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MISCELLANEOUS - NOTES AND NEWS.

BELIOION AND GRODERIES:

A Chiesgo telegram says that a general shop. REORGANISATION BY THE ROYAL DOCKYARDS. Kemper named Norton, in the little town of Con- An official annoncement has been made of, Indiana, about sixty miles from the capital Inestiked up the whole countryside for miles the impending great changes in the oreguise tion of the Royal Dockyards. This will be of about him by his decision to run bis shop as Christ would ran it.” He refuses to sell tobacco, a far-reaching character, and directed

are towards increasing the eficiency of these establishments. Thio Naval pensioner section employed at each yard was to be disbouded at the end of Marel and the men in it turned over to the Dockyard as ordinary workmen. One administrative department is thus got rid of, Besides this the admiralty are arranging for direct control over all work done by private contractors, with a view to saving mooh waste

that has killerto been cocasioneL.

LONDON DUSKI.

BEITAIN'S BIGGEST LOCOMOTIVE,

and when the profta in any day reach 10s, he Bella for the rest of the day at cost price, He given away 200 loaves of bread to the poor each day, and those without money receive groceries free, while ofliers who can pay a Hitle get them at cost price. The result is that Norton's shop has attracted per ple firm all the places near by to the detriment of other dealers, who bitterly complain To run on the shop has been so great at times that the police have been called there to keep order, and the authorities are now asting Norton to modify his methods, or they The proceedluge at the meetings of the two |: will be obliged to take summary measures. principal London cmnibus companies mootings do not show that any vory tangible access has yet been achieved in finding a satisfactory

"Britain's Biggest Locomotive," in the shape motor omnibus, Last year the Road Car of the mammoth Decapod," which has been Company were trying a steam bua, but nothing built by Mr. James Holden for the suburban has been heard of it lately. As at that time, so truffle of the Great Eastern Railway, had been ulso now, the General Omuibua Company do not having a series of little trial runs when the last appear to be au active in the search as their mall left, and several little defects have been rivals. The chairman of the Road Car Com- |, discovered. Her acceleration powers" are pany is able to announce that experimental wonderful. In thirty seconds she can attain a automobile buses of various kinds will soon be speed of thirty miles an hour, which is at the running, and the directors think they have rate of forty-four feet per Lucond, an improve discovered a good one. It is he hoped that ment of fifty por cent, on the most powerful of they have, says a contemporary. The difficulty of present suburban locomotives: The Great the problema is only equalled by its urgezoy Easternalready hauls longer suburban trains than If possible, an engine which could use a heavy Boy other line, its maximum being sixteen of the cheap oil would be a solation. Reliability and new siz-a-side coaches, with seating accommoda. cheapness of maintenance might come in time, tion for 850 pasiongers. When Dorapods get The necessity for a change arises not merely from the cost of fodder, bar from the increasing competition of electrio tramways and tube rail Ways. Hence the salvation of the omnibus

companies depends on a motor being discovered

which will work more cheaply ang drive the bus faster than the horse, and will at the sam time be less costly in maintenance,

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THE HONGKONG DAILY FRESS TUESDAY, APRIL 14th 1003

man whom he ninthers, and asked him what į tobacco, money for his wife é dresses, and I had be thought of it. Nothing," said he, “it is, the diamoud, only a pretty pebble and not worth anything at si It will ent ginas, anyhow," said O'Reilly und going to the window he cut a pans. That is nothing," said the other; I can do the same with my gun-flint, and with the flint he made a

scratch in the glass which was indistinguishable from the cut made by the diamond. In disgust they threw the afore out of the window, but afterwards O'Reilly went and picked it up again and put it in his pocket. In Colesberg he met a colonial official, who seemed to think there might be something in it. At last he decided to send it down to Cape Town: A lapidary who had jest arrived from Europe store and reported that it examined the

214 carat diamond, and bought it

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for £300,

“Back went O'Reilly to Van Neikerk and paid him helf the money, as he had promised, This set Van Niekerk thinking. He remem bered that some time ago he had even a little Luahman who carried on a string round his neck as a kind of charm a big stone which had the same dull lustrous glow as that which had just been sold at the cost of £500. Ho saddled his horse and rode off to beek, and if possible, to find the bushmon. He rode hare and he rode there, bat the missing bushman was nowhere to be seen. Wherever be wont be left word that if the bushman turned up he should be sont on to him at once, and at last he turned homeward fearing that the prize Imd escaped him. Some time afterwards Niekerk got up early to harness two leas, horses so as to drive into Hopetown He saw a dirty little boshman sitting at the end of the bouse. Who are you?' he asked. Don't you know me, Bans? They said you ents, and the stations on the now Wood- wanted me. In the dim light Niekerk recog food and Ilford line have been made loognised bie bushman. Have you got that stone, enough to take tisins of twenty coaches. The said he, that you used to wear round your neek suburban platforms at Loverpool Street will as a charm? Yes, Bans,' said the bushman. Lavo to bo lengthened, for they are only justLet me see it. The bushman slowly andid a long enough for the present length of train.

dirty bag which he wore round his neck and prodused a huga diamond. After a little

for a sheep. Niekerk drove off to Hopetown, bargaining the bushman agreed to part with it where he sold it for 211,200, It was the afterwards sold to the Countess of Dudley for £30,000. I tried to get it," said Mr. Robinson,

oumon, the number of coaches will be increased to twenty,

BRITISH COLONIES-AND THE NAVY,

Commenting on a recent debate in the House of Commons which arose in connection with Book, the Outlook says:-Mr. Robertson might have spared us his calm post-mortems of the

The news spread like wild fire through the country-side that a white man was giving away waggons ned ezen for bite of Mone. I eat all the natives who came to work to seek for diamonds on one side of the river, and I fotched

up my own lifty men-Kallics from Basutoland

to hunt for diamonds among the bushes and scrub on my side of the river. I may my that I had bought the land on both sides of the river

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that I was working on my own property. When my men first camp pp I showed them a bandful of diamonds and told them to lock at thom, Nowa Kalle is marvellously acute in his observation of stones-so is a Beer-there is nothing that cecspes them.

"Look well at these stones,' I said, "for I want you to find some more like them. They examined them closely. Yes, Bans," they said, we reo what they are like. Now,' aid I. D if you can pick them up. and I flung the dia. mozes deira among the pebbles in the river bed, They picked them up without any difficulty. "Now," said I, 'goand bunt among the bushes by the side of the river, and sea if you can find any more like them." Off they started, and found nothing; the second day they went out, and that day was also blank. The third day. they went at it again, and were equally unsur. cessful; so they were on the fourth day, and on the vight of the fourth day they were very much disheartened. They said there were no stones like the others, and it was no use looking for them. But as the other natives were Binding diamonds all the time, on the other side of the river I was quite sure that there must be some on my side, and told them to go on again..

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**Next morning, at sunrise, when I was hay ing my coffee, I was startled by a great hullabalooing, and looking out I saw the whote gang of my men rushing towards me in a state of wild excitement. One of them had found a diamond of a good size; they all had come to

'12, QUEEN'S ROAD. see what I would do, What, will you give me for it says be. I will give you ten cows,' RACA & CO., Importers and Exportera

to take bis pick, and be marked ten of the best just received for sale at their stall at Hongkong I replied; and I sent the man into the herd of Forsign and Colonial POSTAGE STAMPS, 33, Peel Street, Hongkong, have cows as bis own. They had never dreamed of Hotel Corridor a large variety of nice Fictoria are hereby notified that the Cargo is being atone! Off they went again after that and found Chinese Costumes, Views, &c., &c., in Phototype will be at Consignees risk. The Cargo will be Panoramas of Hongkong, Macao, Canton, Godowne of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ld., in both cases it dinmands every day; they all became richt, aud and Coloured

Colotype, Assortment of Postage I accumulated a goodly stere of pracions Stamp Albums, Leases. Hinges, Tweezer and ready for delivery from Craft or Godowa on

other Philatelia gorde.

Prices to suit all and after the 7th instant. "My partner and I made a square with four Customers. Correspondents wasted. Foreign has been given prior to steamor's arrival.

Optional Cargo will be landed, unless notice stones.

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[113] NOTICE.

OBEAT AMERICAY EAILWAY PROJECT:""," A number of diplomatic representatives of American Republics conferred with Mr. Loomis, Acting Secretary of States, recently on the he publication of the Colonial Conference Bine famous Star of Africa-n diamond which was asking such a bargain. Ten cows for a bit of Post Card Albums. Pictorial Post Cards: discharged into Craft, and/or landed at the subject of the projected inter-Continental railway, which when completed will connect the railway system of the United States with the war enthusisam. To a total war expense of jong afterwards, but 1 and it is no longer in

systems of Argentina and Chili, The Govern ments interested are willing to further the scheme by liberal grants of lands and money, The cost of construction is estimated at 200,000,000 dels. There will be 500 miles of connections. Mr. Davis, a former Senator,

£260,000,000 the Colonies bare contributed

the possession of the Dadloge. It is said to by somewhere in America, but I have never been

able to trace it.

£2,000,000. Well, it was our war, and they gave their ents lives in our sid. The Colonial contribution to the Navy is at the rate of 4d.

"Of the subsequent history of that diamond a head, while ours at home is 168., a head. Well, it is our Navy. Free trade within tho, of course, knew nothing. As I drove back to my farm all that I knew was that two

waggons. Wo dug a hole in the ground, in which we buried the diamonds, and sat upon the top of the hole on a chair manufactured out of packing cases. At last, after we had accumulated

JEWELLER,

who is a member af the Permanent Inter Empire is as yet a phrase, for the interests diamonds had been found in the neighbourhood large quantity, we decided we had better ANG HING, Continental Railway Committee," said he find of Canada, Australis, and New Zealand are of the Vaal River, one of which had been wold send them to London. We made a baize has REMOVED to No. 1. QUEEN'S ROAD been authorised to announce that Mr. Carnegie thinking of their trade und wo of ours, of /for £11,200. When I got home I loaded up

was willing to give financial support project at the proper time,

MILITARY. SUICIDER'

to the

Some interesting figures rolating to saiside in the Army are printed in the Matin. The lebit of self-destruction seems to be a declining one, in all arrjes except the Bursian, where

divergent and eton opposed. Well, they are

which theirs with us only forms one-fifth of the whole. It is a step in advance to have dispelled, impossible dreams and put in their place substantial realities, on which account Mr. Austen Chamberlain's contention that further conferences will do good by producing further enlightenment is heartily to be supported.

FIELDS.

THE STORY OF THEIR DISCOVERY.

belt

SURGEON DENTIST.

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full of small pockets or pouches, in

CENTRAL (opposite Messrs. KELLY AND WALSH) and baš also kept his old Shop as a oach of which we placed a diamond. When Brauch Establishment, named WANG HING waggons with water-barrels, guus, spirit, and everything that I required for camping the belt was filled, my partner girded it & Co.

Hougtong, 23rd March 1903. out. It was a good waggon, lined with baizeakout bis body and started down-country a portable home. I struck out for the Vaal

for Cape Town, from whence he sailed.

EN TING. to London. He was so afraid of losing his River. When I reached it I had to cross by a very ugly drift full of boulders, and when I precious consignment that he never took off got to the other side a swarm of bushmen cue the belt until he reached London. His back wag kore, as you can well believe, with this down upon me just like a cloud of flies and“ clonoured for a drink: they saw the water

diamond belt tightly fastened round it night And it was in and day; but he never flinched. this way the first consignment of African diamonds reached London.

I was spirit. They were mightily disgusted when, after catching it up in their hands, they found it was only water, nothing more After- - wards, with great difflonity, I succeeded in getting them to go off to seek their obiof. I then recrossed the river and, travelling up on the other side, I looked about for diamonds,

thirteen men in every 100,100 take their lives. with unfailing regularity every year. The proportion of suicides in the other great military THE SOUTH AFRICAN DIAMOND dripping from the barrels, and they thought countries is eighteen por 160,000 in France twenty-four in Italy, thirtysis in Germany, and 105 in Austria. Different arms comm suicide in differe at proporbona. The Foreign Legion is the most suicidal branch of the French servico, with winety-nine suicides per 100,000 whereas there are unly fourteen suicides per 100,000 in the Garde Républicaine. The cavalry commit suicide more frequently thin tlie infau: try, the infantry more often than the artillery, and the artillery more often than the engineers,

VAL DEAD BODA-WATER,

Twenty-firo guineas and a half was the price paid at an auction sale in London last mouth for a bottle of soda water. Its enhanced value grose from the fact that the bottle had been raised from the Royal George, which foundered in the years 1782. It was stated that the vendor was prepared to attest the genuineness of the relis, which has been in a museum for some time, and finally belonged to the Hope collection. Some sceptics wanted to know whether soda water was invented when the Royal George sank. Bidding started with half. a-crown, and soon two bidders had it all their own way, and the price went an quickly to twenty guiness. At this price one would-be bayer gave proso, but began again boldly, only to be shaken off at the monotonoushal which his opponent had added to every one of hisguines bids up to twenty-fivo. The buyers of the bottle of soda water wore Mesra Stevenson and Horell, Limited, 95a, Booth. wark Street, essence manufacturers.

The story of the discovery of diamonds in South Africa is one of the somances of the nineteenth century. Mr. Stead, in the Review

"I asked the natives whom I inet if they of Reviews, reports an interesting interview with Mr. J. B. Robinson, the South African hud Beer any pretty stones, and it' bat millionaire, at which he had the privilege of hear I found one man who had a diamond-the ing the familiar story once more from the lips first that I came across on the Vaal River of the man who was the first to open up the It was a small stone, but when I offered him diamond felds which twenty years later passed £10 be refused to part with it. I increased under the control of Mr. Rhodes.

my offer to £12, but still he sail No.. “It was in 1897,” said Mr. Robinson," when was determined to bare it, so I asked him what I was driving down from my farm, where we be would take for it; he said he would take had 1,000 head of cattle, to a neighbouring twenty goats. nothing less. I sent off to the towo, when I heard the story that the great nearest farm and bought twenty goats for 17 diamond had been found in the Yoat river. 1. 104, and no got possession of my first diamond. had no sooner finialed my dinner than I decided Shortly afterwards a Griqua c.me along. I to abandon the journey upon which. I had asked him the usual question, if he had any started to go straight back over the road by | pretty stone? He produced a handful of which I came and go and bee for myself the crystals, pebbles, and mixed up with them ware country where the diamond had been found, a few small diamonds. After I had bought the My old Mairy driver stared wonderingly at me diamonds, much to my disgust, the Griqua very when I ordered him to inspan and drive back; calmly took up my very good crusher hat with but he obeyed, and as we drove northward I a sesh and put it upon bie hood. It was a piece had time to reflect upon the story which I had of great impadance, but I controlled myself, es just heard. It was the story, which I after I saw that I could never put on the hat again wards learnt much more in detail, of the find-after it had been on the rative's head. lug of the Blar of Africa diamond. You have heard the story, of course, many times, but it is a good story and always worth telling again.

An old friend of mine, Mr. John O'Reilly, had oufapanuod at the form of Bobalk Yau Niskerk, in the neighbourhood of Hopetown. According to a London paper, it is stated When they were sitting on the steep drinking three carat diamond. You are a good young that a new code of secret signala is their coffes, O'Bailly noticed a little girl playing man, he said; 'what will you give me for about to be issued to the Navy, or the with some stones before the house, the game this "No," said I, what do you want for Admiralty considers that occasional charges in which children have played ever since the world it I want your waggon, Base, he said. the system employed is the best precaution for began. Some called it jackstones, it has No, said L. my waggon is my home, I cannot effectually guarding these important spcrels. different names in different countries. It is a give you this unggon; but if you will wait until The captain of every warship, on commissioning, very simple game: the child throws the stone Innsend for it I wi" get you another waggen, has to parrevally attend and receive the two into the bir and catches it again, after having "It must be horse waggon, Bass Yes,' said I. precious little volumes from the Admiralty, and picked up another stone from the ground, The With eight ozen," said he. With eight oxen, on paying out he has to personally return them, stone the little girl was playing with had a I replied. Bass, said he, you will give me Meanwhile, he alone is responsable for their curious lustrous glow which attracted O'Reilly's some sugar as well," "Yes," said 1, you shall secure preservation, and nemolly keeps them attention. He spoke about it to Van Niekerk, have some sugar." And tobacco?" he asked, locked up in diffrent parts of the ship known who said it was only a shining pobble which the "And tobacco as well, I answered. Bags, he only to himself and two or three senior excentive child had picked up somewhere. O'Reilly, bow said at last, coming to the end of his stipulations, officer. The two books, which are respectively ever, mid he wanted to look at it, so they got won't you give sue some pounds of money to the code itself and the key, are backed with the stone and examined it. As the result of the buy clothes for my wife? Tex,' said I, you land, so that they might be dropped overboard examination is fascinated him more than ever shall have some money 100. and instantly lost should such a course - come He turned to Van Niekerk and asked if he would

With this be was contented, he offered me necessary during wartime. There is no

All it

Nonsense," said the Dutchman, it is the diamond to keep till the you came. I¦ in our whole se service which foreign naval not worth anything, you can it if you like. sptellegence department would couner get hold. It was in vain O'Reilly pressed him to an awer wargan he could get on the sun

sent down at ozon to my partner, telling him to

prien......... Wall' said he, at least I will take it to try ads, to come himself, and to bring all the Colenberg, and see what can get for it, and | ositis

NAVAL BECRET-BIGNAL CODE

of than the prirute code of quis fert, and the sgents are known to have offered as much £5,000 for the unattainable little books which have before now been stolen.

saw that I was not angry, and that I made no He watched me very closely, and after he

protest, he said, Now I see that you are a good young men, and as if to reward me for wy goodness, he produced from some place where he had concealed it on his person a twenty-

whatever I get I will give you half. When he told

him from

"I ought to have told you, however,"-said Mr. Robinson, "that cf my way to the Vaal River I crossed the veldt at the very placs where to-day you will-tied De Beers' mice in full activity. 1 had outspanned at a Boer's house on Sunday morning and asked to be allowed to stay there, as I wished to rest on Sunday. The Ecer, with the invariable hospitality of his race, gave me leave and gave me coffee. I talked to him about diamonde,

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27, DES VEUX ROAD CENTRAL HONGKONG. From the University of Pennsylvania, UB.A.

Hongkong, 10th March, 1903.

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and asked if any had been found in the neigh- TELEGRAMS: CARMICHAEL," HONGKONG, bourhood. He said that an old women at a farmhouse a little cistance off the read bad, be believed, a stone of the kind that I wanted, Next day after receiving minte directions a to how to find the house, I sent the waggon on by road and, taking the footpath which he HONGKONG ICE COMPANY, LIMITED, adicated, I found no difficulty in fading ROM at MAY NEXT, the house. The old woman had a diamond Folce, the foul prin until further which, she said, she had found in a dry. TWO CENTS PER POUND. Rates for waterconnee near the house. Her house stood One Ton and upwards, supplied to shipping,

mine of Dutoitspan. The house in which sho upon what was afterwards known as the diamond direct from the Works will remain as formerly.

·Cold Storage rates on application.

WM. PARLANE, lived was plastered with soll, which was after-

Mausger. Hongkong, 11th April, 1903. QUAN WAH & C GRANITE Merchant ContTRACTORS. Dealers in

wards discovered to contain many dinmenda. The Boer woman told me that at another farm a little further on another stone had been

MARBLE and

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found. So I started off to seek it. On my way I shot two bucks near a tree, and soon after met the Boer De Beers, who asked me if I

after a little talk he showed me a diamond, I had been shooting, and I said Yos, and then

went on to his house, which is now De Beers. I asked him where he had found the diamond. I found it,' he said over there, just where you shot the springbok near the tree. It was a very curione coincidence, for beneath that tree

ONTAINING Articles of Special Interest. was found the guest diamond mine of De Beers.

Profusely Illustrated, descriptive of the A great ruch of diamond seekers come to People, Customs, &c., of the Far East. the Vaal River, and after a time I thought I The kindly Press criticisms, both Continental would go back to Datoitspan and work the and American, that the production of this farm. The place was swarming with diggers, Magazins has evoked le eloquent testimony of and claims thirty feet square were taken up and the starling marit of the publication. worked. At first no one went down deeper then sighteen inches or two foot. All the silt down to that depth was dug up and carefully sieved, but then the gravel seemed to give out, and the miners came upon linestone. One day, however, a minor, having dug out all the gravel on the surface, thought he would dig down through the limestone and see how far it went, he hid not got down more than nine foot when he found a big diamond. You can imagine the senmation that this produced.. I took a partner werkug it for time I cleared £2,000, and being A CHINESE PORCELAIN ENAMELS and together we bought a claim for £800. After

SMALL Collection of the Choicest Ola satisfied, I told him he could have all that was and BRONZES. left of the slaim for himself. He was very

And sin a lèw weeks the Griqua, grateful, and I profited by his gratitude nearly

ozen, augar, ! twenty years later.

to the botel at Colesberg ho showed it to reddvod hin waggon with

Price

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CONSIGN

"AGAMEMNON"

are hereby notified that the Cargo is being discharged into Craft, and/or landed at the Godewas of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Id., in both onses it will lie at Consignees risk. The Cargo will be ready for delivery from Craft or Godowa on and after the 7th instant.

Optional Cargo will be ianded, unless notice has been given prior to steamer's arrival.

Goods undelivered after the 14th instant. will be subject to rent. All damaged Goods must be left in the Godowns, where they will he

at 11 A.M. on the lith instant.

No Fire Insurance has been affected.

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,

Agente.. Hongkong, 6th April, 105,

AVID CORSAK

D MERCHANT NAVE

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COLD STORAGE.

THE HONGKONG IOS COMPANY, LD, A............ have now 40,000 Cubis feet of Colă Stomage avalable at East Porst. Stores will | be Open st: 10 A.M. and 4 PM. daily, Sundaya scepted, to receive and deliver perishable goods

W PARLANE, Manager. Hongkong, 18th November, 1901.