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ROYAL HONGKONG YACHT CLUB.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14TH, 1901

A Bugby match will be played at 15 to day between the Royal Artillery and the Club. The following will be the Club team:-

Bank-Bull; three quarton Chetwynd Beattie, Noble, and Tregear, halves-Stevens and A. N. Other; forwards-Clark, Wilson, Bandford, Everald, Von der Plardten, Halifax, and two others,

Referee-A. F. Williamson,

A HỒNG KOBIG SFGAI.

THE EXPORT TRADE TO JAPAN..

In the course of a very long and important report on the trade of Nagsaki for 1999 Mr, Consul Longford makes some inhistle statements on the Hongkong sugar trade with Japane The following extra site the gut of his semik

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REVIEWS.

The Half Hearted By Joan Buona

don, George Bell & Bons

valleys, forming glaciersandstone-ice" "atri- Batating “the rocks and living errant "houlders

Lon

Taza xezenét addition to Mentre. Bell'e excellent Indian and Colonial Library will find, if it “The trade in sugar in of great importance to ges its deserts, a wide public, for it is an obsnge of British intereals as represented in the exong of somirably written work, with plenty of interest Hongkong, forming as it does by far the largest – of a varied character. Opening in Scotland, the item among all the importa to Japan from that stry passes through London and Paris to the CHINA FIRE INSURANCE CO.; colony and contributing shout 95 per cent to

still mysterious country north of India, where SE LIMITED.

the scene, becomes stirring. The ending is tragic, but appropriate. The author of John Burnet of Barns has produced a very readable

On Saturday, 9th Insk, the race for the yexy handsome cup presented by the officers of the Royal Navy was sailed in most disappointing weather. At the start there waan rare lightwosters ly air and the seventeen achte drifted do yn to Channel Rocks close together, the first five round being fru, Dart, Marjorie, Meteor, and Gloria, Those five had just enough wind to take thim across to North Point where the breeze was a little atrosger, while the remainder were hope les drifting about round the Channel Rocko. Iris was frst round Meyer's Buoy and stood across into Hunghom Bay, while Gloría works. ing by Kelett's Island found machalasker water and finished the first round's long way The fellowlog is tlio report for prescitation ahead. There was little to choose between the to the absreholders at the thirty-second ordin- alhosfour, and after rounding the eark Mar ary meeting, to be held at the company's offices jorie gati up, as did all but the four leaders. on Thursday, the 7th March, at 3 pm, 3 The wind round worked round to the north. The directors have now the pleasure to sab. want and Glorie, who had a tremendons lead atmit their annual report and statement of the

novel in his latest venture.

Meyer's Busy on the second round, looked all company's accounts made up to 31st December, it may not be amiss to refer to it at some length. AKONG the gradually increasing number of the According to Mr. Galloway's theory, it is not

over a winner, but lost her lead on the best back to Channel Rocks All in turn thought themselves sure of the Cup, as the wind: veered from one point to antther, but as all came in. within the space of 3 minutos, the Dart was an easy winner The times of finishing wore i

AN ELAM. 18.

1.6. 11

Irla

Gloria

Dart

Meter

Inst

1899.

The balance at

endit of working

account, as per sat

"report was

Add premis

$223,763.03

1,039.15

RÍNCO

received

22

-21

50.

Thedint claimas paid

12 ∙12 13040

in 1900.........

Deduct-return pre-

mia, &c., &o.

$74,377.96

7,011,49

THE ROYAL ARTILLERY CUP...

Balance of profit.

their total value IMPORTANCE OF THE TRABE TO HONGKONG, **** Formerly the Japanese preferred and indeed used solely unreined sugar, but their taste has graduaily changed and the use of that of higher grade is now universal throughout the Empire its import has been a most valuable item in the trade with Hongkong, but ita continuation now very seriously threatened, and as the sub- ject is one of important interest to that colony

not from the marrow point of view of the com- paratively small imports into the porte com prized, within the busular hiriet of Nagasaki, bat from the wider one of the entire import into Japan. The compiler of the present report, when writing on the foreign trade of all Japan in the year 1894, referred to this import also at some length, pointing out that the establishment Di sugar refineries in Japan was then in contem plation, that cironmstances promised to be ex- seedingly favourable to their success, and that their result might easily be to cause the entire 81,333.39 disappearance of Hongkong'i trade with Japan in this staple, perhaps eren to create a formid- 8143,412.79able competitor in the markets of China. Since then the compétition that was threatened has become an actual fact

-8224,802.18

ELEMENTS IN FAVOUR OF HONGKONG REFINKELES.

JAPANESE BUSINESS METHODS.

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INSURANCES

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and marine deposits at high elevations for In

Only by such sudden land den hammoths, the one depuita, and TANCE COMPANY OF HAMBUR similar phenomena be accounted for. Evidenos

The Undersigned, having been appointed of various kinds is adduced to shew that

axis has actually taken AGENTS for the above Company, are pre- place. The difference of 181 degrees be-pared to ACCEPT BISKS against FIRE at tween the moon's orbit and the plans of Current Rates. the earth's equator (which is the only known

SIEMSSEN & 00, exception to the law that statellites have their

Agents. Hongkong, 16th November, 1872, Fug orbit in the plane of equator of their primaries) may indicate that a change has taken place in one of these bodies, and the corresponding differ- AACHEN AND MUNICH FIRE IN-· ence of 183 degrees between the magnetic and

SURANCE CO. OF AIX-LA-CHAPELL. having takou place in this planet, and not in geographio poles of the earth point to the change

The Day of Fruth. By MAURUS JOKAL that the glacial apoch was caused by the rising prepared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRIN

its statellite. Mr. Galloway's latest book deals THE Undersigned, having been chiefly with the modern geologist's bypothesis T AGENTS for the above Comppointed Translated from the Hungarian by NisBET | sad sinking of the land-whole continents at Current Rates. BAIN... London, Jarrold & Sons,

kaving been elevated many thousands of feet.

REUTER, BRÖCKELMANN & CO,

Agents. the land, but the water, which has found its

Hongkong, 21st April, 187 level. If we imagine the North Pole return-

HONIX FIRE ing to the present position of the Maguotio

OFFICE Pole, the effect on the waters of the ocean Americe, and to lower that of South America, GRANT POLICIES would apparently ba to raise the level of North The Undersigned are ΠΟΥ propared to of INSURANCE Similarly on the opposite side of the Globe, against FIFCE at Current Rates. the Malay Peninsula and Archipelago would

DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & CO.,

Agents for the Phonix Fire Ofles. appear to rise, and new land would emerge from the shallow sea; whilst the lofty Himalayas and Hongkong, 17th August, 1887.

(32 Tibet-called the Roof of the World" might be reduced some thousands of feet from THE WESTERN ASSURANCE COM- their prosent elevation above the sea.

PANY OF TORONTO, CANADA, hypothesis is supported by the evidence of

INCORPORATED 1851, CAPITAL.......

£110,000. geology: the sunken terraces on the Atlantic Boast in North Ameria point clearly to a changelaving taken place in the relative elora.THE Undersigned, having been appointed ton of son and hand, whilst eminent waiters AGENTS for the rug also testify to corremmending changes in South prepared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE than Sir Charles Lyell has said that "the

W. MEYERINK & CO., America and Malaga. No less an authority at Current Rates. continent of South America, from lat. 34

Agents. dog. S to Patagonia, uppours to hara

Hongkong, 18th May, 1900, been uprised throughout its entire width, since the begining of the Posttertiary

celebrated Hungarian novelist's works which have appeared in English dress Szomoru Nogok, new published under the title of The Day of Wrath will assuredly not take the last place. It is an early book of Jolafs, but, as the trans later justly says, some of his most original characters are to be found in it, and if it is generally melancholy in tana there is no luck of strength or of vigorous writing. The time of the talo is the middle of the Nineteenth Cerary when the collapse of the Magyar re dlution left Hungary, in her deepest depths. Jokai himself was implicated in the revolution and he was therefors Well qualified to sketch the lotof those who failed to maintain the liberty for which they fought so hard. We can recon mind The Day of Wrath to our readers. The Imperial and Colonial Magazine, No. 2, London, Harst & Blackett. China and Japan, Kelly & Walsh,

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ANCE COMPANY OF HAMBURG.

The Undersigned AGENTS of the above Company aro PREPARED TO ACCEPT First Class Foreign and Chinese Risks at Current Itates.

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SIEMSSEN & CO. Hongkong, 29th May, 1895,

L'UNION" FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Lo. (Established 1828).

A cold morning and threatening rain made anything but a pleasant outlook for intending competitors for the prizo presented by the Boyal Artillery Officers, which took the shape of beandful Japanese bowl. It is a great pity that the mcca for two such handsome prizes as

It is proposed to apportion this sum as were sailed for on Saturday and Sunday should follows:-$120,000 to shareholdere as dividend have comffinal miserable weather, from both

"At Hongkong all raw material has to be A sailing and a spectator's point of view, for the year, at the rate of 86 per share: 3650 course or Sunday was from the Police Pier bontu to contributors of premia; and the imported, but its import is untaxed and freights round Meyer Buoy, Channel Rocks, Kowloon balance, 322,762.79, to the credit of extra re- on it are, owing to its closer vicinity to grow. Barva fand account, which will then sad ating districts, cheaper than to Japan. Labour Rock, the South Buoy on the shoal in Hunghom 324,630.01, as shown in the annexed Lalance is much cheaper and management of large lay, Meyer's Buoy, Channal Rooks, Kowloon

shoot..

undertakings by Europeans is more economic Rock, and back. A good start was made in a

1000.--The balance at credit of working ao.and infinitely more efficient than by Japanese.

period,' In the Malay Archipelago there NORTII GERMAN FIRE INSUR- light northerly air, Iris and Alannah having the best of it, while Bonito left in the rear of count at the close of this year was $217,196.46, These are the sole advantages possessed by THE second number of the now monthly edited is yet stronger evidence of the compara- Hongkong in this industry as compared with the second division was observed to be hazily which is somewhat smaller than the sum carried Japan. They will--while they continue-per- by "Celt" and Mr. E. F. Benson well maintively recont submergenso of lands which were once united. The sea is so shallow that ships engaged in removing a large mass from in forward in the last report, but this as forty hope onable it to compete successfully with tains the promise of the first. The best articles can anchor in any part of it, the depth rarely front of her kool. When this was goue ahurapidly due to the losses having been heavier for this improved her position, but too late ever to take period, the other items of the working account Japan in mental skets; but as to Japan in the rolume befor us are the conclusion of exceeding forty fathoms; indeed, according to the testimony of Lyall and Alfred Russoll any serious part in the race. Meyer's Bay was being quite satisfactory in comparison with the itself, the local refineries new enjoy a elear

margin of 30 to 35 sen per pical on refined St Charles Dilke's The Century via our Cat Wallner, a more elevated lorel of a hundred rounded by Alannah, Irip, Sybil Erica, Afaid previous year Marian, Dart, Chanticleer, Doveen, Bonito, Since the last gonoral meeting the board have sugar of the first and of 40 to 45 ses of the exies, Mr. Arthur Symons's Gabriele Anfathoms would suffice to re-unito

second or higher grade, and this is already quite Afeteor, in the order boned. Almost a close had to deplore the death of Mr. H. L. Dalrym-sufficient to turn the scale in their favour for

nunzio, Sir Edward A. Sassoon's Imperial Philippine Islands with Southern Siam, tlie haul to Channel Rocks found Iris and Alannah pls, who had been a director of the Company overy picul that they are able to produce. Tegrophic Communication, and Mr. William Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, and Java. A thory so much in harmony with astronomy very close together and not for ahead of Erica since 1877, Mr. Robert Shewan was invited to

Foster's The First Englishman in Japan. The and physical geography moms worthy of serious and Sybd, with Bonito fifth, Maid Marian all the vacancy thus suured...`

In addition to these existing or prospective frontispiece of the magazino is the preamble of attention. sixth, and Meteor seventh. At this spot there Messrs. A. MoConachie, A. G. Wood and E. advantages enjoyed by the native refineries, Australia's Magna Charta, there is a photo- WEN fat, calm for nearly ten minutes and Goatz resigned their seats on leaving the colony, methods of pushing their business have been all drifted aimlessly about, until the wind ing boats, and away wont Iris and Alan- Witkowald, wore invited to fill their places. products into favour and notoriety among con nr long way ahead of Erica and Sybil The above appointments will require the consumers. Most of the principal wholesale dealers, who form in themselves a close corporation Kowloon Rock was rounded in a fresh breeze by firmation of shareholders.

virtually controlling the whole trade, aro share- Alannah Grst and Iris not far behind, but oft the win the Iris was the quicker and rounded

holders, and other things being at least equal it is therefore to their intarest to push to the the Hunghom Buoy, Meyer's Buoy and Channel Books considerably ahead of Alannah. Short-

utmost the local production. With each par. ly after the two leaders had rounded Channel

chase by them a gift of 100 tins of samples is made, cach tin stamped with the particular Looks another of those extraordinary calms

refinery's trade-mark, and bearing a ticket occurred, for which that spot has an unenviable

denoting the grade of sugar contained in it and reputation The Iris got the wind again first, but Alamak, when she did got it, got it with a lit more east in it, and with a wonder- ful lift crossed the Iris before ranching Kon loon Bak Meanwhile the remainder of the fleet were looking on in a fist calm, eursing their Inok and wishing for a breeze to take them home. A very pretty ding-dong Fuco between Tria and Alannah ended in the new boat getting her nose in front at the finish but not sufficiently so to save her time, and as so other boat was within sight, Mr. May add another cup to his collection.

The oficial timing at the finish was:---

THE

HE Undersigned, having boon appointed. GENERAL AGENT for the above-

coming out of Kowloon Hay mot the lead and Meurs. H. W. Slade, C. S. Sharp and P. adopted which are well calculated to bring their graph of the Imperial troops un parade at AN INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE. Company, is prepared to ACCEPT RISKS

Menart. N: A. Bisha and D. M. Moses retire by rotation, and offer themselves for re-election.

AUDITORS,

Mesura J. H. Cox and W. Hatton Potts have audited the annexed accounts and offer themselves for re-election.

ABMIN HAUPT,

Chairman.

BALANCE SHEET. 31st December, 1900. LIABILITIES.

Capital account ....... Kosorvo, fund Extra resstvo fund Accounts payable 2-~

Dividend for 1399 Bonus for 1899 and sundrier Working account, 1900:--

Balance at crodit

"ASSETS.

Fixed deposita at banka-,

Canh at bunkers

30

Honglong & Shanghai Bark.

Corrected

H. ·M.

Time.

Alannah 3:

23

20 3

20

A

Irie (winner),3

23

3

Erica

3t

3

Bonite Meteor Dorest

3.

39:

3

3 41

45

.3

Ladybird

54 30

Payle....

B

64 32 #

Dart

8

50 : h

Chanticleer.. 8

56

51

8

Maid Marion 3 Sybel

56

25

38

30

483538888 zas

FOOTBALL,

Éaad888794974

882¬B] +8$3.8

BHIELD COMPETITION.REPLAYED TI The 15th Company. (Siege Train): R.G.A. and the 25th Company 8.D. R.G.A. whose the last Friday in the second round for the Shield resulted in a drawn game of one goal caci, replayed the tie yesterday afternoon on the ground of the Hongkong Football Club, when the following players lined up::--

Siege Train (Whites)-Ghal-Field backe -Moorhouse and O'Brien half backs Harman Nicol, and Suttie, forwarda--Gettings, Uleeve, Phins, Riley, and Bond.

$120,000.00 4,477.44

$

ing Corporation 150,000.00 Chartered Bank of India,

Australia and Chin....... Mercantile Bank of India,

Limited

Investments:--

Chiness Imperial Government

E bands.......

Hongkong and Kowloon

Wharf and Godown Co.,

70,000.00

the date of supply, while in every tenth bag of

sugar sold is a wooden ticket which an presenta tion at the offee of the refinery entities theholder to a prize. None of these or any similar expedi- ents are adopted by the Hongkong refineries. No special inducements are offered by them 400,000.00 to wholesale buyers, no. atlampt at all is made 1,000,000.00 to enter into reiptious with consumers and no 24,600,01 as made of alvertising, which is now greatly

C

noressing in Japan. The great refineries of Hongkong are content to rest on their reputa. 124,477,44 tion, on the almost unchallenged control of the market which thoir products have held for more 217,106.46 thu a decade, every succeeding year apparently increasing that control and susting every com- petitor from it. But the competition, that is How not threatened but an actual factor, is of a much more formidablo nature than any it has 11.050.30 heretofore encountered, and either energetic measures must be taken to combat it or an on- tirely new line of action struck out.

$1,766,303,91

C.

9,438.51

Limited, debentures... 108,152.50 Hongkong Club debeatures 50,000.00

Honghang Hotel Co., Ltd.,

50,000 00

dobeatures Shanghai Land Investment

Co., Limited, debentures... 49,877,40

થી Shanghai

Hongker Wharf Co., debentures: 41,517.07 Shanghai Waterworks Co.,

Limited, debentures

8,179,22

Loans on mortgage--

SUGGESTION FOR HONGKONG REFINERIES.

Malta, a poem of welcome to the CI.V. by Canon Rawnsley, and a number of interesting articlon, otb., in addition to those which we have slready mentioned.

A RUSSIAN CANÀL. The Volga is the largest river in Europe and the Caspian, into which it empties, is the

largest inland body of water in the world, but Freight from the Caspian may go all the way either to the Arctic Ocean or to the Baltic by moans of canals that conuect the Volga with navigable rivers flowing other into the northern or the austern seas; but in order to reach the bean from the Caspian by either of these the canal routes it is necessary to cross the whole of Exia from its south-eastern corner, and the routes are very long. roundabout and therefore expensive.

neither has a natural connection with the ocean.

at current rates.

Claims settled direct without reference to the Heil Office.

A. R. MARTY,

Agent.

Hongkong, 1st August, 1900.

2794

Bolak, or the Blue Language (as will be seen, the blus is of the Heavenly sad not of the Billingsgate shade), is progressing:* Since its principles and prospective achievements as an international language were set forth in the London Daily Mail a short time ago, no lower than 1,500 persons, including 300 professors, have signed a testimonial in its favour. From this it is only fair to assure that 1,500 people already speak Bolak. The time may not be EQUITABLE very far distaut when "Bolak spoken here" written in Bolak. will begin to take the place

THE

OF THE

UNITED STATES.

Ice on parle Francais" and the rest. But LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY the latest and greatest Bolak development is one which carried to its logical conclusion will spread the practical use of the Blue Language from China to Peru. For M. Bollack has not only invented a language, but also a great coin- mercial scheme. The said scheme is feresha- dowed in his brochure, which bears the insorip- tion, "Forward to fraternity, through the international idiom, through the language colour of the heavens, through the Blue Lan gunge!"

M. Ballaok's idea is to send a free copy of his text-book of the language to 10,000 merchants in every part of the work. In each book will be printed the names of the whole 10,000 firms, W..0, M. Bollack points out, will thus secure an excealingly valuable free advertisement.

People who have followed the progress of the industrial development of Russia have long wondered why the Casplan has not long ago ben connected with the Black S. This union might, he effected by digging a canal between the lower Volga and the lower Don at the point where they very nearly approach one wether. The country between them is almost perfectly flat except for the high bills that

The inventor believes that at the end of a year skirt the western laak of the Volga for some hindreds of miles. If it had not been for this the Blue Language will by this means have chain of hills it is probable that the Volga.secured a firm international footing, for of course the merchants will start communicating Don canal would have been in operation years with each other in Bolak.

Ther, opines the inventor, the merchants, It is now proposed to dig this canel. This having received a year's free advertisment, distance is only sixty miles, the plans her will not refnas to pay a small sun, say a been bade, and the estimated cost is about $6,000,000. The effect of this canal upon sovereign, or even half-a-guines, for the pri- transportation in Russia and a part of Asia vilege of inclusion in the second year's edition would be far-reaching. It will give Ras of the great directory, and their competitors sin Central Asia and Northern Persia water communications from the Caspian to the ocean without involving a journey northward of from 700 to 1000 miles, and it will give the Volga to which the most of Central and Eastern Siberia are tributary, an outlet to the Black Sex.

will be forced to follow suit. "I am not a poet," said M. Bollack, as he concladed his exposition of the scheme to a Daily Mail re presentative," nor am I a madman. In this matter I'am a business mai. Of course," ho added frankly, there is an element of risk in the scheme, but if it succeeds, there!"

FINAL, FIGURES

1900.

FOR

THE HONGKONG OFFICE has now TH

received a further telegram giving the revised figures for the past year, which show AN INCREASE, both in Assers and SUR PLUS, upon the PRELIMINARY FIGURES - ready published. The final Figures are

ASSETS: £63,457,590.

SURPLUS:

£13,778,557,

NEW BUSINESS, 1900: £13,142,967,

F. KIENE.

Manager.

Hongkong, 9th February, 1901,

"L'URBAINE"

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FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY; DD. (Established 1838.)

"The British-owned refineries in Hongkong are two in number, both of which have had 50,000.00

careers heretofore marked by very great pro- - 270,000.00 | sperity and have proved exceedingly remuners- tive enterprises, their dividends having co- sionally reached figures as high as 19 and 25 per cent, and seldom having fallen balow 10. The export to Japan has been an per cent, important factor in their prosperity, and should its threatened loss become a reality, there can be no doubt it will be seriously felt. There is one way in which it may be counteracted, one which is certainly the very reverse of free from risk, but which on the other hand might not only prevent the loss of what has already boen attained but secure a full share in the inorensing market of the future. That is, to establish 398,557.70 branch refineries in favourable localities in The canal will be vertais to endse as impor Japan itself. The now treaties give the right tut diversion of Bussian trade to the Black to do so in any part of the Empire that appears Sa Thron camals now connect the Volga suitable, restrictions that now exist in the ac- with the Baltic, and many hundreds of freight

Per steamer Polarstjernen, sailed on the 7th quisition of real estate, in perpetuity or for beats make the journey every year between the February. For New York: 5,601 pkgs, fire 1,037,092.46 suffleiently long periods to justify the erection river and St. Petersburg, The Volga carries crackets, 124 pkgs, joss sticks, 126 pkgs.rattan-

of exponsive buildings and manufacturing plant about half the river freight of Rusin, and seem likely to be removed by the legislation that much of this freight is drawn from the country ware, 200 bales split bamboo, 50 bales cames, 600.00 the development of a more liberal spirit among tributary to the lower half of the river, which 15 bals cassia, 344 cases blackwoodware, 100

the Japanese people is now promoting, and is much nearer the Black Sea than the Baltic Cason vessie bada, 30 cases Chinaware, 59 boxes |*** AGENTS for the above Company, are

dried lychees, 50' boxes staraniseed, 48 cases bataboo fans, 10 eeks gingu, 6 eases paper, 5 boxes bristles, 1,006 pkgs. merchandise,

v.

On properties in Hongkong $13,900.00 On properties in Shanghai... 68,992.46 On properties in Amy 20,000,00

ongkong Fire Insurance Co., Limited

Four stres... - Furniture account:

Office furniture, &o

Accounts receivable :---

Promis due from agencies, interest duo- on deposits and investments, etc....

WORKING ACCOUNT.

322.03

though such enterprises on the part of foreigners The Volga Don canal will therefore tend to 48,972.36 in Japan would have to encounter many difficulties make the Black Bea more important than ever from an organised opposition on the part of the ai the main cutlet of the agricultural exports $1,766,300.01

native competitors already in the field--one of Russia. that would not always be conducted on strictly legitimate lines this might be counteracted

1st January to 31st Decembor, 1900. Dr. charges account :--:” Renta, salaries, legal and sur- verom fons, taxes, atamps, stationery, ko Directora and auditors' fees

To commission account:--

Agents' commisions....

To Les trigades' account: ***Contributions at agencies, ắc................

To losses account, 1904-

$

0.

む。

27,149.28

·7,400.00

34,549.

to a large exient by a liberal admission of Japanese shareholders, and the superior economy- and efficiency of European management should in themselves go a long way to stone for all other disadvantages. The experiment is a risky one, but the possible, roward may be sufficient to justify its contemplatier, and it is far less speculative than many for which funds are

19,919,12 yearly found in abundance is Eastern Europe

308.01

settlementa."

(URIOUS THEORY REGARDING

MALAYA.

Whilst Nansen and the Duke of Abruzzi and cibur influential explorers have been seeking to ach the Geographie North Pole, the more eossible and also more scientifically interesting and important Magnetic North Pole has been is danger of being overlooked. It

of

brochure

48 pagos sutitled The North Pole, the Great

25th Company (Colours)--Goal-Hoglen; hacks--P. Smith and Jackson; half-back Griffiths MeMurray, and Kerr; forwards- Mulvey, Leitah Perigo, Canavan, and Brown.

The Siege Train won the toss, and Colours kicked of with a bright sun in their eye, a cir- cunstance that placed them at a slight dis advantage. The ground was dry as a lano, but this told squally against both teams. From the centre kiok Colours took the ball into Whites Territory......... Field was ongor, too eager, in fact, and unnecessarily left, his goal te tackle Canavan, the duty of the backs; and the throw-in that followed Field knocking the ball out of play gave Colours an advantage To at goal they otherwise would not have obtained. Field rdieve a dangerous pressure, however, by judbviously centering the ball Play: in the first stages of the game, was rather slack; but the players soon warmed to their work, and to spectators were treated to excellent football

lg Age, and the Deluge, published by Sampson, The game in the first half was a tolerably area one, only a light superiority scoring to

A FALSE PRIEST IN BANGKOK. Low Co., the Rev. W. B. Galloway Whites, whose forwards outclassed those of

presents is solution of the mystery of the their opponents. The teame otherwise were

75,452,10 An Indian, aid to be dezented, caused some North Pole which is startling, though not about ejual, although Moorhouse takes a lot

senaation at a royal cremation in Bangkok on stogether novel. Two hundred years ago Dr. of beatag at right back. Phin and Riley,

107.00 the 28th ult. The King was engaged at the Elmond Halley tried to convince the Royal working well together, gat a shines to shoot.

317,196.40 ceremony with the grounds of Wat Phra Keo Society that the earls consists of two revolving bat Hogben returned the ball in capital style

when one of the priests was wen to throw a book globus, one within the other, each having a The teams crossed over without either having

at tim His Majesty was not touched, but different axis of rotation. This, said Halley, opened the scoring, and it almost looked as

there seems no doubt that the book was aimed vas the only possible explanation of the mystery though he match would be again drawn. But the

at hip. The look is supposed to be a prayer-Terrestrial magnetism. The late Sir Edward superiority of the Siege Train's attacking line, By precium decount ---

book of some kind, and the ma is also said to have Sabine, from the chair of the Royal Society, from the frequent visits paid to Hogben, soon

thrown a petition at the same time. The priest admitted that the objections which had been began to tell. From a corner kicked by Clet

was sent for when i was found that he was an ormerly made to Halley's theory wore 19 tings, the Stage Train, ten minutes after the

Indian, who had shared his lead and put on the lager tenable in the light of advancing science, re-start defeated Hogben, and planted the ball

104,000.88 yellow robe. Possibly he adopted this singular and yet Halley's view had been forgotten. The safely into the not. With one to the bad,

means in order to present petition to the attention which Bir E. Babine desired to be Colour put on the pace, Mulvey and Perigo

123.45 King, but the only natural oxplanation is that beac for Halley's hypothesis has bem steadily repeatally getting away, but always were forced

$347,553.69

he is somewhat inane. He was given into the given to it by Mr. Galloway, who has published to return disconsolate. Griffitha and the two

custody of the police and len to the Bangrak veral books on the subject. Mr. Gallowsy, backs played a capital game. Half a minute

police station The yellow robe is, of course,ke Halley, connects the change of axis of the from time, Cleave, from a pass from the wing,

comments the Bangkok Ines, a very effective outer globe with a convulsion of nature result- sent ina long, swift ball that evaded Hogben, AGOTH BOUND COOKERY BOox, contain disguise on such an occasion, but nothing can ing in a universal deluge, the waters of the and marked the second goal. The game chur ing 180 original recipes for all kinds of savouries be made of what was the Indian's intentions, can being not in violent commotion and over. anded in a win for the Siege Train by 9 goals Larald Cookery and Sweets, is sent free to all as he refuses to give any explanation. He is to hil

Got their LEMCO Extract jar wrapports said to be a British subject, but nothing had Sergeant Robertson, B.G.A., vory satisfa Tables Extract of Meat Co., Ltd., 9, Fenchurch been heard of the case at the British Consalate torily discharged the duties of referes.

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