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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1911.

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LAW REFORM.

ONE APPEAL COURT TOR

EMPIRE.

¿Renter's Service to the China Mail.)

"LONDON, August 2

The House of Lords has passed, for second reading the Appellate Jurisdies "tion Bill,

Lard Baldone mail the measure laid the foundation for a single Court of Appeal for the whole Empire by com- bining the Court of Appeal of the House of Lords and the Judicial Com-I mittes of the Privy Council. He added that the scheme, had the concurrenes of the Imperial Conference. -

HOME CRICKET.

(Renter's Service to the Chiun Mail)

LONDON, August 9.

In the mitch between Derbyshire and Leicestershira at Chesterfield, the latter coruty has been awarded three points The match lal to be abandoned

on account of rain.

Kent, playing at Brighton, defeated Sussex by an innings and 120 mus.

THE ANTI-TRUST LAW,

BIG CORFORATIONS DIES -LVING.

(Reuter's Service to the China Mail,)

LONDON, August 2.

A New York message says that, in order to comply with the anti-Trust

decision of the Supreme Court, the Standard Oil Company and the American Tobacco are arranging plans for disaolu- tion. It is expected that these will be

carried out beforë 1912.

Other smaller Trusts are also prepar- ing to end their corporate existeucego as to arcid prosecution

DROUGHT IN S. CAROLINA.

152 COTTON MILLS CLOSED.

(Reuter's Service to the China Mail)

EONDON, August 1.. From Charlotte it is reported that 152 cotton mills in South Carolina have been shut down in consequence of the drought.

PHILIPPINES LEPER TREATMENT.

BRITISH REQUEST REFUSED. ¿Renter's Service to the China Mail)

LONDOS, August 1.

A Washington telegram states that owing to a prohibitory law the Goyera- ment is unable to acceds to the request of Great Britain to be allowed to sent forty lopers from South Borneo to the Philippitce Leper Colony where the disease is being treated with marked

Juccess.

CANADIAN RECIPROCITY.

PLEA FOR “NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.”

(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)

LONDON, August 1.

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An Otowa telegram states that Mr. Sifton an ex-Minister has issued a manifesto stating that he is not a can didate for election, but he denounces Reciprocity and hopes that thousands of Liberals will be found patriotic enough to put country before party and vote to priserve the true lines of national development.

F

JUDGE OBJECTS TO 1 WID

DLING HIS THUMBS.

Ths Yes Loong firm mieù Lo. Kanalisa Logan, before Mr Justice Gompertz, at the Supreme Court this morning, to recover 873.17 for goods sold and delivered?, '

Mr J. H. Gardiner oppenrost for plaintiff and Bir Otto Kong Sing defended.

Mr Gardner-My cent is not here. His Lordship-1 can't sit have twiddling my thumbs waiting for your client,

Me Gardiner-I expect him her every moment.

"His Lordship-If you had let nuo know I would not have come into Court yet.

·NOTES ON WILD LIFE. In Hongkong and S. China

(pecially scritten for the “Curva Mars

by Rev. G. A. Beseny).

[Catalien stated],

THE CHINA MAIL.

grey colour with magh ridges; the crunture has six tous or the Leont-feat, fire on tho hind. A broth made, trum the flesh, is awed iu certain bawat complianès, „

Sub Order 2: LIZARDS. Lizards slures obtrude themselves on The attens on ud reddents in South Chinn Their Arm is too well known to need description They differ from snakes in having a long anion beloon the right and laft halves of the lower jaw, and usually in the passion of movable eye-lids. They are die ded into twenty Bamilies.

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The majority of the small. Heards of Lacertillas; the largest lizard in a spoles of Souh China esem to belong to the family You can read the latest up- monitor, bound, among other phucus at Lantau, and exten by the Chinese, The

and Aying lizard (Lam Kwang she) is reported Tho small grase lizard is an article of trade, I may be purchased at the Recreation Ground near Naw Strent, whore bird fanciers buy it for chair lacks. Large consignments of dried lizards (Gecko verticillatus) stretched on baahoo strips see annualy sent from Wa-drow, wengi, WATKINS'

Mr Mirza, Clerk of Court, was ontside and

Be Gardiner-I was cut there; I though are found throughout the whole of the from the hills of Sanon and Hot Stam was going to tell hita.

A Chinainan then entered the Court and his Lordship asked Is this your client adding "He senu Tery pleased with

himself."

REPTILES.** Sub-order Chelonians (Tortoises and Turtles.) Tortoises and turtles form a well-defined group anong in the reptiles owing to their defensivo Armour.

Geologically the

Secondary period, thus being earlier than Antiquity is very groat; their fossil remsing

the crocodiles. At the prescut time thair importance is less in the animal world than past ages. Of the varius Zoological regions into which the world has been dividend says Dr. Günther, the Oriental or Indian region is chamaterized by the His Lont-hip gave judgment for plaintif | number of freak-water soft tortoimus and with conteng

S-necked tortoises, land tortoises being senres." The 'S-necked tortoises are so called from their power of withdrawing their head into their shell by an S-like bending of the neck in a vertical plane: they are thus distinguished from, the side- neekod ter oimos, found alpin the Southern Hemisphers, which cotract the head by bending the neck to pra sido in a horizontal plane,

Evidenca was called,

ATTEMPTED THEFT.

During hat night, or in the quely hours this morcing, a would-be thief entered the servants quarters at Braeside and endeavoured to get away with a box of clothing. One of the conlies, however, wax disturbed and seeing the intruder be made, for bm and tried his best to effect his arreat. In the soufle which followed, the coolio had his head rather badly damaged badly hurt, the coolie gave chase but failed to catch the depredator. The police have been informed.

The 3-nocked tortoises (Cryptodira) are divided into six great families, of which the first (Testudinidae) contains both the

to the Chinese medicine stores in Hong tong. This variety is used in the treatment of liver complaints.

cry; they are aboudant in all oriental The Gecko Family are so called from their

euntries; to form they are depressed; the head sed back are covered with large galos, the under ortacs with scales no moveable eyo-lid.

pupil of the ore is a slit and there is.

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annual examination in hygiens, which was Twelve Schools entered teams for the held on the 14th July Inst.

The highest place has been taken for the second year in succession by Balilios Public School with an average of 02.9. St. Joseph's Collegs comes next with 7.3.and St. Mary's School third with 31. Belilics School was unable to send in a full team of ten, the shick goes to St. Joseph's College.

England, and also the giant tortoises the Galapagos Talauds.

This family has the following repro sentatives in this region:-

of

1. Kam Eval("golden tortoise"): 30 called from the yellow rings on the black only. The upper ubell, which has twenty- end of the head and neck. Length 4 ins. The front fest have fire toon, the back four

tion, and may after be seen on the tables of eight marginal divisions, is used in divina fortune-tellers.

The

Kwai") found at Lóh-fan, and other places 2. Snake's Hand Tortoise" ("She Tau but sebe there is sandy soil near rivers. The

bill of this tortoise is very strong. Chinese consider it very erutageous!

3. "The gold coin tortcisa ("Kam ts'in Kwai") This may be seen any day in Canton in the poulterers shops. The carapacs is usually of a dark brown colour with a black line down the centre. The baue. The best of these tortoises, which pate has a yellow patch which gives

are highly esteemed for the table, come from Shiu Bing and Young Fang in the third and fourth moons,

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issue that it has been officially decided to We were able to state in our yesterday's

appoint the river class destroyers-Ribble, Unk and Welland to the China Station. Below we give a few details of the vessels, All three are torpedo boat destroyers of the same type. They were imilt in 1903, Each carries six guns and has a tonnage of 500, while the horse-power in 7,500 j. d. All are at present attached to the Home Fleet. Their designed speed is 26 knots, and their best achievements notified are:- Welland, 26.24 knots; Lak, 28.1 knots; Ribble, 25.81 knots. They are due hers in December.

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lisada has several haunted the The Irresistable Busland, by Vincent

Wa Shan Montabery at Lob Fau, where .it is regarded with great esteom by the monke, ho aay it has attained high rank" (in the priesthood)! The name is given from its loud and penetrating cry.

but never succeeded in catching, a lizard 3. I have also som on the Kowloon Hills.

Thane Izards were usually found in the about 3 inches lung, with a rough skin; ita light brown, and dark red-brown patches. general colour very dark sage-green with

to detect till they moved, by the similarity chinks of the rocks, and were very difficult of their colouring to the weather were were casting. surface of the granite upon which they

Thu Horseshoe, by Ms Fred Reynolds,

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Heath Hosken.

Members of the Family, by Owen Wister.. group of lizards found in this part of the Mr Noakes, hy C. A. Dawson Scott.

The Agamide form the second great The White Owl, by Kate Korn. world, there being at least one handed The Hand of Fenus, by J. Morgan de known species. Their-toneus is similar Great to the geckos, and like them they have no A True Woman, by Baroness Ortry. But the eyes, which are smaller that those The Vision of Balmaine, by G. B. Bargin. bony plates under the scale of the head. Robinette, by ste Dougins Wiggin of geckos, have morsable eyelids and Honour's Fetters, by May Wyans. circular pupils. Theas Izards usually Some Happenings of Glendalye, by Doro captors hand, and they have five tees havo a long nil which cannot be left in the then Conyers.-

found in the interior, belong to this family. Winding Pathe, by Gertrude Pagu. each foot. The Bying lizard, sticton The King over the Water, by Justin

McCarthy. it has at lost one representative in South China. Culotes versicolor ("Ma Chang Sha horse-mane lizard) the ground colour a yellow.buff name is given from four bhorn-like gr the with seven brown belte: the in th-neck. Length, body 4 ins, tail 6 ins Common in the Nex Territory and on tho Kowloon Hills.

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The second group (Platysternidos) has a representative in the Taal Tau Kwai" which has a huge head in proportion ta its body, a strong horned beak; & dat shell, and a long engineuted tail. It is aqaatio family in the sub-order of lizards. They The Manitors (Vanize) form a third and is found both on the West and East are found in Southern Ain Africa and late Hast Dispanser. Government Civil Rivers.. Like most of the other tortoises, Australis, but notia the New World where it is eaten by the Chinese As medicine therefore of the term iguans to the largo alons iquando are found. (The application rather than a delicacy. The third and lizda of Chiun is a misnomer. One such fourth families (Mud terapins and Snapgreat lizard used zo he inhabit pera) are confined to Americ

clazapoftrees near the old Customs Stati r. The fifth family are the Turtles (Che-and its agility was not impared by its at Kapsimoon. It had scales but no bristles, tonidae); these may roughly be distinguished size, as many Atampts to calch it proved. from the rest of this group by their The Snake-like Lizards (Anguidae), ro inability perfectly to retreat their heads, and presented in Englaud the Blind worts, by the modification of their feet inte dippers who have lost both the use and the pos Chinese distinguish at least three specit The Chinese call it "Tit Sin Sho" (iron wire never having more than two claws. The ssion of limbs, have at least one re presentative in this part of the world. in then waters.

snake) and the name is cleverly dee 19ually are. The full-gras anual is 5 criptive of the creature as Chinese naras

young are of a bron colour and most or inches long and quite black resemble a bit of bicgels valve-tubing.

Steam Kavigation Company Limited, presented to the shareholders at the considered sacred by the Chinese Several 1. Hoi Kwai (Chelone mydas:) This is thirtieth ordinary general meeting, held at years ago one of this species was caught the Offices of the Company, London, on and was being conveyed to Hongkong to Thursday, the 13th day of July, reads: be converted into soup, when the crew The Directam now submit their report cams forward and offered to abscribe to and statement of accounts for the year buy it rather than allow it to be killed,

The turtle was put over-board..

1910.

The final result of the year's working

2. "Tui Mai; found in the waters round does not reach the lesel which was at one Hainan. This turtle is not deemed macred, tima anticipated, although distinct (pro- and as the Chinese do not hesitate to eat grees toward a more profitable fatate of it. The rims of the spectacles which give affairs can be recorded, and but for a the old-fashioned Chinese gentleman sa sovers financial crisis in Shanghai last veerable an appearance are made from the summer it is safe to assume that the year's shell of this turtle. "business"would have shown a much better

result.

3. To this family probably belongs the Sha Kwai," taken in the island of Ping Chan in the fifth, sixth and seventh Chin- in freights in all directions has gradually moons. It also is held enered, and ir, extended to China, and absorbed much of said my informant, taken only by the rendered freights unprofitable in the Tur the irregular tonnage which has for so long Chinese when in company with Europeans

The sixth and la-t family are the luths Enst.

or leathery turtles, probably not found in

here waters.. ;'

The improvement which has taken place

The remaining sub-order are the fresh.

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·blue colour. bave never acceded in poisonous by the people both of this pine Transport service by the Shanghai the vessel now being built for the Philip- province and of Fuk-Kies. Unfortunately Duck & Engineering Company Faring & its colour barmonizes an well with the grace that it is only when in motion that one greater displacement. detecta site

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Bly grey black,

A very banta. back

tful lizard, with a henge fucked with gold, and a black streak ou

LOT.

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www.

From Mr Lacy Goodrich, General

where they abound, but are rarely sezu kave ('when lietuning. Hold their hands cicilia Railway, user à grade which does Admiralty on acount of his son having allocating. £55,379 19., 2d. to depreciation, a severe bite. Happily they do not in quintance of the Gera Dragut not exceed one per cent, in fact the

The credit side of the Eavenue Account (including £7.537.6. 20. brought forward THE ARCHER-SHEE CASE. from last year with an addition of atmosfer

of £20,000 from Underwriting "Account) their characteristic feature, the claws on ADMIRALTY PAY COSTS AND which £7,438 74, Cd. was paid in Novembercealed by a thin continuous leathery place I went daily for somedays a few years entitled "Finned, Furred and Feathered," amouits to. £116,407 15 7d; out of the thres outer-must toes of their webbed each aisle. This Jizard is found all over Oriental Agent of the San Francisco cenia Fost, In this sub-order the aboll is the country; I have seen it in Hongborg, COMPENSATION.

at Shia-bing and at Lah-Lu. As the intter Rate, we have received a little booklet Last in reduction of the preferenco dividend skin though which can be seen and felt gs to watch

The in arrears, and it is now proposed to ridges and hollows of the shell below, young ones by the side of a little stream, telling all about hurting and fishing up in (Reuter's Service to the China Mail,) farther reduce the arrears by the pagincat Being residents of frosh or brackish water, wore unspotted with gold. The mother cuyo is one hundred miles long, and is

play of a pair with two

of 22315 r., which will only leave it in natural to expect them in the Canton had Inar hor tail. I then shaved that od its entire longth by the Western LONDON, August 1.

in the morning and evenin The young the Feather River, in California. This Mr. Archer-Shoe, who on July 29thstanding the ontingent liability attach Delta and in the great rivers of South China, lizards lik

ing to the year 1910, -1910, brought an action against the

Aftor making provision for this payment, at night. They are very vicious and give 4. Ayone who

of the Western Lang by ly to u to a Chinese friend building

Pacific hites which is mid to be very dangerous when next be

through the Biorras is the engineox- to bathers.

goes to bay graan-happors bis birds. This little brown lizard has i 1. The mud tortoise (:!nal kwal") han | Jody three inches long, sada tail an inch was only accomplished by the expend). a black bend and legs, the upper sarfree hunger: he is caught, n-ually at dawn, inture of many millions. This is all the No additions have been made to the slight grey, exactly the conur of Cn the broken ground so the fun of the Row-more remarkalde when it is considered Company's diet during 1910, and no build-ton med. Louth of carapace, 14 in by

that for more than saran handrod miles ing contracts have been entered into. Two Bine. - One of ibis specină, cbrought from of the Company's older steamers, the the Delta; used to live in the pund in the Amars and Hig Bang, have been disposed Botaniod-Garden. of during the year at satisfactory prices,

make the

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been dismissed from the Navy, for the and 23,000 to reduction of expenaus of bins grow to the size of the huge indian who keeps larks, and get him to buying. fat of the twentieth century, and

alleged theft of a postal crder, writes to debenture invus, and meeting all other the newspapers stating that the outage, there remains balance of Admiralty, under the word of Lord £3,83 75. Bd. which it is proposed to Hersey, has paid him £7,120 as coats

carry forward, and compensation.

A chemint has recently analyzed a sample of silk dress that was submitted to bim by a lady. He found that it contained

ru-alaction.

Loup bithe

5. Tachydromuevidierakis (** In Ble between Salt Lake City and Ban Francisco of getting me the salt bix the Chine per cent. To the tseller this means the Halt lizard from fits well-known hit the grade does not exceed one half of one (home) in perpu the most evicy oberved

Chipse

The local offion of the Toyo Kisen Kaisha

The rotiring Directate are Mr H. Beazley found it Hot Bhan, Shin Hing, and in ads nor the botan bal Gradeor, bera only a fraction over 28 per cent of riik, and and Mr E. Heauchamp, M.P, who, being the Delta generally. The carspace is he may be reep daring the Pumper and also sends us two pamphlets advertising 2. The and Turtle (Sas Kesk Ulized songking Be trequitia the comfort, to the merchant quick freight

interior of the gelampe, especially

in the service. w much tio was found in it as that present eligible, far themselves faz fa-electin, nearly round, and care Uscally 9 or 10 bay lang dawlowing wall the Company's service, in connection, with Fin poor tin ores from Cornwall- The tin

Means Turquand, Youngs and Co., the inches in dismetor; ita surface is accionth. Blom, he thy or to the light Hisc octars in the so-called weighting of the Auditor, refiro and will be proposed for The bond is of the size of a shilling and | fark-beawn; bis longth to me the the route.”

colour ande in & annut the eyes are small and law-light and he is sword meme wid he fressently learn his tail vici uss the claws are strong, the belly fat in his enemy's hand. I do know an - NOTHING SUPERIOR

and white. This species is sold gearmaily old man home tindo was to such three Nordinary case of Diarrhoe cao, as A

in the Canton shops,

hamardhe;" he mid they were prescribed to be from which we take the foregoing, adda Chamberlain Cole Cholers and Diarrhoes sold in the pigs in and and Kong-roon habeo and how by the der down the rule, ba care by a Kingia dose of 3. The Bhas Bull (mountain tortoise) plants. The litle Ezırd was gut into a

swallowed alive in C of touch on Remedy Tirls remody has no superior for but bra ht frm X= howl complaints. For sale by All Chemiste

The car pitient's habi and Storekeepers.......

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ilk The chamint states that ho at once realised the ter that the silk dresser worn by the ladies in London, taken together, would roprosentin Cornish tin míns of very air quality an Americia contemporary,

The filt the chemist had exstained would not stand more than three months steady Swak - Zejndon, and, China Beuren: Scis

(To be continuad) -

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