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THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1911.

BY TELEGRAPH. BY TELEGRAPH.

[COFTZIGET.} ADMIRAL TOGO.

ARRIVAL IN BRITISH COLUMBIA.

- {Beuler's Service to the China. Mal.) LONDON, Aug. 31.

Admiral Togo has arrived at Victoria British Columbia, from Seattle, on board in American cruiser which is escorted by another.

AMBASSADOR KATO,

{Bouter's Barvica to the China MoN-)

Loos, Aug. 31. Ambassador Kato will depart for Japan next week on laare.

THE MOROCCAN CRISIS.

FRANCE MAKES OF HER MIND,

(Router's Service to the China Mail)

LONDON, Aug. 31. - -Tha Franch Premier M. Callsus) has recaived M. Jaled Cambon 'pre- paratory to the latter's return to Berlin. It is semi-officially announced that

JAPAN'S FOREIGN

MINISTER

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

Torro, August 31 Count Hayashi, the Minister of Cam munications, is temporarily appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs till Viscount Uchida returns home from Washington,

OHOSEN'S

APPRECIATION.

JAPANESE RULE PRAISED. (Independent News Agency's Service Is the China Mail)

Toxyo, Aug. 31.

No fever that 240,000 Lords and gentry of Chosen, including Count Li, the ex-Pemier of Karos, bare signed memorial addressed to the Emperor of Japan eulogising Japanese rule since the annexation. They express their deep satisfaction with the working of the new administration.

A SUB-CONTRACT. Before Mr Justice Gompertz at the

QUIET CONTENT AND GODLY

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THE CHINA MAIL.

THE RULE OF THE ROAD.

Launch Coxswain Tinedo

"For falling to obec rus of the road-Wong" (ali, maatse of the stokos, This scrap from the old school, hymneach Wa Egog, was not #10, by Comm book reviven many a memory like unto tha.

sander CW. Beckwith:RN thoughts which aries within the mind Marine Court this morning. His Worship opening an annant loan-alcestill redolent with the pertime left, by the lavender sprigs beloved by our grandmothers, and their grandmothere before that. Ones upon a time in England there was to bo found a quiet content conjoined with Godly thankfulucas, but, alsa! that annot be said to be the case nowadays. True, there are rare exceptions to be found in those quist, socluded places, undisturbed back waters as it were, which Le completely outside the ordinary surrent of the moment, into

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(To the Editor of the "Caixa Mat.") Six-In your columus from time to time have noticed lettera ventilating Kowloon grievances; I now have one I should. Eke to sit. Last night the officers attached to the 8th Rajputs had a high old time- singing, yelling, barracking, and generally disturbing raidents who happen to be sufficiently unfortunate to live anywhere near the mess. One can stand this sort of thing when it cease at a reasonable hour, - Carbon will ask Germany for a Supreme Court this morning the Tang Fat to anyone but themselves the practical bat to carry on the rumpus until the small Master Christopher, by Mr Henry de La

more precise exposition of bar stand-rm sued Mr H. Ruttonjee to recover application of the lessons taught from the hours of the morning shows a lack of con- paint with regard to Morocco in order 8708.10, being undertale to bedre pulpit or inducated by the ritual of the adoration for others which is saithar o prevent a recurrance of iceidenta dia- for painting, carpentering and other work service. The Church of England may pride gentlemanly ar creditable. turbing the harmony of the relations done and materials provided and supplied. ↑ Itself on the increasing number of its ad. ↑

I'm now beginning to realise the philoso- Mr E. A. Harding appeared for plaintif barents, its well-filled benches; the Noncon-phy contained in the ramark of the little between the two nations. He will and Mr F. X. d'Almada e Castro defended. forasists may ill cherish the watchwords boy when, on being asked by his father intimate that the compensation to be

Mr Harding said that plaintiffs were and shibboleths, once suals & potent furce wist gentleman that was who passed by, fered in the Congo, which is conceptractor carrying on business in Shelley is lifting the people from the savagery of replied "That's not a gentleman, father; Ederable, is the utmost which can be Street and defendant was the proprietor Hanoverian times, but for that their it's an officer fours, etc... acceded.

of the Occidental Hotel, Kowloon. On May formulaes stop at the porch and euter not

SLEEPLESS. It is afirmed that the public and 26 mann pamed Chan We called upon into the Monday to Saturday struggla for Parliament would refuse any fresh plaintiffs and informed him that defendant existence. No wonder men grow cynical | Marifices and it is hoped that Germany wanted certain work done to the hotel and and at heart agnostic; no wonder “quiet will note France's conciliatory spirit suggested that he should see defendant content and Godly thankfulness" have and assist in a speedy settlement of the with a view to getting the work. The fled the land,

managing partner of the plaintif frm sar In every aspect of English life this is the cestion.

Mr Ruttonjoe who took him over the hotel predominating feeling to-day when we have DURBAR PROGRAMME and showed him the work he wanted done, stripped things of, the swathing bands of The next day plaintiff's managing partner pretence and insincerity which we as a with his foreman again went over the work nation love so dearly to use u cloaka and that was to be done and it was arranged shields lost unhaply this pasing stranger hould get a glimpse of the nakedness that plaintif should put in specifications. beneath. In political life and an in- Plaintiff sent in his "bill of prices" the cressing bittemess, & traculant majority Amount being 82, 480. Defendant objected to disdaining to consider in the slightest degree the price and as they could not agree to the reasonable suggestions of the minority. terma defendant told plaintiff to think it Time was when the game of politics was over and self he could not arrange a price, played in different fashion, when after the After several interviews it was arranged rush and turmoil of the geraal alection that the price should be 82,200 and the legislators at St Steph's sat down defendant mid that if plaintiff would give to devise laws which represented the him, a written consent to do the work for average opinion of the Egdom. that smount he would give him the order. consequence the Conservatives, found At the time the arrangements were made themselves passing Asts. Parliament plaintiff naked about payment when de usare Liberal is tendency ther their spoken the north rives Lei Tung, which is about fendant mid that if he wanted any money words six months before would have led ten miles above Wang Shak, which was PURE DRUUS,

one to suppose, while the Liberals in their the terminus until the 94th inst. Work Plaintif asked for some money in July turn acted mon Conservatirdy than they is now being done on the track na far north when defendant sakod plaintif to produes had at first intended. To-day all this is as Shiu Kran, some seventy-five miles his contact which defendant altered and changed. The House of Commons is now north of Ting-tak city. The survey has mid he was adding another $100 for some expected by the leaders of the New been made some distance beyond Shiu other work which he wanted doing. Thought to pass nothing but what is im- Kwan. The work continues but not so Defendant had father aid that he would puriously demanded by a mucus-ridden actively as a few months ago. The Ocvera- pay half the amount as sa American who coalition; the minority is altogether ment has thristened to stop all work until was going to take the hotel would pay the ignored. other hall. In consequence of that Meas Dennison, Ram and Gibbs were called in

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LONDON, Aug. 30.

It is officially announced that in com- alderation of the scarcity due to the hought prevailing in parts of India, King ban approved a curtailment d the programme for the Darbar, whereby the military manoeuvres will be abandoned and the number of troops sending the ceremony will be radnoed,

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LONDON, Aug. 30.

The Great Eber Handicap (17 miles), man at York to-day resulted

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Claretoi

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2.

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Nineteen ran, and the winner, got bcme with three lengths to spare, a had separating second and third.

The betting wah:-100 to 12 agst Fillo; 25 to 1 agst Clarstoi; 30 to 1 agst Kirsdor

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--THE DUTY OF THE COUNTRY. (Router's Service to the China Mail.)

Lowrox, Angust 30,

all he had to do was to sak for it.

to survey the work and the plaintiff was now aucing for the work done.

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PEKIO, Aug. 30.)

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