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the objectionable fentares of last year's NEWS OF THE DAY, Budget are still to be perpetuated.

The world's second longest, meble ino Herein lies the chief interest of has been laid from Asension. Falsed to the Clovernment's latest financial pro-Buenos yra, posals. Apart from that they call,

Dealore strongly urge the Government of India to postpone the next opfum salo they cannot get the Chinese government to cancel the Canton monopoly.

From July at the Ship Owners As- for little notice, and in any ense they sociation of the Philippians will pay their appear to point to the conclusion that brows on a higher serio of wages, Mr. LLOT GEDIGE has been so severely. ohastened and humbled by the protests which bis last effort provoked that he be wisely shrank from embarking on any

The Manila Post Office is from now on PER MONTH.more fanciful, and, at the same time,

going to use the Siberian routs for register. reckless and dirpaging financial experied mails to all place savo the United States. Tho’maila will be despatched vin Hongkong at Nagasaki.

meets.

A question which might well be asked now is whether the House of Lords. will.

Perak was to basso Ind two, assistant see its way to accept a Budget which is surgeons from the Singapore Medical School

this month, but as both the students failed:

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NEWS OF THE DAY.

New regulations under the Liquors. Crdinance" and the Pharmacy Ordinance are published in the Gazette.

Teacher Johnnie, why aro' all'iinrs.

cut strack down and 7 Aftor usitating. for a minute, Jobenie replied, “* Cos tiesto. would be nobody left, mum !"

The steamer Sir John Jackson, which has been lying a wreck off the cost of Cosion for many months, has broken in two and the stern of the ship is almost submerged.

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LIMITED.

Hongkong. April 16, 1907.

MEMOS FOR MONDAY.

· Miscellaneous.

The residence in Madma of the

ing true to their promise in this tray the Evers have, in a seuse, Dower Rance of Pittapore was broken stultified themselves in prononacing on the present situation. To this extent the Ministerialists have perhaps wan a polut in tactics. The details which

Anniversary of Declaration of American RECTER has supplied are - somewhat

Independence, 1776. Jeffries-Johnston Fight.

Mooting.

Noon-Meeting of Hongkong Ice Co., at

hi gears Jardine, alatheson Co.'s Ufico.

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Anction.

2.30 p.m.-Auction of Household Farul-

ture, &o,st Mr Gec. P.Lammert's Saleh Rooma

General Memoranda. TUESDAY, Jaly :-

Sanitary Board Meeting- WEDNESDAY, Jnly B:-

2.15 p.m.-Mooting of the Licensing

Board.

2.50 p.m.-Auction of Household Furat

tare, ota. at besra Bughes & Hough's Sales Roome.

9 p.m.-Band Concert in Public Gardena. THURSDAY, July 7:-

5.20 a.m.New Moon. $.30p.m.-Gymkhana Club'sThird Meet-

ing, Happy Valley.

BATURDAT. July-

11a.m.Auction of Manila Cigara, etc.

Roots.

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meagre, but such as are given may as well be compared with last year's figures. We see in the first place that the deficiency of well over 261 million which the Chancellor has to face con- trasts with a sura of about 15 millions which represented last year's adverse balance. But this shortness is not so pronounced

it would appear at first! 1.46 sight, for we notice that in the estimated revenue for this year there is an item of

well over 30 millions representing arrears from last year, of which 261 millions have already been collect

The proposed expenditure of £108,930,000 is £36,181,000 more than

ed.

into and jewel valued at two lakh of rupees stolen, from the treasure room The polico arrested two thieves after struggle, and the men confessed and handed over all the jewels.

A Vladivostock despatch reports that the Australian Trade Commissioner there suggested the opening of a direct steam- ship service between Siteria and Australia The suggestion, has been considered by the Russian authorities who are now reported to have expressed their approval of the idea.

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A telegram from Seishin, North-eastern Korea, states that a large shonl of whales has been seen in the Sea of Japan. The whales were sufficiently numerous to in terrupt the progress of the N..E s.3. Integumi Muru, when of Koryushin, pro- passengers. riding an unique spectacle for the crew and

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*FIGHT-

CROWDS FLOCKING TO

"NEVADA:

(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.).

Lornoy, July 2. Immense interest in being manifested in the Johnson-Jeffries fight, which is to take place at Reno, Nevada, on the 4th inst.

Trains are running from all over the States to Res

AN INCREASING REVENUE,

FRUITFUL INCOME TAX.

round erleketers turned out by Lancashire (Reuters Service to the China Mail died after an illness lasting several weeks.

LONDON, July Hallows was the first, Lancashire-bora The revenue for the past quarter professional to take over 100 wickets, and shows no increase of 951 millions acord over 1,000 runs in a single acason, as compared with 1909, Of this 20 batted and bowled loft-handed. This font ho accomplished in 1904. He millions have been secured from she

In Java, the use of the pistol as a known among the natives. But, early last method of settling differences has been on- month, it was resorted to by a Javanese villages, who, on quarrelling with his wife. shot her with a rovolver, and then killed himself with another shot. They had

Charily been married à year, but she grua.

tired of him and pressed for a divores and

this he resantaik“.

It is notified in the Gustle that the Government are prepared to dispose of cortain buildings erected for the seem modation of officers engaged on the con- struction of the Kowloon-Canton railway but no longer required for that purpose. The buildings in question aro situated either near the south and north face of Bancon Hill tunnel and at Tri-Po. They include 16 bungalows and a large number of other buildings. ‹

lously low price to European consumers.

Income Tax.

BAST-DORSET BYE- ELECTION.

CAPT: GUEST AGAIN

́RETURNED

THE THA TAX

(Restoy a Service to the China Mail}

Loscos, July 1. The ten resolution of the Budget was adopted without a division.

CANTON HANKOW

RAILWAY

(With Te Fat Po'r Service).

PERING, July 1 The Board of Communications han memorialized the Throne, according to a report made by Long Nin Cheong, the Canton Hankow railway investigator abcut the administration of the Canton- Bankow railway, and Chi: Shi Chung, president of the board, has ordered the officers to prepare & report for the information of the hoard

ORDERED TO LEAVE PEKING

(Wah Tre Fat Po's Service.)

PERI, July 1.

The cabinet has requested Prince Sha President of the Civil Board, to order the representatives of the various pro- vinces to leave Teking without detiy.

PRINCE TSAI TO.

(Wah Isa Yat Po's Service)

PERITO July 1.

Prince Ti To has wired that he and his party will start from Austria for home during the beginning of the sixth moon.

RUSSO JAPAN TREATY.

(Wah T Fat Pos Service)

PERING, July 1

Losmos, July 2. The bye-election at East Dorset boa resulted as follows:---

·Guest (I.)

6,96%%% Nicholson (U)... ..8,375. Liberal majority...502 Note-It will be remembered that Capt the Hon. Frederick Guest, who won the sent at the General Election, was uneated on petition, the Court acquitting the rea- and bribery, but unseating him or the pondent on the charges of undue influence

arseded the legal maximum the pre inquired of Chan Ka Loy, president of The Prince Regent has carefully ground that his election, expenses had sent bys election the candidates were tho same as in January, Col. J. S. Nicholson the Wai-wa-po, about the treaty between has polled precisely 10 more votes them be opposing Capt. Ucost. This time the latter Russia and Japan. -

Nichelson secured 137 Icas.-E. C.] did at the General Election, while Col.

FRENCH POLITICS.

M. BRIAND'S STRONG POSITION.

(Reuter'a Service to the Ching Marly

LonDos, July 1

The French Chamber after a fort

The driving of American and Russian petrolego from the general European According to n despatch from Makden, market is said to be the object of a British the Chinese Government has protested syndicath to which the Lisbon government against a mining enterprises which is being has granted a concession for the working of conducted by Russians in Kitin Province,all oil deposits in Portuguese Timor, the most easterly island of the Sanday group,. was provided for last year, and it will Chins states Russia only possesses mining in the Malay archipelago Experts say the rights within the Chinese Eastern Railway held is practically inexhaustible, and so At Mesas Hughes, & Hough's Sales be observed with gratification by all zone and of that ground requests the accessible that all can be sold at a ridicu

Imperialists that the 484 millions to be suspension of the work. devoted to the Navy is some four millions' over and about the gross the Tweleth Town. Near this resided two in the courts to determine whether an generál policy of the Government by Near Teangahing, is a village anmed A Friendly suit is about to be brought night's debate haa approved of the estimate for 1909-19. The estimated sinns of anequal strength. It appears that aviator may fly over another man's pro- 403 votes to 110. increase in expenditure in balanced by an owing, to some trivial quarrel the clatis pesty. It is proposed that Curtias, a. This overwhelming majority implies almost "equivalent pectation of growth

dicermined to bahit it got and it came to Wright brother, or same other bird-mst, that Briand han established pass that he

village which was the weaker all ty over the bottle of a member of the revenue, the figures under this head was rounded

LND OF A DEFICA, so that the member

position the day paving Drunk a twelve of the stronger: The invaders thereupon can bring suit against the acconsus for Premier of the Republic. - was a general fight. In the end it was as well as a Iudicrous side. The common ant fire to the beleaguered village, and there trespass. The whole matter has a serious found that more than thirty persons have law has a maxim that he who owns the

AMERICAN RAILWAY their lives, while in addition there were earth owes up to the skies and down to the was burnt and otherwise destroyed. many wounded, and a great deal of property lower regions. Of course this maxim was invented beforo air ships were dreamed of, but that does rot make it any the less for trespass whenever they By over & troublesome. If aeronauts can be sued gentleman's farm, the euccessful contestants in next year's international aeroplane cup raees may lose more in damage suits them they gain in prizes.

HONGLONG, SATURDAY, JULY 2, 1910.

い

THE NEW BUDGET.

the yearly worship of the local deity in At a place called Linfs, near Fatalan,

SOME three or four months behind its month ago. It will be noticed that a time the British Budget for the finan-little more is expected this year from cin! year 1910-11 has made ita appear the tea tax, while the death duties, ance. The reason of its delay has, which were last year very considerably of course, a direct connection with increased, are still looked upon as the protracted struggle that centred likely to be productive of a good sum round its predecessor, which as is We have heard much from time to time very popular. This year was no exception wellknown, precipitated General from the lips of Liberal statesmen on the to the rule, and the "great" day" was on Election in January last, and so filled of social urgency reforma But we look the 19th of the mouth. It appears when up the best part of a year between in vain in the financial provisions for the crowd was at its largest, boing com the time of its introduction and of 1910-11 to discover, the means by which had been on the lookant took some of the posod mostly of women--robbers who its actual passage into law. In the these are to be carried into effect: burning candles and applied them to the

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL. meantime the situation had naturally True"the estimated surplus is to be crowds of worshippers. In the panic which surroyes of unlicensed motor Bosts.

matabeds which afforded shelter to the

Mr W. C. Jack has been appointed become complex, not to say chaotic, devoted "partly to technical education ensued the robbers pounced upon the so much so that the working balance and partly to removing the pauper and left, clearing of with nearly all the leaves Bangkok next week for. Australia,

frightened women, and robbed them right Mr R. a. Lowry, formerly of Hongkong of £371,000 which Mr Lore Ompor disqualification in respect of Old Age jewellery.-;" imagined he would have at the con- Pensions", but how much is a sum of clusion of the year has now totally less than a million pounds to accomplish be held on Tuesday afternoon when the hys Archbishop of Canterbury at A meeting of the Sanitary Board is to The Prince of Wales has been confirmed disappeared and its place been taken in these directions? So we doubt very orders of the day include:Minute by the Windsor very quietly. Their Majestic 38.00 by a somewhat staggering deficiency much if the working classes that Head of the Sanitary Department relative Queen Alexandra and other royalties, at-

of £26,248,000. One is not at all section of the public of which the Cometary; report of the committed throu

to special care of graves in the Colonial tended. surprised to learn that in introducing Liberals invariably pose as protectors emplaints against the City Conservancy The European staff of the Bouch China the new Endget on Thursday night and defenders will be over-satisfied Sanitary Inspectors during the later half of with a silver ten service this morning, Contractor arrangement of duties of Morning Post presented Mr F. S. Rayner, the Chancellor of the Exchequer had with Mr Lior Group's attempt at 1910; application for a modification of the it connection with his forthcoming marriage the temerity to attribute this admit-arranging the country's income and requirements of acction 188 of the Public with Miss Lenfesty tedly undesirable state admirs to expenditure. They will assuredly de respect of the proposed extension of the Health and Buildings Ordinance 1903 in what be described as "the Consti mar at a remission of existing taxes, Tang Wah Hospital and a New Refuge tutional question," by which wo assume at no provision for much needed

view is that if an All-India Memorial is to S. WATSON & CO., a means the justifiable action of measures of social reform. In so far as The Pinang Gazelle alleges that the should be returned at once and that the be decided upon verdict to that effect LIMITED

the House of Lorda in seeking the it does not branch out into any new Emvity of the recent conflict in Kedah was proper position for that memorial is opinion of the electorate upon proposals Socialistic and revolutionary ideas we made by the Tangius against Mr Marveli claims after Caloutts as Bembey, and muci oxaggerated, that none of the charges Bombay. No other city in India has such. altogether revolutionary in character can welcome the 1010-11 Budget; were in any way, serious and that most of Calcutta is it come semote date to have It is all very well for Mr Lore GEORGE

and in that it seems to lead us out them were absolutely frivolous. The same memorial to her Into Majesty Ques to, try in this way to fasten the of an almost hopeless financial tangle that the Governor, remarked, at the recent Calcutta, where a momerial to King Ed

paper says it has good reason to bellore Victoria. There is no city in India, alter whole blame on to pomeone else's into something approaching comes we interview, that the Mainys did not seem to ward would attract such attention er be EMPIRE CINEMATOGRAPH shoulders. Perhaps it was just an Lan praise it. Still, whether the Covezave genuine grievances, and he did not observed by so many peopld as in this

THEATRE

well for him that the Upper Chamber meat will be able to carry it through in Maxwell's removal being granted. It says,

hold out any hope of the request for My gateway to Tadix.j CREMIER, HALL OF THE COLONY, did interfere; otherwise, he would now view of the threatened schism of the further, that the Bultan of Kedah is ex BAND CONCERT PROGRAMME, bave had to face alone the full, brunt Irish Nationaliste and the advanced in which he has been placed by the ex- tremely angry because of the false position of an attack which, the fruits of bad Radicals in highly problematical Mach colve seal of some of his officery to Publis Gardone by the band of the Butts, financing would surely have inspired depends upon the outcome of the presant protect his independendo, The Gosalta under Bandunster C. B. Hewitt, on Wed. To come to a close examination of conference on the Constitutional problem. against Mr Maxwell was actively fomented March Vibelegen....... Waguar,

concludes by staring that the agitation nesday evening is as follows — the new Budget, it can at once belt is no use speculating on the matter; by one or two interested Europeans, and Overture Oberon Weber. stated that it is fu no sense startling however, in the now historical phraan of lagely to fears of drastic reforms Selection.

Cavalleria Rusticana..... hardly to be intrododd inte soms of the

Mascagni or ingenious. There is to be no change Mr Asquin, we must wait and ser Government departments at Alor Bar,

Piccolo Solo......

Danse dos Batyres... whatever in the duties, neither is.

Le Thiong particularly one which recently had a good Ball Piece Len Vols des Clocher doal to do with the outside public, provision made for any new taxes So it is merely a case of As you were POSITIVELY THIS WEEK-~the most As there is apparently no provision

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AFEGUARD AGAINST ILLNESIN

Mountains higher than Everest are claimed to have been dispared by Dr T GLoogstaff during an exploration in the Hastern Karakoran, a region of high Asia. he told the members of the Royal of very plotty peaks identified as the am Geographical Society that he saw Agron

He considered the chief peat war boval 610 for high

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The programme of the concert in the

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GREAT STORM AT CANTON,

(From Our Ou Correspondent.)

Cantos, July 1.

For days past the people of this city hare- been supplicating their favourite gods for min. For some time precious to the past two daya the heat has been territe and the deathrate was increasing at an alarming rate. In the temple of the God of the

my Walled City the officials set up a new altar. which was dedicated sero days, age, with many quaint ceremonies. Now the gods. of it About midnight on Wednesday the have heard and have sat rain and plenty

wind begun to blow and before an hour had through the night it continent to be squrally passed it was blowing very hard indent Aff with rain at intervals. The next morning. the river was much higher than usual, the tide running up at quite an abnormal rate, en the steam launches making but slow progress against it. The typhoon signals were hanging out from the Customs build ing and the majority of the sampans that usually lie of Shameen had taken refuge in the creek. All the morning it continned to blow and rain af frequent intervals bet in the afternoon the rain came down in perfect torrents and the wind blow with. fury. The trees were bant as though they were but amall sticks. In the city many at the awnings which the Chinese place over the streets in the summer to keep out. the sua were blown dower and some of the consequence. This state of things went on streets were made almost impassable in until about nine in the evening when the Leaders are eight to ten pointa creased. To-day though the sky was look wind died down and the rain gradually de Lower

FREIGHTS.

EFFECT OF COMMISSION'S DECISIONS.

(Reuter's Sevrice to the China Mail.)

Lospos, July 1

The American milways are demon ised in consequence of the decision of the Interstate Commerce Commission regarding freights.

London and interational ments are fenrad.

ing very threatening in the early morning the enbarase-weather is warn and bright and all thloge.

Failures at Brussels and Berlin are

reported.

THE GROWTH OF ARMAMENTS.

·EIGHTH GERMAN DREAD- NOUGHT"

- (Router's "Bervice to the China Mail) LONDON, July 1 The eighth German Dreadnought was launched at "Danzig to-day and christened" Oldenburg."

xre looking very much better for the caİD.. There is no doubt that the wind has done good deal of damage but that is more. than counterbalanced by the good that the copious rain will do. In the country dis tricts of the province things were getting desperata owing to the lack of rain and a is well known the people are more likely | than eve to commit accesses when these conditions prevail. It is rather interesting to hear the reasons that the native Lasigo the late drought. According to the priests the gods are angry because the people of the city are too fond of king good things and enjoying themselves genar lly and uch, being the caso find no time for propitating the gods. All kinds of weird talesare în circulation just at present, including one of a misgalous birth of child at Shek Lung, but no doubt now that the rain has come these things will woon be forgotten.

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