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MARIE TEMPEST,

Mr. Graham Brown and the entire Tempest Company,

will present W. Somerset Maugham's Comedy

MRS.

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Fositively Last Performance.

Plar at MOUTRIE'S.

THURSDAY NEXT ! !

"Pules the Pistinprisho? Patronage of ILE. The Governor & Lady Studla.

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"The Brightest, Chcariest azd most Entertaining Show

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Booking at MOUTRIES.

Popular Price: $3, $2, & $1.....

£2,000,000 FREIGHT RATES IN DISPUTE.

FINAL QUESTIONS DECIDED BY THE COURT.

An-tho-was heard recently in the Railway and Canal Commission Court

RABIES.

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A

INTERVIEW WITH MR. HOLYOAK.

The Hon. Mr. P.H. Holyoak, în an interview given to a China Mal the reporter with reference to

of inauguration

governmental

of the protracted litigation in the matarrangements for the presention and er of the Butterley Company, Ltd. treatment of rabies, stated that it and others, against the London and would be very expensive to put up a -North Western Railway Company and separate institute for the culture of the serum, which he understood meat the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company in the question of the 4 per cent. increased charges for carriage of goods. The vans in controversy were over two arillion pounds.

COSIS.

be fresh and must be given in a series of some 17 injections, on each succeeding day.

years

Mr. Holyoak said: "I understand that the Government has hitherto contended that a number of cases of Plaintiff sued the railway com-known or suspected rabies in panies right to increase the charges. Hongkong during recent

justify the ex- and the railway companies replied that would not the cost of working had increased. ».

press establishment of a special For the railway companies, in whose department in the present Bacterio- favour the court decided the case. Sir logical Institute, and if we could John Simon, K.C., and Mr. I. E. rely on the number of cases being few 29 the average for Aspinall appeared, and, centended that the Butterley Company should pay probably be true. My contention is the past 10 years, that would In reply. Mr. Feore. K.C., said the that the danger of infection has be come distinctly more frequent in the Butterley Company's litigation was no past five years and that in a big ship- frivolous. They early gave nosice toping port like this, with a big popula. the railway companies that they were tion such as we have, we ought to be not going to contest their through in a position, even if it were costly, to give immediate treatment to anyone Mr. Justice Lush said the litigation believed to be infected with rabies. was against three companies, includ-I believe the Government is still ing the Midland Railway, but the ap- considering whether this is practic- plicants, acting on advice, did not able or not, and if not, whether the question any part of the through rates treatment could be given satisfactorily payable to the companies, srid gave by obtaining regular supplies, in notice that effect. He could not sequence, from the Shanghai and shercfere-sec-any-ground-for-making Saigon Institutes. I am convinced. them pay the railway companies" costs. that the Government is making a and he did not think the court had any serious investigation with regard to power in the "circumstances to make the whole question. the order.

rates.

MADRAS SURPLUS

REVENUES.

GIVEN TO OTHER PROVINCES.

V. Ramdoss Pantulu, à High Court vakil, presiced at a largely attended public meeting to protest against the

There are only two things which can be done, one of which is to make it a branch of the present Bacteriolo- gical Institute here, which is naturally the best, or if that proves to be im practicable to get supplies regularly from Shanghai, in sequence, and store them in cold storage," though it is doubtful if the best results could be looked for ender the latter con- dition.

Mr. Holyoak, in subsequent re- marks, emphasized the importance of the treatment being sure, in a case of Rabies and stated that if the serum were obtained, from distant report of Lord Meston's Committee on sources be could not see how the the financial relations between the freshness of supplies, manifestly a provincial and Imperial Governments. most important feature of the treat

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ment, could be guaranteed. stated that, speaking, for himself, if imported serum were used, should he ever unfortunately have occasion to require the treatment he would cer tainly much prefer to go to Shanghai

The Chairman said that it was unfair and unjust "for the Imperial Govern ment to annex the surplus revenues of Madras and give them to other pro vinces like Bombay, Bengal, Echer. Lord Meston's Commitee had greatly for it, though he contended that in disappointed Madras by recommend an important Colony like Hongkong ing the perpetuation of the system. this ought not to be necessary.

The Madras Mail, writing on the sub- ́·

ject, had expressed itself strongly on!"

the callousness of the Goverment of India in persisting in whai palpably was a gross injustice.

HONGKONG'S HEALTH,

Another speaker said that he was

The return of notifiable disease for inclined to turn Extremist. It was Sunday and Monday records two ábsolutely necessary that Madras cases of plague in the city and two in should be allowed to retain revenue the Hongkong district. There were, surpluses, ther thes beneficial schemes two deaths from plague. All could be carried out in the Presidency the Cases

were Chinese, and relief given to Madras people who and two were imported. In the were now groaning under the heavy. Hongkong district also, there was, - one fatal Chinese case of enteric land tax.

"Mr. Rangasami Iyengar said that fever (imported) and one Chinese the Meston Committee's recommenda- caseofcerebro spinal fever. Thereturá tions were likely to make the reform for the week ended June. 19 recorda scheme unworkable, and this was also fourteen Chinese cases of plague. what the Government of India seemned Eleven were in the city and eleven were fatal. In the Hongkong dis Resolutions were then unanimously trict there was one fatal Chinese passed that protests against the Meston Case of small-pox and in Victoria Committee's recommendations be for

chy one European and ate. Chinese case of deptheria, warded to, the Secretary of State and

neither of which was fatal. In the city the Parliamentary Joint Committee.

- there was one Chinese case of puer perál fever and in Hongkong district ona Chinese case of cerebro-spinal

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BLAZE IN PEKING,

SCORE OF LIVES REPORTED LOST IN BIG FIRE.

$2,000,000 DAMAGE.

P. and T. Times writes as follows The Peking correspondent of the

under date June 10-

Morrison Street was lined this morn ing with all sorts of merchandise which had been taken from the shops, over which the police were standing guard. It is impossible to ascertain how much of the fire was covered by insurance, but it is feared that only a few of the owners had protected themselves against loss by fire.

Once again it has been deiron- strated how necessary it is for Peking The largest conflagration that has to have an up-to-date fire brigade, occurred in Peking during my stay and one that would be of sufficient took place early this morning. At power to cope with fires similar to HONGKONG TIDES. 2.05 am, the alarm of fire was the one of last night. The beating sounded, the fire starting in the of gongs, the sounding of trumpets The tide table given below has been Tung An market on Marrison Street and bugles, the "carrying of lighted compiled at the National Almanac Offics Before the fire brigade could reach lanterns and banners by men who In London from the result of the analys the spot the fire had spread with only stand and look on only add to olmerrations taken by moses of a such rapidity that the sky, was the confusion and are useless. A surbomatin tide-recording machine In the Water Folloo Basin at Taken Elus Te coloured a deep red for a great dis couple of first class fire engines furing the years 1009-9

tance, the flames being hundreds of would have saved a considerable The zero of the tabla corresponds with feet in the air. Soon after the fire amount of property fast night. For the sero of the sounding in the Admiralty started rain began to fall and it is thermore it is necessary that a super Chart, which has been found to be foot probably due to this that the fire intendent should be appointed, who

-fishes below mean non-level

LOW WATER

To obtain the depth of water on the did not reach the other side of the bas knowledge how to fight con- dde gange at the Victoria Naval Yed street. The slight wind that was flagrations in a scientific manner. add a fent & Incher, and on the grage blowing carried the fire along Morgi- Every little th-pot fire party with it Lamont Dock, Aberdeen; add 10 feet son Street, towards the Legation their miniature manual fire pumps 4 fnabes to the height given in the table. quarter. At one time it was feared acted independently and with much that the whole row of business pre wasted effort. There was no scièn June 13 10, 23, 1829,

mises on that side of the street would, tific direction or organized effort "HIGH WATER

be burnt down, but an open place made to save the nearby buildings. gme distance from Messrs. Moyler The merchants and residents in the and Powell's shop brought it to an Chinese city-should insist on the end. The fire went a considerable", authorities having first class fire distance back from the street and did | fighting appliances. It would really," considerable damage. This cannot pay them to start an amateur fire be accurately estimated but it is brigade under able supervision, if 10thought to be in the neighbourhood they had to raise and maintain it by

of two million dollars. The ruins public subscription. were still smouldering this morning my

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and the police were busy trying to To signalise the anniversary of ascertain the number of lives lost the coronation of King George V the One policeman was of the opinion royal salute of twenty-one guns wES that at least twenty people met their fired in Hongkong to-day at noon. death on account of their being asleep! All ships in commission in the har when the fire broke out and the bour to-day were dressed" in hon- POR boum-tim you will find nothing rapidity with which it spread prevent our of the occasion. The flags will

betion than Chamberlain's Fing them from making their escape, be lowered at sunset: Balm. Now is the time to get rid of it.

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