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180

1600

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torpedo-bont destrojst

590

7500

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196

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Upper Engla

150

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Yangisse

180

300

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8050

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Weibiwei

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Hongkong

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Hangtong

Lieut. R.K. C. Pope

Hongrong

Lieut. Handley

Hongkong

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Lieut. Wyndham-Quini

West River

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COTTON AND YARN.

Alessrs. Jaines F. Hutton and Co., of Manchester, in their Weekly Mar-1

“I don't see why a man like that Rosario. ket Report, dated June 25, 1914, say should have a special kind of hat! The prices for Mid American Current which we call a crown or a special Ahonth during the week have been kid of walking stick which we call Sandpiper June 19th 7.84 th 720 2nd a sceptre. He does not deserve these Stipe 7.29. 2ml 7.38. 24th 7.871, 26th things. He is no better than one Tamar 740 Spot Mid American ing of his Ministers, He is no better Teal quoted "Time Uth 7.07, 20th 7.57 than Asquith himself. 22ul 7.50, 29d 7,56, 24th 2,541, and man here is too much like his own Triumph Relay 7:63.

relative, the Czar of Russia, "

This Thistle

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Mr. Nevinson followed by describ- Wollend been much improved weather in the ing the incident in Court, when corten helt which las had the effect with the most remarkable courage Widgeon

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of materially increasing the prospects Miss Blomfield threw herself be Woodcock of the growing crop with a renduncy, fore the Throne und said, Your Woodar. to cheaper prices and cotton is easier Majesty, stop this torturing of wo Tata.noth than it has been for a month passinen. I do not know what rote The official weather report states that pathetic or more useful prayer she the past week has been the most could have made," Mr. Nevinson | C.37 favourable so far this season allowing, said. If you cannot make u petition C she plent to make excellent growth like that to the King, what inay you and greatly improving the outlook.

And we read in say to anybody? ... This is confined also by private the papers that his Majesty puid ne reports and us it will be another week attention, but preserved his dignity .937 before the next Bureau report is anal calm. I say it is a false dignity .058 dated to, the improvement should be anul.un onworthy endin cheers) Shown in the trees-conditions thun ven. Reports from Texas show res markable crop improvement, some districts putting the outlook as being 100 per cent. better than three weeks" ago. Of course every view at pre- sent must be contingent on weather conditions and they are a most uncer- tain quantity and just now while the plant is young the weather changes have a great effect. It is, on this account that the future of Cotton valies be forgcusted.

DEATH OF MR. J. W. HOBBS.

Liberstar Fallare Recalled.

A once prosperous bus, later sad career was closed recently, when Mr. James W. Hobbs passed away at his residence, Norbury Hall, Norbury, S.W. Mr. Hobbs, who began f

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9600

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10 1200

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Franch river gunboat

180

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570

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129

7

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French gunboat

190

Lieut. Collin

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French gunboat

Lieut. Dupuy Datempe

Tabong. King

Flagship of Rear-Admiral Huguet Commander-in-Chist, the French China Station.

sa builder, begune associated with Kaiseria Elisabeth The Egyptian Minister of Agricul. Jabez Balfour, of the Liberator ture reporting on the cotton crop at Building Society, formerly M.P. for Dupleix the end of last mouth also reports Burnley, and when in 1902, the some ment iniprovement in the Balfour grup of societies failed Hatalm weather and the Egyptian erop is now Mr. Hobby was armiqued on various Decidée stited to be making good progress charges in connection with the so- although it is still generally buck-called Liberator funds, and at the wart. The water supply in most trial prosecuting counsel. Mr. Charles Vigilante districts has been sufficient and there lathews, stated that the advances Peisa has not been much damage, done by made by the Liberator Society to Hobbs und Co. umounted to over pesta,

The Manchester market is still very£2,000,000. Hobbs, it was said, in quiet and dull and trade on all hands 1884 bought Norbury Hall for remains very poor. Where business £8,000, but later it figured as an Lynx is done it is usually where suppliers set in his accounts for £75,000, Protce. are prepared to take exceptionally In the end Hobbs was sentenced to kow prices but there is very little in twelve years' penal' servitude for ducement now to sell either from a forgery and fraud, but was released Froode Spinner's or Manufacturer's point of about five years later on mediculberville view. It is generally reported that grounds. His eye-sight was in fact the bids rude are far too low to lead failing. Among the buildings erected Pistolet to acceptance. "India demand is very of his firm were Whitehall-court, on Mousquet 415 Still, Culentte and Bombay being the Thames Embankment, the Hotel Manche

the only markets to figure at all. Cecil, the Hotel Victoria, and Hyde. The Straits do a little hand to mouth Park Hotel Singe his release he business. Some improvement is de bad resided at Norbury, Both, Mr. notes in the reports to hand this Hobbs and Mr. Jabez Balfour were Hadan mail from Ching but there does not members of the Croydon Town Coun- Gazisenac seem to be much new business froiccil, and when the borough was incor. Iltis thas market. A revival of China de-porated Mr. Balfour was the first Jaguar 643mand would help things elong bere Mayor. Mr. Hobbs was twice elect- Laizzig

very well but this has been looked ed Mayor, in 1687 and 1888, and ic Lucha forward to for so long that those the latter year the Australian cricket people who cater specially for that team played their first match in Eng- market seem to have given up hope: land at Norbury Hall against Mr. C. the state of credit there is however I Thornton's XI. He was in his Scharnhorst not what it should be, and the i-72nd year. porters no doubt prefer to wuit deve- lopments.

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Saigon

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360

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307

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800

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2009

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17. 8. transport

4360

1800

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1804

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LOSING WEIGHT

BY THE POUND

A violent and disgraceful denun- there is evidently another. A race which ciation of the King was cheered to han for generations practised self-immola- the echo at a meeting of the For- tion eventually learns to regard it an A* ward Cymric Suffrage League in the privilege, and the fanatics of the East A

clings to suicide like the Russian pera B.2 Caxton Hall last month, and a respeta who still mutilate themselves in the tion of the Prince of Wales drew the name of religion, despite the severe B-3 hisses from a section of the audience. Jegal jónalties which have been devised to

Mr. H. W. Nevinson referred to check the abuse. "the terrible and tragic error" that the Government had made in ad vising the King not to receive Mr. Pankhurst. If I were a King," he said, "I would not always be getting behind the wooden wall of the wooden heads of my Ministers.. We have a King to whom we pay large sums to represent us and to stand as a sort of figurehead to whom we can appeal in times of crisis. If he is not that, what is ho? Why do we pay him? Why do we keep him there? Personally I have always respected the present man. I have looked upon him as a man dull, but deserving who was doing his utmost to do his duty in that state to which unfortunately it had pleased God to

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