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Suitable for

Curtains,

Draperies,

Cushions

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We have just ucpacked our

www-seasons-Confectionery, ine ported from the LEADING

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HOUSES.

TULLERS

NEW PIANOS

ON HIRE

$10

AT

and altruistically could seD, SE

in the West, both sides of a question.

THE CHINA MAIL.

was this broadminded faimase of vision for this capacity for entical detachment last which often brought him into acute

collision with his less clear-sighted | things wors

and more self-absorbed nationals, for of all Chauvinists, the average Japaness in the mat blindly patriotic of aus race we know. He sees things only from the point of view of the interests of Dai Nippon-an admimble quality PER MONTH.inite way, but slightly disconcert ing when its possessor has to-jostle with men of other nations in the world's great market places. In Hous in his life-time was afton accused of too cosmopolitan in his proclivities: yet a. more patriotic man never drew: breath in all Japan. But he had the statesmana like breadth of view to perceive when

Tuning and Regular

Attention Inclusive.

an opponent advanced a juster argument than his own and was never ashamed to acknowledge his mistakes when he found

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Two hours before

Sunday evening in Hallowmas Kro.

Con-itions regarding the Nobel Peace Prize, 1010 ay be learned on application, at the Colonial Vecretary's office.

and

The R.M.. Empress of Japan, which miled from Hongkong on the 16th instant speciel All Wel 4,960 miles, from Yokohama, on Friday evening.

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The Gud-notifies that Elis Excellency the Governos has specified. Tal O se a port or place into whhih ur from which datiable liquors may be imported or exportoit.

A Valegram received from the Manila Observatory at 11:30 a.m. says-Manila, Detober 30, 11 .m. Cylons, or typhoon over South China Sari, moving W.

Wan opened, this alter-

and Stack

gamated.

nood on the Volunteer paride grond, which had been placed at the disposal through the kind

the Commandant and Offers of the HopeA NAVAL, SENSATION. kong. Volunteer Corps.

The grounds were prettily decorated for the socasion and presented an attractive appearance The weather being Ane and cool there was a large attendance and a

dreas variety of fancy articles were exprised for sale, good business was done during the a'temoon.

CONFIDI

WAL DRAWINGS MISSING.

(Beider's Barrise to the China feil.) Laspor, October 29.

w*,, Confidential naval drawings supplied to contractors have disappeared, hat as then ship has bean in commission for some time the drawings, therefore Ione much of their value.

LATEST BYE-ELECTION.

a variety entertainment, arranged by Miss Ella Rowe, was given at 4pm, and the savoral items inded Ten TaicaTM by the Missie Iris and Dione May minuet by Mike Stella Jupp and Miss Angela Ormiston: song by Miss E Rower and dance by Miss Fere and.

Inter in the evening a troop from the A VICTORY FOR TÅRIFT"

·REFORMS MA The battleship Ilsware, the first North will dooupy the stage, followed by American vol of the Dreadnought type a one-act farce entitled “A. Pair of

(Beuter's Servion to the Ching, Moril.) to be inunohed, haarprised tho-Natal Lunatics, in which the characters will

LONDON, October 29.1 on her trip and speed test.

S. MOUTRIE & Co., that he had made them for the best of Department by making 2 knots an hour be taken by Mrs Worthington and

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TRIATRONE No. 29 (CHINA, MAIL, LIMITED.

MEMOS FOR MONDAY.

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men arr at-times. A firm believer in the doctrine of peace, Princo Iro exerted all his powers to stave off the last great war in which his country was engaged. He knew, only too well, the terrible sacri fices involved, the wounds that must be inflicted, the impossible realization of the dreams of the fighting-men or

the visions of the antravelled journaliste and fiery university professors. When he saw that confict was inevitabla he gave freely of his talents to mini mize the mischief as much as possible, and there is no doubt his advice and counsel played a most important though unseen part at the Portsmouth con- ference when the two nations gathered

o discuss the terms of peace

Japan can illafford to leave such a sober.

2.45 p.m.-Auction of Household Fazi-

tare at No. 2, Kimberley Villas, Kow-Sigious leader. For years he was leon.

the one unfailing rock of support upon which his SOVEREIGN could lean in hours of national tension or danger, well- knowing that his unreserved confidence could not be placed in a worthier or

General Memoranda. TUESDAY, November 2---

2.30 p.m.-Auction of Gent's Suit Lengths,&c. at Mr Geo. P. Lammert's Sales Rooms.

6.30 p.m.Organ Recital, in St. John's trustier subject. No wonder then that

Cathedral.

WZUNRADAY, November 3:-

exceptional honors are to be paid the

9.15 p.m.-Anction of Household Furaipoor remains when they reach Tokyo

ture, at Treverbyn,' the Peak. THURSDAY, November 1:-

30 p.m.Auction of Rare Old Chinose Bales Roma Goo, F. Lammert's

p.m. Concert at City Hall.

CONFECTIONERY. MONDAY, November 8

Cecelata Almonds.

Cocolate Caramels.

Permint Creams.

Pastor Toffee.

Aimerted Sweets.

Somarmt Squares.

germint Lumps.

Walnut Toffee.

Caramels.

9 p.m.-Concert ab the City Hall,

The China Mail.

A MOULDER OF HISTORY.

next week. Too great honours could! not be conferred on fro.Hinour in his lifetime by his grateful Emperor in

Captain Baird

The proceeds of the bazaar are to be The Ausual, Sale of Work in aid of the Church Missionary Baxter School is to divided amongst various local charities for take place in the City Ball on Wednesday, children, and the Hongking ent in the November 10th, from 3 to 6 in the after-M. CL Home at Ottershaw, Surray, non. His Excellency, the Governor, has] - consented to open the sale.

The body of Mr Angus C. Mackenzie, third engineer of the C.M.S. Kingfoo, who disappeared off that roseal on the Yangtze River before daylight on the 12th Oct., was found near Chinking on the 3rd Oct A magisterial inquiry returned a verdict of

accidental death.

Reports received in Washington from Havana, indicate that the embarrassments of the Cuban Republic are growing. Pro minent American officials are fearful that trouble continues to spread. The Exotivus re-occupation will be necessitated if the are becoming bitter and violence is daily threstoned. The Government deadlock continuos with little no signs of either faction yielding anything for the general pears.

The Rev. G. G. Warren, who has of the work of the Wedayan Missionary Society in the Frovince of Hunang will arrive in the Colony to-morrow after tenvelling from Hankow by the overland route, He will proach at the Wesleyan Church. Wanchai, on Sunday night Mr Warren is meeting here his wife, who arriven by the F. and 0. Now, and together they will retum to Bunan...

Two distinguished preters from Macho have been invited to proach at the Roman Catholic Cathedral on Sunday

HONGKONG FINANCE.

GERMANY

MOROCCO.

MMEDIATE PAYMENT OPS CREDITORS DEMANDED

(Reuter's Service to the China Mail)

LONDON, October 30,-

Germany has demanded from Marbcoo the immediate payment of all German creditors

RETURNING TO BORNEO,

RAJAH BROOKE'S SHORT HOLIDAY.

(Reuter Service to the China Math.) Loxtow, October 30, Rajah, Brooke of Sarawak has sailed on the P. and O. steamer Marmors, bound

for Borneo,

PRINCE ITO'S DEATH.

STATE BILL ABANDONED,

(Independent News Agency Service to the China Maik)

Toro, October 30, Owing to the death of Prince It, the

A bre-election has taken place at Bermondsey and proved one of the keanest triangular fights of recent years. The result of the polling was

Humphreys (Tarif Reformer) 4,218 Ball usually given by the Minister of Mr & Leigh Hughen (Liberal) ....3,991 Foreign Affairs on the evening of the Mr Walter Labourite)

1,435 Emperor's Birthday has this year besz

abandoned.

(Not-At the General Election the

The financial statement issued by the Age were Mr Cooper (Liberal), 4,776; M- Cust (Conservativej 3,016. The bys- sury for the month of August shows election recult therefore means that a sost that at the beginning of the mouth there has been won for Tarif Reformer. was a balance of assets and liabilities, MA

mounting to 8600,172.48. Revenue during August brought in 8824,328.35, while ex- REVOLUTION IN GREECE. penditure absorbed 1843,417210. There

was thus a balance at the end of the mooth of 8481,083,79,262,

'There is a' balance of nssats on the General Secount of 81,773,386.1.

NEW TERRITORIES ADMINIS-

TRATION.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to direct that until further notice all officers gazetted to be or to act as District Officers for the New Territories shall, upon taking the requisite oaths a prescribed by law, discharge the duties of sistant Land-Offeers, Assistant Suparin tendents of Police, Collectors of Reverse and Police Magistrates in and for the said

TerilForles, shall be authorised to hold w

Small Debts Court, and shall perform the duties performed by the Coroner prior to the passing of Ordinance No. of 1888...

CORRESPONDENCE.

INSULSINGBLADIES VAA

Torte Editor of the **C DIAZ Sir,I am glad to see that at last some

on has called your attention to the grave insults committed upon ladies by Fidians

in this Colony..

I too think that stringent measures should be taken by the authorities to have this sort of thing stopped at once.

In this connection you might be interest:

~ NAVAL "ARSENAL SEIZED.

SEIZED

Fefant Attitude of the Navy,

(Beiter's Service, to the Chino Mail.

"Toxton, October 29 Reuter's correspondent at Athens wires that Naval Lieutenant Typaldos, with 300 men, have scized the arsenal at Salamis. There was no resistance.

The greatest excitement prevails in Athens. The Ministry of Marine is guarded by troops.

STATE FUNERAL IN TOKYO,

Independent News Agency's Service to

the China Mail.)

Tokyo, October 30. Prince Lto's remains will reach Yokosuta on the afternoon of the lat proximo. The State funeral will take place on the 4th November

|NAVIGATING THE UPPER

YANGTZE.

ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL

EXPERIMENT.

(From Our Own Correspondent).

SHANGHAI, October 30.

LOND, October 20, The situation at Athens has been brought about by the imperative demands of the junior Naval officers for drastic reforms in the torpedo dotilla.

Eight vessels have joined Typaldos and it is feared that the rest of the rapids feet will join owing to its hostility to the military

The troops in garrison have declared

their willingness to obey their officers

and to carry out orders.

The Shutong towing float arrived at Chunking to-day one week from Ichang, having safaly steamed through all the

GERMANY

BEEKS CON- CESSION.

DRYDOCK FOR SHANTUNG.

(Wah Tea Yat Po's Service.)

PERO, October 29,

connection with the feast of the Itasery

The first abots of the revolution ware The Rev. Fr. of the Virgin Mary,

fired this afternoon by the field batteries Sarmento will preach of 8 'clock High Mans and the Rev. Fr. Wm. Arkwright,

and the torpedo boats and the battle || SJ, after the Procession of the Rosary ined to know that respectable Chinese ladies lasted for twenty minutes, after which the evening

The Board of Foreign Affairs has The Procession will startare also aubject to insults from these negotiations were resumed.

Typaldos demande his appointment been approached by the Cerman Minis immediately after the recitation of the Indians from time to time, especially in the lonely parts of the city, such as Happy Valley etc. My attention was called some as Minister of Marine within twenty-ter togront permission to build a dou Rosary at 5p.m.

tinterago to an Indins who held up a couple four hours in order to enable himself to yard Shanting bay. of young respectable Chinese ladies on their way to the semetery, and the language used by this man towards the ladies was moak nithy-Yours, etc.

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death he has been raised nimbst to the level of a member of the Imperial Acuse And when we consider that Iro begun life the child of poor parents, that he had no connections within the charmed sircle of the Imperial entourage at HONGKONG, SATURDAY, October 30, 1909. Kyoto; that he was not a warrior and thus could not carve bjs name by means

William Kennedy, the Chinese banker of brilliant exploita on the stricken of Manila, has been sentenced by Judge fold like a YAGATA, a OTAMA, Toco, Lohingier to one year's imprisonment and mulated-in-half the coat of the trial for but rose by the shoer force of intellect, capacity and moral worth. we contend that the annals of the world contain no more illustrious record than he has emblazoned on the scroll of fame We would commend this aspect of his character to our Chinese contemporaries, for in most of their allusions to the dead Prince they seem to go out of their way to belittle sad disparage the man who played so great a part,

in the moulding of modern Japan.

4.

PERSONAL

the accession of the Emperar of Ruasis.

illegally importing optum into the Philip- pines. This particular case, it will be co- membered, are out of the discovery of oplam packed in boiler tubes brought over from Hongkong. The other defendant in the case Louis T. Grant having asked to be allowed to send his previous admission of connivance for s ples of not guilty, sen- tance has been in his case deterred.

A native was arrested, coming off one the Canton steamers, for having 70 tale of droan opium in his possession and at the Magistracy to-day a fine of 8250 was in posed. The pium was contained in an earthenwars jar and biscuits were on the

*** CHINESE.

GOVERNMENT APPOINT

MENTS:

control the reforms in the Navy, other wise his torpedo-bonts will attack the rest of the Beet. It is believed that he is the mad tool of others.

GOVERNMENT HOUSE.

The Gazelle contains notifications of His Excellency the Governor entertained

10 REGAIN LOST

"PRIVILEGES.

( Tee Yat Fo's Service.)

PERING, October 29. The tensorate han forwarded for the several Government appointments. His Me and Mrs Fairbanks at dinner at night considation of the Throne & memorial Excellendy the Governor has been plessed at Government House, the guests includ presente by the representatives of the to appoint Mr Gideon Balloch to being Mr Faller and Mr. Stewart Fuller, Mining ad Railway Association of Sha member of the Medical Board during the General Broadwood, Captain Heathcote, tung ning that steps be taken ta absence on leave of Mr. H. A. W. Slade: the Earl and Countess of Macclesfield, regain privileges lost to Foreign under instructions from the Secretary of Mr and Mrs Hewett, Captain von State for the Colonies, Mr E. 8. Lindsey 8.1.8. Kaisarin Elizabeth, Mr sad M

Skail. 8.M.S. Panther Captain Hansa; Powers that province. appointed manager of the British section Balls Mr and Mrs May, and Captai of the Kowloon-Canton Ballway: motif Nicholas. H.M.S. Flora, cation is given of the Governor's appoint ment of Mr W. Resa Daries, K.C.RE Acting Chief Justice; of Mr F.A. Hazeland

A SAFE MEDICINE

It

CHAMERLAIN'S PAIN BALM. VOU wihant a good while before you Y and listinent that is equal to

SOCIAL AND

top. Mr Lewis, Deputy Pratmasters Acting Attorney General of Mr ERUNT be afraid in Rire Chamberlain's Chambers Pain Balm. In ose of Cough Remedy to your children. rheumatist and sciatica.it zalzere; the Monday is the fifteenth anniversary of General, priecuted a native before Mr Halifax as First Police Magistrate of Mr is intended sepecially for coughs, colds, Intanas pa and makes sleep and reste J. R. Wood for taking letters out of the Kenyan Bagistrar of the Supreme croup and whooping cough, and it is possible once ex the muscles, awell-

Court of Mr E. D. 0. Wolfe se Bead of Colony contrary to the postal regu'stions the Sauliary Department; and of Mr P. O. et medicins made for these diseases. I lug and lamess are quickly relieved by contains no opium or other naratia. For it. For se by all olemists and store and a line of El was imposed, The Hutchison as First Assistant Registrar la by all chemists and storaksepers keepers.". compositor who stole the type from the Generat office of the Daily Fres was sentenced to Mr H. E. T. Haggard has vacated his appointment as distant engineer in the Public Works Department.

The United States Supreme Court has Host an emiment jurist by the sadden death of Justice Peckham. He had been on the bench 20 out of the 71 years of his life.

With regard to a suggestion that Lord

To few men is it given to turna nation's feet from the ancient paths and guide it along new channele to ondow it with new laws and ft it with a fairly reasonable modern constitution-- and yet to keep the heart of that nation still firmly rooted in the ideals of the olden days. It is no extra. modern vagant claim, 16 rend

We Japanese bistory, to say that Prince Tro; so foully slain at Harbin on October 26th, accomplished this wonderful feat. Who that has lived for any length of time in Japan, mixed with the people, KINDS IN GREAT | studied their writings and endentoured to explore their habits of thought will unt VARIETY

admit that beneath the modero veneer still be inscrutable and unzeeuitable the ancient beliefs and ideals of conduct and

A SELF-INFLICTED ASSAULT. WATSON # 00 loyalty which actuated IYTYABU, YOSHI- Kitchener's private secretary wrote Land K. Samples of air at a height of neatly

STUNE and other heroes of mediaeval of R.'s farewell apcech, and gribbed from nine miles have been recently obtained A shop coolin, walked into the Central LIMITED,

days? And thorein consista a paradox. Lord Carson, a correspondent retells the old and examined for the presscon of the Police Station on Friday evening, bearing story about the Duke of Wellington.. Herrer gases. The collecting apparatus, sa traçon of a brutal amaalt having been made Japan to all outward seeming is of all was told that he would live longor in ried by'n large balloon, in (says the Umis-pon him. His jacket was ent in two eastern nations the most modern of people's memory on account of the beautifully Correspondent) & serios cf. cum well na his ared and be told the Englial of the Wellington Despatebestuben, each drawn out to a ice point at story that he had been sent by his master, moderns, holding out enger hands to than on account of any of his victories, one end. At the desired height an who lives at 19 Connaught Road, to various The Duke in said to have replied, "Yesletromagnetic device, connected with banks that afternoon to cash-several grasp the very latest thing that acience 1 never thought that Gurwood had it noch tube and opented by a barometr, choques amounting to 80,730. He bad or statesmanship can give her, yet af him Gerwood was the Duke of Welling braaks of the point of the tubo, admitting Ramo-China Bank in Princes Bruklinga drawn the money and while leaving the -tub's prisato sacretary, the time she remains firmly rooted in t

Ma tha sir. A few minutes later, a second con- he was set upon by several men and the basic tenets of her own unique famous cool, for which astronomers all around the broken end, melting the glass Immediately detailed to make 20

Herr Wolf, who rediscovered Halloy's fast sends a current through a platinum wire ladly asserited us well being robbed HOPITAL-Particularly useful in cases difficult diges

of the money. Detective Fargeant Grant.

tion, dyspepsia and gastralgia, and so for delicate civilization, and merely uses the resources over the world have been marching was

bat favourite in, titä: "contest.” At the and sealing the tube. All the samples guides and as a result, he came to

Constituents. and appliances of today to meet the Konigstuhl Observatory, Balde berg the obtained show argon and neon, bat he the conclusion that there was no truth

hunting

of, somers and minis plausts is hellum was found in air from above is

2 in the story whatever, whereupon the Fergencies of the hour. Eventually, we diligently pursued, and maby are Ingred firmly believe, she will moald for herself. Two days before Herr Wolf took

by Herr Wolf and her membing of the milew

* type of civilization which will differ the photographi which he dabocted s comet two photographs of the same part of

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native was sostched, when in his Book GRANDE GRILLE Renowned Specific Liver Com

right ander the sole of the foot, the whole

the money was found. It was found

REMEDY THAT CURES COLIO. this the wounds had been sol-infipted

at the Magistraty to day, he ran tharged very widely from that at present de- the sky were talkon at Greenwichs without time back I had very bad at before M. E Wood with em bersalin

the money and a sentense of six months? veloping in Europe.

success. The news from Haldelborg, how of collo, mys M Plenár

vor, caused the Greenwich negatives to be Middleburg, Caps Colonyada imprisonment with his labour was

Exposed-s Prince Ito in many respecia was the darefully re-examined with the result that rertisement in the paper of Chamberlalui de faint brave of the comet were died Cello Cholers and Diarrhoe Bemedy ine flower of his race, as he was un-But though Greenwich Just Loweshestre Chichi I pode got from the cuminte doubtedly the ripe product of his time bonour of first reporting the diamovary,

NEVER WIw due probébity to the mat

· Almost singular among the vary great majority of hu sppronel any

of two of the staf of the Royal that Harr-Wolf, was able to." point; photographic equatorial as the stack

mediyastionale Ewhere the samet appe

down I got better, and when the bokis was finished Lowsn walled Loku safely room.

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