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POWELL'S BABY GRANDS

ALEXANDRA

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SALE

OF

LADIES' SHOES

NOW ON

FROM

$2.50

PAIR.

Hotels.

VICTORIA HOTEL,

SHAMEEN, CANTON, Banager.Mr H. HAYNESI Telegraphic Address Victoria Shamean."

Situated on the British ..

Concession.

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MAÇAO.

Manager.........Mr If. N. BRACKETAIRS, Telegraphic Address Farmer Mscas. Situated in the Centre of the Praya Grand.

Both Hotels electrically lighted and under experienced European Supervision, GUIES AND Chains Provider. Every information and special attention given to Touriste. Reasonable Ratba.

WM. FARMER, Proprietor. Macao, Alay 18, 1808.

730

BELLE VIEW HOTEL

TELEPHONE No. 393,

MUSICAL SUNDAY.

DF kind permission of Major Exa

and Útlicers the famcos Band of

B

the 13: Rajputs will play the Lawn,

as the above Bowel, on SUNDAY next,

the 4th October, 1908, commencing A 5P.M. sharp to 8 P.3.

FARIOUS ICE CHEAPIS. WILL BE READY.

FRED. E, J. BISHOP,

Dfanager.

Hongkong, August 11, 108,

499

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1214

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PPROACHED from Kennedy Road

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A.B.C. Code, 4th Ed.

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etc.

NEW PIANOS

OF THE ABOVE MANUFACTURES ONLY

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Hongkons. Apell 16, 1907.

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TO END OF OCTOBER.

THE CHINA MAIL.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 801908,

SALE OF OFFICES AGAIN ALLOWED.

-

A Cluinose policeman was sent to prisor for three months by Mr Wood, at the Magistracy, to-day for stealing vegetables from a savet hawker, white an accomplice

Some very interesting particulars nue

(Wah T Y Fo'a Service)

PERIKG, September 20.

PARIS, old brink vault was unearthed, bringing of the youngsters frozen to death at NEWS OF THE DAY,

to fight the remains of 14 officers and Sandy Hook were his protégés. The STREET.

To-morrow the agreement between men of the Royal Navy. There appenas Assistance is said to bave been the Last England and the Unted States for ponry to be little doubt that these remains are 50-gan ship built at Liverpool, where postage becomes operative. those of the young British officers who, she was lamiched in 1783. En 1802 she having landed near Sandy Hook in par was wrecked off Dunquerque.

It has been decided to announce that suit of deserters from the Assistance in Now in this life it is the little things December, 1783, were overwhelmed in a which conat. The kindly courtesy shown

the sale of Government offices will be snowstorm and frezen to death. It is by the American authorities in this parti- also hart to go to prison for six weeks,

again allowed, but contrary to previous further stated in the official communica-cular case will be greatly appreciated by

wungo purchasers of offices will be tion that great care had been taken by the British nation, and more particularly published about the operations of the required to pass a literary examination off everything the United States military anthorities by the officers and men of the Royal Navy, principal German banks during the year before they are allowed to take over the

with regard to the disposal of the re- Such gracious incidents tend to draw 187. The compilation deals with 203 Spals. mains, and, pending any possible further the nations as well as the two great establishments at the end of last year!

banks. The aggregata persourcen of those

representations from descendants or naval services closer together and ex amounted to i.956,800,000, in shore other surviving relatives, arrangements phasize the sincerity of the sentiments capital, and 1.986,800,000 in resurre funda, JOHN & ROBERT HARVEY & have been zaade for reinterment to lie of goodwill which New Zealand and together with outside resources amounting

(Wah Te Yo! Po's Service.) CO., LIMITED.

effected in the Cypress Hills National Australia hava su lately giver utterance crap as compared with the end of 1906

to m.26,240,000, which makes a total in- j

PERINA, September 28. to in their welcome to the American of m.1,182,000,000. It is interesting to

The Dalai Lama enters Peking on the Dattleship Fleet.

note flat out of the total resources of the 28th iner. He will ride in a yellow binks in.1.439,00,000 fas represented by satin chuir and will return to Tibet after cash, 1.7.404,000,000 by delit accounts; ·

the celebration of the Empress m4,450,000,000 by bills, ip,1,484,000,009 |

EBTLE LIKED 1770..

$40

TULE AGENTS in Hongkong and THE Undersigned have been appointed South China for the abure Company'

WHISKIES. HARVEY'S 'BERCIAL' $14 per Case,

DODWELL '4 00, Hongkong, August 11; 1908.

Cemetery at Brooklyn, New York, the site of such reinterment being ap propriately marked.<

The natacs of the unfortunate officers are given in the following quotation 111 form. Binor A. and How's Historical Collections of the State of New Jersey (p. 209):--

MEMOS FOR TO-MORROW Auction. 210 p.m.-Auction of Huoushold Fuzsi- face, do, at Mr Geo. P. Lammert's

Meeting.

Sales Rooms,

at Hongkong Hotel.

"On the inner shore of the look, about a mile south of the lighthouse, once stood an elegant monument to the memory of a young British officer and 5.30 p.m.-Mosting of H. K. A. A. A. 1 others, cast away in a snow storm, in the War of the Revolution. They were found frozen, and were buried in one common grave. The following was the inscription

"Bérelic the remains of the Hoouur Earrings. &c., at Mr Geo, P. Lamable Hamilton Donglass Haliburton, so

of. Sholto Charles, Earl of Moston and heir of the anoient arily of Haliburton,

General Memoranda,

SATURDAY, October 3 :—

11.30a.m.- Auction of-Diamonds, Rabys

mort's Sales Boom.

Geoda peg Hongkong Muru oudslivered

at 5 p.m. this data subject to rent, MONDAY, October 3 ̧.·

2.30 p.m.-Auction of Household Furai tura, &c., at No. 8, Queen's Gardens Gooda par Caledonien unclaimed after this date as Nuon will be subject to

rant and landing charges.

TURDAY, October 6 :---

4.30 p.m.--Auction of Leasehold

Rose

Cathedral.

NEWS OF THE DAY.

THE DALAI LAMA,

In order unt to clash with the first night investment securities, m:1,633,000,000 by Dowager's birthday on the 5th October.

of the Volunteer Camp. Mr A. Ballany advances on securities, and in. 9,948,000,000 Brown's lecture on. Phil May, before the by aortgage. The amount of goal beld by Y.M.C.A. will ho delivered on Friday, the Reichsbak alone was 1.787.0 10,000. the 16th October, instead of the 17th prox. | as originally arranged.

TYPHOON WARNING.

At the Magistamay this afternoon before The following telegram was received by Me J. R. Wood, the further hearing took the American. Consolato-General from the pics of the charge against H. S. Holmes, Manila Observatory at 19.05 ..--Wari- mereliant, "of obtaining 3000 by alleding. The typhoon has crossed northers false pretences. r Disen prosecuted and Luzon in the form of a shallow depression. Mr. G.-K. Holmes-defended his brother. I may increase in intensity in the China Defendant under cross-examination said that he was solvent on May 16th. His assets included a motor launch worth i

of Fitcurr, in Scotland; who perished $2000 which he admitted had sines been

on this coast, with 1 more young seld under an exocation for 8195. The gentlemen, and one common sailor, in bearing was adjoumed. the spirited discharge of duty, the 30th

Sex.

HONGKONG VOLUNTEER

TROOP.

The Hongkong Volunteer Troop and the her 10th, 1763; youth in contempt of or 31st of December; 1783 born Octo-1

Hongkong Gymkhana Club will be "At hardship and danger, though possessed Church Literary and Debating Suclly wi

The winter session of the Unione" on the Pole ground, Causeway Bay,

un Saturday, October 24. of an ample fortune, served years in the begin in October 8 when Dr J. C. Tham follows Tent Pegging, by Half Sections; The Programme of the Gymkhana is as British Navy, with a manly courage, son will lecture n The Romance of Polo Ball Race; Lemon Gutting with

CEANG CHIE TUNG TO.

VISIT CANTON,

(Wah Ta Yot Po's Serriz.)..

PEXIKO, September 20,

The news is confirmed that. H.E.

Chang Chili-tung will leave Peking for Bankow and Canton to personally

inquire into the inatter of the railway:

EXPECTED CHANGES IN PEKING.

Wah T Yat Pu's Service)

PERING, September 29. Great changes are expected among

Frolle seemed to be deserving of a better Lowland Sentland." The syllabus idades Swords; Bucket and apple Race; Led ofice-holders in Peking after the perty, at Mr Geo, P. Lammert's Sales fate. To his dear memory, and that of lectures by Dr. Ames P. Wilder, Rev. T.pany Itace, Ladies Nomination; Victoris celebration of the Empress-Dowager a 8.30pm-Organ Recital, in St. John's his unfortunate companions, this money. Pearce, the Hon. Mr Murray Stewart, Cross Race; Bat face; Ladins Nomination mental stone is erected by his unhappy Dr W. W. Pearse, Dr. C. 5. Edands, Rev. Race Distance about mile; Alpha and mother, Katherine, Countess Dowager C. B. Ilickling Messrs F. W. Terry, A.

birthday: of Morton.

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FINE MELLOW HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, Serr. 30, 1988.

FLAVOUR.

AN ACT OF ZMERICAN COURTESE.

War The Times aptly calls an act of

As we have stready informed our readuts Lord and Lady Northcots and Me Share, Private Secretary, arived in Hongkong The Dutch Government has under per 8. S. Ko Maru shortly after day. consideration a plan for diging up the break on the 28th instant. They were Zuyder Zee. This is a tremendons met on arrical by H. F. The Governor and torquise, as the gulf-covers abou: 870,100 |

FUNERAL OF THE LAFE MR-R. HARDING.

On Tuesday evening the mortal remains of the late Mr R Harding were laid to rest at Happy Valley, in the presence of a large number of friends and members of the Hongkong Bar The floral tributes were very numerou

FATAL FIRE AT HUNGHOM.

Premises Guttað..

A rather serious. fire broke cut this

Cast away, in pursuit of desertera; all found dead, and buried in this grave. Of Flis Britannic Majesty's ship Amis tauce: Mr Haliburton, First Lieutenant." acres. The special Commission appointed Mr Brackenbury, and after landing pro-- In the same whime it is stated dot to study the matter proposes the construeded to Mountain Lailge. In the evan- tion of a dyke, which would join the coasting there was a dinner party which during the Napoleonic war, and about of La Brise to that of Holland. The included is Excellency Baron Bayashi. the year 1808, some men Tea-French Zuyder Zee would thus be transformed Mr and Mrs. Fuatan, Sir Francis Piggott, vessel of war landed and destroyed this into a vast artistal be, in which, world Mr Murmy Stewart, Comm. Volticelli, morning at a shop in Berkeley Street The Boated huge rate of faggote and stories. Sir Henry Berkeley, and Mr Clementi. flanghom, the origin of which is unknown, beautiful moment of maternal affee-On these rafts would be thrown quantities On the 29th, Lord and Lady Northeste There were two upper storeys aliove the tion. Mr. Hauros, by the way, of sand, to be covered by a layer of clay.nt the Mountain Lodgy party, at the shop occupied by Chinose and not- was the second son of the afteenth work would occupy fully thirty years, and his collection of chins and were entertained the building was gutted. Their forts The Commission estimates that this gigantic kind invitation of Sir Paul Chater, visited withstanding that tho detachment at Earl of Ahorros, who died in 1774, wild cost £15,000,000.

Hangbom were quickly on the scene, At lunch. During the afternoon, it was were instrumental, Jowever, in prevendng having married in 1758 KanuRINE, a

intended to have held an At Home at the famus spreading to the adjowing daughter of the Hon. John Re- Tox, and his elder brother became the sixteenth earl The Dowager Conn tess who erected the monument died in Aquil, 1825, apparently without having

A Paris contemporary gives some Mountain Lodge, hut the idea had to be leases. The Hongkong Fire Brigade ware interesting particulars of the consumption abandoned owing to wet weather. In the also in attendance but their services were of paper in the United States for the eveting there was another dinner party not required. Three persons were reported production of newspapers. One mig at which the following wore presenting and it is stated that their charred feature is brought out, vix, that the time Admiral and Mrs. Stokes, Colonel Dirling, mine have been recovered. The pre- has come when the people of the great Republic will have to choose between their Mr May, Dr and Mrs Atkinen, Dr Houses are stated to be insured for 88,000.

Kal, Sir Paul Chuter, Mr and Mrs J. R. M. been informed of its destruction.

newspapers and their forests, for the Smith, Mr Tsw. Mr and Mrs Greason were destruction of forests is three times a male to attend. Mrs Fox and Mr and The desertion of British seamen after great an afforestation, In 1905 there wore Mr Grove were amongst the guests staying

SKIPPING.

the close of the war of Independence feud dimiliand copies of newspapers at Mountain Lodge, come. The &.s. Bennider berthed this morning whenever their vesels visited the waters being one thousand millions. The mharked on the Kemano Mans for Fapan with the English me, went alongside the

printed in the United States, à milliard

Thus morning Lord and Lady Northcote at No 2 wkurf, Kowloon, and the Delts, of the United States, was a matter of com- stupendous number give represents 125 His Excelloney The Governor, attended by No 3 wharf. mon occurrenec, remarks The Times, and copies of papers and reviews for every Captain Hooper, accompanied them on dionbtless the cucumstance that the the number. in 1880. American Sunday board the steamer and saw them off. pursing bal's crew comuisted of papers and weeklies make the greatest do

person in the United States, or three times

.

The master of a Tassenger boat was fined $20 at the Marine Court b-day, for carrying three parsons in excess of the

PER DOZEN... $16.50. American courtesy has just been made officers was owing to the fact that the ads on the paper supply. In 1905 thare NEW HOME FLEET'S RECORD: umbor allowed, and $5 for failing to stop

pubic by the British Aduimity in a men were not to be trusted Ever so printings, totalling 11,539,021 copies, the were 456 American Sunday papers, the notice issued to the press on August. Inte de the sixties rien deserved: from average size of the papers being 32 page Guns Than the Whole German

Equipped with More Heavy, It deals with lamentable and British ships of war in similar manner. For the edition of the Sandy alone sulle fortunate. occurrence which took place when the Liverpool, frigate, Captain 8,900,000 volumes each of 400 pages.

cient paper is required to print a library of as far back as December, 1783, just after RoWLEY LAMBEET, WAS. Jving off the

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¬hese. Fingring whief aank ner The Brother" during the July tyylioon, bas been raised and brought to There will be mpre heavy guns in the Hongkong. The hull is intact but the top

Navy.

the declaration of peace with the United mouth of the Rio Grande, a party of sp, & T. Tunes says, thins, the Board of a than in the whole of the German going repairs it is expected that the vesdal From a reliable source we learn, the Home Fleet as it will be reconstitated next deck has been washed away. After under-

generates a freign

will resume her run between Canton and.

States of North America. In BRETON'S

men in full daylight win over the lower Posts and Communications has made ar Naval History, (Vol. 1, p. 261,) pub- boom, manned a catter, and pulled for ugements with Kiangsu, Hupal and other the Nore. Division will mount seventy-two-

The twelve battleships and crisis of Hongkong. lished in 1857, the demils of this sad the stort. Nor pould they be followed rates from Iran of The 20,000,000 12 in. guns, while the Germu Jeat has Lieut. Beckwith, F.N., sitting s catastrophe are concisely given, though

at once for when attempts were made to for the redemption of the Feking Hankowaly sixty-four 11 in. wonpo

Court of Inquiry, at the Marine Count While the tagship will still be the to-day, found that the coxswain of the by a misprint the date of the year is lower another but it sms discovered trank is. When instored, the line viuresdnought, she will bo joined by the privato steam incnek Comic was to blame inavirectly stated. The extract runs that all falls of the bent at the davide Hankow and Canton-Hankow milways, three new ships of the same type now for the nilision which occurred on the be connected with the proposed Szzelwer *Abent the year 1787 h kont was run had been out off short. As it happened, which will be bait with Chinese money, spproaching completion the Teamoire, ed inst with the private steam launch in Pints and Splits. away with by some of the crew of the

Assistance, of 60 guns, then hearing the the men were recovered, because at that of the Ching Han line will be borrowed A remarkable feature of the new Home for two months. -

It is stated that money for the redemption Bellerophon; and Superbi

Tin Taikoo and spanded tris certifiaste flag of Siz Charles Douglas, and lying at Sandy Hook; the first Beutenant ond time the Civil War was taking place, from the British and Chiueto Coporation Floot will be that sup will rank alone as the 12 midshipmen pursued thom in the and both Federala and Confederates had at per cent per annum. The negotiations mly fleet in the world carying no guar Large, and the whole of these gallaul

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Satisfactory results have attended the oflial tests of Bir Hiram. Maxim's device

The regulation army rifle, usn be heard three sud o quartor tiles, away, but with the noiseless device attached the sound, No Doubt of It-Teacher Now, which is similar to the ellik of a lammer

dreas ?" Johainy--"Heaven -

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and promising young vlivers were found troops in Texas The blue-jackets-had kept secret at present, but is is widmaller than the 7.5in, as the only fleet." that the Corporation this did will have outsining Dreadnought battleships and dead the next morning the Lost had intended to join the latter, but, filling nothing to do with the naministration of cruises, and the only fleet containing 21 for the United States magazine rifle, grounded in the med, in which they were all frozen ne they attempted to in with a Northern Camp, unfortunately the company, which will be entirely can. knot battleships and 20-knot cruisors,

trolled by the Yushton pu. The mattor reach firm ground, nor did wo erer hear for themselves proclaimed their purpose may be settled before the end of the pre- of the seamen being restored to their

too loudly nnd ware made prisoners. sunt year and permission to float, the luan ship

The immediate entise of the revival of The officer commanding the Fedem has already been given by the Manchu Jolin, what was Washington's farewell au on an empty shell, only carried 1,500

Throne. It will be guaranteed by certain interest in this incident is a notification Forces then communicated with the revenge of Klangen, Chill, Horan, which the United States Government Liverpool and the nsa were given up. Hupel and Shantung for a perit of 30 have been good enough to make to His Sir CHARLES COLAS, Whose broad ar Majesty a Chargé d'Affaires at Washing pennant us commodore was flying in the WATSON & 00, tom that in the course of certain ex-Asiatice at time (1783) as Cominodd

hons upon the military reservation, Fortin-Chief on the Nova Scotia Station TIMITRO.

Hancock, New Tersay, with a view to Be who the celebrated Ang captai erectal of Government buildings, ad Ronsar, and it is very likely, that many

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