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Hwan, Mr. N. J. Stabb, Mr. J. Stobart, Mr. Mrs, and Miss Siebs, Miss Stollard, Mr J. R. M. Smilb, Mr. Philip W. Borgsant, Miss Bohafer, Mr. Tanner, Mr. C. H. Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. Tooker, Mr. and Mrs. Town- ahend, Mr. and Mrs. Tutcher, Mr. and Mrs. Tomes, Mr. and Mrs. Basil Taylor, Mr. H. A. Tozer, Capt. and Mrs. Tulloch, Mr. and Mrs. A. Turner, Mr. Ua Lai Chusa, Mr. and Mrs. Ho Tang, Mr. But Mrs. Ho Kom Tong, Mr. Veitch, Consul-General and Mrs. Volpical, Mr. and Mrs. Vernou, Mr. J. Y. V Vernon, Mr. P. F. J. Wodehouse, Mr. and Mrs. R. Chatterton Wilcox, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Woodenek. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Wright, My, and Mr. Walker, Mr. Wolfe, Mr. Arthur J. Williams, Mr. W. B. Walker, Col. Webb and Officers of the Royal Army Medical Corpe, Mr. J. W. White, Mr. and Mrs. James Woods. Mr. A. E. Wright, My, James Whitton, Mr. H. C. Wilcox, Mr. and Mrs. Wright, Mr. Wenburg Mr. F. W. Ware, Col, Mrs. and Miss Wylly, Lieut. Col. Wylly and the Offears of the 1st Sherwood Foresters, Col. and Mrs. Webb, Mr.

POLICE COURT,

Monday, 9th November. Barone MR. T. Sencombe SMITH (POLICE MAGISTRATE).

ROBBERY.

EX

THE HONGKONG DAHY PRESS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1 TH 1998

Cheries Zielen, Gunuer R.G.A., was charged with having stolen

gold-filled watch, valued at 85, from a drawer in the rest of one Sam Kam si 45 Ship Street on Saturday night, The woman Sam Kam depcard that she left used in ter room for a minute, and when she was outside she heard the ratio of some crackers which she kept in a drawer fa ber room, and quickly returns to the room and locked into the drawer for the watch which she kept there, and found it had bien taken away. She accused the sanu with having

SHOCKING SHOOTING ACCIDENT IN NEW TERRITORY.

P.W.D. OVERSEEÉ SHOT DEAD.

COLONISING METHODS.

In an amazing article in the Morning Post

750 AT MID-DẤY:

Mr. Poultney Bigelow contrasts the colonising YOU CAN NOW ENJOY DOING YOUR OWN DEVELOPING and the United States in their Far Eastern methods adoped by Great Britain and Germany possessions. He writes:

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COMFORTABLY IN BROAD DAYLIGHT BY USING A

KODAK DAYLIGHT DEVELOPING MACHINE WITHOUT DARK BOOM.

We regret to have to recon! most distressing fatal accident which occurred in the New Territory on Sunday. A part of Europeans In Weihaiwei I notice that the British set out on a shooting expedition on the other Governor has named the streets in the manner side, and on Sunday it appears were in the most handy for Chinamen, using words Ivast

King

Street, &o. In Kisodehow the Garnis DESCRIPTIVE PAMPHLETS FROM neighbourhood of Shatem stalking some doar likely to prove confnging, such as High Street, that were making themselves board. The party Governor has apparently tortured his brain to consisted of Sergeant J. Les and Sergeant Hiil predno a nomenclature that would make the

direction. Fancy the Chinamon set of with of the Hongkong relien; Mr. W. McGregoratives inapauls of following an oral or written of the Public Works Department, who is in "ohit" to the "Friedrich Wilhelms Platz. charge of the now waterworks in Kowloon or the Kaiser Wilhelms Platz, and a fourth European.

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or the

"Kulsor Wilanius der Gruzse: Strusso” The simple coolie oannot pronounce en "r" in any aircutástances, but when that "r" comes grind-

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ACHEE & CO.,

Hongkong, 7th November, 1903.

MR. CHAMBERLAIN'S SCHEME IN BRIEF.

The proposals pat forward by Mr. Chaubers

under the following six honda ;----

A. G. Wood, H. H. A. G. Wise. Dr. and Mrs stolen her watch, and hò denied it, and told her i McGregor in the back, on the spine, killing ship 80 crammed with machinery that there laia in his Glasgow speech may be sumornarisel Chi, Hon. Wai Yuk, Mr. and Mrs. Eung 8bin to come with him to the police. They went him instantaneously. Yesterday afternoon the of the tarrack and the official that the simple

Wright, the Rev. T. Wright, Mr. Young Plu Wa, Mr. Wel On, and Mr. and Mrs. Hu Yow,

CORRESPONDENCE. FOOD RINGS AND FOOD TAXATION:

TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY PRETI"

Sussex Square, Brighten.

SIR. Before the question of Feat Taxation can be properly understood by the loaders of public opinion in politics and the Prass, certain Fundamental facts-hitberta almost universally ignored should be grasped and considered carefully.

To save space, I select a single example-a simplo one, sufficient however to direct attention to the essential polats. This example is the fish supply, which derives unasal importanes because fish is a never-failing bome source of food supply from our own British shores, even. in case+f war,

In order that this matter may to fully under stead it should be remembered that that which was called in old English foresteal-and Intor forestall-meant to waylay, lie in wait or ambach so as to intercept or cut off either a person

or an animals.

Later for stall come to mean also to lie in wait and buy up vistuals from the butchers, farmers, fishermen, and the like, before the food can to the markets or fairs, a as unduly to enhance the price of food to the consumer.

During the middle ages, the technical offence of forestalling fresh food, etc.. consisted in

together into the street, where the accused run away and hid in a godown. The prossentriz then fetched Constable Rhen, who went up and found the man. He asked him if he had stolen the woman's watch, when the acousul produced it and handed it to the constable, who then arrested the accused. Asked if he had anything 14 say, the accused mid it would not have hap pened if he had not been drunk. Sergt. Collet proved that while the accused had been drinking, he was fully aware of what he was doing. The accused had nothing further to say, and was sentenced to 14 diys' hard labour.

DRONE AND, INCAPABLE,

Heary Gible, spaman, out of employ, was charged with being drunk and incapablo in Queen's Rond Central. As he had no defence His Worship inflicted $2 or 7 dngu.

ILLICIT OFIUM.

A large number of Chinese wore arraigned on the charge of having divers gnantities of opium in their possession in excess of the amount permitted by their certificates. They Were foud sams varying from 5 to 3160.

ROOVES AND VAGABONDS.

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Eight Chinese who have lately arrived in th colony were charged with being rogues and vagabonds, and having no esteu ible means of livelihood. They were rent to ten days" hard labour, four hours in the stecká, and ordered to be sont cut of the Colony at the expiration of their sentences.

A HOUSE BÒY THIEF.

Wang Lu, a house-boy employed at

room early yesterday morning, and, taking the keys from his trousers pocket, unlorked a drawer and stole therefrom $3 belonging to his master. He had no witnesses and no defeuce. Two months' hard labour, and six Lours in the stocks was the result.

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body of the unfortunate man was brought to Hongkong by the police latach and placed in the mortuary chamber to await the inquest which will take place this morning,

Mr. McGregor had not had leave for a considerable period, and he had looked for ward to the King's birthday to get an oating in the New Territory. Much sympathy is felt for Sergeant Le in the painful position in which he finds himself through inadvertence. He was a grout friend of Mr. McGregor, and when on leave last no oppor- tunity of visiting him at the waterworks.

Fery

In the course of their pursuit of tho deer Sergeant Loe was manipulating the ing in between several scraping and sumezing chamber of his ride when the weapon consonants the poor Chinaican pines for Wei west off and the bullet struck - Mr.hai-woi, Kiaocha, when I was there, suggested was no place lust for cargo. There was so much colouist appeared to be a solecism. The results wy visit to Kiacchan I garo to the pointing out that the United States were like Geographical Society of Munich last win er

wise making and work of their opportunities through mistakes of s partially cogna e character. Recently I received a letter from a friend in Shanghai, who ranks as one of the fow Rest-rato Chinese ștadosts, und, more, over, one whose opinion in tatters colonial is ruted very highly by those computout to judge. spending money there like water, but they Of Kiaoobau he says: The Germans are do not know how to govern the Chinese Taik was very obvions to me on the occasion of my visit to the autumn of 1898, n. I had hoped that matters would have mended since then. It seems, however, that the German Government still persists in what I might call the American method of encing offlelals to the Far East only for short forms of years instead of, as under the British method, permitting young men to make a life-long careur of it. Though Weihaiwe has at least one-thiril moro population than Kinosing, that port requiron at promut for its sucessful ndanistention only á "hondful of white men. In Kiaochu there are from 1-20 to 160 natiro policemen, besides 40 white ones, When I was in Kiacou found only five tua out of uniform as against 1 300 ju uniform,

LATE TELE RAMS.

[VIA CETLON AND RANGOUN

THE ALASKA AWARD.

London, 21st October. The Alaska Arbitration Award has been proved with the utmost enthusiasm in the United States, and with angry disappointment

in Canada.

UNPROFITABLE FAITH. HEALING,

London, 21st Octobor.

A Zionist mission hold by Dr. Dowis, of Chicago, in New York, lins ended in a hopeless fissen. Dr. Dowie is enraged at the con appearance of the dollars.

TIRING OF THE FI-CAL QUESTION,

London, 21st October. Fiscal oratory is already beginning to pail on the British paulle, who show signs of being tired of disesDISION.

ASIA MINOR RAILWAT,

London, 2nd October. The construction of the earthworks of the border has begun.

INDIAN TELEGRAPHS,

From Manila I bave private reports which | confirm also my notes made four years ago,

Uncle Sam has sent plenty of politicians to Manila, but as yet no trained administrators. The Filipinos clamour for justion, Washington gives them Congressional colutes by the ship load. And thus it happens that, while we have dumped out on to the shores of Luzon a cargo or so of flat-chested Now England Sunday- schnol teachers, along with several buy politicians, the natives are not yet cloar in their mats whether the sham liberty of Unce Sam" is not worse than the courtly tyranny of water built at.Manila.

Without it ships Lure to lie off two or three miles from shore, and cannot work oargo at all if there is any wind blowing, We have not yet got an electric tran service, though from the moment that Dewey sank the Spanish float there were millions of British and American capital ready to go in and undertake any financial enterprise for which the Government would grant permission und für protection. There is not yet a railway built to the much-talked-of sanatorium in the hills, and even the road is not complete yet, though it is officially hoped that it will be in twelve monk in other words,, in spite of being famous for practical business sons in nearly every part ment of human life, the moment "Uncle Same

the fact that the forestoalor bought foot queen's Road Central, entered his master's railway from Erivan to Jalfa on the Persian the Spaniard. We have not yet got a briak. whole to sell it again wholesale within the trade, witheat acting se a distribútor, or retailer, or breaker of bulk, or an assorter for the convenience of the trade and the con-dmar. The machinations and manipulations of "Horestealing" food are wall illustrated by the Fish Trade monopolists who are historically known as The Billingsgate Ring." They are now termed middlemon market monopolists, who buy and sell exclusively wholesale within their frade, without distribating or retailing the food.

The Billingsgata lummarie apeculates and denis in fish by buying up wholesale "large quantities of fish from the Billingsgato salesman, to sell the fish again wholesale in smaller lots or asserted quantities to smaller balers within Billingsgate-of

the bammaree is a technically speaking fozemeuler,

course

FOOCHOW.

PROM OUR CORRRẸPONDENT.)

Foschow, 4th November. IMPERIAL FOOCHOW ARSENAL.

It is paid that an ultimatum has been issuul to Mr. C. Doyère to quit the Arsenal on or before the 19th inst., his reply being defiant end cxtrudive. His connection with the In Billingsgate siuco 1016 and continuously up to date, faxes or tells on fish have been loried perin! Arsenal crased officially on the 6th ult. Tactai Wei Han bes now absolute coutro! with by the Corporation or City of Londos. In other words, as regards the metropolitan. A. Bertrand as his Engineer-in-chief

Calcutta, 21st October. The Report for 1902-03 of the Indian Telegrapli Department shows a successful year's working. Auorensed expenditure has been incurred owing to the improvement of the position of the signallers, and income has been Sacrificed owing to a reduction in the rates for for ign message. The bandsome profit of 33 lakhs is a return of 415 per coat, upon the capital outlay. The Imsiness under all beadings shows un increase. Large extensions were made, and the automatic system was introduced at a number of fresh centres, expediting the traffic.

THE ADEN FRONTIER.

arrives at u Colonial problem ho appears to be paralysed, and to be committing many of the faults which limit the power of Germany in matters colonial.

I. A tax not exceeding 2. a querior on foreign corn, except maize,

arranged us to give a preference to the British II. A corresponding tax on flour, but ka

miller...

III. A tax not exceeding 5 per cent. on foreign ment and dairy producs, except bacon,

IV. A aubsinutiul proferena to. Colonist

win and fruit.

sugar, coffe, and cocon.

V. A reduction of existing duties on les,

The cost of all the foregoing inties to the Exchuquos Mr. Chamberlain estimates at £800,0*0),

VI. Dulies, not exceeding on the averag26 1 per cent, en foreign manufactured goods, and estimated to produce tal sum of £1,000,000, thus leaving a pet stcplus of 169,000 to buy used in the reduelva of taxes, Weekly Not Result,

i ost of now duties:

To the labourer To the artis

Effnet of lessenesi dution:

To the labo(1762 To the artisau Clain, lo the labourer, workly Guiu to the artisan, weekly

Farthings.

1%

PHOTO GOODS DEALERS.

158

&. 00.,

BROWN,

JONES

MONUMENTAL MASONS,

ITALIAN AND AMERICAN MARBLE STATUARY FIGURES, OBELISKS, COLUMNS RUSTIC AND PLAIN Crosses and HEAD- STONES IN STOCK.

CEMETERY MEMORIALS made to and

Hongkong Gradites. design in Italian and American Marble and

LETTERING in any Styl or Language,

carefully and

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COART PORT ORDEUS promptly execnted.

Hongkong, 7th August, 1963,

DR. NEWELL WILSON,

DENTIST,

Latest American mathods.

Reasonable prices.

No charge for examinations.

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Office hours A.M, to 1 PM, and 2 to 5 PM.

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COMMERCIAL AND SHIPPING.

TEA.

Anos, 312 Gelporn. The export of tea from Amboy and Formosa for this year up to the ear toler toils 17,21-608 Ibs, of Tamsi Doloougs, and 34561 Dx of Amoy Onloug to the Duised States, 245203 a. of Tamsat Ocloong to London, and 11,965 ths, to various other places. Arrivals to date of the new season's Formus. Oulungs are 352,045 ball cheets. OPIUM.

Amor, let October. During the period from 20th September to 30th Outches-07 piculs of New Bemates, and (43 picule of Ordinary Benares were imported. There were also 2 pics of Medina Persian; one pieu) of Malwa, 22 piculs of Sacehuen, and 14 pieuls of Patmu.

MISCELLANROUS IMPORTS.

Anor, 31: Outcher. October imports were as follows-310 picule

During the period from 26th September to 30th cotton: 5. mouls of yam; 3 pieces of oth piece goof, 425 p of T-clotha; 8.042 pieces of White Shirtings: 60 pires of Turkey Bardos pics of Drills; 267 piners figured shirting 1,268 pieces of dyed brocalos; 175 pierea uf dus; 3 pieces of scarlet camlets; 03 pieces of fastings; 2,623 yards of Spanish stripes ;

+3

wood: 172

of

ironware

fish supply and fish trade. the Corporation | Looking at Mr. Doyère's methods from the best Regiment was killed on Ore were wounded. conatry: he has been trained my da Amerien of Shanghus of rattan?ther; 40.110

on Bish

450

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Beautiful work ap roaching Print, which in impossible with a Ribbou.

A Sumll consignment of above Machinus offernd for Sale at heving just arrived, are $135 not

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THE

Bombay, October 23rd. Advices from the Dihalla Camp of the Ador Boundary Commission, to the Times of India,

43 piculs of lead: 1151 piculs of Malicen state that the fighting on September 12th was Judge Taft, as Governor of the Philippines, tin, &-piculs of unit rod home; between a British calumo of 250 infantry and is far shore the average of those who have gone silver, 13 picule of liron; 12 | two guns, and 1,000 Yata triboamou, bo fight to the Far East in the service of the United 23,5 pients of si 1,312 pics of seat attans; 7,499 picule lasted five hours, the Arabs leaving fifteen dead States Government. But, unfortunately, he is sad; 307 piculs of apanwood, 215 picule of sanda on the ground. Om man of the Hampshire not familiar with the language or with the

whent; 19,036

ut 129 Foruids Tree trade, frua iuparte, and even point of views possible, he appears to have run The Boundary Commission is now approaching barrister and judge; he is only there for a

piculs of heateke: 45,554 pículs of from experts! (This means that

pieces of tea mats: 420 tons of Japan coke, 256 picula of Rangoon to CHINA AND JAPAN exported direct from Killingsgate the toll the Imperial Arsenal for angone's advantage the completion of its work; and its labours are limited number of years, and. eron for the pieuls of Beche de Mar: 8,201

by or tax is not returned).

rather that the Chinese-who, it is main. likely to be over by the und of the year, Tho short time be way be there, he is knoparent haer leaf; and 755 picu's verafts-111

Dublin Fusiliers, who have been detained an

not having fall powers. The Governor of

MISCELLANEOUS EXPORTS. Further, the inadequate size of Billingsgale

extra year at Aden owing to the Commission, Kiaschau is a naval oflear, to whom also, the market compels be Corporation to charge

are due to leave for Ireland on October 24th.

term of years as Governor is a mere incident of

Merchandise exported. excessivo rants for fish stalls to its tenaute, the

his career. Billingsgate salesmen, etc.. which is taata- mount to an add tional civic tox on fish. These ancient historical practices and pelley of taxing food

I support and justify the Food Fiscal Fight now advocated by Mr. Chamorinio.

The colossal trade trusts of today are gigantie combinations of forestealers, specially those deal trusts-practically monopo ies-which exclusively wholesale within their trade, with out distributing or retailing their commodities

direct to the consumer.

The Billingsgato Ring is probably the oldest, and one of the most powerfully organised and developed trading truste in existence,

By artificially decreasing the supply, so as to valance the pics of fish, the Billingsgate Ring has long been secused of wilfully destroying and keeping back good wholesome fish till it becomes too decomposed or rotten for sale!

tained, must lose money in continzing and con- firming Mr. Doyère's contracts.

Mr. Wei Hau, the now Director, is himself un engineer. He is a Tasta secredited to the Shanzi provines, and joined the Arsenal as representative of the Chinese authorities about 3 months age. He has however spout some 15 years in the service of the Arsenal, only leaving"] it about 3 years ago to help in the administration Mr of the Lu Hau Railway Co. at Hankow, Wei Haz is on excellent French scholar, and speaks and writes English well, whereas most of the French gentlemen altached to the Arsenal are not conversant with the English language. In fact, quite recently on English man, the only one new ou the staff, was engaged presumably because the presence of an engineer

In fact, in 1759-by 30 George 11. C. 27)-who was conversant with English was folt to be this offence was lande punishable-without desirable, Mr. Doyere being practically the only bail-with not less than one month's nor more member of the European staff who was profi than two months hard labour in the Hoags cient in this respect. of Correction.

I am, Sir: yours, etc.. J. LAWRENCE-HAMILTON, M.R. C.S.

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FAIR PLAY.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE "DAILY PEESS,”

MAILS,

the 3rd we have been quite without any mà, communications south of the Port.

-SPORT.

RACING-MIDDLE PARK PLATE.

The Middle Park Plate was won by Pretty Pally by these lengths, with ono length separa- ting St. Amant and Honde Down. The betting was 2 to 1 on Pretty Polly, to against St. Amant, 2 to 1 or Honde Down.

THE INDIAN MEDICAL SERVICE.

Simla, 20th October. With the approval of the Secretary of State the following revised rates of regimental pay and o her concessions for officers of the Indian Medical Service have been accepted by the Government of India with effect from the 13th August, 1913: (1) Pay of Liutonaut Es. 500; Captain Rs. 550; Captain after are yours sertion Rs. 600; Captain after seven years' ser- vice Rs. 850; Captain after ten years' service Ba: 700; Major Its. R, Bajor aftor three yours' arvice Rs. 200; Lintonant-Colonel Rs. 1,250, Lieutenant-Colonel after twenty-five years service Rs. 1,300; Lieutenant-Colonel fealected for protection) Rs. 1,400; Colonel Rs. 1,80. (2) Specialist pay at Rs. 60 a month will be admissible under certain conditions as for the Army Medical effors (3) Pay of Director-General of the Service is raised to Rs. 3,000 monthly. (4) Special leave

allowed to

The Governor of Weihaiwei is 220th September trotz R1st

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first-rate Chinese scholar. He is a man who may be seid to have grown up with this post in view Mr. Lockhart, in 1898, excited universal admiration at Hongkong by the manner in which he travelled the whole line of the Kow. loon frontier, and adjusted differences with the local Chirose nuthorities. A German official would have requited for his protection on such an expedition a battalion of infantry. Mr. Lockhart had wha was worth much mor perfect command of the language, and a hus tact in appreciating local froling. We were therefore not surprised to hear through other sources that in Shantung Mr. Lockhart was on a recent jenrney received medially by Chines officials, at whose doors the German Governor of Kinschau had knocked in vain.

CHINA'S ARMY.

An interesting study of the Chinese Army as it appears to a Franch offer's eyes is cou- tributed by Gonoral Frey to the Revue des Deur

by

the period from was:-407 picris of Amoy white sugar; 6,570 piculs oft

of brown sugar 4.750 piculs of cads; 7,100 pieces hump tool ing 1,500 pieuls paper (No.1 quality), piezts paper (No. 2 quality), 305 picula propavel tobacco; and 1050 pieces of kitty sole.

FREIGHTS,

AMOV, 31st adekar, The Freight on tea to New York viit the Freifle is gold cents per lb. gross; and via the Suez.

Canal 25 per ton.

Boring the month of October there were lá Arrivals from II ongkong;-Thales, Shamess, Thales, Digi Mard, Halan, Daigi Maru, Anping ere, Haimun, Whampoa, Haichiny, Thaies, Daigi Maru, Halawa, Hatching, und daping slurs.

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award, and has in him the raw material of an excellent soldier, was demonstrated long age!

Gordon, and the fact is, of course, fly admitted by General Froy. Just us judicious treatment and sonud military training by Tan FAVOURITE BRANDY OF THE British officers converted the faint-hearted

Batween the last arrival of the Anping Maru for study will be granted under certain condi, Mondes. That John Chinaman is anything but on 26tt all, and the arrival of the Huitar on tious and daring such leave lodging allt dance will be admissible. (5) Suected Licatonaut Colonels will be

servo aftor the age of 55 years to complete thirty years service for pension, provided they pre physically fit and specially recommended; bat they will not be eligible for promotien par for Egyptian troops into the lions that fough the special extra peasion of £100 by reason of tun

(6) The pensions China with one of the most formidable armies adequately employal, capable of providia? such extension of service. Dow admissible of 2 and £385 after seven in the world, Bat the subject bristles with teen and twenty years' service, re pectively intern tions! difficulties. One of these as are raised to £300 and £400, (7) Extra pensions will be given after three yours' service involved in the question as to which of the in the administration grades, vix, £25 to a nations would be permitted by the Colonel and £350 to a Surgeon-General. :

Hongkong, 9th November,

At the Gan Club on Monday last the 16-bird Six-There is a matter which, according to shoot ended in a final fie between Mr. J. C. English idens of fair play, node adjusting Dewald and Mr. G. Siemsses, Mr. Carald Now, although in 18 yours Hongkong and neighbourhood has trebled in size and shipping, eventually winning. The prize was a very there are now in Hongkong public and ship. handrome pair of sleeve links presented by Mrs. ping offices men who have sorved the Govern Drew, wife of the Custus Commissioner,

Sad to very efficiently. ment faithfully and say, in spite of the terrible increase of work, Cold drizzling rain is putting an offective these mu have not received a single dollar of damper ou the Tennis Handicap, Gentlemen's

Singles. Additional pay. This applies both to English- born and all the loyal subjects in the Colony, whether light-haired or dark-haired. It seems past belief that men should go on year after year facing this terrible increase of work, and

DEPARTURES OF OLD RESIDENTS. Mr. and Mrs. Westall, two of the oldest and must respected reaŝdents in the Port, ara leaving

in many cases dae not speak about an indiesso for good by P. & O. 8.8. Shanghai on Monday of pay. Now the English ides is that the next, The Foochow A.D.C. arranged a very labourer should be paid according to the quantity

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

Social Ghosts. By ANNIE THOMAS, Loudon George Bell and Bags Indian and Colonial Library.

of work, and his ability to perform that work, successful concert in the Reading Room of

Priors Hoothing. By ELLA FULLER MAIT putting aside the reward of long and the Club on Tuesday last in their honour, as faithful service. If we hire a coalie to pull ous Mr. Westall has been the leading light of the LAND, London: George Bell and Son pankab only and pay bim for pulling one only. Socisty for many years. This opportunity Indian and Col nial Library. is it out of order for that woolie, when expected was takim to present him with a handsome

to pull a set of 5 or more puzkals, to ask for

S" are similar meth is,

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jealou ies of the rest to take up the role of organiser and instructor. Another has re- ference to the profound change that must b effected international relations if China Here to become great military Power, General Fray apparently thinks that he has disposed of both these problems by suggest. destinies to France, and should join the Eron their cheapest quality is recommended. ing that Ching should entras ber niitary- Franco Russian Alliance.

by the Medical Faculty for Invalids &

delicate people.

The proposal is that of a soldier, rot of a statesman; the Chi- nese puzzle, We may

bo quite sure, will ot be saved in any such simple and offhand shion. Meanwhile, as bearing on the strictly

My Lady of the Bass. By SIDNEY HEBBENTitary side of the question, it may be printed

pay in proportion His pay must be in propor- testimonial, subsoribed for by all residents in BUECHELL, London: George Bell

liqueur cups. Mr. Westall, in addition to identifying himself with every as of life in

Indian and Colonial Lábrar 7.

The Independent Reviews. Vol London: T, Fisher Unwin.

tion to his work. This applies equally to the the form of a silver solver with jug and set of man who liven by his capacity as writer-olerk or official in the various Government offices, either for the Colony ashore or its shipping. With frm trust in English fair play, Yours, etc., the Port, bas for some 12 years pated as The Matthurian A Monthly Journal,

ENGLISH-BORN.

Honorary Editor of our local paper where hit weekly issue was concerned,

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