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POWELL'S MOUTRIE

displaying in their Show- roma, a choice, selection

of this seasons

CRETONNES

which, for daintyness and pleasing effect, ars

UNSURPASSED.

FIRST FLOOR,

ALEXANDRA.

BUILDINGS.

A. S. WATSON & Co., Ltd.

SSTABLISHED A.D. 1841.

TOBACCONISTS & CIGAR

MERCHANTS.

Smokers'

Requisites.

We have just received a large and antractory; includ- ing briar, meerschaum and calabash pipes, with and without case. Qualities ranging from be cheaper kinds to the most luxurious. Also meershaum, and amber, and all amber Cigar and Cigarette Holders, etc., etc.

We specially recommend the

PIANOS

HAVE NO EQUAL FOR BEAUTY

OF TONE

PERFECTION OF TOLCH

SOLIDITY OF CONSTRUCTI

Over 1200

now in use.

of the Western

THE CHINA MAIL

id York Harbourd to the two at the

Resuming their journey

next day,

WTHE DARK

was the first al

Shas retire

af mine at the Clermont

rour is to be made to provide substantial choir feron-

(Reuter's

Commerce Ve

That morning the shore of the was crowded with thetanda ols

Questions have, boon asked in the

House of Commons regarding an alleged penalizing of officers who gave evidence in favour of Lord Charles Barosford's views at the recent naval inquiry. Mr MacKenna the First Lord of the Admiralty, refused to answer the questions.

Albany, distant forty miles, at verre. The running time for the ing services at the Union Church. eas, whole one hundred and fifty miles had many of whom had come to decide what been thirty-two hours, or at the rate of was called "Falton's Folly Jeers and neatly five miles an hour. The return catcalls saluted Fulton's ears, and the trip on Thursday and Friday was made, waggishly inclined significantly tapped in thirty hours ranning time, or an the forebeads "God help you average of just five miles an hour: The

the Clermont During the past two winter the Rev. Bobby!" cried ons. "A fool and his wind had been against the Che

H. Hickling bas, at the Wednesday money are soon parted!" cried another, both ways, says FELTON, so that no ad-services, givan & brint, revine of the Books "Bring a back" a chip of the North xantage could be derived from the mails, of the Bible, discussing the salient features pole" facetiously shouted another. The whole journey, therefore, had been of a whole Book at each meeting. These weak-day gatherings will be resumed on Fuzzog, pale, but with an air of cor- performed by the power of the steam fidence, went about his preparations to cagine. Lefart. Presently dense rolumes of smoke began to pour from the smoke stack

The boiler begun to hiss At one o'clock the bowser was drawn 10, the throttle opened, and to the acODE 4 paniment of the stertorous exhaust, the

.

On Saturday, August 29, the due

Gitian bestowed upon this extra ordinary achievement the following thirty-seven words of comitent

"We congratulate Mr. Fulton and the Country on his success in the steam

ONDAY

Sir Thomas Lapton sails on October 9th in order to end

arrange a race for the Americs Cup

LATEST TROUBLE AT HARRIN

received on

the Prin

RUSSO-GERMAN, INCIDENT.Daring his stay

(Reuter's Service to the China Mak

Lostor, October 2

the Buss

Tel: bas: to the Germina

The Note Freys publish indignant commen the ita of October, at 5.30 p.m.; and the German incident at Harb Pastor proposes to devote the meetings arisen, it is stated, this winter to mutual consideration of a Consul (Me Von Miller) refusing to series of subjects under the genatal title of recognise Russian authority within "How Jesus Christ lived among men. Russian settlement.

The Sunday Schools in connection with the Union Church were re-opened foster day. Mr Coualand having found it poss sary to resign the otice of Superintendent of the Union Church branch on asuming

S. MOUTRIE & Co., Ld. ceted sidewala began to quiver, boat, which cannot fail of being very that of hon, troasurer of the Church. Mr

Hongkeun. April 16, 1907.

BUSINESS NOTICE

then slowly to revolve. A bush fell on the spectatom, FELTUE'S.Own hand at the helm turned the bow. Tho Clermont moved out into, the stream. the steam connections hissing at RATES OF SUBICEI,IION

the joints, the crude machinery thump- (Payable in advanos)... CHINA Man (dzily) $3.00 per month ing and grunning, the wheels splash-

Including postage, 83.50 per month. OFERLAND CHINA MAX (woskly) $15,00ing and the smokestack belching like per year; instading postage, $10 rolesno. The boat continued to per year,

Free delivery to all addresses accessible gather momentum and move away

advantageous. We understand that not the smallest inconvenience is felt in the boat either from heat or smoke."

E. B. Cabay has been appointed to succeed him, and Mr Caby's pinen at Qmny Bay has been taken by Mr.A. MaAllcm. Mr J. Ramsay continues to superintend the branch of the Sunday Seboul meeting in the British School, Kowloon,

How modest and nasssuming it all woa, yet the daring experimenter was to revolutionize the commercial habits of CHARGES AGAINST THE M.B.K the whole world by greatly facilitating

communications between land and land. Through the medium which his genius

placed at the world's disposal commerce

Alleged Unjust Scales.

Before Mr. F. Hazoland, at the

Magistracy, to-day, the case was named

in which Inspector Gourlay charged tha was enabled to make the gigantic strides Mita Bussan Haisha with making use of which alone might make the nineteenth three unjust scales on board the 8.3

Shibotoro Maru. His Worship was also century remarkable among its fellows

by messerger, indinding all Peak, Kowloon Then the nervous tension of the situa- and Quarry Bay residences.

Single copies, Daily, ten cents; Weekly, tion was broken. All on board swung thirty cents; for cash.

their hats in the air and gave a cheer, Teletaphio Address, Man, Hongkong,

and like an echo magnified a thou Code, A. B. O., fifth edition.

TELITEONE NO. 22 sand times, came back a roar of applause

NEWS OF THE DAY. OKINA MAIL, LIMITED.

from the shore. Breptics had been con-

The Chinees Ministry of Finance" has verted. Those who came to score-stimated its receipts at Tis. 20,000,000 mained to cheer. The Clermont was year, which would leave a defeit of about 2.30pm-Action of Household Fural-a auccess, and steam navigation in one-third of that amount,

MEMOS FOR TO-MORROW.

Anction.

Salsa Rooms.

toro, 4o. at Mr Geo. P. Lammert's

Meeting. 5,30 p.m.-Meeting of Kowloon Cricket

Club at Club Pavilion.

“Amusemente.

Circus at Kennedy Town.

America was catablished beyond pemd- venture. As the steamboat proceeded up the river it spread consternation

9.15 p.m. Ferformance of Harmston's among superstitices mariners and unsophisticated countrymen. No such sight had ever been seen before. The pine wood used for fuel produced a tor-

General Memoranda,

THUIADAY, October 7-

WEDNESDAY, October 13-

At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the North China Insurance Co., Ltd, held on Tuesday afternoon, the 27th Sept. final dividend for the year 1908 of 7 per cent on the paid-up capital, at exchange a. 3H. and a bouts of 15 per cent to cou tributors, was recommended.

to reconsider his recent decision in which he imposed a fine of $800 on the sams firm for an alleged similar falling in respect of four scales on board the a. Fukui Maru.

for the defendante, Mr John Hastings, of the firm, of Mesars Hastings and Hast ings, addressed the Court. Dealing with the charge in respect of the scales on the Shibotoro Maru he said his Worship must

guest of Col, Bri abal reviews, the Vol

ITEMS AT THE QOURTE.

MY F. Amold reports to the potion: bar-

eather pocket book contains Ling: two $100 notes, a cheque ing missed in the baratore, at Cafe We

mian i brown

ARIA'S MELANCHOLY coolie was found some.

FRARS

MENTAL SPECIALIST

from the HoWiDON: Fabargo

The

(Reuters Service is the China Mabel

Lames, October 2 scout for it The Berliner Tageblatt states that a mental specialist has been summoned to Livonis owing to the Tearts suffering from melancholia. She is haanted with four that the Tsarevitch is the victim of the designs of the Tarmurists.

SPANISH ADVANCE

RESISTED.

FIERCE FIGHTING.

(Bouter's Servics is the China Mail) Louros, October 3.

and the charge was then. of unlawful posscsson My Wood sid add not be proved that the dyns belonged to the railway, and. discharged defendant. Insp wha" handing back the dyon prisoner, but his Worship would not this ch

HAWARMSTONTS CIRCUB

There was a crowd Harmston

Town on Saturday, on the Fopened night,

The Spanish losses on Thursday opened with a totalled 41 killed and 290 wounded.

The fiercest fighting is proceeding.

ATTEMPT ON TAFTS LIFE

Mr W. Harmston"and" bis-

The Spaniards re-advanced from met with a great reception Zeluan yesterday morning and were Birtle in their fee

grostost Interest and certa subjected to a frontal attack by 5,000 Mexican ladder wore whe Moors

FOFDILDOS WAš a very cover: and Willie Harastom jockeys too proved them

borse riding while performed fonts of strength lifting a baby elephant and six mon Brothers Kavanagh, Australia's society jugglers, gave a very rafined enter ment, their feats of slab juggling, being most marvellous, not to mention their er slope, are well worth moving, and were faica encored William Schaltz, who I still with this talented combina filly looped the loop. A new

ARREST OF ALLEGED" SUBPECT.

thsh

satisfied that there was su latention to deceive on the part of defensant. “He did not say that this intention need be proved before there was actually a conviction za: corded becausa probably the slightest Imistake in a scale would be a technical The significant snouncement is made offence. But the Cours should view with a that the residence of the Governor General editor o such an offence in re- De imposed. Theprosecution 9.30 p.m.-Auction of Irish Goods Tent of black smoke, flame lateral himself is responsible for the practically said that the scales were falai-

(Restor's Service to the Chino Mort) alteration. He has adrised the home feil and that defendants were taking a At Mr Geo Tammet, id.ion of the exhaust as the bont passed Government that starorak, in the proft thereby. There tras, however, no

Looo, Oct. 4. include this date to 19th just the Falisades was something absc Present condition of affinis, is near the evidence whatsoever to justify such a con-

At Portland, Orega, as President of the two Sidoers, champion brick cyclists, lutely unheard of before by humanose and Chinese frontiers.

clusion. There are oight weighing maTaft was entering an automobile, a mano colebrated feats of Humpty

Bampty. Their peric ears in this region.

ekines altogether in use, out of whitiz ihres mus seen to be desperately trying to cycles was simply marrallon Crews of other In a lecture on Chinese Astronomy were correct, two were in favour of the reach him. vessels were terrified. Men at first which has been published in the ** Journal | purchaser, and of the remaining three tes The man whs at once arrested when of the British. Astraponical Association," were in favour of the vendor and the other it was found that he had a revolver con- eight fall on their kneee, disappeared Mr E. Kuobel calls attention to an early could not be tested because it was out coaled in a camera. 13.30 pm Mooting of Dairy Farm Co., below decks or made land. One honest eclipse hitherto unnoticed by astronomers of order. There was nothing whatever to

DAY, October-23 :--

countryman after beholding the uh-It is recorded in a Chinese work entitled show any intention to favour the rendor 9.15 p.m.-Open Air Concert of Hong-accountable object from the shore, ran on Aug. 23, 776 B.C. The date has been clients and two in their favour. These

kong Volunteer Corpe on Volantear

**The She King." This eclipse occurred as against the purchaser; in fact of the scales not correct two were against his home and told his wife that he had seen-verified by astronomical calculation, and it were old sales and they evidently got out. "the devil on his way to Albany in s

is the earliest recorded eclipes which has | of order. The weighta, too, were liable to been thus authenticated." sawmill. When the Clermont reached Haverstraw Bay, Bays one of the

in a skill passengers, 8 man

3 p.m.-Austion of Leasehold Properties at Mesara. Hughes & Hough's Sales Rooms TUZAY; October 19

Ed. at Co.'a 'Town Office.

Parade Ground,

The China Mail.

-

CROWN PRINCE AS

AERONAUT

been seen to be thorowski

They concluded their turu_with

saulting on motor cycles.

The performing tigers, were introdus by John Rangel and the eplexdesi which the animals performi trick was worthy of segooded-them. Miss Jennie Love was czosedingly. equilation while Novella marts, the mirthfal mimic.""

ton-Love And Mia Jessie the Emanuela, eccentric the Ceylon haby elephan

RECORD FLIGHT AT BERLIN

(Belter's Service to the China Mal.),

Loscos, October 4. Mr Orville Wright has accomplished pony A, introduced

new Clebo.pipe-which em: HONGKONG, MONDAY, OCTOBEH 4, 1909. waiting for it. He appeared to the 23rd September were lettare giving before. Now they had sent up all their record high flight of 450 metres at the two clowns Fimplu:

bodies the latest contrivances :

get runty and lose weight, and if they were to be kept up to the proper standard they ought to be frequently tested. That wat Among the correspondenca dealt with not done in this case, but his clients in lay by the Hongkong General Chamber of been carrying on this business for many tended doing so in the future. They had Commerce, at Its monthly meeting held on years and had never been questioned details of arrangements for the Bevanth scales to be tested and intended doing so Berlin. Subsequently he took a fight sustained the Interest in

frequently in future. ItAA" & META Congress of Chamber of Commerce of the question of the scales having got out of of eight mutes, reaching 30 metree, formance. Empire the first National Conservation order through the negligence of the deaccompanied by the Crown Prince, who Congress of the U.S., to be held at Seattle dah lanes of time. He therefore asked constantly urged him to go higher fandanta in not haring them tested, for the quarantine restrictions Against Hong that only nominal fins be import His Highness has been daily, pressing kong, the Japan Britzar Exhibition; and Hastings also dealt with the other charge, the subject of whistle blowing in the saying that out of seven tested, four wers Mr Wright to take him

ben willer, and the paddle wheels calculated to afford a cool and FIRST AMERICAM STEAMSHIP. attracted his agention. He naked per- dry smoke.

mission to go abroad and FULTON ordered a line to be thrown to him. The

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de Luxe

Highly recommended

LOKITAS"

in boxes of 25...$11 per 100.

GRAND ROYAL-EL TAMARINDO

in boxes of 50...$8 per 100,

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LIMITED

harbour.

Last week with appropriate ceremonial and with the cordial assistance of the said he did not know about a mill representatives of all the great navies of going upstream and came to inquire the world, New York celebrated the about it. One of the passengers, sce one hundred and second anniversary of ing through the simple-minded visitor the appearance on the Budson of a without disabusing him of his mistake, stentsboat. FULTON's queer looking showed him all the machinery and con- merchant imported comsun-dried |partmakt. A wealthy Melbourne. Chinees craft, the Clamont, represented the trivances and the device for throwing lizards," which, after being ground into a

against the purchaser, two right and one peat. in lavour at the purchaser,

His Worship reserved, his decision on

4 queer tariff problem has just been both charges. solved by the Commonwealth Unstoms De

beginning of a new spoch, just as the wheels out of gear when the mill cursive powers. Were these lizards to be

powder, are said to possess remarkable a

THIEVES, BIG HAUL AT QUARRY BAY”“

The police have been informed that be- HMS. Invincible, which took part in was required to come abcnt. Presently classed as preserved food or drugs, or, tween 2 s.m. and 6a.m. yesterday morning the celebration the other day, represents the visitor mid, "That will do. Now were they prohibited vormin? That was there was stolen, by means of a duplicatò the high watermark of the science of show me the millstones." "Oh," mid Department had to decide. Their final Quarry Bay, the following colon and what the collective wisdom of the Customs key, from a safe at 3, Ses View Terrace, engineering as applied to the purposes of the passager," that is a secret which decision - Umismatated in tariff to be articles, the property of Mr Cruebie naval warfare. Both vessels may there the master has never told us yet, but

admitted free of duty."

Notes to the valpe of $153; night or nine 100 fore be said to represent new epochs in when we come back from Albany with

milyar, apoons of Chinese make,

valued $12.60; a silver cup, dragon patters, on shipbuilding. Yet FULTON's first voyage load of corn, then if you come abroad, mander Peary and Dr. Cook continues. watah, valued $2.60. There was also The anseemly wrangle between Com blackwood stand, valued 295; a gun-matal attracted bus a moderate amount of you will see the meal By At one Commander Peary reiterates his statement stolen from the mme safe attention in the public prints of the o'clock on Tuesday the bout arrived at that Dr Cook was never out of sight of perty of dr W, 8. Basford, #78 in notes, time. The New York Evening Sun tells the place after which FULTON, in hong

land. He decisies that De the story of the trip as follows:-A few of his distr shed colleague,

Clermont dock ding-plam at Chancellor Living Tun'a placa, is one hundred and ten miles

ALEXANDRA BUTEDINGS: "AND ¡KOWLOON, DISPENSARY.

VICTORIA CINEMATOGRAPH, days before August 17, a strange-locking named the steam

FREMIER HALL OF HONGKONG, Des Tux Brad CENTRAL BEW PICTURES EVERY DAYE ZATO NÍGAT The Celebratad, 'Artiste

BRATTIL GARLANDI Serlo and Comedianna,

Calebist

DOBNYA

CLAIR.

rate of apeod was froposable, as Cook Pizdga and snow shoes were both of an ime practicable type, Dr Cook replies that his alodge was used to make boys And Arrows" on the return journey, what Commander by W Peary, only saw the remiant

the ledge René

crust was taken around from the East Rivor to the North River and moored near the old State prison, which stood from New York, and that distance, bad and that the snow shone that he originally

stage, spood

on the aquare now bounded by Wash been traversed against the wind is ington, Weet Tenth, West, and Charles twenty-bar hours. The Streets On Monday, August 17, the thus far had been about 4.8 miles an American Citizen

contained this mom-hour. Here Foltos entous announcement

Mr. Fallon ingenious Steam Boat,

lew to the Navigat

New Oriendl

o'clock

Whitney, Editos. of Thi gumadera publié, glamný that the Belimon, swore that

ever ranched the

pin. One ware bribe

friends indig

Feelinga

Voyage hac

Fol

Following

göld: breast pis

silver rose bowl

ast-pin mounted with small;

valued $20

pod stas

for swimm

aring the inser

A “SAFE, MEDIOINERS

a week

Matinees will be- Fald

and hurday commanding

Whole

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Per

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