TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1908,
FRANCE AND HER DEAD BULGARIA PROCLAIMS
MEMORIAL UNVEILED.
¡Belize Service, supplied by Reuter,
vin Bombay.}
LONDON, October 5.
A monument, erected to the memory] of those who fell for the bongur ti Francejn the Franco-German war, which, amcunted in eighteen portent of the garrison, was unveiled at Noisse VI near Metz, in the presence of 65,000 | people fachuding representatives of the French and German Governmen French officers and deputations from the Geraint regiments. The Governor of behalf of the German Government to over the monomeut and laid a wreat upon it on behalf of the German Government.
INTERPORT "RIFLE
SHOOTING. *
(Frona Ozu Oran Correspond-nt).
Sistaron, October 5. In the interact shooting contest the representatives of Singapore have-toale
a score of 057.
The individual satures were i
Watt
Brown
Tan Chow Kim Long
Flower
Kemp
Silva.....
Tan Soo Bin
Elliot
Colbeck ...
The records are as i blows :--
IX
1889: Shanghai, -809; Simmpore, 771, Hongkong, 774.
1890: No match.
1691 Hongkong, 807; Shanghai, 833;! Singapore, 41.
1892 Hongkong, Sa: Shanghai, 50; Singapore. 752.
INDEPENDENCE.
TURKISH AND BULGARIAN ARMIES MARCH TO
- FRONTIER.
(From Chit Chon Correspondent.)
THE CANTON-HANKOW RAILWAY.
THE CHINA MAIL.
SCOTTISH LETTER,
(From Our Oven Correspondent.)
EDINBURGH, September 4. DETREŇSION OF TRADE.
Some time ago the Board of Posts in Peking sent to Chaton-n Commissioner to examine into the affairs of the Hanko
All over Scotland trade is depressed, flanton railway, and report thereon, in order that it might be known why the shazoenrly every industry being affected. The holders were so unwilling to parghe second outlook is a black one for the coining winter, and the unemployed problem is call on shares. He has reported, and the afromly exercising the minds of the local report was banded over to one Chan Pik-Distress Committees. "In Glasgow," the that he might further report thereon, textile trade is suffering everely. Not This bas been done, and as a good gines the American War, and the con- deal of anger has been aroused by it at
soquent cotton famiae, has the rate of Peking the metropolitan oicials are not anzprised that the business people have shown sucht reluctance to pay further calls, The entire business lus now, as our Peking armiestalograms recently indicated, hun tauded eret to Chang Chih-tung, and His Ex- cellency hopes that after fecosaliation with The Vienna New Freie Prese says those tunst interested, he will be able to that that the Triple Alliance will supelraighten things cut. According to the port Bulgaria, as the Fowers desire to published report tacre is to be a searching emmination into all matters, and severe restrain Turkey's new regime.
ineasures are to be adopted.
LONDON, October 6. Bulgaria yesterday proclaimed her independence, the ceremony taking place at Tirnovo, the ancient capital.
The Turkish and Bulgarian fare advancing to the frontier.
PRINCE CHIN.
(Wah Ts Fat Po's Service,)
PEx October & Yuan Shik-kal again recomments that Prince Chiu-san-of-Prince-Ching-be- restored to office. Prince Ching Legs the Einpress Dowager to withdraw Yuan's recommendation.
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THE SALT TAX,
(Wah Ta Yat Po's Bevelte,)
PERING, October 6. The incrense in the salt tax is con- demned by a certain Censor. He neka that the edict he withdrawi
{REUTER'S SERVICE.) ANGLO-GERMAN RELATIONS.
LONDON, October 3.
Rt. Hon. L. V. Harcourt, speaking
ALS 31
affairs hoon so unsatisfactory. The princi pal text-les are white and coloured cottons, and Iarge quantities of those goods are regularly exported to America, the Colonies, Indis, at the East. Tridis
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6239
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TEDDO...... for several months, and there is Hills pro speet of any immediate traprovement. The recent decline in prices, following out the cheapened cost of matarial, has had the effect of making buyers stand of The Indian dealer days cot like to buy on a faling market. He prefers to wait until prices.lave touched their lowest Isvel, and he is by no means satisfied that the lowest lavel has jet heen reached" Much the same report comes fra: Dunfermline and the neighbourhood.
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OIL AS AN ILLUMINANT...
Nothing has been more striking during thu pred decade than the advancos made with oil as an illuminant. With gas and then electricity as powerful rivals in the field it looked at one time as if oil would be relegated to the position of the neglected sister in the world's hooguld, but this is now far from being the case. Improvement after improvement bas been effected both in het making, three spinning, and sent BROMELL PATENTS CO., LD, LIVERPOOL, appliances ng well as in the refining of oil making; and is is asked if the twoed THE UNITED FLEXIBLE METALLIC TUBING CO., LD. uuti at the present moment. manufactures of the South of Scotland will THE EUREKA ANTIFOULING COMPOSITIONS CO., LD. illuminant it more than holds it awo com base to be classed among the lapsed RRITISH BOILER CLEANING & ENAMELLING CO., LD. on the score of effectiveness and extrany.ustries. The streets of the BorderCAURICEDALE' ANTIFRICTION PLASTIC METAL. Oil played a very prominent part in the towns are thronged during the day with lighting of the Frango-British Exhibition in London this year, for which the credit must be given to the Kitoon Empire Lighting Co. A few words regarding the Kion system of oil lighting may not he out of „piace at the present time, for the light is being introduced into the Colony by Mesars. Dadwall and Co., agents for the Kitson Lamp The Kilson system of lighting and heating is by burning the vapour of kerosene under an inculescent mantle. The kerosene is tapourised in a chamber by the heat of the burner and supplied to the burner under pressure. By this method, introduced several years ago
RUBEROID-ROOFINGS.
ASPINALL'S SANALENE GLOSS.
people who cannot get work; windowa of large factories are boarded up: tall chimneys are smokeless, grim und gevind monuments of departe] business and machinery which used to give work to hundreds of men is brought under the: hammer of the auctioneer. When Sir Arthur Conan Doyle contested the Border Burgls in the Unionist interest at ke last General Election, he warned the people that unless they adopted some system në Tarif Reform the tile of the Borders must inevitably go back. Never were 8.S. SHIMOSA... words more prophetically uttered. Their fulfilment is coming about earlier than eren S.S. PATHAN Sir Arthur imagined.
During the last few years, inore than half a dozen large factories in diferent
at Rossendale, said that wo were by Me Arthur Kitson, not only is the parts of the Border district have closed,
1 Hangheng, Kate: Shunghi, K; deterained to maintain uur security
Singapore, TX.
1894 Hongkong, 21; Singapore, &T; against-invasion, and that if it wore Shanghai, 70,
1805 Singapore, H: Stanga, recessary the funds could be provided Hongkong, 89,
by methods of sound finance without the 1896: Hongkong 916: Shanghai, W;aid of a loan,. He condemned the scare Singapore, 870.
mengers of the yellow press whom he described as political footpads and pariahly
drs.
1807 Singapo, 131: Blangkong, 9. Shanidisi, salt.
1898: Hongkong, 11 : Singapore, Shanghai, SIE
1809: Hongkong, 162 : Singapore. (1995 Shum bat, 887.
1900, Hongkong, 2001; Singapore, BD; Shanghai, H.
10: Hongkong, 951: Singapore, 884; Shanghai, 811; 1rong 7.
1002: Shanghai, 398 Singapore, 898; Hongkong, 870; Peng, 871.
JB: Singapore. 997; Shanghai, 93; Hongkong, 891; Penang 750.
1904: Singapore, 919; Hongkong, 9; Į Shanghai, 903.
1805: Hongkong, 928; Shanghai, 87; Singapore, 800,
-1006: Shanghai, 136: Singapore, 90; Hongkong, 891; Penang, 821.
1907: Shanghai, 48: Hongkong US; Singapore, 928.
Hongkong will bring of its shoot in his competition about the 14th nest.
Hongkong Practices.
Another practice for a position in the Interport team took place on Saturday and Sunday and the scores are as follows:--
2011
600 Ti 500
G. P. Lammert... ..... 33. 31 35 51 I, H. Pidgeon..... 33 30 31
A. Jenkins $2
32 3X 33 23 R. Lapsley
J. C. Gow....... 31
39
33
32 03
31
Sorgt. Munrin...... 33
33- 29
Sert. Hal
$2
94
-C.-P. O, raddon
91
FO
88
J. P. M'Gillivuy
J. J. H. Snell
43
50
30
UNREST IN TIBET.
(Wah Ts Yat Po's Service.)
PEKING, October
Lun Ye, the High Commissioner of
AngloGerman relations were never On a more friendly footing that now.
SIR. HENRY CAMPBELL.
-BANNERMAN'S WILL.
LONDOL, October 4.
ustal kamp wick entirely dispensed with,
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Lot the light is enormously increased, respect, and there are indications of mera while the consumption of the nil is greatly | disasters-in store. For many yous, the reduced. The basis upon which the Kitson weed made has been the principal traps work is exceedingly simple, yet plways industry; but the hosiery hide has de rapid strides, and in threaten- offective, and no doubt this simplicityofing to take the premier place. Whet construction has tended very outerial that industry was founded, about £770, the the work was, of course, all dons by to increase the popularity of
hand, and it is ant so many yesis umps. Any kind of illuminating of can he stilised, while the lamps themselves ago since there were seveni boudreris of can be self-contained, as is the case with hand-stockingmakers, No there not five the ordinary wiek lamps, or where, for for every bundred then endoyed. Patent instance, an entire residence is illuminated pens frames and knitting machines aro. by them, they can be run from one central vegen, and what was pre-eminently a of tank. Though at first the range of man's trade has been invaded and cared lamps, designed for using the Hilson system by the other sex. The consteon of this of petroleum incandescent lighting was change in the character of the work has somewhat limited, the field has been been far reaching, and hes of course. told gradually extended, until now lamps for upon the general prosperity of the people. hoth interior and outside lighting, as
It is now generally admitted that the colo conceivable po for a revived of the tweed industry well as for almost every
means
The will of the late Sir Henry Camp-vind of work have bqua desigual. As show lies in Fair Trade. Only by bell-Bannerman has been proved at
ing the economy of the system, it may been the markets by veraptured which are £60,000 sterling, exclusive of estates in mentioned that an Empire or Kilson at present shat against us by hostile tariffs, Scotland.
THE BULGARIAN QUESTION.
are lamp producing a light equal to the soMany who used to be the bitterest apponents called 2,000 candle power electric are lamp of Tarift Reform on the Borders are new custs about three farthings per hour, while strongly in its favour, Cobdenism is no the lamps for istorics lighting-the table longer a policy to conjure with in the lamp, for instance, which gives a light of Burghs that lie in the valley of the Twoer, 160 candle-power, and therefore equivalent Who a man with a wife und family can to about three good incandescent gus only ears, tea shillings a week, it is not to It seems to be generally accepted that burners--will consume only one gallon of oil by wondered at that he begins to think it the Bulgarian railway question will be in about eighty hours In this case there may be wien to adopt some new methods
of trading fore the light costs about half-a-farthing
The outlook of the staple, tradeof peacefully settled, but there is, as pet; per hour. As to the quality of the light, it-
Locos, October 4.
It is pointed out in various quarters that Bulgaria's position renders it most difficult to bring active coercion to bear,
no sign of Bulgaria yielding to the press well known that ci produces a light of a Dundee is fat from re-assuring. The sure brought upen ber.
very soft nature and yet most difisive.Dardes Advertiser" says thst “u bad Some twn years ago, the Trinity House winter is presaged. Jute fabrics are the aathorities completed the equipment of all cheapest of all testiles, und as such tro blonost extensively used for the crafts, if Acordingly, the lighthouses auder their charge with this system of petroleum incintescent not the arts, of the world. lighting, while a number of lighthouses in which the electric light installation had baen fitted hasa sisa pa ren equipped with the Kitson installation. The Light house at Beachy Head, for instance, is equipped with Kiton Light of 240,000 candlepower. How would such an installa. tion do for the lighthouse at Capauimun
THE GERMAN ARMY.
- LONDON, October 4.
The German army is gradually being supplied with new pattern uniformas, the feature of which is the elimination of everything bright.
THE BULGARIAN QUESTION,
LONDON, October 4..
Great Britain has made
A pro.
Tibet, has addressed memorial to the position to Turkey and Bulgaria with s Throne wherein he states that owing to view to a settlement of the railway
the strong opposition of the Tibetons
to . E. Chao-Erh Tang's action in try ing to make Tibet a province of China, the position of affairs have reue
attino when trade and commerce in both hemispheres is slack, Thundec is amongst the firm to be hit. The course of its trade is, in short, that of a com metal baronetor to the world at large. i Grest harvests in Canada and the Argentine are prossised, and yet, at what should be the busiest season of year, the demand is We commend the suggestion to the Colonial weak from these quarters, as also in the authorities. They would find the system hohe trade, which, after all, is the more economical and far more easily worked puncipal agency in textils demand." than any other forta of Aluminant at pre-
THE LONDON SCOTTERN.
sent in use. In regard to cost Professor Fa the last issue of the Gazetto" of { Vivien B. Lower, gas examiner to the ety the London Scottish Voluntiers frow of London, makes the following report as Territorialists), Colone) Greig congratulates.
which it Jas passed through the troubles
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serious. He urges that the Dailai Tamsarged the Powers signatory to the treaty
should he sent back to Tibet at one to of Berlin to recommand this solution to Bulgaria, and it is understood that the restore peace.
Great Powers have agreed to act sacordingly
MONGOLIA AND TIBET
(With Ter, Yub Po's Services
PEKING, October 6,
THE BALKANS.
LONDON, October 4.
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The Austrian Ambassadors have pre-struation and similar painful disorders. 24 manding officers...
The question of turning Mongolia sented to their respectiva governments and Tibet into provinces of Ching is to autograph lettere from, the Emperor be discussed and decided upon at the Francis Joseph dealing with the situe conference he held with the icin in the Balkans, to which great
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