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of the Stock Exchange There have been not a few who have gone on the principle, "Hands I ris, tails you cae. We have the utmost scor and contempt for all soch. They have. plunged fer beyond their depth. They have involved themselves as hopelessly West day our contemporary wrote as to make settlement impossible, und "The June settlement on the Stock hence much of the double. The general Exchange has been extended over to the public is interested to this extent, that 30th inst Thursday, but it is fearedit is to their benefit to prevent such that

financial typhoons as will leave the there is little hape of

Band strewed will wrecks. The law- satisfactory solution of the present difficulties. Enquiry made at various

"makers should see to it that regulations sources this afternoon proved that

are-formed to prosent as far as possible the settlement had not even commenced

any repetition of the present catas as far as the rubber companies are cor-

trophe."

earned, so that it is act known what

deficits there are. Notwithstanding this all manner of rungurs were current, these growing in magnitude as the day

S. MOUTRIE & Co., Ld.danced, but in view of the state of the

Hongkong. April 18, 1907.

DEATH

Capsos-On June 11, at Chungking, of typhus favor, Rev. E. J. Carson, B... BU. of the Canadian Methodist Mission, | aged 31 years, !!*

MEMOS FOR TOMORROW. Meeting.

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NEWS OR THE DAY.

man dropped dawn dead opposite Mesars McEwan, Frickell and Candices on Monday:

A further fasat, case of plague in noticed this time from No. 46 Third for the ye Street: This makes the novantecutir case

There were 408 European sud 100 Chinese visitors to the City Hall Library visitors to the Museum during the week and 147. European and 1,600 Chinese ended the 3rd July,

..

boy was knocked down by a tram in Des Faux Road opposite the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank on Monday afternoon. face was badly raised and he was immediately conveyed to the hospital.

TUESDAY, JUTR

HANKOW SZEOHUEN

RAILWAY

BRITAIN APPROVES, AGREE

A TOUR OF INSE

HE Wan Tai Seng. (Reuter's Service is the China Mail.pointed Chinese Minister

LONDON, July 5 finished his inspection, trip House of Commons of Arouthnet, Peking.

Sir Edward Gray, replying in the churis and left Tingkow res

be asked to agree to the Hankow said the Chinees Government would

that His Majesty's Government approved Brechnen Railway agreement. He added of the terms of the agreement before ita conclusion

(Wah Tez Tat Fo's Service.)

PREISO, July 4 Tonight the splendid aim of the Great Britain, France, Germany and funeral of the late King Edward is to be the United States are willing to decrease At the Empire Cinematograph the rate of interest on the Hankow-Sze- Thestra. The film was shown to low

that was expected of it. An absolutely privileged spectators on Monday evening and needless to say it fulla everything

shown

conspicions amongst them being "The

The moral of the whole story is as old as the days of Esor, which benar programme of films has been arranged who ran my read without our putting it down in black and white with a too meticulous particularity.

NEWS OF THE DAY,

Exchange confirmation was impossible. In the market for Langkats, however, it was generally understood that there the Varsity eight-paced race, distance two Cornell defeated Harvard this year in ware shortages, and one firm waamiles, by half a boat's length, reported to be short to the extent of a couple of thousand. Upon the truth of this and similar reports, as already stated, little reliance can be placed."

A much brighter feeling was abroad on June 27, for the Mercury wrote

The general impression on the local

2.15 p.-Meeting of the Licensing

Boned.

Auctions. Noon-Auction of Goods and Effects

at Messrs Hughes & Hough's Sales Rialto to-day was that the June settle- Room's

9.50 p.m.-Auction of Valasblo Olment was to go through all right. In

The Fokohama Dock Company pay a dividend of 18 por coup, for the past Fiar, and carry forward yon 11,800 after placing yen 37,200, to reserve.

.. Kentisst present the lending County in the cricket championship, with Lancashire second and Middlesex third, one point seperating each from the other.

Mysteries of Paris,"

Quite a new notion is that of throwing limelight on the dances at balls during the dancing of lancers and quadrilles (says an English exchange). A quaint and effective: colours of the clans, the Stewarts, the idea is that of "sartan snels. The bright Mackintoshes, Macleans, and all the well known plaida, are indicated by s mingling of vivid green, crimson and red, yellow and blue lights, which me thrown on the dancers to the accompaniment of an eight-

some or foursome.

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SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

chuen lailway Loan.

AROTIC AIRSHIP EX- PEDITION.

KOREA

(Independent Nice Agency': Servies

*to the Chima Mail h

Torro, June 5 Mr. Estboro Tamaga the new Vice-Resident-General Kores, arrived

a Chamulpho yesterday and proceeded

to Secul

AMBAN OF TIBET:

BIVAL NOMINTES.

(Way Tax Ya Pa's Service) PERING July INVESTIGATIONS BEING MADE.

The Grand Secretary recommen (Reuter's Service to the China Mail.appointed Ambau if Tibet, and this

that HE. Tang Shayi should LOSTOR, July 5.

tions to the north of Spitzbergen as to the however, rejected the suggestion,

Count Zeppelin and Prince Heary of proposal was strongly supported Prosis have started to make investiga Prince Ching. The Prince Rege facilities for mooring an airship in the Arctic ice, etc, with a view to amanded HE Chang Yin-tang, the scientific expedition in 1919.

Subsequently Prince Ching recom

AWFUL AVIATION TRAGEDY.

KILLED BEFORE FAMILY. Sir Robert Bredon is expected to return (Reuter's Sercice to the China Mail.) to China in October next.

Viceroy Yuan Shu-hain, of Canton, has

of Commissioner of Foreign Adair

Losmos, July 5.

present Minister in America, bat the Grand Secretary urged that it would be more convenient to appoint ELE. Chap Erh Fung, the frontier Minister of Seichnen Province, to the post.

THE HIPPODROME

At the opening of the Bheima weather ought to have a full bout. They To-night the Circus opens, and given fins

Paintings at Masers Hughes & Hough's place of the settled gloom of yesterday Opium from. Persia, Tukey and alse. įrecommended Trotai Wei Han-for the post Aviation Meeting to-day the aristo come back to us with splendid credentiais

Sales Rooms. 2.30 p.m.Auction of Household Forni ture, etc. at Mesars Hughes & Hough's Sales Rooms.

Amusements. 9p.m.-Band Concert in Public Gardens. p.m.-Performance of Bppodrome Olsens at Causeway Bay.

General Memoranda

TronADAT, July 7 :-).

5.30 a.m.-New Hoop.

brokers seemed to show a decileilly hopeful countenance, and towards noon it was reported that the work of settling accounts had been begun. As usual rumour has been hard at work over the settlement, and in the absence of anything definite the report has been generally accepted that the banks in

U.30 am. Lecture by Hla Lordship the conjunction with a recently formed

Bishop in Peak Church,

The China Mail

HONGKONG, TCRSDAY, JULY 5, 1910

It is expected that in consequence of the large increase of indirect shipments of

where; China and Great Britain will have to devise a fresh opiam agreement...

A meeting of the Indian community was held in the Indian Temple on July 3rd,to from Calcutta to Hongkong, before Messrs lay the grievances of Indian passengers Jardine, Matheson and Co. for cen sideration.

The forty-sixth annual report of Johm Brown and Co., Le.. the great ship-build- March 10, 1910, the profit was £279,489. ing firm, showa that for the year ended

A dividend of 7 per cent for the year was

declared":

The Chinesa Fagineering and Mining Company, Limited, reports that the total the week ending 18th June, amounted to output of the Company's three imines for 20,587.62 tons and the sales during the period, to 23,004.59 tody.

financial organisation are tiding matters over. If this is correct a very favourable complexion is put oc affairs, and the apprehended disaster will be nvented."

The North-China Daily Noes, in discussing the situation, acknowledged that Shanghai bad peculiar difficulties of its own to face, and it urged that is would be wise to lose no time in grappl The Japanese steamer Alagosan Mieru, ing with them. Our contemporary con-laden with coal, has been wrecked on the during a dense log. She was a total wreck Amherst rocka, near Woosung, running on

steamer of 2,044 tons gross, she was bult which were thought to be hanging over case, moreover, the purchase price Id., of Dumbarton, for the Mini Bussan the Shanghai stock market in regard has been too high and the working Gomai Kaisha. She is registered as 10041 at Lloyds, the port of registry being

SHANGHAI AND THE RECENT RUBBER BOOM.

www.

LAST week the Shanghai" correspondent tinnes-"If we are to believe outside

of the Ching Mail sent us several tele-critics, the standard of Shanghai rabber at date of latest advice. A steel screw

Mr Bartram Giles has been transferred to Changsha, as H. M. Consul, relieving Mr Hewlett who goes to Hankow in Mr Giles' phrce.

"

The presentation of an address by the Parece community to Sf Hormuajes Mody will take place at the Parsee Clab to- marrow at 3.30 p.m.

Claude MacDonald has been appointed to The Japan Duy, Mas learns that Sir serve as Ambassador in Tokyo from Uctober next for another two years. Sir Claude was appointed to Japaa tai 1900-***

Bir Willard Straight, the agent of the discussing with the Russian authorities in American capitalist syndicato in China, in St. Petersburg the Chinchow-Aigun rail. way scheme, to which Russia is opposed.

dead. After a year as translates on Mr Mitsuhashi, Mayor of Yokohama, is

Japanese Foreign Office and rose to be the staff of the Japan Mall he entered the Minister at The Hague, which position he

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Dachter few sixty miles in his aero- plane, when the framework collapsed, colony, and the public will have a and he fell headlong, a distance of 800 chanes to see the now additions to this since their departure from, this

feet, and was killed

The tragedy was witnessed by the The performance will snoramence at 0 p.m. show as well as to welcome old favourites.. mother, sister, wife and child of the and for the convenience of the pohlo the aviator.

management has made arrangemente for special trams to run after every par formance.

IRISH LAND STOCK.

Beuter Service to the Chinn Hail.)

LONDON, July 5

The thres per cent. Irish Land Stock, amounting to four millions, has been issued at £82-10-

DEATH OF U. S CHIEF JUSTICE.

DIRTY WEATHER

The depression which the Hongkong baratory detected on Sunday, forming: to the south of the Parcels, had developed Aufficiently by Monday evening to justify the hoisting of the green typhoon siguals, signifying that the disturbance was over- thres hundred miles south of the Colany, The night was vary blustery, with occasional HON. M. W. FULLER.

rajo aquells, and by daylight it was apparent that riatters had not improved, (Reuter'a Service in the China fail.)

and the red cone was accordingly hosted Lobos, July 5,

AL 1165 o'clock this morning the Melville Weston Faller, Chief Justice was probably moving towards, the NW, The death is announced of the Hon. Observatory reported that the depression typhoon aiguals were lowered, and the

Over Hainan, in the direction of Hongay. [Note-Deceased, who has been ailing The barometer has remained, fairly steady for some years, was 77 years of age. Hall day in Hongkong, and the weather fore Was a well-known man throughout the

grams regarding the serious difficulties companies is not uniform; in many in 1897 by Mears A. McMillan and Son are up to become Mayor of his native of the United States

town, Tokohama..

to the Jane settlement, and we notice capital is inadequate. To avoid the | Kucbinotza. There was no loan of life. Hour and Prince Tsai Tso will be raised intue in Europe as well being a memates squalia, and showers, with the wind"

Readers of the Chira Mail will have had

It is reported that both Price Tsai States, and indeed, gained considerable cast for the next twenty-four hours anti- in rank to that of Talo Chun wang, or

ber of the parament court of arbitra-fresh fruin the S. EL finery throughout Japan in 1908, Talo Pai le, Prince of the third rank, and being Venezuels and British Guiana to litile dificulty in following the some of # There were 26,868 persons suffering Prince of the second order, from that of at the Hague. He was obe of the according to the Joran Mat. The number this will be carried out upon the return of 1899, and in 1906 was a member of the this typhoon on the special map recently

arbitrators to settle the

of mad men was nearly twide as great Prince Tani Tao from Europe.

arbitral tribunal in the matter of the issued from this office. the number of mind women. For some

Mascat Dhows, at the Elagua. Graduating anexplained reason Kyoto appears to be

frem Boadain College, he studied law and

Our renders will be glad to hear that the

by papers DOW tn hand that inevitable disappointment to a large our surmise that the troubles thus number of shareholdere, steps should alinded.to were principally due to the be taken to face the situation caused Rotation of tod many rubber companies by the locking-up of so much, if not all, in the Northern settlement was correct. capital in rubber. If awkward calls for pa 150 In other words; Shanghai, overestimat- further capital are to be obviated, it is one of the inddast places in Japan. Out Rev. C. H. Hickling returned safe and was later an associate editer of

ing its capacities, had entered into essential that development expenses be bigger contracta in this line than eat down rigorously. Again the limita it could properly assimilate. The Elang-tions of the Shanghai market have hai stock market is very much localised been fully proved and it is desirable had draws but a comparatively small that investors should have a wider luastic to overy 60 sane folks. portion its funds from the home market. scope than is afforded by this

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EMPIRE CINEMATOGRAPH

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was admitted to the Bar in 1865, E NEW SPECIES OF. MOSQUITÓ whereas the rata in Tokyo is one out of visited lately. We understand he was tually he removed to Chicago, where he completion of year's researches on the of every 330 citizens of Kyoto one is insane, sound lo-day from the up-station which he Democratic paper called The Age. Even formed a law partnership in Augusta, Me, 1,115. Nagasaki, however, hag a striking unable to return malier because the practiced law until appointed. Chief Justice part of Mr F. Theobald, of the Indian A Publis exaltation will hardly greet the record, out of every 168 inhabitants of that weather was bad and all communication was in 1888. In him America loses a com- town thers is 1 mad person. But Fukuoka stopped.

zanding

personality and a jurist of high Masem which, says the Pioneer, have- has the worst recordfil, namely, one

rank-ED. O.M.] EA

resulted in the discovery of the types of twenty-three new species of mosquito, RUSSO JAPANESE among which are those of four new genera

TREATY SIGNED.

Simultaneous labours on the

operators, stealers” and brokers in solution of the problem would appelate years owing to leaf disease and low An American scientific mission sent to

of other expert entomologists have affected: the acquisition of seven India specimens of the allied blood sucking Phlebotomis, while so cumerous, alas I is now the Indian Museum's collection ofIndian blood-sucking

Amongst this year's prize awards by the Franchi Geographical Society is that of the One Interesting feature of planting Conrad Maite Brun prize (gold medal) to We do not wish to auggest that the market. The lines of a feasible enterprise in Java is the revival of coffee Bailey Willis, for his werk as head of,

cultivation which find allen off greatly Shanghai fill analogous position to to bare been indicated by a cores prices. The Jara crop, which reached China. Further, the Armand Rousseau

(Independent News Agency's Service to the Chino Mail) those far famed South-Sea islanders who pondent whose letter we pablished nearly one million picuis years before 1885, price goes to Dr. Albert E. Le Finy, the were said to make a molest competence on Saturday, Ee proposes that Shang. now scarcely touches 80,000 picule. Java author of Notes et Croquis. d'Orient et. The new Russo-Japanese treaty was fuscidaess to entice to farra the basis of

TOTO, July 5, by taking in one another's washing, but in rubber companies should al-Liberia coffee came into favour uphil leaf prize to Captain G. Zoil of the Geo Lust

coffee, properly so called, having thus failed, d'Extabme-Orient," the Francis Garnier signed in St. Petersburg on the 4th there is little doubt that most of the gamate into one or two companies to disease seized upon it. Planters now pin graphical Service of Indo-Ching, and the their faith on, Robusts coffee, an African Alurander Boutrons prizs (gold medal) is

report by Mr Brunetti, which is abortly to be published:

PORTS, ALES, STOUTS,

WHISKIES,

GINS, BRANDIES, etc.

DONT BE LED ASTRAY talking, but deal only with a firm which has

money used in the share 'transpolians in be registered in London, with the sole rarity, and the area under it is steadily awarded to M. Joan Redce, who recently CHAMPAGNES, CLARETS, 8. WATSON & CO., the Model Settlement of local origin. managing faculty. there, and that the increasing. So far, this coffee is free from published the respite of his tour in China

Hence when Shanghai got bitten with shares should be put on the Londen leaf disease. It has besides the advantage in book form LIMITED.

the rubber craze and began to Boat market. There can be no doubt that

of early productiveness, quick growth, and heavy yields." cuppany after company "all on its such a scheme would reduce working

By his apeuch as Chancellor to the own, it found ita-capul quite insuffi- expenses by a considerable amount, in London, Mr Newton Moore, the Prime Lord Rosebery has completed a noble At the recent West Australian hangust General Council of Glasgow University cient for its needs, and many people saw while offering better opportunity to Minister of the State, said his last audience triology of tributes to King Edward VII. brokers Lead. The Shanghai Meyury those who so wish to realize their with the late King revealed to him the On this occasion he devoted bimself to a on June 27th rather discounted these investments."

profound Interest His Majesty tonk in the vivid presentation of the late Sovereign's Years by printing the following par

overseas dominions, The Iste Bororeign personal character. If, he declared, the The Shanghai Merenzy, in the course showed be had an intimate knowledge of French had had him as their King they PETMIER BALL OF THE COLONY, phThe burning question of the of a leading article on the 28th June eren such a remple Stato za Western Aus would have named him Lo Hol Charmeur.

Vaux ROAD CENTRAL

pant four weeks in Shanghai has observed We accuse nobody we tralis, and he displayed native sympathy He land geen little sald about the King's doubtedly been the Juze settlement day have no insinuations to make we

with the people's ambitions and aspirations. personal tastes. They were eminetly of the Shanghai Stock Exchange Up have admittedly been foalina how were given to the service of the overseas but his special passion was for planting and **The lost tab hours of King Edward's life simple. He loved all sports of the field, to last week-end the general opinion can we guarantee that we shall tht be Empire, King George, who had received adening. It was in these luncount ples prevailing was that there would be both so again? Four classes of people are him (Mr Maze) while he was Price of

sures that he came in contact with every form of humanity trumble and disaster when settlemou interested in this question: the brokers, Wales, was a great Imperiallat, and no one day arrived, but today it is stated and their clients, the general public, and as people. there seems no reason to doubt the the lawmakers. Let us see what has veracity of the statement--that such will happened. The brokers have been not be the case. On the con ry we accased of ngging the market, of tempt have reason to believe that an arrangeing impecunidas people Tent has been arrived at which will en fond their means, and

ble the settlement in go through in se practices

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