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SEPTEMBER 15-

THE CHINA MAIL.

kade proposing onment coming into the Colony:

rohibiting

*Ma Usoni Pal," which has of late be come wonderfully common among all glaceon.

of people. Now the Viceroy himself hasWhen the question, baken the matter up and bas directed all certain wella came up for consideration the offices, cirli and military, to keep this evil President asked the Hou HPN. H. in check.... Al bowever, the officace them. Jones, Water Authority; if there was likely to be ur increase in the water supply st

for parings ab.to-morrow's meeting Abe Legislative Council, a representative the "Chia's Most to-day called on two gentleman representing leading wine and spirit du in the Colday for their views on the Government's proposals,

One of thees gentleman maid his view was that the tarif proposals were so highs are not without gaile in the matter that they offered the very greatest intent the Viguroy hat degreed that any offer irs to smuggling, ovo to organine found wasting his time and substance st smeggling on a large scale. Howes of chance will be dismissed from his aver complets, and fislist the proven post. There is some fear in the rity that ve service mighë, be it was almost the fantan houses may be closed at no. impossible that every possible inlot distast date and it would be a good thing should be guarded, as the neighbouring for the place if such wore to happes, country offered a mifs bazia for operations. As to the right of search proposals His Excellency bad sold they would be very reluctantly resorted to, but it was the opinion of the speaker that they should be most rigurosaly szarcinod. Soaron should be ande of all passengers using the Mamo, Canton, West River and coast port boats la "order to prevent patty nninggling y. but the

Bill only provided for sanrch of baggage and The owner of a raw opium fim was soms goods. **A Chinaman,” said the gentlemen daya ngo arrested in the city on account of being interviewed, would consider it a breaking the spiam regulations. : "As a con- prime not toky to smuggle through a couple sequence the sale of this community has of bottles hidden up his sleeve in the hopo been stopped by the guilds in Fataban as of making d or 50 canta asked how he the amount of raw, opium to be obtained is thought the "trade viewed the complete so small. Certain smokers tave, however change of policy proposed by the Bill, ha snuggled quantities in from Sai Yam And

somewhat strango opinion was expressed to the writoryesterday on this matter when Chinese mentioned that the closing of the fantan shops would realp in agroadly ingrossed amount of robbaria. This is in ample of the peculiar way in which moral questions are viewed by satired of this country

present.

The Vice-President-Not am INSTEADIN but I should like to know where it is that the Chinese are getting moddy water1

Mr La Chu Fak-Goes to the Nether solo Hospital, and ins nullah near Shek bangsal,

The Vico-Fresident Is there any son

for it? There is no less water being given to the town of Vistoria than bhares, was far the month of February. In fact there is more, so there should be no searalty of water

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SCOTTISH LETTER.

EDINBURGH, August

From Our Own. Corresponder

The red grouse is samtbering. Dewa from its golden wing Gemoed, with the radiance of the baraton of the day po kung Pence in our Highland Talos o Health in our mountain galca“.

The President (to Mr Lau Chu Pak Tour minute would lead to the belief that water is on the decrosss, whereas, accord-Who would not his to the morinda away ing to the D.F.W.. the supply now in

Now the windows of Pall Mall clubs are larger than it was in the month of February doserted, and the Row is given ores to We bare on an intermittent supply all

guardsmen, servant maids, and country. the time.

Mp Lau Chu Pak-1 did not mean to

Now gun-canos repose - beside that the water supply was curtailed, suit-case on which NB tab glare suficient water. but I my that the Chinese are not getting amid the Good patchwork of Continental hotel-imbals Now the London wascu is The President said the suggestion was over, and the subatzuation of 6000 from

might be re-opened for cleansing purposes, empty, and puts Euclid to: shame, by The question had been soundered, and a proving the part greater than the whole link was attached of wells which could be Now plethoric locomotives strain, and need for the purpose of cleansing. He put northward, dragging long lines of car moved that the wells mentioned berriages and luggage ans. Now station opened, due care being taken that the masters become apoplectic, and porters water is only used for cleansing and subject imagine, vain things in the way of tips. Now Perth Station is as the contusion of Babel, and the clocks preside over a scene

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said. To make crave a falling off in trade, as a result a low smett person's have made mundo, sales, Wind f' capital that welle: 6,000,000 inlinbitarias leaves London WATKINS

this is a natura result of making liquors more expensive. Then, too, it win quite a lot of money and the price of opium involve a lot more office work and cutdoor is said to have trebled. work. In fact, there will be lase business? FALON REFORM, .

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Mr Lau Chu Pak secorded.

The Vice President-Do you propose to use kerosene?

The President Oh yes.. The motion was carried. APPLICATION FROM THE ITALIAN CORTEZ

The Italian Convent applied for per- mission to erect four were closets,

The President said the appifcation was the same as they had before them a month ago, only the number was reduced from eight to four

Colonel Bedford said if people liked to have these or four baths a day they could do so, and yet the Board would not action

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that is all sizes and sevens. Now the kur is seen in the Highlands, and the breese of the Grampions wantons round bare Faton knees. Now the bagpipes wake the balls of the chieftains-aretly alien, and th hereditary wraith walls in foreboding of a fall in Kaffis, or a break down of a The Necromancers, by Robt. Hugh Benson has been awarded the grand prize at St. Louis Expositi Sumpter pony and the sailing of the The Two Goodwin, by B. Murray Gilchrist. thirst-quensters for the mid-day lunch Testimony, by Allos Claude Aakow Now the gillie dips into bound volumes Mortimer's Marriage, by Horace Wyndham.

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Berland. PAK At a place in the Nam Hoi District certe of wator for flushing latrines where lady novelist, the crack of the ride is Ashes of Pamion by MrsCoulson Kernahan the quantity would be inappreciable, heard on the hill," and the world centre Belvia and the Secretary, by Ofria Ramsey question of the amount of water. It was from Homburg and Jermyn Street to the The King's Causs, by Walter E. Gregat.

The Vice-Presicions said it was not the of English Ection shifta, like an anticyclone, Pink Party, by Gertie De. 8. Wantwaith the principle of water supply.

moors in the North and Weat. Now, in The Bad Balot, by Warwick Douping. short, Scotland, reappears for a short ten A Resping, by Z.-F. Benson, months on the commopolitan ailes of Society For it is the season of the Red Grouse unique among our game birds, the only one to be found nowhere but in our British Talends. And the sport, particularly on

BESIKTUG THE 'MALIZAEY

and more trouble to do it but that can't) The imprisonment awarded to crimimis be beipod. It is, however, to be hoped by the Provincial Punishment Bureau is that the Goveromont won't interfere in the very savero and in many casos merciless slightest with the export trade; to do that and brutal in the extrame. Many of the would be fatal," Our representative en-chief offendors are kept fettered in sach quired how the idea of a Farmappeiled to the way that on the expiration of their sen trade. Thereply wasthatthafarmer would tences their limbs are practically useless naturally expect to make a profit, and it. This has been brought to the notice of the wouldseem hardly fair thus the publicshould higher authorities and steps have been be asked to apply that prost; the Govern taken to rufam the punishments on the ment might just as well take the matter lines of those awarded in the Yam Hoi in hand themselvad. The Government gaol Consequently the prisoners under in the Straits Settlement had ready the charge of the Punishment Bur nu were found that out and were new taking over transferred to the Nass. Ant. Fun Yu the farm themselves. Hongkong, how- aver, would give the new scheme & fair gaols while cortain alterations were being though it was to be sincerely hord made in the buildings of the Fusishment thatall the machinery wpald be in thorough Bursai. The men have now been sent working, urder by the time the Act came back but the burile system of fetterje inte operation. The proposal that a licence and other evils will be things of the of $1,000 thould be paid for a private past. bonded warehouao was, however, strongly resented. Jis effect, was, put a heavy tax on the export trade. There abonld be maraly à nominal fee for registering tain opium dens ware ordered to be closed the warehouse, for after af the establish and conscated to the Gorerament and ment of such warehouses serred to facilitate troop of soldiers were sent down to take the Government's work. If the Gover-possession. In this village also the natives ment insisted on the rotaction of such a bad erected a booth for the purpose of high foo the trade would not establish private bonded warehouses and then gambling on cricket fighting. Troops warn Incalities would have to be sired for bland also sent to pull this down and to arrest those concerned in the business. In order ing and bottling is the King's licensed to enter the village the moldin bad to warehouses, or there would have to be across a plank which acted as a bridge over system of rebates so that the duty paid for the stream. As soon as the troops had storage might be recovered; on export.

Mr A. Ranjan, Superintending Director entered the place a number of the villagörs of Meggers H. Price and §0,, siso gave his once removed the plank Terring of way is wrong. People can'water flowers all day | our Highland moorlands, -kas attractions The Scaro, by Lascas Malah views, to our representatire. He said he then gained and the soldiers were around understood that the Bill was to be rushed through Council tomorrow afternoon, and by hundreds of yelling and excited would be enforced immediately after phase igers. The officer in charge made his age. This, he considered, subjected the way to the residenes of one of the | village_headmer who so he influenced. Earop for they would have no time

wine merchants to very harsh the villagers that they replaced the plank treatinent, all to re-arraugs, their prices, to make out and the soldier retreated. The case was new price lists, to arrange for bottling in the village is likely to have a bad time in reported to the Nam Hai Magistrate and prirate bonded warehouse or to, in may the near futuro.

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Colonel Bedford retorted that that was the principle the saritarians wanted to fight. If people liked to uso extra water for that purpose they could pay for it

Tas Vice-President selded that principle had been laid down.

Colond Bedford Tiedl say the principle

long, have baths every two hours, and yet which are all its own. they cannot have water for fushing hatrThough sluggards deem it but a foolish incs. That is not logic to my mind.

The Vice-President-lt will-be. lögle in two or three months when wo hars

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The President-Colonel Bedford is Oh, there is soetness in tlie mountain

Menu other ways, adapt themselves to the new

munity. As a matter of fact hardly say And life which bloated, esse can never conditions. As to the bottling in bonded.

of the Chinese community, can get, water warehouses the regulations which would Twelve tins of inferior kerosene oil for one bath a day. If we grant thisIs the Far East you cannot have much have to be observed were not even known bearing the forged trademark of a well as yet the Government had not in any known-German firm were recently found application we are making it more easy for interest in the size of the bags bat Eigh way indicated what they wore to be. There in Honam. The tins of oil were mizoda water famine to follow. were only three firms of bottlers in the and the dishonest owner arrested: The Colony, and he know that one wished to Gorman Consal at Canton bae sont a have their bottling done on the same pre dospatch to the authorities asking that imisen as the others. The bottling trade was active measures be taken to prevent the a growing one in the Colon; sed should be forging of trademarks and notices, have encouraged by the Government. The fee boen issued to the public warning them of $1,000 proposed in respect of the private gnist doing so. bonded warehousen was far too

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VICEROY

The President Yes, but if you grant ally plentiful a this application you will have to ghut others.

The application was refused natose a water supply independent of the main could be obtained..

MOUNT CAROLINE. CEMETERY. SE tins Cemetery was filling so mpidly that it

The President stated that Mount Caro

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nor necessary to get the sanction of universal approval of the passage in whic the Board so that the work could be the Commissioners decide that Scotch? proceeded with He proposed that the cemetery should be extended to two read whisky should be made in Scotland, and adjoining section Chang, me

Irish whisky in Ireland, and that

Bill made nu provision for rabates on wines that day sud special rites will be perforized | could take place within a months of the ; once exported and then re-imported. Then, in the Temple of Confucius. too, the Bill should make provision to pre-

AND THE BALWAY. bibit the of wines by non-

Viceroy Yuen has granted an audience to Gocniseds. vere a great many con- the directors of the Vit-Han Railway and tentions clauses in the Bill which should it is rumoured that a reward is to be offered make the Government heutate to rush it for the arrest of the man who recently through, for if it were hastily passed defrauded the Railway of a large sum of be believed similar situation would money by means of a forged bill. It is also arise as ad when the Public Health mid that the Viceroy has received a telegram and Buildings Ordinance, of 1903 was from Peking ordering him to assist the introduced. At the sidiest the Bill Railway sa much as possible, in cemetery, the President stated that there dealing to be -mysti should came into operation on the 1st Ge of October so that the merchants should LOBBY

be given a shazos to adapt them

Mr Dan Chu Pak seconded,

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motion was agreed to, and then blending must take place with English

With regard to the burial of bodies from grain spirit in either cas the west of Possession trest in the ame actual, materiale used the

wors two cametaries in the western district, possible, for experts but for some rosa probably the extrahisky In Ireland, and irish, attacked, a farmer's family ring in Yew was boycotted. 65 the persent rate Hasut Scand.

On Wednesday night a gang of robbers undertaker fate the one at Raungwan

Bút selves to the change. Mr. Ramjahn Low village on Bonam inland. They did Caroline Cemetery would be full before it y said that to do this would not be to give sat succeed in obtaining math booty but & could be extended walleiently to go quit to be s the traders a chance of gebing fresh stocks was shot dead and several others were with burials.

tion from

of serons

ja order to evade the duty, for at auch wounded An alarm was given but the Mr Lat Chu Pak naked. If the period for would simply be the usual stocks, while itary came too infe to capture any of the exhumation could' mht be shortened, we sarcharified by the diastase of malt.. ports as Binghai and Singapore here would take at least two months for goods: Det

The President said it could not, sa it

sional Bealy, replying to Mi Lament on. the 6th of Angst, in the House of Commons, shift that the Legislative Contrail of Et. Vincant had unanimously passed a pencil tion introduced by the unofficial members offering to vote annually, and pay Mionally into

Amount #Poroximating to: per cent

that there should be avenue of the country of

The parli

short, should get what

20 arrive from Europe orizon caldo orders directed to take sovereidenres in dealing months must elapse before the Governor un desap

By Imperial Decree the Viceroy has boou was lay down in the Ordinance that six Commissioners There was not much objection to be taken with the clan fghts that from time to time could mike ad order. It was now probably ter the scale of duties axcept that perhaps devastate the villages of the province. cheaper to be buried in an expensive sen- the duty on bear, which included draft Instead of fining the tribe of contacting, tion of the Mount Caroline Cemetery than a foz. beer, whether too high. be Chinese the ancestral tempis na is sometimes dous in cheap section of hallaungwan. A wara deniť with very lightly indeed, there being the same duty on a wine costing five the actual leader and Achters are to be Mr Lan Cha Pake said that hen

panishad saverbly,

cente a catly as on a wins costing vo

time that amount. He did not think' that

the trades whole would enter to any ap & bre broke out at 3 o'clock inat night preouble sitant by the new duties, for in in Oi Yak St, Honam. A large building the Philippine Islands where the duty was was completely destroyed but owing to the

Caroline was full he was sure the would go to the other ceme sequely restrictions Time not, Mount Caroline Caste

The Prosulent, pointed out

so high and a case of whisky cost from efforts of the newly formed frs brigade extended indefinitely $25 to $30 the comammption we on the neighbouring house were fired. No one place there Wincronés. Under the new duty in Honglong was called but fra pezsons were jo varet for buri) for some,

be thought the price of saam of whisky

would be about $20, an agrinst $14 or 815

atsprakent?, Mr Rumjaha did not "view ~ A cund')

with favour tảo change of coury, azonosed a youth going along, the

by the Bill, for he thought it was tho, in making a graal zinu,

pt the wedge and the ad whom head

tips for Exes to be come to

haunt of work? Waite at italy Decundle disappastert

to farm observing him

Hich would avoid all unică matters on his mo baga

spy: ma nouich of baggage About for a long

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