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1908-09,

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WM.

AT

THE CITY.

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OF

THE CHINA MAIL.

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THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 17–1808.

NEWS OF THE DAY.

PARIS, go and in all the big towns where are quite willing to keep cats. An the shipbuilding trade-bulke largely exception is found in the case of the STREET.

It is chicially anrioniced that letters in the local labour market. Not for Jaius, who refuse either to kill rats or have been received at Simis from Dr. Svon $36.

many years have the shipbuilding to keep cats. The furthest they are Hedin. He is at Garick and is well. garde been so idle, and in consequence prepared to go is to catch rats that Daniel Antonio fearts was fined many thousands of skilled mechanics infest their houses and turn the loose at the Magistracy to-day for obstructing aro out-of-work and have but the field. Where many buffaloes are an Indian constable in the execution of

PHONE

JUST RECEIVED

A New Consignment oricat prospect to face during the kept, cats are usunly found in large

OF

bis duties.

King Edward was among the first to send congratulations to Mr Winston Churchill on hi ongaguraent to Miss clementine Hozier.

A Chinees youth this morning fell from

next few bitter months. But, we numbers, attracted by the milk. In an venture to assort, it is not this plsss of epidemic of plague in Saur it was noticed tuun, the skilled mechanic, the trained that the buffalo-keepers who also kept PER MONTH. PARIS MODES assistant in the drawing-office, the man cats escaped entirely; but among some

who works with his hand as well as of them, the Bhowani Dhers, who are the roof which he was repairing at Kui An and GOWNS. with his hands, that resorts to violence put out of caste if a cat dies or kittens Lane, and was instantly killed, the distane

67% in the public streets, who "hoos" an are born in their housen, the mortality being farty feet.

inoffensive member of

was high. Among these, again, the! the Royal! JOHN & ROBERT HARVEY Family na ho passes though the town, mid-walled houses, while the more disease was confined to the dweller in

breaks into the Town Hall dospite

"recent" arrivals who wee still living in the lawful opposition of the police, or

temporary wattle huts escaped. The

Tuning and Regular

Attention Inclusive.

POWELL, S. MOUTRIE & Co.,

LIMITED,

28 Queen's Road Central.

Hotels.

MACAO HOTEL.

OPECIAL REDUCED

SPECIAL RATES

SUMMER

Per Day.......§ 4,00 to 8 7.60 according to

Per Week 95.00 10

40.00

Por Month 90.00 to 140.00

LIMITED,

Hongkone. Karl! 18, 1907.

Foam selected AS.

Week ende, Starasy, afternoon to

... do.

Monday morning...$7.00 to $16.00. Two persone occupying one room will be, charged a rate and a half only. Children-under-12 Hali rates.

SPECIAL TERMS FOR FAMILIES.

Excellent Cooking by A CHEONO, for

{to

WATSON

& Co., Ltd.

ESTABLISHED A.D. 1851.

over seventeen Feste chief cook with the WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS.

Late Mr J. W. Csborne.

Macao, May 18, 1808.

7201

BELLE VIEW HOTEL

TELEPHONE No. 33,

BILLIARD TOURNAMENT.

IT is propimed to hold a TEAM BIL.

TLARD TOURNAMENT at the

above Hotel.

Teama may be eglected from different maite.

Units way be composed from Clubs, Works, Regimenter or Corps or Mombers of way se department."

The Committee will consist of one.mem-

ber from each Team.

WATSON'S

E

VERY OLD LIQUEUR

CO., LIMITED.

ESTAD LICET 1770.

THE Undersigned have been appointed

South Chins for the abere Company's

WHISKIES.

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A native, who attempted to escape to Hongkong, by jumping overheard, was while on the police launch fiers Taurati

santoneed to six weeks' imprisonment at the Magistracy this morning, for stealing aquantity of firewood at Mongkok.

LIEUTENANTS GALLANTRY,

Unsucoessful Attempt To Rescue A Chinese Boy,

Another brave attempt to rescue · *- Chinese boy from drowning, although wahapaly unsuccessful, has been added to the records if the British navy and to those of the Colony. As torpedo boat No. 097 was leaving Kowloon docks yesterday, in some unsccountable insurer one of the four boys belonging to some guests who were on board, fell into the water and dianppened. Without a moment's hesita tion Lieut E. W. Isaacson, who was in charge, dived into the water, but despite the indefatigablo efforts made by this bro oficer the body could not be found. Divers were also requisitioned from the dredger St Enoch but their efforts were also untuvailing.

CLAIM FOR WAGES.

August Danfienso, cinematograph pro- priotor, was summoned before Mr Justice Gomperts, at the Supreme Court this after-

SOLE AGENTS in Hongkong and disturbs Cathedral servicesno, quite explanation furnished by the Report of a new kind of silk is being manufac-Boom, by Fang Tu, for 8150, wages due.

a different man is the porpetrator of the Indian Plague Commission, which we tured for the use of Paris d'esmakers Mr Thomson who represented the plain- HARVEY'S SPECIAL' $14 per Case. these things. The noisieat demonstrator | sliced the other day, is that rais make It comes from Uganda, and is made by stiff, said that the plaintiff, had been at gatherings of the unemployed. be their nests by preference, in mud alia. I worn which feeds on fig leares. The aty employed by the defendant for five years

DODWELL & CO. Hongkong, August 11, 1908.

111

MEMOS FOR TO-MORROW. Anotion. 11.Auction of Magnificent Irish

Linens, &c., at No. 25. Des Vienx

longs to the class of unskilled labour, unfortunately a steadily increasing clava in the old country, and many thousands of these men are not merely

One result of the plague in this village prattler than ordinary silk. was that some of the Bhowani Dhers' took to keeping male cats, thus avoiding the social risk involved in the birth of

Last.

is said to be more durable and much and had not received his wages sineo April Mr Otto Koug Sing, for the defence, donied. liability, as his client had paid The Alexandra Cinema theatre still plaintiff what was due on August 20 and continues to be a popular place of defendant had learned that plaintiff was

proprietor

Road Central, formerly occupied by unemployed but really unemployable, kittens. It is a remarkable fact that entertainment. The stars at present are in the employ of another cinematograph

Mutual Store,

General Memoranda.

SATURDAY, September 19-

Noon-Meeting of Douglas Steamship

Co., Id., at Co,'» Offices."

of whom are first class artists. The pictures Miss Tim Latour and Miss Geralda, both

shown are also up-to-date.

for $1987. 18 money advanced to defendant, Charles Nugent sued the same defendant

the claim being reduced to $1000 to bring. it within the jurisdiction of the court. Mr O, D. Thomson appeared for plaintiff, and fendant. Mr Othu Kong Aing acted for the de- Plaintif said he advanced various suma

These feckless loons, to borrow the the cat is the only animal that is spe old Scottish phrase, ura the disturbers cially protected both by Hindus and of the public peace and unfortunately Mabonadans. The Hindu is forbidden thair actions damage the cause of the to kill a cat, and if he does so he must in conformity with the King's Erequatur Mr Kourad von Wiser informs us that

Eutinely distressed workingmet. How have a golden cat made, which is either published in the Hongkong Government properly to deal with the unemployable to be presented at a shrine at Benares, Gazette of July 31st, 1908, he yesterday Goods per als de la Ciotat unckimed is one of the most pressing social ques or worn round the owner's deck, Then assumed the dotias of office se Austro-had nei:ber paid him wages nor given him

Transfer Books of Hongkong Cotton Spinning Weaving & Dyeing Co., Ld., close from this date to 26th Sept.,

inclusive. MONDAY, September 91 :---

after this date at Noon will be subjections of the hour: its solver will deserve Melamedans hold the cat in honour on to rent sad landing charges,

date subject to reat.

TerяDAT, September 22 :--

2.30 p.mauction of Japanese Curios and Benbroideries. de, at Air Gen, P. Lammert's Sales Roum. Goods per Balkan undelivered after

this dito subject to rent. Goods per Rendorar undelivered after

this date subject to rent.

Goods per Oriental not cleared at 4 pm

án thla date subject to rent. WEDNESDAY. September 23:--

6.15 p.in.Meeting of Victoria Retrea

tion Club, at Gymnasium,

:-

6.15 p.m.-Meeting of Kowloon Cricket

Clab, at Clab Pavilion. THURSDAY, September 24 -

Goode par Prinz Waldemar andelivered

after this date subject to rent. Famar, September 25:-

5.30 p.m.-Meeting of Hongkong St.

Andrew's Bociety at City Hall, SATURDAY, September 26-

Noon-Meeting of Hongkong Cotton Spinning, Weaving & Dyeing Co. La., at Messrs. Jardine, Matheson Co.'s Office.

account of the place it holds in some of their traditions. One of these stories

tells of a special creation of cats, to destroy the rats which, born of the pie were threatening to shipwreck Noa and

The Chinees as a rule like a cat, so the his family by eating holes in the Ark

Hongkong experiment should succeed.

Goods por Austria ordelivered after this well of the whole empire. It is no new Froblem either. France bad it in a most acute form in the eighteenth cen- tury and Tencor and NECKER, daring the years 1764-1788; tried many schemes 10 alleviate the awful distress which was deyustating their country during the days when, ay Take tells us in language which deeply stira the emotions, people did est grass and died off like files. Yet despite the preaching of Roessay. and the philosophers of his school their benevolent schemes failed and failed tterly. The shbmerged tenth, even in that pre-Industrial era, could not be lifted from their slough because, as in the present day, they would not put out as hard to help themselves. There is no larger chapter in the history Letters relating to business should be address of human futility than that of the bene ed to THE MANAGER,

valent despots of the eighteenth cen-vation. Communicatione relating to meses should be

ture. And today organised and un-1.. WHISKY addreased to The Edmon

Correspondente must forward their games organised clarity, in many of its expecta, and addrzew with any communicator is merely but aggontinuation of that dreseed to the Editor, not for publicetimi bat, a evidence of good faith.

benevolent futility. The story of moders All lettere for publication should be written nations, teaches that the class which an one side of the paper only.

No anonymously aigued communications that ruffers muct, if it wishes to break from have already appeared in other papers will be the house of bondage, itself seek its own Orders for extra ropice of the 'Casa Memancipation. Doles, relief worke, free 1914 GENUINE AGE held by sent before 11 am on the day after reals only demoraliss and pauperise,

publication. After that her the supply is Limited. Cash. 16 etu, Credit 20 ets, per and leave a most undesirable legacy behind for future generations. Many Oceai & Wynham Street not later than 77 os Fanes 1, 2, 3, 6 and 7, shuuld be sent to our panaceus have been discussed but none

Rama wishing to enter are requested to Horwin! their names to the Manager of the

bors Hotel on or before 90th September, SCOTCH

1989.

FRED. E. J. BISHOP,

Manager.

Hongkong, Auguali 11, 1908.

499

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Electric light, has and sold water through- oat. Billiards, tennis, ezoquet, patting green and tre stabling for horses.

Proprietress Mas F. SACHSE. Bangkoug September 1, 1908. .

FLAVOUR.

1208 PER DOZEN

VICTORIA CINEMATOGRAPH.

COMIC FILM.S.

CHANGE OF PROGRAMME

EVERY SECOND DAY.

NOTICE.

NEWS OF THE DAY

a

Hungarian Consul in Hongkong.

The Victoris Cinematograph, the

always well worth a visit. The series of pioneer of such shows in Hongkong, is

pictures which are now being shown wrə asked to depict, and the crowded houses amongst the finest the screen has been

nightly is ovidones of the popularity which this sort of entertainment has gained in Hongkong.

of money to france a cinematograph pro jest and bad worked for defendant wher

a bar of the profts.

Judgment was reserved until the hear ing of the other action,

SOLICITOR SUES ESTATE COMPANY.

Ltd., were defendents in a sction, before Humphreye Eetate and Finance Cor Mr Justice Gompertz, at the Supreme Court, yesterday afternoon, brought by Mr P. W. Goldring, solicitor, who clsired A very fine assortment of fancy 8000 damages for alleged breach of Italian Confectionery has just been receive contruct in failing to comply with a

agreement whereby they undertook to ed by Messrs G. Bertolane and Co., 37 keep the roof and oxterior walls of the Queen's Road Central, comprising fancy premises he occupied at Kowloon in a chocolates almond dragees, imitation propar state of repair.

cherries, strawberries, chestnuts, green Mr E. J., Grist appeared for the peas, conversation chocolates suitable for plaintiff, and Mr.P. M. Hodgson, defended.

Mr. Grist said only. the fat in whích. afternoon tea, dinner parties, etc. This

The King of Italy has read in American newspaper of the discovery of tish frequenting North American waters, which feeds on the eggs of the insect an phelix, to which a large share in the enterprising firin have also full lines of plaintiff lived was let to him but not the dissemination of the malaria gera in attri-crystallised fruits, cherries, apricots, red roof which was the property of the bated. On his Majesty's initiative anand white pears, chinoise green and yellow and oril, whose daty it was to keep it in proper condition for the use of the bonanta. interesting experiment is being carried out undof the direction of Professor Synassés, The special China fund, now being Eight or ten dage after the resent typhoon - Large quantities of the fish is question are raised by the Religione Tract Society for there was n Tears sainsform, which muced being imported into Italy, and their action the extension of its work in Chin, has, in water to accumulate on that portion of the in destroying the poison-marrying insect payments and promises, reached a total of roof aborg plaintiff's floor and ̈ ̈carne will be the subject of clore scientific obser- nearly £9,000 out of the £20,000 nondod. through and damaged a considerable por- With a view to the administration of this, tion of his property. A cirjiet was spoilt, fund the committee kavo invited Sir Chorien also a graninphone and a number of The Times publishes a special article on Tarring, one of their members, and the records Indian students in England, which says Rov. A. R. Buckland, scenery of the His Lordship-Supposing the typhoon that there is reason to betiers that, After society, to visit Chim this autumn. They took the root right off, would you still the cinzent vacation, staps will be taken to will leave of Sept. 25, and on their way have a remedy? give effect to the recommendations of Lord will examine the work of the-Japan Hook Morley's Departmental Committee. It is and Tract Society, another of the society's -

Did you give notice to the defendants to intended to provide machinery for meeting auxiliaries in the Far East. the needs of Indians both on arrival and at

ropair the roof -No. Gunnar J. W. Bains, No. 1 Company, Was the roof damaged by the typhoon } later stages of their sojourn, and to place Gunner H. Arthur, No. 2 Company, Co-1 can't say that. All the pipes were with student habits, in charge of the Eaving left the Colony Lave been struck off blowns on the roof by the tyhom, causing a tactful and experienced officer, familiar poral J. Witchell, Enginour Company, choked with leaves which must have been Bureau of Information proposed. The the strength of the Hongkong Volunteer the noormulation of water. We do not put cint and District Committees in India to Jag, T. Clothier, and J. I defendants are under an obligation to keep organization will probably appoint Frovia Corps. Gunners L, LoBreton, B. S. Clarke, the damage down to the typhoon. The co-operate with a Committee resident Watron have resigned on leaving the the roof in good condition, and as there Indian elders in Loncou

Colony. Bapper A. Melbye has transferred ha bean a typhoon it was their duty to from the Engineer Company to the Infan see whether any repairs were necessary. The French Budget Commission he try Company. Gunner L. S. Greenbill is We could not get on the roof, which was |our Offee at 8, Queen's Road Central, before brigade grows steadily larger. Mean-finished its labours. The most important granted leave of absence out of the Colóny not let to us, and we would be trespassers

inertel.

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until countermanded.

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In view of the popularity attained amongst cultivators throughout India by the anti-rinderpest inoculation treatment,

measure of economy proposed is the sp-for-3 weeks. pression of the naval ports of Lorient and Rochefort, on the West Coast, which will leave Brest the only station on the Atrantic Though no longer a naval station, Lorient will preserve its Government building yard, and the extinction of Rochefort will

I not ordered for a fixed period will be continued the tales of terrible distress now rising from all parts of the United Kingdom nor postpone our charity antil such as a solation of the question is found; and though many undeserving be spread over a number of years, and Stops therefore are being takon tu ascertain

The China Mail

HARD TIMES AND POVERTY.

"time"

the demand for erum has become larmer

than the Mukter laboratory can innet.

Mr first I don't think so.

if we went there.

His Lordship-Tes, you would be.

In the course of cross-examination plain- ti was asked How many gramaphoze records have you-Two hundred.

How long have you this Twenty- five of them less than six zaonths.

Was the graphone damaged The

the feasibility of establishing an independ legs came of

will doubtless usurp the places of thin small craft will continue to be laid downt laboratory in the Madras hills where As a matter of fact your loss is purely s

there for a definite period. Besides various Horaräna, Truesdat, Ser. 17, 1906. deserving it is to be hoped that the menstres of economy, the Budget Com. It is necessary for this purpose to so much about the money I am bringing serum for South India could be manufactur sentimental one? No, I am not worrying. stops now being taken in all krge cities mission has rejected mast of M. Cailloux' and a locality where a breed of cattle exists this action on principle. will do something towards alleviating equence finds there is a deficit of nearly sufficiently susceptible to the disease to ting room furniture damagod. I am told

proposals for new taxation, and in con

Any other tensola suffer damage to their (as is the case of the Nainital Himalayas) property Yes. A lady had all her sit the misery which has befallen such a 50,000,000. It proposen alight supply material for the serum, and in over 5,000 blankety belonging to the Army large number of our fellow subjects crosse in the succession duties,

no fault of their own. through

TUB poor we have always with us. In eone beppy years they are not so insistently forced into the glare of the limo-light as in others, but in the coming winter, if the telegrams recent ly reaching the Far East from London

CATS, RATS AND PLAGUE.

1

ostigations to this end are in pregros

Ordinance wore destroyed.

As a matter of fact this is only a test I am going entirely on my own responsibility.

If you succeed the other tenants will end in their cisims 2-1 don't know,

furnish any warning, they will congoing to promote the keeping of cats intando alone. Six years ago a beginning pit is very hard and very dusty," and the house was only eighteen months old.

Medical Missions comments on the The disastrous explosion which co- effort being rinde at Faking to establish,curred at the Maypole colliery, Abram under Christian auspices and Christian near Wigan, involving great ton of life teachers, a complete medical school. It will form the subject of a rigid inquiry. Tay Hongkong Sanitary Board are must not be thought, however, that Faking Meanwhile it is interesting to note that the

Seth, secretary of the company, said medical misaonary real in this dissation cannel coal which is worked in the Maypole. stitute the leading social problem of the Colony in order to fight the rate as unde i Har og i therefore exceedingly dangerous. It is Beyond a notice he had received on the the hour. Already, before the frosty now so clearly known to be the missionaries of the London Missionary acessary to use explosives to loosen the lot. Argast, he had got no other. The house needed repaire. When he rrosived weather bes set in, even here the real diseminators of plague. his Society, and after in five yanke, course the coal, and it is outed that through the company had no resson to suppoke that the

rging of one of the holders the notice he went over to Mr Goldring autumnal rains have really started

first of batch studente, four in umber inficient charging most laudable scheme and we hope have just graduated. At present there are which contained the abota, a flamo may have house, examined the damage, und ratumed auch widicly asperated places as the authorities will meet with Fourty eighteen students, these cigalees being boon emitted. This would be sufficient in to the stice and reported it. On the Glasgas, Norwich, Cauterbury and

from seven different provinces, and among atmosphere containing con duet in following datoray, arcompanied by Mr on every hand. Meanwhile a support LIGHT wholesome, and

invigorating

Manchester; have been treated to further contribution to the Indian them students attached to five different considerable quantities to account for the Bird, he examined the roof but emuld not

missionary societies. It has now been explosion. some distressing scenes in which the Medical Gazette by Liens Colonel Ax- decided to aim at Hankow, as at Peking unemployed have shown a nasty die FW BOULANAN IM.5, on the subject to have a Union Medical School, eme in position to resort to violence. They of rate, cats, and plague, contains some the region shall have a part

which the various intasionary sometics in have every right to bring their claims Canoua information. The rat, he anys, so to the attention of the authorities, but well known as the "sowaxi" or carrier of

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