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Temperature.

Rainfall 0.14 inoh

二百九千一

TOO EARLY YET.

APORE DOCK ESTIMATE

77

THE DOLLAR SA Toni-y'a cukup rate 2/3 7/16 Today & opening rate #39 16.

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HONGKONG, THUESDAY, JUL 31, 19:30 BAIXARIN

COMMONS QUESTIONS.

(Reuter's Service to the China Maft.)

LONDON, June 207/

"In the House of Commons,-replying to Lleur Commdr. Kenworthy, Commdr. Byras Monsell Partamentary Secretary of the Bound of Admiralty Asid the new dockyard and graving dockat Sitges, Would be established in the old straits. The ex spot would depend on the result of forthcoming vestigations. The questio i of providtig an adequate floating dock was being considered

Lleut-Commdr. Keaworthy urged the claima the floating dock against the graving dock and sug gested that the positiva la the struts was open ♬ attick from the lands. He asked whether the Wê Office had been cousuited in the matter, “

Commdr. Eyres Monsell replied that the mat ter had been very carefully considered in consult stion with everybody concerted,

Replying to a further question by Lieut-Co mdr. Kenworthy with regard to the respective ca of a graving dock and a fouling dock capable accommodating the largest warship under the Wa: hington convention, Commdr. Eyres-Monsell said the cost of a grwing dock depended so much on foes conditions that it was impossible to stale" ihn figos generally applicable. The dock would not be come menced for 18 months ortwo years. The exact size | had not been determined and it was too early to give any very exact estimats of the cost, but 'het promised to see what he could do. The floatt g dock would cost approximately £400,000. The post of the upkeep of a graving dock would be very smalf, while the upkeep of a floating dock would cost £10,000 a year.

NEW ZEALAND'S SHARE,

WELLINGTON, June

SEALED FOUR TIMES.

BRITISH LINEWS LIQUOR

INTERESTING EXPERIMENT.

(Benter'à Service to the China Mail:)

Southampt for New Yok taking a moti, vita The White Star Lijer Oynol has left apply of liator fx sealed chamber, whose dogri bears the quadruplic seals of the British customs, encased a small brass boxes each fitted with a lock in order prevent breiki ig by the vibration of the ship or otherwise Te forta teaded for use on the homewald voyage, when the scale whi be broken outside the territariul ilmie

POSSIBLE TEST CASE: ·

WASHINGTON, June 20.

The saling of the "yapia"; with sealed liquor is regarded as a concrete step to secure de- 6 site clucídniony of the law, perups turpagh a test. case in the Americas courts, of

ANOTHER OPENING:

WASHINGTON, June 20. Fresh instructions empower the heaita authori ties fully to consider the opi fons of for.:iga ships" doctors regardlag the quantity of itsar necessary. medici.aily.--Tala ad nitted y one is the way for the inclusion of liquor ordiziari.y pravidid as crews" raions.

CLOSES DOWN.;

ANOTHER NEW YORK FAILURE.

¿FOREGN EXCHANGE DEALINGS.

NEW YORK, Junio 20 Another Seck Exchange falure is the 21 amer mas and Fershay, one of the leading firms, who, like Mesir Knauth, Natted and Kuha, dex't In a Ministerial statement in Parliament extensively in foreigt exchang:, specialising fa Government proposed double the naval subsidizer.dan marks, £100,000, of which should be offered to the Admirals towards the new naval base at Singapore.

MOLTEN STREAMS.

MORE SICILIAN VILLAGES BURIED

HOUSES COLLAPSE.

The Am otira os

Itsasart: of $9,000,200 and

its Habilities at $7,500,000,

(The banking house of Knauth, Nacked and Kuhne, which had a record of 70 years in Wal Street, fadled last week. The statement, declared that the assets are ample to meet the obligations "provided they are administered wisely." The fig¤~ did a large business in travellers' letters of credit ROME, June 20-find-a member estimated that about $500,000 Estonia and Casazza are the latest villages re- thus invested. The firm's liabilities were stiled to ported to have been remorselessly swallowed in the be $11,000,000 and the assets in securities about the moiten streamis from Mt. Etna.

angsame.]

Houses are collapsing like card castles at the bes approach of the lava.

It is stated that the principal stream increase d in volume and speed last night, though the généra tendency apparently is to slacken speed-now that the lava is spreading over the flatter country.

【Citanis, a town at the foot of Mt. Ema with-a population of 150,000, has already been sevemi times rebuït la cousequence of earthquakes.].

GERMAN DEBTS.

CHINA CLAIMS.

LONDON; June 20. British nationals have been notified that they must fille claims la Shanghai or Loudon before: October 31 next if they desire to take advantage of the Anglo-German agreement relative to the pay ment of pre-wir debts out of the proceeds of the liquidation of German property in Chifan?

HONGKONG SHIP SOLD.

LONDON, June 20

The Baltic Exchange has auctioned the stèi "Nicolls," of 5.137 tons gross and 3,208 net, huslt Hongkong la 1919. The price fetched was £44,500

ARRANGING FLOWERS.

SOME PRETTY JAPANESE IDEAS.

FLOWERS THA

There is po

UNITED STATES NAVY.

RIVER PATROL WORK.

WASHINGTON, Jung-20. The Mavy Department announces its i tenton to ask Congress to authorlie the constrictio. of eight prukers, four river gaaboats and three craiser submarkie

~LATER The gum boats are required for river patrol work

HOME GOLF,

GLENEAGLES TOURNEY,

LONDEN, Juie 20.

doi the ghim face Geagles 1000 gipeas, golf tour ex were Rowland Jones of Wimbledon Park who w" 1 routed orice la 67 breaker tag the course recred: Oke of Fawl, whose score. J&J, PAE Ball (Lig'ey Park) 145, Ry and

Btries, Hivera & ́d Ockenden 1475- South Afr'cis et-champion. Brews with a sexr3 of 156 did not qua 1fy,

gets, arcustomed to. stantly sees, and every

Ts unpleasant to the eye when dis coloured. A few large vases are ery much beiter thai many small" mkewife Loner, and great care should be might advantageonialy look trudani taken not to overcrowd the her collection of glass vases End Lowes. The flustration of sa few relentlessly.eject those which are as seven white sweet-smeling One wonders If the Englishbadly shaped, imbeautiful, in violets, with a couple of dirk woman could not take a leaf from design, and unpractical for the leaves, shows with an fäfluite y the book of the Japanese, who have arrangement of Bowers. Nearly better effect is this, given; than by made the arrangement of flowers all narrow-necked vases are ugly, jamming a whole bunch together Into a fine art, writes: Horatix for flower arrangement, and for Suto in glasses Seymour In Good Housekeeping. In big branches tall flowers of any All simple spring flowers, prime Japan two hours and a half are well description a vase with a very ones, aco Ites-aryllas, owdrops, expended in the arrangement of a wide solid base is desirable to and vioists are best arris gad ng single vase; and while no one can avoid a top heavy tifact Flowers cht.dren love to do them with a hope for such leisure in the hurried should never be crammed Westera world, norfur an equal de-into any vase, with the

little mots in a vaio litwhich each. votion to the principles of beauty, perhaps, of those

Rower stads out perfect a dudlf. yet a little study of Japanese gorden, favourites,

Gra der fowers can naturally be ideas on the subject does give us sweet william,

set cut more elaborately, but how- new ground, on which to work, wallflow

eautiful the flower, it must Japanese taste in exquisité, but it

ya ba remembered that squit founded on cortala precepts and

mmed flowers,dio: winciples Colour-is-of

portance thans arm. The outli The shape, is the main thinges AAD will take the triple conception of

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