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THE CHINA MAIL.

Commerce, to which he was oppointed in September 1908, and, since then his conspicuous, and varied gifts have. brought him rapid promotion. Two years later found him a probationary Grand Councillor and President of Board, that of Police. Another year later he was appointed special com

nissionar to enquire into the condition.

THE BALT MONOPOLY OF

KWANGTUNG.”

The salt industry in srried on in certain districts that border the aastern coast of adjacent pisces. It is a big industry, and Kwangtung, such as Ka Ying Chau and many, we are employed preparing and storing the salt, and then shipping it to used by the inhabitants of Kwangsi. the inland districts. A large quantity is

Sottled weather in most suitable for the

́NHWB OF THE DAY.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1910,

[CorTRICHT.]

[COFTAUNT

Malvin W. Sheppard has run a thous ANNEXATION OF KOREA. THE AMERICAN COT-

and yards at New York in 2 minutes, 191 seconda. "This is a world's record..

BRITAIN'S ATTITUDE,

TON UROP.

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

851NGRAT, August 25. “

when there will be Suffragette Serjeant-

The Saturday Review speaks of the day (Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)

LONDON, August 25

It is reported from America that this It is reported in London that Reuter year's eatton arop arms, clad in bloomers, and armed with

is estimated at harpin,

learns that the British Government does 10,400,000 bates: pot object to the annexation of Korm

A man, charged with forcibly kissing

of Afanchuria and eventually became work and by preference auning days for girl in Londen was not only given two by Japan politically, and that it has THE NANKING TRAGEDY.

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then evaporation at the salt paris proceeds months' bard labour, but described by the been considering what commercial Per eau of 1 de Viceroy of Manchuria. Under his rule most rapidly. In recent times the price of magistrate as a kathsome bagst

efect the change will hive, but no statement can be made regarding what Manchuria made great progress econ- ten thousand Chinese pounds of malt has

At Sotheby's Sale Rooms, Notting the commercial effect will be until the bara omically and industrially and became bas two hundred and four dollare, perhaps a little loss. Recently, bo-

penny of the reign of Stephen

conditions accompanying the annexation bas boen sold · fue £10 24. Ba.. larger perhaps the best guverned portion of cause of the good demand a the Empire. His appointment sa Pa number of pans have been prepared Another coin of the same reign, which have been made public.

for catching the son water, and a larger realised £9 15r., had a small cross struck sident of the Board of Communications number of men have been employed. The GFox tho.. King'a, face, probably by a partiaan of Matilda, who, wauling money in succession to the corrupt Cuty Fresult of this, coupled with the few official military purposea, used Stephen's

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has resulted in vast improvements in the administration of that important Beard. His position has not been an The long struggle between Peking and the provinces in regard ...(MARIE BRIZARD & ROGER's) $30.80 to the question of foreign loans, for the 64.80 new milways of which the country do

standa so

badly in need, bus made the do VERY FINE LIQUEUR COGNAC, 61 Yours O'd

last eighteen months a trying time for Nara- For Hongking the above frices will be increased by the amount of duty him but his determination that Peking should be supreme has not been altered parablo-1120 pre Dize.

and the very length of the struggle is an indication of bis stendfastness,

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the added tax, in regulations and that a great deal of salt is in store with no immediate market for it. This said that at present ten thousand pounds of salt will only fetch about twenty-eight dollars, a disastrous fall iri value. Unfortunately there are salt

cap

etoralicases whore the

Money

with this defacemont.

A splendid performance his boon ac- ecmplished by H. Bird and 9. Nutt, al the Southern Cycling Club, who best by: Smia, Xlsec. the 100 miles unpated tandem

be placed for safety, and recrd for English southern roads. Starting it remains in the open air, covered from Goff's Hill at 2:50 a.m., they covered with grass and reeds. The result is that the first 50 miles in 2h. 14m. Bs., and the much of it molts during the latter rains fall distance in it. 43m. 40s. The previous and those in charge are losing grantly. best for the official course was 4h. 47m. Indeed, what with the now regulations and la, by Moffat and Pulling, of the Vegetari. the increased taxatior, junks are not an C.C. The roads were favourable, and desirous of loading salt and so still larger there was a light south-westerly wind. quantity will be ruined. Naturally thera Bafors dawa, however, the weather was is a load demand that the officials should cold. No machine troubles were expori- look into the business and relax the new paced. Mr W. L. Woolveridge, S. R.R.A., rules, while alensures show'd be doviąed so

PORTUGAL.

A REVOLUTIONARY PLOT:

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SENTENCE PASSED.

(From Our Chen L'orresponden'.).

"SHANGHAI, Angust 24. The men Stafford has been tried before the British Supreme Coure baro," Judge F. S. A. Bourne presiding, cn n charge of manslaughter for shooting Borowski, a circus proprietor, at Nan-

(Reuter's Service to the China. Malking on July 10th, and has been sentenc

ed to four months' imprisonment LONDON, August 24.

(Note--Stafford wad omplo, ed in Bo- Despite oficial denials, details areowall's cirous, and it appears that the leaking out of a revolutionary plot in tragedy occurred during a drinking brawl. It is understoed that depositions ta on by the Russian authorities before deceased Portugal.

udied contained an appeal for clemency for

arently to blame for the incident.-E. C. M.]

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F.M.S. BEDFORD.

Not since King Carlos was dered has there been such a military Stafford on the grounds that Borowski was display in Portugal.

The First Division of the Field Army is under arms at Lisbon, the forts are fully garrisoned and supplied With ammunition, and the warships in the Tagas are reported as being ready to shelf the resolutionries.

These precautions-are believed to

smilitary Government.

PITCAIRN.-At "Woolamni," Kowloou. (a quality which will serve him greatly that salt can be imported into the interior, was "timekeeper. It was the first record have frustrated an effort to establish

to Mr and Mrs W. G. Prens, of a daughter.

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MEMOS FOR TO-MORROW. Auction. 2.30 p.m.-Auction of Household Furni ture at No. 4, Great George Street, East Point,

General Memoranda. SATURDAY, August :-

10.93 past Quarter Moon. Sunday, August 282--

9am-Excursion to Macao by

Beungeban

PER MONTH. MONDAY, August 99...

Tuning and Regular

Attention Inclusive.

S. MOUTRIE & Co.,

LIMITED.

Mengkons. April 18, 1907.

WM. POWELL

LIMITED,

in the new post to which he goes. Following on these two appointments we have the appointment of HE. TANG Saxo-n to the presidency of the Board of Communications, and the calling of Shave Kung Pao to the active exercise of

It is threatened that unless the officials de something to help matters the wurkeu will be discharged and they will join the bands of the unetoployed who go about rabbing for a living, and so cause trouble to quist people..

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NEWS OF THE DAY.

via

his long-held. office of Junior Vice- President of the same. Board. Of the

noxc mail from Europe, wisdom of the former appointment Siberis, arriven here on Sundag by the s.s.there can be no question. HE. TANG. Chouse.

SAD-ri has held high office before, and

30 p.m.-Anetiad of Household Farmi- ture at Nos. 1 & 2. Knutsford Terraer,

Kowloor.

Torsday, August 30:--

3.45 pm. Sanitary Board Mooting. WEDNESDAY, August 31:-

Birthday of the Queen of the Netherlands

(1880)

9 p.m-United asbestos Mooting.

Taczanay, September i :—

Shooting Season Begins.

Interport Swimming Contests aiShanghai,

First Day.

FRIDAY, September 2.—

Interport Swimming Contests: Shanghai,

Second Day. SATURDAY, September St

Interport Swimming Contests at Shanghai,

Third Day.

A further case of plague (non-fatal)

has been entrusted with special missions has been notified. This brings the total strand and, though the special know-for-1910 up to 25. ledge he acquired on his last visit

broken on southern roads this year.

In presiding over the annusl meeting of the General Shipowner's Society, Mr J. Wilson Potter, dealing with the question of foreign competition, pointed out that while nearly all foreign States assisted) shipowners, the English Government gave no such assistance, and as a result the foreign mercantile marine was increasing much more rapidly in proportion than the British merchant feet. "A tipping cor- respondant points out that (although this is undoubtedly a fact, but, oven allowing for the assistance which the Continental

( nations receiva) 'forsign abipoxvers, quite as much as English shipowners, are com plaining of the low freights, and have. flodeed, suffered more keenly than Enlish.

CHOLERA IN RUSSIA. -

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

Losion, August 24.

The cholera epidemic is steadily declining in St. Petersburg.

AMERICAN COMMERCIAL

TOUR.

Suggested Conference 10 Hongkong.

t

SALVAGE WORK COMMENCED.. [Independent News Agency's Service

to the China Mail.)

. TOKYO, August 25. The Japanese official agent stationed st Mokpho has visited & Bedford as she lies on the rocks to the south- west of Quelpart.

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All the survivors are well. Three salvage steamers from Saseho are on the spot and have commenced salvage work.

The cruiser in half-filled with frater.. The official agent has been requested to supply food and provisions and he is giving every assistance.

A PROGESSIVE OFFICIAL

"Many golfers ar deploring the gam. Ono reason of this is that the financial As is known, a party of some 50 Amari-

(Wah T Fat Po's Service.) abroad appears not to be asked for, his bling ekment which is slowly entering the stability of these foreign concerns is such can business men, mumbers of the As

PRKING, August 24 appointment to Peking is to be welcon-game At Wallon Heath, recently, the that they cannot bear any prolonged periodsociated Chambers of Commerce of the Immediately E. E. Wo Lak thing

somi-inst of a selling sweep for members of unremunerative traights, and bilet Pacific Const, are shortly to make an was appointed envoy ed. It has been one of the reproaches of White's Club was played, the value of their Governments are prepared to give extended pour in Chink. Indeed, they military minceuvres he cut off his to the French which was £1900. This sum was accum- some assistance, they will not so so far as have already left San Francisco by the ulated by putting the original sweep up to to keep the shipowners, or make up Pacific Mail steamer Korea, making quente. Be bas since left Feking

to them the difference between the low for Manila via Nagasaki. This short freight and the working expenses. At the visit to the Phillipines concluded, the

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of the new reign that able peu have been allowed to waste their best years 2.30 p.m.-Legislative Council Mooting.in retirement, and amongst the ablest

FOREIGN LOANS. of these men has been H.E. TAND. On

Larky's history of the rise and infu present time the majority of foreign staam- ence of Rationalism in Europe was one of ship companice are in so much Bnancial party will proceed to Shanghai, at

Wah Tes Fat Po's Service:) every ground his appointment is a good his earliest books. It was a very ck-difficulty that, unless thers is w material which port the Kores will make

special call, being due to strive oc

PEXING, August 24, ore. An uble, bonest, energetic officinable work for a young man under to improvement in the freight. situation, an

As foreign loans

are digently for some days and later they will proceed necessary a great meeting will take with a wide knowledge of me and write. Hitherto the cheapest edition acute crisis must result in the near future. September 26th. There they will remair

has boon one' in two volumes at 10s nat,

The following ia from an article on to various centres. Leaving Port Arthur affairs and with great capacity for Now Yessa Longina announce an addition The Latter Day Swiss," in Cornhill for on October 24, the party will make for place in the presence of the Prince organization, H.E. TAG may be in a single volume at half a crovo net.

Boochow and in turn Amor. Canton, Wu. Regent to decide the matter. August:-A foreign resident was fined to show and Fatehan will be visited. Then expected to carry on the excellent work

francs because his little girl had placked the party will come down to Hongkong, that has been done by his immediate

Notice has been given by the Const thrus battoreups growing on a piece of land

The China Mail.

THE CHANGES IN PEKING.

munications."

buoy..

where they will disband about November 7. It has been suggested to us that as these

members

the

AIRSHIPS FOR CHINA.

THRIE YEARS FOR KIDNAPPING.

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HONGKONG, THURIDAY, Atovat 25, 1910 predecessor in the Board of Comm. Inspector of the I.M.C.. that on er aboutjon which she and some half-dozen Swiss commercial men are *** out for business" it j the 26th instant the temporary gas-lighted cauldren had for years been accustomed to would be in the interests of Hongkong as a }

(Wah Tez Yat Po's Service.) The National Review is not quite so Yangue referred to in notice to marinus notice forbidding the plucking of flowera Chamber of Commerce. Such a gathering Naval Board, has decided to order from

buoy at the south channel entrance to the play. The land had recently changed distributing contre for Soul Ch

(hands, and its new owner had put up a conference: were arranged between the

PEEING, August 24. of the party and the Hongkong | Prince Taal Haun, President of the onthasidatic regarding SHENG KUNG NO. 490 will be replaced by the Kista A passing gendarme had found the childron of the business, men of the principel cities France a few sirships. The "general consensus of opinion among Pao. It thinks that he has "an undue light-rease, and the Middle Ground upper flagrante delicte, and had forthwith in-or the Pacife Coast and of

leading Chinese and foreign observers appears bankering after the aggrandisement by will be replaced by a gas-lighted stituted proceedings against the little commercial men of Hongkong should, it is foreigner, while letting the little. natives thought, be to the mutual advantage of to be that the recent changes in the of the ego," while it flatly accuses him

beth, giving as it would an opportunity for gs scot-free. The child's father appealed the market conditions at both ends to be Gentlemen's Outfitters. higher offices of the Peking government of "cribbing" when he drew up his

Liverpool's docks, which are to bojagainst the sentence, and by dint of hard come more fully known. We throw out are all for the good of China. The

well-known pamphlet on currency re- further extended at a cost of over thros fighting, which entailed, of course, ex-the suggestion in the hope that some form. Still, it admits that he is a mat million pounds, were commenced in 1709 pense, forced the bighar court, to reduce result, for if the idea were taken up the the Supreme Court this morning sentenced.

thing will be done to bring about auch a wheel of fate bas swang round fall

of ability, though it is rather inclined when the town constructed the first wet the fine from ten francs to three, i.., one mugemont of details could be easily Chan K to three years' imprisonment with. circle and the men of acknowledged

dock in the world. Down to 1813, the franc for each buttercup! When I tried to made. to be sceptical of His Excellency's docks were confined to the Liverpool side learn the whys and wherefores of this case, strength and ability who were eo aura-chances of getting China to adopt the of the Mersey, but in that your Birken- I was told by a Swiss that one-half of every marily dismissed by the Fusce REDEST gold standard, a task which he is ap- on bis first assuming the reins of power,parently about to enter" upon with the port, having been founded when the silting and also that Swiss gendarmes cannot fairly

NEW

STOCK

OF

'GLYNS'

STRAW HATS

Latest Shapes.

owes its very origin to its suitability for reports the offence for which it is levied ; head's dock schome was begun. Liverpool fine levied gear to the gendarme who

or were quietly sheived, to rest-out the greatest confidence. Our contemporary of the Dee robbed Chester of its position be expected to be quite so akart in taking

SPORTING, ́·

Swimming.

The Chief Justice Sir Francis Piggott at

hard labour for stealing a two-year old child at Sharkiwan on April Elat" with intent to sell.

It will be remembered that on Thursday the jury found prisoner guilty, and his Lordship ordered that he be detained in We have been informed to-day by the gol pending attempts to recover the child

best years of their lives in uncongenial with an eye on its chief patron, Yoxas the chief port for North Ireland. After { proceedings against their own country on, Secretary of the V.R.C. that their He was given to understand that the sent

leisure, have been recalled, to take a share in the governing of the country and to ask again in the sunshine of

Sm-x, finally gives expression to the thought that "these appointments all encourage the hope that even more men

Strongbow's partial conquest of Ireland people as against foreigners. Further, I under Benry II., s fresh port was needed, was told, by an American that in Switzer and the foundations of what is now Liver land all foreigners rask 23 Egyptians; and pool were laid.

that the one scriptural injunction that is faithfully obeyed there is that which the Court's approval. The National of acknowledged ability, now wasting

What is said to be the largest rubber ordains that Egyptians shall be spoiled. Review of Shanghai contains some per- their best years in retirement, may be Philadelphis drudging firm to be used in a uction hose gundo was recently made for as sonal detaile regarding the characters recalled to active service for their deep-water operation shout to be ander

SOCIAL AND PERSONAÏ of the men who now relam to office

country." There is no doubt that taken. The outside diameter of this lose Mr. Viresh has joined the Infantry which possess in good deal of interest at Your Sm-xat's recall to office would is 33in, while inside it measures 20. The Company of the Hongkong Volunteer

foundation of the hose was rolled cold from 1,2001b, spiral spring which comprises the Corpa.

Wm. Powell, Ld. the present moment. "To begin with greatly strengthen the Chinese nd

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(OPPOST

WEB).

the highest," says our contemporary ministration in the eyes of all foreign "we bare Prince Ye Lase and HEgovernments. Bsc San-CNG admitted to the Grind Council. Of these two the former has recently shewn considerable ability as 3-

domestic diplomat, contributing to the

and order of the inner circles

^rument, reconciling opposing

of

sodras inch in diameter. The rubber.H.G., late General Officer Command Brigadier General W. H. H. Waters, C.B,

| and fabric entering into itę construction

weighed 3,2161hs. The rubber and docking the troops in North Okies, i paming The little town which bears the name costings of gum, after. which the entire fussian Armyin Manchuria in 1964 and has wore applied in alternate layers with through the Colony an route for Singapore. General Waters was. attached to the

the Edgeworth family, with its wealth piece was placed to a container and held his recent appointment since 1902. of literary associations, is now being sold.vulcanised with lige sam. Edgeworthstown was originally amall

village when the Edgeworthe established

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Previously he was Military Attaché at Et. Peterburg and latar at Berlin,” while he

and 4th of Septembar,, a

and, puder ll be held on the ence passed world depend upon the stapa little over a fortnight after the Intarpor he took to assist in that direction, and that immera return from Shanghai. On the he would be allowed free intercourse with 23th September the Buffs hold their annual his friends in the matter. fete in the V.R.C. bath.

The swimming season this year will

In answer to the Chief Justice prisonar probably close with the fifth annual Haraid he did not steal the child, bour Race for prizes prosented by the China Mai, Ltd. The date for this event

hse not yet been decided, though it WOLFES AROMATIC SCHNAPPS thought, that Saturday, October 1st, would be most suitable.

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It is stated that orders for the two large saw service in South Afries during the themselves there as long ago as 1683, and intermediate steamers for the Lund Line Boer War, the first of the famBy who went to Ireland have been placed with Mesaro Caird and reducing frictica between was meds Bishop of Dawa and Cossor. It Co., of Greenock. This firm has built

The following have been granted leave Perfect in its

sos oye to eye, and was this family which gave its name also to largely for the P. and O. Company, which of absence from the Volunteers

a personality in Edgeworth, now Edgware. In one of the lately asquired the Land Line, and now Gorg 5. E Wright (18 months) with MILDNESS, MELOWNESS AND

effect from the 16th Augort.

uncillor will houses of Edgerthstowe, the same, in advertise it as a branch service to Australis Bergt. T. Grishaw tone month) with

of the

which Oliver Goldsmith went to school, via the Ospe. More correctly, therefore, was born Abbe Edgeworth, who, at the the new boate should be described as for Yo peril of his life, attended Louis the Six- the P. and O. Company. A third vossal teanth on the scaffold: Sir Walter Scott, for this Cape service is already in process * many of the distinguished visitors, was of construction at Mesars Barclay, Curle interested in that house when, in and Co.'s. yard at Whiteinch. At an early the gaunt of Maria Edgeworth, late, therefore, thers will be three now Rackrent" Brat suggested steamers available in connection with Bir

The Waverley novela,

Thomas Sutherland's latest enterprise,

bard

A GOOD INVESTMENT.

effect from the 20th Augusti Private C. Gibbs (3 months) with effect

from the 23rd August.

C.8. M. J. D. Logan (3 weeks) with effect Borgt. B. Witchell (3 weeks) with effect

from the 24th August,

from the 24th August, Private T. Lovro (3) weske) with affect

from the 24th August,

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·A PRIOZLERS POSSESSION.

the "aupsly of "(Hamberlain's Colic,

anddenly become limited, may-hómes. IT costs but small amount to keep would consider a bottle of is to be a price. Chamberlain & Colis, Cholera and Daran possession. It is sold in almost every rapes' Bawady always on hand, and it is civilised country, and never file to give economy in the end. For sale by all satisfaction. For sale by all chepuista and chemists and storekeepers;

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Zongcope. July 28, 1910,

TELEPHONE No. 133.