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people, offering temptatione who are by instinci easily But then how about revenna

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been suggested from Peking that the Salt Monopoly ought to be made to pardyce 30 more than is now mised

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NEWS OF THE DAY.

battle has been fought RES To w B00 led

PA. body of perinocaç itary Le Ipista is to be organised air &iderahat!”

Manila, Jana 27. €.00 pmey Cyclone be typitoon-bear- or

Sir John Jordan Lad andiance of the Balintang Channel, movin

on May 27

Me Louis Htha's Calinet contains the names of seven Dutchmon and four

Englishsoon

The tariff will be made the issue in the forthcoming guneral election in the United

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milked to the farthest extent of which it is capable. Then, recently, the high PERFECTION OF TOUCH officials disallowed what they call "Red Flowers." In ordinary language, they have decided that in future rewards States. shall not be allowed, except in special

The aa Shaabi, the first vessol launch casss, to those who have been succesed at the Taikoo Docks, is to undergo har ful in running in robbers. Tule source oficial trials to-morrow, of income for local officials was considerable. From an account before us, it appears that in some cases sums were claimed is rewards for successful

CONSTRUCTION.

Over 1200 robe catchers which was never raft

now in use.

over to the proper men, going elsewhere We cannot affirm that there is no exaggeration in the report under con sideration, but according to this am- nouncement, the Viesrey has ordered Is. MOUTRIE & Co., Ld. al balinces in official hands

Horgkong, April 16, 1907,

MEMOS 'FOR TO-MORROW.

Auctions.

2.90 p.m.-action of Household Farmi- tura at 8,Kantsford Terrace, Kowloon. 2.30 p.m. Auction of Household Furni sure, at Mesars Enghes & Hengh's

'Sales Booms.

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Amusements. 9 pm. Forformance of The Dollar

Princess' at City Hall.

- General Memoranda.

THURSDAY, June 30:~~~~

10.30 am-Last Quarter. 11.Auction of Manila Cigara, ́otc/ at Mass Hughes & Hough's 'Sales Rooms. 11.30 am.--Loctura by His Lordship the

Bishop in Peak Church, 19.30a.m.-Auction at 8 Fointer Pips

ht Bir Geo, P. Lammert's Sales Rooms FRIDAY, July 1-1

Rooms.

Paris despatch states that M. Cookery, Minister of Finance, has announced that the. Budget will show a deficit of at least £8,000,000.

The first natal roliefs For Singapore, Hongkong, and North China will be die patched from England whout the first work

in November next.

Manita, June 283: 1:00: Cyclone or typhoon Channel, moving W

of Balintang

The Hongkong Ubservatory report to-day Mid-The depression, which is apparently of no great intensity at prosent, is probably situated to the South of Pratne Shoal and maving towards W. or W.N.WE

At 11,50 m. the Black South Cone and Drum was hoisted, while the wasther forecast ran N., winds, probably freshening; fair to squally, with min

CLAIM FOR MATTING.

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Prince Tai-Tse handed His Majesty. an autograph letter from the Prince Regent congratulating the Emperor on attaining his 90th birthday.

The Emperor later returned the visit and conferred decorations on members of the lesion

RECORD

ORD AMERICAN LEGISLATION.

TAFTS PRESTIGE RESTORED.

(Reuler's Spreice to the China Mait

LONDON, June 25. The American Congress, has closed.

At the Supreme Court this morning before Me Justice Hazeland, Samuel Greenfield sued Cars Blanche, No. 4 Gage Street, to recover $41.20 for some matting

Mr Crowther Smith appeared for plaintiff with a record of legislation which is which was rofused on delivery.

described as surpassing that of any and Mr P S Dixon defended.

Mr Smith asla that was a olim for Congress since the Civil War. While Mr Theodore Roosevelt a breach of contract by refusing to take

Republicans opine that Presicent steadily declined to discuss public questions delivery. Defendant want to are plaintif Taft's pretige has been restored and since his return to the Laited States it is about some matting and some time they are now more hopeful of theremits now being confidently asserted by the afterwards defendant a boy went to of the Congressional elections.

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brokers rubber

shares are erabi stor meet their

[Note~~16 haq been feared, for some time that when the settling day como there would betrouble in Basagha flor that section of the |public who had been entering into specula Ftion quite beyőnd their mente na well

the stallir brokersie „Hiers in Hongkong, forburately, there hanno reallaretiosa hicho was Shanghai, and

in Tally serialy 35 good dental ther trouble connection, whi

Companies

SETTIÄRMENT POSTPONED.

Seventeen Millions Envolved:

The Compuittee of the Shanghai Stock Exchange have postponed the settlement until the 30th Seventeen millions of dollars are involved and a settlement

THE FOREIGN OFFICE. possible to arrange

throughout the prefectures to be paid Administration papers that Bir Roosevelt plaintiff and said his mistress wanted into the Treasury

ht The local and the President are in thorough harmony. some, matsing sent up to choose from. Plaintiff was not in at the time, but officials used to regard this source of

A legal argument in the Mitchell plaintiff's No. 1 boy went up with several income as one of their perquisites em caso is set down for heating before rally. Defendant selected one and pointed They therefore resent the-order, while the Full Court. comprising the Chief at the 10 which she wished to have. Justice, Sir Francis Piggott and Mr Jusien covered and the boy measured it. Að Enzeland, at the Supreme Court to-morrow that time there was not enough to cover (Rent Survice to the Chino Jail) morning.

pparently some are unable to comply therewith. The 'pralect of one dis trict is said to be short of the sum of thirteen thousand wels. We might point out that under the new regime perquisites which were once regarded

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The Bangkok Times is informed that the tender of Masers Howarth, Erskine, Ltd., for the slectric lighting of the new royal palace at Petchaburi has been accept

200,00 and Tes. 300,000.

as the lawful spoil of the local officials fed. The contract is a big one, the amount zow withdrawn by orders from in question being somewhat between. To, Peking, and as far as we know, no addi- tion to the legitimate salaries have been made ir lieu therol Moreover it is clearly manifest that in many places

9.30 p.m.-Anction of Household Farmi-

turo, &o.at Mr Geo. P. Lammert's Sales in the interior of China a condition of unrest prevails bordering, almost upon sedition. Troubles, disgreeable

MONDAY, July 4:-

Anniversary of Declaration of American

Independence, 1776, Neon-Mesting of Hengkang Ics Co., a Measry Jardins, Mathesco Co.'s Office. Jeffries Jobaston Fight TUESDAY, Jaly B:--`

Sanitary Board Meeting.

WEDNESDAY, July 6:-

Board.

9pm--Badd Concert in Public Gardens THURSDAY, Jaip 7-

6,20a.m.-New Moon. 5.30p.m.-Gymkhana Club's Third Meet-

ine, Happy Valley.

The China Mail

Mr James Bryce, British Ambasander at Washington, is believed to have been authorized to sign an agreement reforming all outstanding monetary claims between Great Britain and America to arbitration Thers are several claims still unsettled, including some dating from 1812

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to the official and dangerous to his Cossack girl has started to ride from Harbin to St. Petersburg-a distance of prestige, may break out at any moment, some 5.420 miles. Her mount is light and when he goes in person to suppress grey Mongolian pony, and she is riding them be may be maltreated, ne was stride on an ordinary Coryck saddle. She carries a hunting knife, and a revolver. and her only companion is pure-bred St. Bernard dog.

by a rise in prices through the operations of a trust, kaot of British and American speculators have bought up almost all last year's crop, and are trying to corner that of the present year. The year's crop is far above the average, and this opium trust is offering high prices for it.

9.15 pm-Meeling of the Léconting the ene recently at Heangshan, while he may even lose his life. Such to-day are the conditions amidst which the

The Java Upium Beqie, which largely ordinary official bolds office. To add deals in the Turkish drag, Ende itself faced this afflictions, to-day everything be-dees-is-scrutinized by those in the higher seats, so that he is never wholly free from the lurking dread that those above may not fall heavily upon him and make life quite unbearable. We' are therefore hardly surprised" when we read that the Governor of Ewangai me down to Canton in person and, with tears, banded in his resignation to the Viceroy. His defences had

Hosaxone, Tuesday, June 28, 1910.

CHINESE OFFICIALS

A fallacy entrent among the great majority of foreigners is that Chinese

In Germany, this year, 271,000 reser vists are to be called out instead of 250,000 as heretofore. There will be a million men in the Beld for the praat maneuvres in September between Danzig and Kenige- berg. A feature of the operations will bo' force. Four, military airships and ten wanting, and his army was said to wright aeroplanes will be used.

the whole room and the boy said he would get some. more. They not to work and ent up what was there and the next morning plaintiff took up the remainder of the mat. ting which was required. Then defendant

said she would not have it.

His Lordship--Did she say why? Mr Smith-He does not know why she

would not hate it. He says he was turned

out of the house.

Mr Dizon and that the boy took up two samples of matting She selected at but when it was laid down it was found to be too small. The boy expressed regret and aid he would go to the factory and see if he had any more like it. Defendant told him to return on the following mining but he did not retam until three e clock: In the meantime defendant had purchased other material.

Evidence having been called his Lordship gare judgment for defendant with costs.

THE PARTNERSHIP CASE.

The Chief Justice Sir Francis Piggott: at the Supreme Court this morning romere. od judgment in the case in which the Tung Sang Wing frm saad the Choo Chun Kit to recover $13.034.17 for monies had sad received by defendant, and for the use of plaintiffs and converted by defendant to his own use.

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Mr Elden Potter appeared for plaintiffe instructed by Mr. P. S. Dixon, and Me G

C. Alabaster defended, instructed by Mr P. W. Goldring.

THE POLO TEAM.

Return of the Vistors:

NEW PERMANENT UNDER

SECRETARY,

KOREA

(Independent News Agency's Service. to the Chino Mail.) LONDON, June 28.

Torro, June 28, The fight Flod, Sir Arthur Nicolson The newly apponted Vice Rodent has been appointed Permanent Under General of Korea, Mr Yamagata, left Secretary for Foreign Affairs in Tokyo to day to take up his duties saccession to Sir Charles Hardings, the Seoul, Indian Viceroy designater

his

Note The Right Hon. Sir Arthur MANCHURIAN RAILWAY Nicolson, P.C. G.C.B., is ab present British Ambassador at St. Petersburg, which position he has Elled since 1905, (Independent News &jeney's Service

to the China Mail) now appoint then succeeding Sir Charles Hardinge, whom he again follows in

Torvo Juze 23. Mr K Nakamura, President of the distinguished cere in the Diplomatic ment. He is 60 years of age and haa hud Service. Educated at Braserose College, South Manchurian Railway Company, From 1870 to 1874 he was at the Foreign ustard, he left before using one was received in audience by the Emperor Office, and in turn was Assistant Privato yesterday. He reported to his Majesty Secretary to Bari Granville, 3rd, Secretary the actual condition of affairs in regard at the Embassy at Berlin, 2nd Secretary to the railway and other enterprises at Poking Legition," End Secretary at Contationple. Chargò d' A Baires at Athens in Manchuria. and Lates at Teheran, Consal-General at Buds Pest, Seretary of Embassy at Con stantinople. Agent in Bulgari, Minister is Morocco, Ambasador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Madrid. Among his writings is a history of the German Con stitution, published in 1873.-E..M.)

TURKISH ANTI-GREEK

BOYCOTT

SERIOUS SITUATION. (Peuter's Service to the China Mail)

AN UNFOUNDED RUMOUR.

Wah Ter Yat Fo's Service.)

SHANGHAL, June 27. The rumours that the O MSN Company's steamer, Kiang Fainwas burned at Hankow is not true.

CHINA'S WILD WASTES.

(Wah. Tes Yet La's Servus.)

PEKING, June 27.4

LONDON, June 27 The anti-Greek boycott is universal throughout Turkey and is being

An Imperial Edict has been red conducted with the utmost rigour.

the Board The various Ambassadors have called approving of the suggestion attention to the molestation of British, of Agriculture, Industry md Commerce French and Russian steamers, and the that all the waste lands of the various, Grand Vizier "bas replied that he is Provinces should be cultivated

As our readers know the Hongkong polo unable to interfere with the will of

officials buve little to do, and in turecently been examined and were found the use made of the Navy by the attacking team won the Keswick interpart polothe people.

do lule. They are believed to be out

and nut Toists, one of whose early! tenets ran that if one does not exert oneself to do things, then things will

be done by themselves. Whatever may

exist on paper, or at any rate, were not to

for Hongkong. Great credit is It is reported that the Grand Vizier due to Captain Heathcote. A.D.C. to His has been warned by the Greek Excellency Major General Broadwood,

under whole personal supervision the Minister of the serious consequences

be found in camp or burracks. Further, In the House of Lords the Parlia-arrangements in conuection with the Hong-if the military preparations on the he has to watch the movements of the mentary Under-Becretary for War, Lord kong team were carried out

An official note from Athens protesta Lecas, in reply to a series of questions anid

frontier continue:

CHINESE NAVAL PORTS,

(Wal Tie Tat Fo's Servic

•PEXISCO Prince Tear Han is to and Cheriang purpose of inspecting

4270 Faaker

been marked

irbourn Dayal

An Exquisite Smoke $5.50 $11.00 have been the case in the past, it French in the south, and altogether that there would not be a Colonial Confer team, tavelled by then. Fook Sang and agnst the brutality of the boycott and which havD"

El Tamarindo

A very ace Cigar in

calient condition ...$4:00

The ponies, ton in all, together with the Messrs Jardine, Matheson and Co. Ltd. rendered every assistance for the care of say the aituation

disquieting the ponies.

Licut J. Crookenden as well as Captain

becoming

porta

SHANGHAI CITY WALL

PROPOSED ABOLITION

(Wah 2

he reported that the situation was ence before 1911. It was not proposed hardly be maintained that Chinesd

unbearable and he wished to relinquish before that date to ascertain whether the oficiale find themselves in such an

Selfgoverning Colonies approved of the in- it. It appears that the Viceroy act his spection of their forces by the Commander eney situation today. Ir days when

subordinate in a comforting epirit, and in-Chief in the Mediterranean. Lord Heathcote case back to-day by the Tonyo newspaper in Holland has received En box of 50 per 10

there was no new army, when

Truens mentioned that the duties of the Mary and Interviewed this afternoon by advices from London that the new isee of himself escorted him to the launch Comander-in-Chief in the Mediterran $8,00 barracks, were unknown; when re

stamps now used will be issued ural the formed prisons were not and industrial which took him back to his gamen. would include the inspection of troops.in representative of the China Mail Lieut. British stamps may be expected soon. The South Africs, West Africa, North and Crookenden expressed himself greatly stock is exhausted, but they will be the schools a chimera; when, big build. The episode is suggestiva Throughout South China, Mauritius Ceylon, the pleased with the excellent manner in which last of the kind. The new stamps will, so inga never crossed the imaginations the prefectures there are many local Straits Settlements and a number of the team was received and treated during it is reported, be modelled after the Austro their stay in Shanghai, The several pro-Hungarian Jabiles ise, and will depict minent residents at whose houses the scenes from British history be show at a Martin's Tweenies of the race, and when river fotilas officials who are clamouring to be relieved smaller placer

Hongkong members stayed did all they glance the development of the kingdom possibly could for their comfort and were and its glorious past. exceedingly kind. The team was kwido banquetted and were most hospitably on tertained.

Per 100.. $4.50;

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Mr P Buckland, of Nagasaki, arrived in Hongkong by the Tenyo Maru

were unheard of when, in a word, from office so that they may return to money bad not to be raised for modern private life. Of course it is difficult improvements," and when things done to know how much sincerity there is in ina corner

were never trumpeted into the protestations, but as an indication of the endition of affairs beneath the 8. WATSON & CO., the ears of the Impenal maters at

Peking, it may have bocu an ear and surface of Chinese life they can boed LIMITED,

an attractive thing to hen mandarin. taken for what they are worth-and It may baro her, but those days have they are worth something. Things are passed, and are not likely to return. The likely to get worse rather than better position, of an official to-day is in sine. The people are quite able to sure, and be luz at night upon a hel that is made neither of doen nor of rods.

xandra Buildings.

EMPIRE CINEMATOGRAPH

the

pay their

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Two of the Hongkong Pala team from Shanghai this morning.

Lieut Crookenden farther said that the return-rain stopped play for the first two days but this bad theeffect of putting the ground into excellant condition. Shanghai took their de Hongkong by the Tenyo Mart this morn and acknowledged that the best team had Both horses and men ware is the General Broadwood returned to fest in a thoroughly sportmanlike manger tog, after his inspecting tour up North. pink of condition, the whole time and all

had thoroughly enjoyed the trip

WOD.

We understand that Mr J. B. M. Smith,It has been snagastad in polo mrcles that

the ground of the holders of the cup and

tot un alternate grounds as a present

tazes but in many cases are unwilling Chlet Mauages of the Hongkong and in future the contest should be played en to assist local expenditure, especially Shanghai Banking Corporation, goes

oducited and most influential; hame on leave on tas 16th prox., and th One of the hardest tacks that con- PREMIER HALL OF THE COLONY, fronts the official class to-day is the because they have to say as to the Mr N. J. Stabb has been appointed acting DaVox ROAD UZSKAT

raising of funds for the carrying on of manner in which the taxes are raised or Chief Manager during biv absence.

THEATRE

Opposite Central Market.

Performances-7.15 to 9 and

9.15 to 11,30

GRAND SUCCESS. of the Queen of the Banjo MISS LAUEA & DIAMONDA

MISS MAY LEWIS. stroducing a novelty cinematograph im

wing Mia Lavis Dressing Room,

local government. One has only to read spent. Will this state of things hasten the vernacular papers to see that the day when there shall be local councils in China, even if there may financiers are at their wits and to find the sinews of war, eron in times of over be an effective parliament? rece. We Day/refer to the recent contro verat over the suppression of legalized gambling houses in Kwantung. It well known that some of the bading citizens have been

The Suffragettes reopened their tam paign on June 19th, a procesatera thousand women marching down the bankment to the 41 were on horsebi

Mr Roosevelt na ublicly announced

that he will not make a pubilo speech for two months. Since March last yest, Mr Roosevelt has travelled, 28,600 miles, shot 18.000 basta made 112 speeches, inti vwed the mon

ITEMS AT THE COURTS

The Tickshaw Cooley, Jound, guilty

other who resan sing: have each

consider

of the

nestion.

SHERRY

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