of opinion that $2500 for the services would be ample. Reducing this to 21300 the owners would still get more than that amount. The reward he would make was $4000 which the assessors considered very Uberal. Of this the plaintiffs would pay their pró- portion, which could be worked out. The

detention of the treasure was unlawful and damages must be pquivalent to the som which the interest would amount to ut eight per cent on the quantity of treasure- the plaintiffs' retained. The captain of the kashi wse the road atvor of the treasuro and it was clear that the crews from their own atory could not-have saved Was the dashi Marc in a position of it, and if the treasure Lad not been saived extrema peril bath with regard to the there would have no'uction. The estesors vesel, the cargo and the persons on heard agreed with him in thinking that the when she was on the North Morope shoal, captain of the dash ought to receive and when the salving operations, the sub-snow recognition of his servicos. He did the award, but if the parties agrood he ject matter of this action were undertaken not think he had power to include him in The ASSESSORS BDSwered:Yes, with proposed to increase the award by $500 for by the Yockow and those on board her? regard to ship and cargo; but with regard the captain of the Akash, making it in all to the passengers they were in peri), but $4500. not extreme peril.

It is suggested by both assessors that the hosts could have got with moderate The Parsons' Now Year's Day falls on case to the share four miles off, to lecward, Sanday the 13th instant.

Mr Consul General Wildor loft Manis on Sept. 7th for n tour through Luzon.

The Chinese Government has strictly forbidden the export of grain from all provinces, owing to the bad harvest.

Mr John Cowen has left Tientsin for England via Siberia and has handed over the editorship of The China Times to Mr C. B. Cowon.

THE LATE REV. A ILIFF

A memorial service for the Into Rev. A with wind and tidy, and could Have made, who was for some years seaman's a second journey conating up and then Chaplain in this Port, will be held in the dropping down to the wreck, the weather Seamen's Church, West Point, on Sunday then improving. The people would have Evening next at 6.31. The sermon will been lauded on shore about fifteen miles be preached by the Von. Archdeacon as the crow fios from Amoy, or with Banister. - improving weather one boat could have been seat round for assistance. The signal "We are sinking" was hoisted, but there does not seem to bave been any immediate peril of her breaking up.

VOLUNTEER CONCERT.

The members of the Hongkong Volun

PART I

In her maxcouvres to take up the toes Corga will hold another grand pro- position she did to the leeward of the menade content on the Volunteer Pande khoal, did the Yochow run any risk which granted to-morrow evening, when the band The Wairupa bas decided that special would not have been incidental to the con of the 3rd Middleser Regiment, by kind Bureur of Foreign Affairs shall ho ap-tinuance of her voyage to Hongkong having permission of Lieut Col. R. F. B. Glover, pointed in each province, with a certain specially in view that sho had two lighters D. S. O., will be in attendance. The pro amount of responsibility.

in tow If the answer is in the affirmative,gramme is as follows:-- What degree of extra risk did she incur,

The answer was:- It was not high sek. March......... Defiance'

But we It could not have been high sc are of opinion that the wasther was not in xuy sense bad weather, but rdinary fresh monsoon weather with a fresh, streng The writer in The Times quickly had

The military authorities of the Peiyang breeze and-In the comparatively sheltered dozens of imitators in the wide-spread have arranged to purchase arms andum position of the salvage operation--a wa- area covered by the Harmsworth pub-munition from the Mitsui Bussan Kalsha derately rough sea. But there was some

the total of Tls. B40,000.

one quarter mile of a dangerous reef with and Messrs Arthold, Karberg and Co., tooxtra risk incurred in approaching within

a small scale chart.

Goods per Inverclyde andelivered altering for the eventuality of becoming a

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11 a.m.-Apetion of Magnificant Irish Linens, &c, at No 25, Des Voeux Road Central, formerly occupied by Mutual Store,

SATURDAY, September 19:-

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Famay, September 25

5.30 p.m.-Meeting of Hongkong St.

Andrew's Society at L'ity Hall. SATURDAY, September 26:--

Noon-Mesting of Hongkong Cotton Spinning Wearing & Dyeing Co., Ld., at Menara Jardina, Macbeson Co.'e {ffice.

The growth of illicit me in opium between India and Burma shows no sign of decline, and an amcedent of the existing law may be found necessary.

Noon-Meeting of Douglas Steamshiplications, and of course they were allows

Oo., Id., at Co.'s Offices, Transfer Books of Hongkong Opttened to indulge in their silly fancies to

The Japis Mall states that the collec- Spinning Weaving & Dyeing Co., Ltheir hearts' content in one and all of close from this date to 26th Sept.,

tion of money among the leading citizens Inclusive.

these "popular", papers. Naturally the of Yokohama for entertaining the officers German press has made merry over this and bluejackets of the American Battleship latest crace of an hysterical, ill-balanced Flect is progressing satisfactorily. About twenty thousand-yon has already been public, and who can blame it? The collected evil has spread beyond the masses,

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surrounding the deaths of seventeen per- the course of a sensible leading art-sous, who were killed through the collapse icle on the subject, remarked of houses at Shaukiwan West, in the recent typhoon, was resumed before Mr Were the affliction consued to our H, Kemp, at the Magistracy, this Eattern relating to business should be address.

We hold over our report yellow newspapers and navy-blue rafternoon. 8 to THE MASAGED,

Communications relating to neus shundebe views we should feel disposed to laugh addressed to THE ENTOR,

with our Teaton friends; but it has spread extensively, and one cannot enter a drawing-room or join a dinner party without hearing the most fearsome stories of the legion of German spice the Kaisen is meively alleged to have lot

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The same questions were repeated with regard to the period during which she remained at anchor in that position hearing in mind her special mitwouvres of making a lee-side to cuable the boate from the

.......Hame Band of the 3rd Middlesex Regiment. Tanor Aglo Look in mine uyes"...Jones Mr F. W. Goldring..

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Kdward Germs a Mrs G. B. Edwards.

Why! Of course Messrs W. Benedetto and Ivan Caryll Selection

Sullivan The Gondoliers Band of the 3rd Middleser Regiment. Interval of 10 minutes.

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Selection. Lady Madcap...Rubens Band of the 3rd Middlesex Regiment. ... Tonor Solo......Ie love a dream......Jones Mr G. IL Edwarda,

Abhi to put the people on board the Dnett La Servants...... Braga Fichow with greater safety.

The Missos Seth. Tenor SoloMother of mine'. Frank ToRIX.

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The answer was-No extra danger at anchor. In case of tido turning she would have weighed and anchored further off.

In connection with questions 2 and 3, there at any time, and if so at what time, sxy cause for anxiety to the captain of the Fochow in regard to the safety of his own vessel and tow?

The answer was :-The accessors were of the opinion that the manœuvre of rounding

GOD SAVE THE KING.

Four defendaal were find $3 cach, at

We bare received from the Head of head fo sea and coming to an anchor por- the Marine Courto-day, Jor anchoring the Sanitary Department of Hongkong a copy of a bite book issued from the Govein formed by the Yorher, while naturally their boats in the Refuge at Causeway Bay ment printing office in Calcutta, entitled tonded with a cartain amount of anxiety without permission.

and risk in making a long sweep round on **The Etiology and epidemiology of

comparatively narrow waters was not Plague," being

This evening there will be great doings

Vigorous efforts are being made in a atmmary of the work of when executed with promptitude and skill Java to push the trade between that island the Indian Plague Commission,

one of absolute danger to life or pro-and Australia, and for that purpose a direct Culonato papers give details of the Forty en either the Yoth or her tow, line of steamers is now racing. In for loose on this once happy land. It is, of sukide of Dr. J. B. A. Raux, assistant That this manoeuvre and the subsequent therance of the movement, Mr W. L proceedings of salvage in handling the Boschart, the Dutch Consul-General in the "Grilove for feira expics of the 'CROSA BAIL course, very foolish, but it is also not a medical nicer at the Asylum. In his room Yechowe and getting the passagere, specie Commonwealth, who is now in Java, is should be sent before. 11 am, on the day after little disturbing. It shows that the books also key open on the table--and boats safety on board the Yochou wers delivering lectures on the land and people throo phials of prussic acid were discover- publication. After that hour the supply is limited Cash 19 eta, Credit 20 ets, per German bogey is getting badly on our one was Bacon's Essay On Death," and executed with 2 admirable doge of in Australia and New Zealand, with a

nerves. We are not sure that it does the other an edition of Shakespeare con-seamanlike promptitude and skill.

Was there any, and if so what, special special eye on the products of these

countries. mining Hamlet's, soliloquy "To be or not

exertion required on the part of those who to be." pa Pages 1, 2, 3, 8 and 7, ehould be sent to our not point to a certain deterioration of

went from the Yucheie: the first or Almal to Office at 5 Wyndham Street not later than 1 national character. Our level-headed-

The accounts of the Shantung rail-sogond journeys to the a. New Advertisements should be sent to our Ofice at 8, Queen's Head Central before, our 'phlegm,' is descrting us, and way, for the half-year ending June: 50, resoue the people on board of hoe? (s) Inal; the Alexandra Cinematograph theslin, we are becoming au hysterical people, havs jest boon published, the P. & T. Times getting away from the Yochow (b) During accounted for by the fset that a grand Advertisements and Subscriptione which are The first serious symptom showed itself says. The profits are $1,191,000 against the journey to and fro. (e) In getting benefit performance is to be given there $1,31,182; that means a falling off of alongside, and while they were alongside while, at the same time it will be the last and farewell performance of Miss Rosita the bushi: in the neurotic paroxysm which followed some $10,000 to be accounted for, by the til.countermanded.

The answer was Not (a) as the boats Giralda, a very talented and popular artista the relief of Maleking. Since then we decrease in goods trafic. The passenger varo on the lee side; (b) Very ardacus who, for the last few weeks has bock the drawing card. A most excellent pro seer to have fallen an easy prey to traffic has increased. As trade in Taintan both ways; (c) Special exertion.

and Kisochow .continues dull, with no The same question, with the word graume has been arranged and contains every sensational panic-monger who lays sig of future improvement, the next "peril substituted for "special ex twenty-one capital numbers, several of the himself out to make our flesh creep. half-year, it is anticipated; will show aertion in (b) owing to overleading, Intter to be contributed by local talent. In vain does Admiral Fen bid us furilor decrense. What it is to be next and (e; same, but no peril in (a) The Among the artists to appear will be Mr HORGEONG, FRIDAY, SITTṛMBER 11, 1808 aleep soundly o nights, on the ground year no one knows hut nothing very saswer was: There was parit, but not Harry Gould, Me Leckie, and Mr Donald brilliant is to be looked forward to. The extrenie peril That while the last two Harvey, the great one-stainged violinist... that he is in the national crow's nest railway administrators do not care to journeys of the Akashi's lifeboat manned Miss Giralds will appear in new dances, and Miss Hortensia and Signor Torms in by members of the Yoche crew were SPYING OUT THE LAND..

We refuse to be comforted. We are admit that trade prospects are bad and do attended with the risk which is always new songs, while some new and excellent. haunted by Zeppelin airships and ubi-not so to realize that the present attached to boat work on even a moderato me will also be shown:

sen and expecially approaching the les side of a wrecked vessel, and were extremely exhausting, and worn courageously and

not ordered for a fixed period will be continued

Telegraphic Address: Hail, Hongkong. Telephone No. 22.

The China Mail.

returns of the line.

FOR some few years bofore the out-quitous Pickelhaubes. We doze over stagnation is bound seriously to affect the

The following isolation has been break of the Russo-Japanese war the National Review of an evening, and th

passed by the Anjuman-i-Istana of Bombay: travellers in Japan, particularly if they wake up at midnight in cold sweats. It is plange, write the Japan Caskilfully performed, the facts as presented The Anjuman-i-Eslam of Bombay in

zelte, how glemans of hit appear in the do not warrant the assumption that the dignantly repudiates the outrages perpet- Two Performances Nightly imparts a Delightful Fragrance belanged to any nation having it personded that Pomemnian Grenadiere, saddest and must regretfulle happenings. crows were at any time in unusual perrated in different parts of India, and is

habitat on the continent of Europe, more or low disguised, are under our In the disastrous fire that destroyed. Mr of their lives.

His Lordship agreed with the assessory strongly of opinion that it is necessary for were loud in their complaints of the bede, or a posse of Uhlans is in the de Becker's house at Kamakura thero

would hardly appear to ho room for on the evidence as to salvage. He had the welfare and progress of In His that any WATSON'S

manner in which all their movements back garden. The silver streak bus laughter, but one incident was very mirth thereforo to award a liberal reward for criticisms of the sction of the Government Genuine Double Distilled Toilet wore spied upon during their sojourn become a geographical fiction for us. provoking.ho fire spread with great ra-services rendered as defined by the fore- or suggestions, for the better government There was a good deal of justification We dream of the seven-leagned boots of pidity and the inhabitants escaped wrth going answer. With regard to the boat or more beneficial administration of India little clothing so grent was the need for rows for special services the award would should take the form of constitutional Bay Rum

in their protests against this irritating the Kasa taking one wighty strido hurry. A policeman, breaking in one of be 1000; the chinf otheer, we journeys, action, and it regrets to recent distnib-- system of constant capionage, for the from Berlin to Bombay Mr MAE the widows, Haw, two figures within and 3500 bwo officers, one journey each. $150 ances of the public penso in Bombay. caled to them to scape. The room was (row) including the passenger who rowed, The Anjuman looks with satisfaction on Japanese officiel mind became for the inevitable war shecsses us, and we filed with: smoke and the occupants socmed and he thought one of the crew of the the loyal nititude of Musulmans, not only time being thoroughly obsessed with are possessed by wild thoughts of now too deved to move. Finding his yoity in Akushi who towed, 8300; those who the idea that every foreigner who Copenhagens: on the German coast. It sufflant the intrepid officer climbed into sent both journey to get two shares.in this Presidorey, but all over India,”

the room determined to save life. The The number was not quite cortain, landed on their shores had come with ie all very comin; hut no one who carries nezrer occupant was standing and him ho but he thought they could be as

·FROM":"MEXICO. the express purpose of spying out the his mind back to Paris in the feverish wized-only to fhad him come to pieces in certamed. That was about 810 to $12

his arms. The two figures were quite of each journcy, or nearly a day's pay. The following paragraph was o'inped land for the ultimate beusfit of the mill summer of 1870 will be disposed to armour. To avoid a fruitless journey the explait and row for gonoral service eraill, Mezion, it being 2940 Of

part of a - tary intelligence departments of their laugh at it. What we want is a good as bundled then through the window, wore awarded $1500, the captain to feirer to the publisher from friend : "On respostive nations. It was a silly healthy cold douche of some kind. It and they constituted almost the wam por have 2500 and the office and crew 81000 my last trip to my properties on the fron- pro rata, the chief officer and other deck tor, my beart fell with the to the ground, officers to tank according to their respectivo wounding me badly, un by chance provision. Bad brought in my valise (8 fák el aborration and one that led to much would probably be better worth invention of the very little salvago.

CYTEAREN' WINE OF OF LIVER On con- grades. The bravery question having been chamberlain Pala Balm, d after thing uunecessary ill-feeling hefore the mania ing than a new aeroplane."

laius all the curative virtues of the oil disposed of the only question was as to the fel en able to coatings my journey the Without its nasty Casio. Delicious to tatarak to the ship and the delay. He had to following day as if nothing had happened. I mezi z eiro of praising ski popaine hat. A ringle trial will convince the mont

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