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them but partially exploited medium. It was only natural that their road should be strewn with failures that they should, time and again, totally mise the mark. Ent they aimed high and some of them have won through. This is the opinion of Mr. CHARLES HOLME, one of the most enthusi astic members of the Council of the

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Two faal onson of plague among the A SOUTH AFRICAN PROPOSAL. Chinese were reported to-day, the first from Shanghai Street, Yaumat, the second (Reuter's Service to the China Afakt.)

LONDON July 5. from Upper Lascar Row.

We have been advised that the Tean, instead of leaving co-day for Manila, has been postponed till to-morrow at

o'clock.p.m.

Prince

General Botha is now on the way to England to open negotiations with the 3 Chartered Company for the inclusion of Southern Rhodesin in the territory of United South Africa, the Transvaal com- pressed the then

Uniyon pensating the Company.

there to Cul

Yoan Shu Baun, who is replacing Chang as Viceroy of Clanton, was fox marly Thotai of Shanghai and our northern contemporaries are rather sceptical as to the wisdom of the appointment.

Japan Society in London. In the May number of the Studie he has some very nica things to say of a collection of pictures recently exhibited in Tokyo,

Mr Cartwright, a Obristian missionary, and coming from a man of his artistic committed suicide by hanging at his ra and sensibilities his words should iznos in Seoul on the 12th June. He carry weight. After drawing attention wan a flaunt speaker of Japanese and had to the excellencies of the work of KoTamboe in Keron for about five years, TRASAWA, SEIT KATO, HIROSE YOSHIDA, 19015 SAITO, Yosure Ox, etc., he says:

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Art is the expression of the life and soul of a mation, and with a progressive Weakly,ce it must change and develop in

Single copies, Daily, ten cents thirty cants; for cash. Telegraphic Addzmer, Ma, Hongkong,

2.30 p.m.-Auction of Forehole Fani

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The F. and Assye is the first big mail steamer to successfully pase through: the tree channel in the Whangpoo Shanghai papers congratulate the Conser- vaney board on the success of their inbours.

All are welcome.

The funeral of the late Mr Octo Boge, who shot himself on Saturday afternoon, took place at Happy Valley on Monday evening. There was, a large number of friends prosunt and Father Maller com ducted the service."

The Bishop of Victoria wishes it to be proportion to the nature of that pre-own that his Bible Readings for Indies Code, A. B. C., fifth edition, gression, There is much that is on the Epistle to the Philippians are being TELEPHONE NO. 22. admirable, much that is inimitable, continued on July 8th and 18th at 11.90 CHINA MAIL, LIMITED,

in the old art, of Japan, and a. at his hongo. 73 the Peak, and that no one could see the passing away. MEMOS FOK TO-MORROW.

of that art without, feelings of the Auction.

profoundest regret; and it is greatly to be desired in the artistic welfare of the nation that, in grasping the methods of the West, it shall not entirely loss hold of those of its own, which are BO

The agent of the Chinese Engineering excellent methods with have aided and Mining Co., Ltd., in Hongkong kindly in rendering Japanese art a subject of informs us that the total output of the Com admiration to all people for all time."pany's mines for the week ending 19th June amounted to 31,744.64 tons and the sales He concludes his article in the following during the period to 18,587.59 tons. words-Critics may rail againat the unwisdom of the Japanese in adopting the methods of Occidental art, and yet, if in adopting them they are able to do full justice to them,

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HONOKON, TUESDAr, Jenn é 1909.

THE WESTERN SCHOOL OF

JAPANESE PAINTING.

Pittsburg, Pennsylvanis, was tem pararily paralyzed by a general traction strike which went into affect on Jute 28. All tratto was at a standstill and the city was threatened with disorders: but the

returned to work.

Dr F. H. McKeon, of the United Sintes Public Heath and Marine Hospital Service, arrived in Hongkong from Manila by the steamship Bubi. He will bo sta- tiorad here for some time to come. De McKeon was on duty in Manila and

and to express at the same time their gavo in and the men two days later own actual vital characteristics, who shall say them asy? These are no longer the days of SEBSEIN, of TAXIU, nor even of Onjo and BoxUSA. The march of events progresses with astonishing rapidity in the Land of the Rising Sun. Weater torsture and Western Science are surely

Mariveles for about three years."

& Bulawayo paper states that a edmpensation of twenty million pounds

will be offered.

CHILE AND JAPAN.

MINISTER

VEROINTED,

(Reiter's Service to the China Mast.) LONDON, July 5. Chile has appointed a Minister to Japan..

YOKOHAMA LOAN FLOATED.

(Reuter Service to the China Mail.)

LONDON, July 600

The Yokohama city per loan for £716,500 sterling has izmed at 98.

THE NAVAL MÀNŒU VRES.

Okuma on

with Count Okumas questions, including that education.

Count Okama said her civilization

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Tmi Chan and received Japanese

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Socand reader of the Bill entitled An cent.Ordinance be regulate the omstruction and been management of railwate

SMART RUSE OF HOSTILU FLEETS.

Second reading of the Bill Ordinance to amend The Stonecutters Taland Ordinance, 1889

Second reading of the Bill entitled Am Ordinance to amend the Companies (Local Registers) Urdinance, 1907

B. Antabled Am

Second reading of the Bill entitled Ordinance to amend, the Interpretation Amendment Ordinance, 1908)

Third reading of the Bill entitled Ordin has to amend. The Stamp Ordinance 1901 as amended by The Stamp (Amand ment) Ordinance: 1902,

N Committee on the Bilt entitled, An Or dinance to amend the Patenta Ordinazos 1892 160

(Beuter's Service to the China Mat LONDON, July 6 By a smart rase the Naval Man- auvres ended in the successful juno- tion of the hostile fleets stationed at the outest in the North Sea and Oban, in face of the much stronger Complaints against the Sharkiwan fests lying off Kirkwall and Bere-scavenging contractor were submitted, to- haren.

THE ANGLO-INDIAN TRAGEDY.

VERDICT OF WILFUL MURDER.

(Reuter's Servies to the China Mail)

LONDON, July 6.

At the inquest on the bodies of

COMPLAINT AGAINST A BOAT- ENGING CONTRACTOR.

the meeting of the Banitary Board this afternoon. It was stated that the nullaka sewer traps and gailia were not properly. clownsed and rubbish had not been collect ed for months thigh h

Hon Mr Hewat minuted that this was in very serious state. of affairs and, that the contractor should be severaly dealt with

ITEMS AT THE COURTS:

Mr. T. Torner Tabb, an American teacher of English in Hagi Middle School, the late Sir Carzon Wylie and Dr & Chinese was arrested on the Liang Yamaguchi Ken, was accidentally drowned

st the Magistrsay to-day the casE remanded. in the sea near Hagi on June 17, while Laicaen, at, which the murderer was on a charge of cutting and wounding and bathing in company with a Japanese friend absent, a verdict of wilful murder

was returned. and fellow-teacher, Mr Kikuchi. Neither of them could swim, and Mr Tabb got

dip in the sea-bottom. beyond his depth on account of a sudden

The Bishop of Victoria sunounces in

is usually to be acon at St. Paul's College the Jaly number of Church Noter that he on Monday mornings at 11 o'clock and

THE NEW VICEROY OF NANKING.

DESPITE the chilling indifference of their nationals, the sneers of an unsympathetic outside world, and the dire poverty and bitter discouragement which usually attend pioneers in any altering the aspirations of the people field, whether of art industry, or and Western art must of necessity Other Antic nations colonization, the little bond of Japanese follow suit. Promotes a healthy action of the skin painters who have endeavoured to are still true to their ancient tradi- counteracts all effects of perspira- develop their art along Western lines, tions, but being so, there is little or tion, and is as refreshing and invi- has struggled bravely forward. Forno advancement cong them, and gorating to the system as a Turkish years it was only enthusiaan of a most their art has become crystallized and unique description which kept them without Ha. All the great arts. in for they could have found no the history of the world show fertility going purchasers for their output, opposed of invention and are not slavilly as it was to all the crystallized canons based on that which has gone bufore. of the conventional Japanese schools, Where fertility of thought is absent, while too crudely developed in its where individuality ceases to assert "recommended by various manifestations to find any itself in great works, there surely residence, No. 73, the Ponk?

favour in foreign eyes. The Govern ment provided at first excellent foreign teachers, but the scheme somehow or other came to an untimely end and the Takyo official ateliers were closed and the Western instructors dismissed. Where surely come, if it be not yet at supported from the after rail by big anchor connection with the Imperial Maritime

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decadence of race. Never before bare the Japanese shown greater signs of advancament than they do now. These signa apoak well for the future of the people, and the time

(Faha-Yat Po's Service.)

PERING, July 5. Viceroy Chang of Canton, has that he can be seen there at other timer telegraphed to the Grand Council that by appointment; also that notes and he will pressed to Nanking in about a visiting cards for the Bishop and Mrs Larteight. Lander may, if mure convenient, be left st

A sentence of six weeks' hard labour and six has stooks was imposed on a nativa, at the Magistracy to-day for stealing a gold ring.

"A cativa was awarded $10 compens Bo the Magistracy to day. His feet wee run over by a dust cart: which necessitat his removal to hospital.

cass came before, Mr Hazeland at the Magistracy to-day in which a nadi charged with throwing another native int

St, Faul's College instead of at their NA TUNG AND THE LMC. the Harbour! The case was remanded.

(Woh To Fit Fo's Bervice).

FEXING, July 8

HE

Manila papers sunounce that

On May 29, seven days out from Yokohama, the Northern Pacific steamer Minnesota broke her port tail shaft, but H.E. Na Tung, the Grand Councillor, Taft in pursuance of the new of unrived as Seattle only three hours who is temporarily filling the post of road arpausa. Nagel, Hec behind schedule time, being taken to port Vicemy of Chibli, pending the arrival decided to wand Mr Nagel, with one propeller, the broken shaft being of Tann Fang, han begged that his Hawaiian Islands, Japan and

cablos. The repairs were not expected to Customs as Director-General be cap- hand, when her artista will rival on delay the Minnesota's mailing for the called. their own ground those of Europe Orient and America" For, own part we think that Japan is but on the

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Boltona the water, and imparts a delight that the Western system of painties turnabold of bar enterprise in this pedition in Greenland. {{An axpedition VVS, cumplaint you want u medicine that it. The local Storm-warning": Station

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Notice is given by the Imperial Matt time Curtoms that the system of Stoza Repeating Signals from light stations A CERTAIN CURE FÜR BOWEL inaugurated in 1907, not having proved

COMPLAINT.

success it has been decided, in consultation ATHEN attacked with diarrhoes or bowall with Sicani Observatmy, to dimontings acts quickly. The attack in always sadden, Ningpo, Chinkai, Wand generally severe and with increasing paio, Pakach use the Chamberlain's Cofic, Cholera and Diarrhoes Remedy has never been shown to fail. For Code, will be cont Goverment have now despatched another la by all chemists and storekeepers.

her artists of the Western School hope diaries, and charts, and complete the chart" ing of the whole of Greenland, including eventus”y to attain,

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direct from Nature was so, totally at variance with the traditional conceptions matter of Occidental painting: she has of art as held by their countryman, that still a long and weary way to traverse DO, it was foolish to imagine the two schools before meshing the height to which

could ever amalgamate, or that Japanese would ever paint acceptable pictures after the Western model. But time is a great solvent of such questions as these. During the past two or three years visitors to the annual picture exhibitions held in Ureno Park, have become conscious of an increasing improvement

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in the foreign style work exhibited, and is now, evident that the new school has come to stay True the exhibitions have not been uniformly successful that could hardly have been expected there were many feebla imitatione, many examples of talent misapplied. But here and there among the crudities and the ecleciams was to be found which would have

xecution and

the

There were 451 Europeas and 211 Chinese visitors to the City Hall Library, and 307 European and 2,542 Chinese abors to the Musound during the week ending 4th July,

Two years ago the Danish explorer Erichsen perished during alödge" "px-

which sought for his remains at the time had to abandon the search, owing to lack of food, sad return home. The Danish expédition to search for Erichsen'a romains,

Last year the ... steamer Loong- moon broke her tail-shaft after leaving Tax- rugs and H. LJ; M's craiser Chitose towed her to Maidzura, where temporary Captain Thomas J. Parry, commanding repairs were affected The Directors of Collier No. 3, fell down the companionway the H.A. L. have marked their appreciation of the gassel, while ab Mazzila, on July Lat, of the Chitose's services by sending out and was kil ed. A native of England bas piece of plate for the ooers mess. It A naturalized American, Capt, Party WAS

amongkong. De was just 60 consists of a globe supporting a female Men figure bolding an anchor and a sail, and a years old.

Bgure of Mercury. The whole rests on silver base representing a ship in Kraugh sen with the waves washing over, hoz.: An

The International Banking Corpora ion of New York opened its Puking branch present acting manager, but later Mr work is a no specimen of modeta silver- Monowal, of Canton, will proceed North smith's art. The presentation was made and take the position, Mr Green Being promoted general manager in New York on the Chitose's arrival in Shanghat this

on June 24. Mr H 1, 8. Green is appropriate inscription is on the base. The

other day.

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