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HOLDSWORTH.-Ou, July 29th. 1910, at Kalee," Shanghai, PERCY HELPSTOATE, aged 38 years.

MEMOS FOR TO-MORNOW, Miscellaneous. 2.57 p.m.-Now Moon.

Darrach's 9.15 p.m.-Mr Marshall

Shakespeareas Recital at Peak Hotel

General 'Memoranda,

SATURDAY, August #:~~-~

Bay.

3.30 p.m.--Gymkhana at Race Course.

9 p.:-Water Fete at V.R.C.

the Speaker to the majority of the House..

A Commission of Fine Arts created. The immanity bath" sbalished. Authorization of $20,000,000 bond issue for the completion of irrigation projects.

Appropriation of $100,000 for the establishment of business, methods in Government departmenta.

THE CHINA MAIL.-

A Kipers and Harbour Act which "marks a new era in such legislation, providing as it does à plan for coordin ating the work of river and barbour improvement and making it from year) to year harmonicus with past achieve ments and future needs."

NEWS OF THE DAY,

The next Siberian mail is dou to morrow by the P. and th .. Assayo,

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NEWS OF THE DAY.

The silk or the 0.. S. E. str, Paimme | Mary, which left Hongkong on the 99th Jana, arrived in New York on the 1st

The middle of August should see thẻ | August drydock Dewey in working order again,

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Soveral local people telt for Japan by tho Kumano Maru yesterday as will be seen on reading the list of passengers ou Page B

The Club Unino, of Shanghai, gavo a splendid reception the other evening to the "officers and crow of the Portuguese cruiser San Gabriel, now making a tour of the globe.

The Chaton Railway Company has wired to the Board of Communications protesting against the extension of the line of the Bainning Railway Company from

Long-mong to Paishih

Capt. Mills, of the C. N. Ca steamer Yoshow, which arrived in port this morning, reports having passed through the tail end of a typhoon: 36 hours were spent in Worth Harbour. The steamer's ship ping report will be found on our back page.

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The New York Nation, which is the candid friend of the American people generally and of the administration in par The Hankow Daily News reports that ticular, says that "MrTartunquestionably the Japanese engineers in the construction came off with a much better showing off the Szechuan-Hankow and Canton

Hankow-Railways have been dismissed lars enacted than for a long time wholesale. seemed possible. For this result his personal activity is conceded to have been largely responsible, and it cannot be denied that his prestige, both personal and political, is correspond- fugly heightened. They are not very delicate scales of justice in which the people roughly weigh such things; and as politics go, Mr TAFT will get most of the credit for what Congress did, just as he would have received most of the

blame if it had failed to do anything. But those who strive to make a nicer estimate of performance and credit therefore must see that there is some thing to be done besides lumping the whole thing. In the matter of thei railway bill, for example, it has to be noted that the measure which finally passed bore very little resemblance to the ill which the Attorney-General; kindly Prafted for Congress. In the coures of debate many of its causes were entire rejected, others radically made over, while several new provisions were inserted. Thus, there were to be a strict apportionment of credit,

The National Anti-Woman- sufrage League, which has been formed, sppeals for a fund of £100,000. The signstories include the Dukes of Argyll, Norfolk, and Devonshire, Lords Lansdown's. Cromer, Roberts, and Rothschild, Bfessrs. J. Cham. berlain and Rudyard Kipling.

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Mr Roosevelt will at once proceed to make his articles on African sport into a book. He writes quickly-indeed, often dictater but he revises very considerably. The book will be published in Britain by Mr Murray, and in America by the Scrib ners, probably early in October,

Sir Robert Laidlaw intends visiting the chief centres in Indio, the Straits and China, where his frm is represented, during the coming cool season. He will no doubt also acte what can be learnt as to the present aspects of opium, a qustion in which he is 'much interested,

The working of the now railway from

Khartoum southward, which was opened on the 1st January, has proved a revelation. The traffic has surpassed all expectations

and opens bright prospects for the future.

After a lengthy discussion, which was ended by a voice from the gallery crying Geb along. goots!" the Camberwall guardisur "detided to retain the use of the word Esquiro alter their names in agendas aud the minutes."

Two tage have started to tow from Barrow to Rio de Janeiro the eating dock recently constructed for the Brazilian Government The dock is 550 feet in length, with a beam of 139 feet. The tow- age Will Cost £16,000.

Two British naturalist's named Pratt

father and son-have just been rescued

from peril amongerviges on the Dutch New Guizan coast. They had ventured far in-

land from Geelvinck Bay to visit some lakes. They found themselves among tribes at war, and were forsaken by their coolies. Their guide also left on the excuse of ill treatment. The Dutch authorities on the const. on bearing of their plight, sent relief party which met them after two days

marching.

OPIUM TRANSACTION

APPEAL

THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1910

[Corrman]

DEATH OF A - NOTED --

CARTOONIST.

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TSAR TO VISIT GERMANY.

DETAILS OF PROPOSED TOUR.

(Renter's Service to the China Mail) (Raster's Service to the China Mail.)

Lesir, August 4.

LONDON, August 4. It is semi-officially announced that the

The death is announced of

Mr

Linley Sambourne, the well known leading cartoonist ca the staff of Punch. Tar and Tearitza will visit Gerniany Note-Born in London in 1815, 11, the autumn, the latter undergoing firat drawing appeared in Punch in April, a heart-cure at Bad Nauheim, 1807. He succeeded Sir John Tenniel se The visit will most probably include - chiel cartoonist on January 1st, 1901 and

a dore some very notabia work. Hea meeting between the Tar and the will be sadly missed by the great journal,Kaiser." E-OM-

DEATH OF A RAILWAY PIONEER.

(Independent News Agency's Service

to the China Mail.) -

TOKYO, August 4.

Mr Knauye, who was the first man to engage in "railey construction in Japan, died in London on the 2nd inst.

SETTLING OLD ACCOUNTS.

(Independent News Agency's Serviçe to the China Mail.)

Torso, August 4 The Russian and Japanese Consula in Mukden have commenced an enquiry concerning the private properties of Russian subjects which were used by the military authorities during the Russo-Japanese war.

·SOCIAL AND PERSONÁL.

Cerpl: H. L. Garrett, E.K.V.C., has been granted leave of absance for 6 weeks with effect from the 4th August.

PARLIAMENT ADJOURNS.

MEETS AGAIN IN NOVEMBER,

(Reuter's Service to the China Mail)

LONDON, Augnap 4. Parliament has adjourned till the 15th of November, after receiving the royal assent to the Declaration, Regency, and Civil List bills.

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THE SPANISH RELIGIOUS QUESTION.

KING ALFONSO CONFERS WITH FRENCH PREMIER.

(Reuser's Service to the China Mail)

·LONDON, August 4.

His Majesty King Alfonso, while crossing France with his Consort Queen Victoria, en route for England, had a long conference on the anti-clerical; situation in Spain with Premier Briand, the chief author of the French Con-

Loxnor, August 4..

Reuter's correspondent at Madrid. wires that the Catholic agitation in the Provinces is assuming a most threaten- ing aspect. The organisers bare deter- mined to hold a monster demonstration at San Sebastian on Sunday, whether it is prohibited or not.

At the Supreme Court this morning before the Chief Justice Sir Francis Figgotd and Mr Justice Hazeland, sitting as a Full

Mr D. B. Vincent has joined the Hong-gregations Law. Court, Mr M. W. Slade, K.O., instructed by | kong Volunteer Corps and has bean posted | · Mr B. L. Deonys. Sr., applied for leave to ate No. 4 Company. appeal in the case in which Hung Man Chun and the Shun Koe firm sought to recover |$770 as damages, for breach of contract, defendant having agreed to purchase from | plaintiff ton chests of opiam and to nocept

dolivary thereof on April 19, but failed to the improvements he has affected among M: J. Barton is being complimented on pay for and take delivery of the same, in that the ferns and flowers of the Cathedral the learned Puiano Judge decided the case in favour of defendant against the weight of evidence produced before him and that plaintif being taken by arise at counsel tained in books and documents which would being engaged did not produce the facts con

have shown his caso to be trus and the defendant's false.

Bu

11 .m.-Auction of Household Feropia great deal would bare to be set

tare at No. 1. Quarry Peint, Quay down to the account of the insursioner at Weihaiwel, has presented a report Mr J. H. Stewart Lockhart, Commis. gent Senators, who, with the Democrats, or 1009 which compares favourably with predecessors. He points out that the revenue during the year amounted to Mr Sinde asked for instructions as to the $63,499, as against 883,247 in 1903. The procedure with regard to the new evidence deficit is met by a grant-in-aid from Im-to be brought, whether their lordships porial funds..

SUNDAY, August 7-

10 Anction of Naval & Victualllag

Stores at H.M. Naval Establishment Noon-Mesting of The Hongkong and Shanghal Banking Corporation at the City Hall.

SATURDAY, Angmai 20:-

really shaped the law in many of a

9 a.m.-Excursion to Macao by s. main features. Nor should the exer-

Heungahan.

tions of the House insurgents be over TUZIDAY, Angast 18:----

looked. They broke down the autocrat- is power of the Speakers machine, and undoubtedly contributed in that way to he passage of the milway bill in form much more satisfactory than we should otherwise have got. Moreover, they demonstrated that it is not neces- sary to have a tle dique in absolute control of the Eouse in order to get things done.'

The China Mail

Hosaxona, TEUNDAY, AUGD&T 4, 1910.

AMERICAN LAW-MAKING,

Another aspect of the case is presented by the Indianapolis Elar, which says:-

A small Departmental Committee, consisting of representatives of the Foreign Office, Tudian Odio, Colonial ice, and

Board of Trade, is sitting at Whiteball. to discuss the question whether the British Goverurient shou'd join the International Opium Conference, which in to meet at the Hague.

An effort is to be made to reconstruct the Crystal Palace Company. The princi- pal project in to remove the Zoo from Regent's Park and devote a great deal more room to the animals than is possible

in the present position. If this is not

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desired an Affidavit to the affect of say new oricence which it was proposed to call.

Their lordships intimated that they wished this course lo be followed

MORE TROUBLE IN SAN ON.

Later information from the San district seems to show that the trouble in that district is by no means over, and that the heavy taxation of the people is really at the bottom of the irritation. Two addi tional taxes here been imposed, and these

compound.

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General Debtylle, Commanding in Cochin

Chia, has been drowned by the upsetting

Lerang Prabang. of boat in the plekong Rapids below!

Tha Pinang Gaulle hears that Mr F. C. Kendall, of the Hongkong and Shanghai Band is being transferred to the Singapore. bath very shortly,

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TROUBLE IN THE LEBANON..

DRUSES REVOLT

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(Reuter's Service to the China Mail)

LONDON, August 3. The Drases in the Haura District of the Lebanon have revolted, destroying two Christain villages and killing. many of the inhabitants.

Troops have been despatched to

Prince Taxi Hion and Vice-Admiral Si Sob Chen-ping will leave Poking on the 19th August by train for Hankow suppress the rising. From whence they will proceed to Shanghai on a mimion to Jagan and the U.S.A

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FURTHER NOCTURNAL-

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MASSACRES.

Church Notes announces that the Rev. F. T. Johnson, Senior Chaplain of St. John's Cathedral, has notified the Bishop and the (Peuter's Service to the China Mail.) Church Body that he is returning to the

Logoer, August 4. Colony at the end of the year, for another, tern of services

Renter's correspondent wiring from Constantinople says that the Druses nocturnally atmcked three mixed have been resented. We do not wonder.mended for prizes for regular attendance at

The following children have been recor. Moslem and Christian vllages and

it is said that everybody who keeps a pig the Peak Church Sunday School :-Enest massacred hundreds of men, women.

A FEW weeks ago Reuter telegraphed In the fece of his later achievements | practicable, a sopamta company may best pay thereon a tax of twenty cents. Britt, Bessie Brett, Jack Brott, Phoobe and children of both confessions. that the session of Congress at) Washington had finished its labore the country will be disposed to forget formed to run at the Palace x huge zoologhills to eut firawood for a living must aleo May, Lance Brett, Teddy Gilby, Mildred

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exhibits will include everything that- is į

Further, all woodcutters who go to the May, Iris. May, Francis Pinckney, Dione

in. These two taxes are specially irritating

their houses were marked by those who

its resentment at the President's unical garden after the Continental fashion. after establishing

recard for

pay a small sum of each burden they bring Beck, Douglas Muray and Arthur Gilby are introducing to their customers and legislative work unattained since fortunate words at Wisona and sub-

Subscriptions are being raised At to the people, and they should be kopt the general public, a new wood for.

the close of the Civil War. Itsequently at his apparent alliance with Amsterdam for founding an Institute and in mind in reviewing the outbreak of

ITEMS AT THE COURTS. furniture construction known as

was added that President Tarr, in con- the Senate and House oligarchy. La Library, in one building, in connection with LIME WOOD sequence; had recovered a good deal these later days he has cooperated with the Dutch coloria The collections and rage on the part of the women, when

Thirty gimblema, same from No. 61 Mount Kellet Road, sppeared befors Mr A heavy, close grained timber, eminently of his former popularity, while the the progressive Republicans in both known about the colonies' history, produc. wero taking the census. It appears now i

ised to the climate and guaranteed prospects of bis party at the forthcoming Horses in perfecting legislation entions, natural history, ethnography, and that more than a thousand women have J. R. Wood, to-day, when two were fined |

November elections were corresponding reformative lines; and the country will industries. The cat is set at one million | banded together and sworn an oath not to 950 each and the remainder $4 each. FURNITURE brighter. American papers now to hand give details of the legislative

not to warp or crack.

de from this wood is especially free

from all classes of insect life, the dour of the lime wood being

distasteful to all insects.

WE are exhibiting, in our show-window,

#collection of LIME WOOD FURNITURE, showing a complete. DINING-ROOM SUITE WITH CHINA CABINET AND PEDESTALS. ELLUSTRATIONS AND QUOTATIONS ON APPLICATION.

ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS.

'EMPIRE'

enactments which have seen the light

guilders of which 800,000 have already been pay those taze. They went through this be glad to see this, because in spite of subscribed. It will bear the name of the with all the seriousness of a religiou the President's occasional infelicitous Colonist Blouse.

utterances it has always believed in his purpose and ability and earnestly wished

| service. · Marching into the hills, they took apig with them, which was sacrificed, and A mural tablet in memory of Tom its blood was the bond of the oath. More

The case against the Treasury shroff who' as charged with embezzling a sum of 8129,41 came again before Mr J. R. Wood, at the Magistracy to-day, but as defendant

RAILWAY STRIKE. COMPROMISED.

GOVERNMENT INTERVENES..

(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)

London, August 3. The strike on the Grand Trunk Line in Canada has been compromised as a result of Government intervention.

CHAMFERLAIN'S COLIC, CHOLERA AND DIARRHOEA REMEDY.

this year, and one must acknowledge for him to come into his own, an Morris has been placed in the Church of over, it seems that some dozen houses were did not appear his bail of $500 was 'I HERE is probably no medicino made

that they make aförmidable total. The main features may be summarized as

follows:-

"The Railroad Law, further extending the regulative power of the Government over common carriers, including the telegraph and the telephone.

The Postal Savings Bank Law. The granting of separate Statehood to Arizona and New Mexico.

A Conservation Law permitting land withdrawals by the Executive. *

Creation of Bureau of Mines, do signed to minimize danger to mine- workers.

Publicity for campaign contributions made compulsory-

is doing now."

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Altogether Presiden! Tarr must be enjoying his summer holiday, despite his sprained ancle, the consciousness, good work well done as well as ap. preciated at its proper value being balm which must salve most efficaciously his once sorely fretted spirit.

THE RICE MARKET.

Hongkong Much Overstocked.

the Holy Trinity, at St. Andrew's. The torn down during the trouble the other day, tablet has been gives by the trustees of the and these houses they have vowed neitbarto Royal and Ancient Golf Club on behalf of rebuild, nor to allow anyone else, to rebuild, the club, and vu it is inscribed To the memory of Tom Morris, born 10 June, Altogether it is a strange exposure of the 1831, died 24 May, 1909. An elder for 18 ucsettled stats of the country side, and in years in this parah, courteous, kindly, vivid contrast to the nearby peacefully apright, devout generong in rivalry, ruled district of the British Hinterland. modest in victory, he was boloved and hanoured by friends of all ranks.

The appointment of Sir Edward Wallington ar prijate secretary to the Qacon, is of cepocăl interest. Mz Walling- ton was one of the discoveries" unde by the King and Queen when, as Fricce and Princess of Wales, they visited Australia

PAPERMAKING ÎN KWANTUNG.

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The official in charge of the Board of Developement has called attention to the unsuccessful state of the paper trade in Canton. It is pointed out that the rise of The Hongkong rice asret is pretty well on their famous crise on the Ophir. At the modern newspaper implíce the use of a overstocked and steamen engaged in the the time he was private secretary to the great deal of paper. Yet more than a half trade between Saigon and Hongkong ara Governor-General, Lord Hopetour, and of that now used is imported from outside having a bad time. We bear difficulty is the ability and energy he displayed in

msatisfactory. A commission has there. experienced in obtaining freights even at making the many arrangements for the provinces. This condition of affairs, is comfort of the Royal · visitors greatly. impressed them, with the result that in fore been appointed to consider the whole. 1903 Mr Wallington received the appoints question of paper making. There bas ment" of Groom of the Bedchamber to the bem no great drsace in the use of This state of affairs has no doubt been Prince of Wales.

inschinery in the manufacture of paper brought about by over-speculation on

in the provinco though there is at the chance of a famins In Soeth Chice. The Denticha Oritat Korrespondent least one mil. But it is to be decided The long drought in the spring induced learns from Bagdad that the English are whether there shall be more millé catsblink- Bleappearance of Man EVA 70BES. system of heavy fines for interstate commerchants to buy with slew to future big thoroughly in eamest, with their projected and more machinery set up, or whether

Creation, of a special commission to investigate the extent to which railroad stacks are watered, and to report on the feasibility of Federal supervision of all railroad securities. OINEMATOGRAPH THEATRE, "Authorization of two 27,000-ton battle

ships, and many smaller nowal vessels. PREMER HALL OF THE COLONY,'

Appropriation of $250,000 to emble Du Faux BoiD CENTRAL,

the Tarif Board to investigate the Opposite Central Market. difference in cost of production at home and abroad, the result to form the basis for an accurate adjustment of the

White slave tradic penalized by

* Kueformanoak:-7.16 to $ and

918 t 11.80 r.. schedules.

The Lighthouse Service reorganized. Law requiring use of safety appli-

merce therein.

The eminent Soubrette, and Dancer

Miss ZEAGGIE FRAZER.

The Infantile Actor

LITTLE PEROY.

GRAND SUCCESS

of the Queen of the Banjo MISE L'AURA DIAMOND

GRAND MATINEES : Saturdate and Sundáru, st á E.K AT REDUCED PRICES.

the unremanerative rate of 7 cts.

From Haiphong matles are aron worse, vessels baring to leave the latter port with practically nothing in their holds.”

profits; frights jumped too, but now the of a railway from Bagdad to Boirat. paper shall still be made by hsn. Other Rice at the present English capitalists are, it says, no c facta about the paper trade are to be looked reaction comes. ances on railroads strengthened. moment can be bought cheaper in Hong-fident that the Turkish Government will into with a view to assisting the develop

Provision made for raining the baitle kong this in the producing coatros. ship Maine.

Appropriation of $200,000 to the Department of Justice, for the prosca tion of viokers of the Sherman Antitrust Law,

Further regulation of alien immigra House rules sorrised as to transfer responsibility frative action from

tion.

A PRICELESS POSSESSION.

approve the plas, that they bars already ment of the trade and assisting the workers bought extensive tracts of land for the in the Cantos province.

PA TIME SAVER. Chamberlain's Pain Balm on hand.

Te the supply of Chamberlain's Colic, purposes of the milway in the centre of Cholera and Diaphos Remedy should Mesopotamia, between the Earphrates and suddenly become smiled, many homes the Tigris. German capitalists interested would consider bottle of it to be a price- in our (the German) Bagdad Railway Ko is an antiseptic liniment and less posession. It is sold in almdet over enterprise," the Korresponden: fairs, will causes wounds to heal iz los time than by civilized country,, and never fails to give satisfaction. For sale by all chemists and not have much cause for rejoicing as any other treatment. For sale by all

chemists and Morekeepers. stora keepers.

prospect of this competition.):

estreated.

ther is rolled upon with more in- plicit confidence than Chamberlain's Cofic, Unolers and Diarrhoea Remedy, Daring

"I was not smoking. I am blind and I the third of a century in which it has been went there to look for my elder brother," in use, people has learned that it is the ons remedy that mover fails. For pain in said, a defendant to Bir E. R. Halifax, the stomach, diarrhace or infantile cholate, when he was charged with iw others this remedy has no equal. It has been with boing at No. 118 Bhaniiwan Road used in many serious and dangerous cosas and has never boou known to fail. When for the purpose of smoking opium. A reduced with water and sweetened it in áns of $4 each was imposed and two pleasant to tako, For sale by all chemista. kaspers were also ined 850 each.

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