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The ancient mossore mila drum-earri age."ur Chineso taxioab, of which some. particulars were given in The Times of January 22, was on Feb. 11, the subject of a short losture before the China Society

by Professor Giles, of Cambridge, who has

SATURDAY, MARCH

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discovered in the dynastic histories of Chips MITSUBISHI GOSHI KWAISHA

a full specification of this curious vehicle."

Professor Giles, who was introduced to the audience by-the-Chairman (Dr. M. 4.-

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Stein) as the foremost Sinologist in Great COAL DEPARTMENT, Britain, said everything about China bad

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incredulity. The existence of such a vehicle past few years, and as the result of his

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Terance to it in the bistory of the Chin dypesty (4.D. 265-4B): The measur mile drugs carriage is dang

BRANCH OFF Its shape is like that of the south point NARAJAKI, MOJ, Kartio,” WAKAMATSU,

ing chariot. In the middle of it there, Osaka, Bhangrax, Homexong,

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is wooden figure of a man holding a drumatick towards a drum. At the com-TEL ADDRESS for abore: pletion of every it the man strikes Codes:-Al, ADO 5th Ed., Wastorn Unloo.

blow on the drum." Under the yours

A.D. 815, 820, and 267 they syaận heard

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of every is the wooden figura of a man in the lower storey strikes a deum, and at the completion of every 10 ti a man in the upper storey strikes a beil. There is a pole with a phoenix-like head, aud a term of four horses. Formerly the obariot held 18 soldiers, which number was increased in 087 by the Emperor Tai Tsung to 50. The taxicab wa again to the front in 1027, when an account of the mechanism was given, and even so Late as the 14th century they read of ■ well-known poet who wrote poem entitled Ode to a Taxicab in its praise; bot whether it was actually in uso under the! Mongols, or at any later date, he was quibe unable to say. Turning from the taxicab, Professor Giles referrol, þu the auth-point" ing chariot," the vehicle on which many foreign students had based China's claim to the discovery of the magnetio needle and its application to the mariner's compass- It was described as carrying the figure of a man, whose band always pointed south, no; matter which way the chariot was going. It was aid to have been inventer! by the Yallow Emperor, more than 2500 13C., ja order to extricate his army from a dense fog which had been raised supernati rally by the enemy. What was meant as dearly a mechanical carriage, and it evidently had nothing whatever to do with the compass. Professor Hopkinson, of Cambridge-bad been unable to reconstruct it from the specification given under the date -A.D. 102, and it was doubtful if this south- pointing chariot was ever made to work at all......

A model of the ohhesis of the taxicab, mado by Professor Hopkinson from the specification discovered by Professor Giles was then exhibited to the audience. It was shown in Actual working, and at ro gular intervals the revolying wheels caused a drum to be strick.

CHURCH OF ENGLAND LECTIONARY

A Committee of Convocation of Canter- bury, having now sab two years, takes the following recommandations for a revised Lectionary.

That Eucharist vestments he optional: That the reading of the Atharsaian

Creed be optional.

That where there are many communi- cants the cralssion of the words in remembrance,” where wed in admin- istering bread and wine, bo optional." A new alternative burial service of great

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ME L. GAMEAU,

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Hongkong, March 18, Į909.

Dommittee nod to elect a Consulting Com-A mittee and Auditer.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Com paut will be CLOSED from the 22nd day of March to the 5th day of April, both days meldzivu

JWHELLEY

General Manager.

Hongkong, March 17, 1909..

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No. 2. PEDESTREET,

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Hongkong. January 8, 199,

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Honglong, March 18, 1909.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

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No. 6 à 1909.--

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