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Itrade with the Sofala Coast to have been part of the traditionn! policy of the Jewish monarchy. The Jews in King SOLOMON's time were only gradually emerging from their nomadic condition; they never, event

A. S. WATSON & CO., to the end, took kindly to the sea, and

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SOLOMON was entirely depcodeat on his friend and night, our Ham for the con- struction and manning of the feet. On the other hand, Urnam was glad of the military assistance of SOLOMON, as also of the opportunity, afforded by the understanding, of opening to Phenician coamer the whole of the Eastern sews, where trule had hitherto been a jiractical monopoly in the hands of the inhabitants of Arabia, whether

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JUNE 27¤¤, 1905.

Euphrates; Hiddekel,

The wastors of five lighters won oberged TELEGRAMS. before Mr. F. A. Hazelmi at the Police Conct yesterday with causing an obstruction in the Larbour by allowing their boats to lie dreast whils alongside the s.. divatoon Apear. They THE WAR STORES SCANDAL. were each fined $7.

A richa proprietor who was fined $ some weeks ago for allowing his coolio quarton to be overcrowded, planed fox coolies before Mr. G. N. Orme at the Polite Comet pesterity for occupying quarters at Bowrington Roldal Wanchai without permission. They were each fined $10.

allest of cld world legends, that of the Garden of Eden. There is much presump. tive evidence to connect the lead with the upper part of the Persian du There were, at all events four riven there;

that is Tigris v

tise Gilon, the Persian Huvaspa, now Kerkla, which embraces the land of Kugh, finally, Pison, the Greck Kissin: and the Pasitigris of the Greeks, which com- passeth the whole land of Harikh, where there is gold." We find the legend of

Mr. Henry Walker, Chairman of the Sandakan Paradis duplicated, in the Z of AvesİA, and in the same region, where approSanitary Board, is. parhaps unconsciously, a ancient bumourist. A recent report of his visit to the pristely enough the two mest civilisations, that of the Blond Iraians, and that of the "Rol," (Adamic, Ethiopian, Nabateans, Minus or Subens. This treaty had, in fact, more far ranching con-Erytbrian, Idumman or Himyare). Proto-" came in contart. Here to it; and was largely instrumeata! in the according to the Aban Yashit, is the boly MANUFACTURERSquares than have been usually ore liteal Sonites first

growth of Mediterrauie commerce, with its land of Hukairya with its precipicos, “male concomitant result the increase of political of gold," down which tumble the over- power in Carthage, Green and Rome. A living spring, and where the für goddess conservative estimate of the value of the Arddi-cum-anakita, Lady of Increase, the gold netnally extracted during this period equivalent at one of the Babylonian Nana from the South African mines places it at, and the Hebrew Khavah, at least, seventy five millions sterling, and of living," is ever present to be invoked by this the greater part seems to have found its her worshippers, way to the coasts of the Mediterranean.

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Now Hukairya in Zend, as Havilah in

The question: Whence enne the "Gold | Helsow, have no inherent, meuding: the two words may, however, be accepted as f Ophir "a phrase which for lugg centuries.

Bentical, the cinnige of gutturark to e baiug was in current use, is thus casily answer.

of the commonest: Khwarian changes to The origin of the phrase is not of suc

Both Urva, Hyrkania to Vehrkai, &e: simple explanation, and hundreds of toon. troversies have risen over it. The Periplus are unnected, curiously enough, with gold; of the Erythrian Sa speaks of Aplar the bat gold certainly now does not occur in ON EXIFRATES, however, quoted metropolis of CHARRAEL, King of the Surina Homcrites, and this has always beeny STRABO, speaks of the mere of the identified with Ophir; it seemingly occurs adjoining province of Kernan yielding Not in gold dust, and Arzal KERUASI tells of the with Psy as Sapher or Sabe.

soil of Jirust being gold, and adds thut" probably we have here a reference to the

gold was formerly found in its lust. Probably, thes, at the begining of human history, there did exist all wial washings

of time exhausted, when other Ophira were along the stream of the Karan, in the course found. If we are right in placing Havilah or Hohairya on the ancient Pasitigris, we

kingdom of Baban, and hence even in the days of DAVID hefore SOLOMON's alliance with the Queen of Sheba, we find the gold of Ophir already become proverbial. It is, however, notorious that the len of the Sabene never, itself, produced gold, and it has always been concluded that it was merely the point of distribatiou, the gold the name still surviving in a but being produced in the South African lands slightly altered form. There is no doubt alert the identity of the ancient Pasitigris A. S. WATSON & CO. between the Zambezi and the Limpopo, and

with the moderu Karun. Now netually the Karm compasseth the province of Hawiza, which although not literally a land of gold, is still a rich country

Its carrying on a great trade in wheat and sugar, and exporting largely to India. capital town is Ahwaz, in which we find the same plumetic elements; and this is pro- hably the result of Chaldean intercourse. At all events in the Book of DANIEL, and

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that ages before the time of king SOLOMON, the mcient inhabitants of Sabma wonde voyages to the Subi River, but with true Arabian ennuing they kept the secret to themselves. There is no improbability in the aurmise. which may be acepted as the But the very true explanation so far. Lo spondents mus forward their names and ad.indefiniteness of the name Ophir setus

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BIRTHS. On 17th June, at Hiukiang, to Entre and WAUEER J. CENNALL (B. B. M.'s Consul), a daughter, BERYL JO1.

Da COSTA, of a son.

On 17th Jum, at Shanghai, the wife of J. E. On 22nd June. at Shanghai, the wile of J DALTON, of a koɑ.

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cool included this item" A complaint front No. described as a luncile--he asked for work- if this could be arranged it would relieve his solitude."

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It is report from Tsingino that a secret servicn womengo was received by the German Admiral Chere to the effect that General Stossel had been found guilty of having sold Port Arthur for three million yen, andlad been shot in secordance with the finding endsoptonco of a flourt-martial.

In the week ending 24th instant, there were 16 plagno cases, 14 fatal. Sioco (to non paster- day) there have been five more, the fatal, Season's total 183 cases, of which 170 wore fatal. Two cases of outerie fever are reported, one a Europene from Singapore, the others Japanese resident. There is a Chinese case of email-pox in as outside district

When one day out from Singapora, Chan

and assalted a passenger with a ebopper, Kwai, a seaman on the ■s. Kimsang ran amok seriously cutting his head and right hand. He was brought on to Hongkong lo irons, and hauded over to the police. Brought before Mr. F. A. Hazeland at the Police Court yesterday,

the case was remanded till Monday.

Russian officers who were in the bat le of

Tsushima are said to have stated that on many of the Rassion men-of-war the sailers mutinied and refused to fight, in revenge for what they reosived on the long royage out from the Baltic; pecived to be the ill-treatment they had

and that what gun wors fired, were fired by the officers. They also state that many of the men jumped overboard as soon as the alien began, rather than fighi. This story is worthy of

suspicion.

["DAILY PRESS" SERVICE.]

LONDON, 26th June. The Royal Commission appointed to investigate the British (Boer) War Stores scandal consists of Sir George, Farwel judge of the High Court), the Rt. Hon. Sir George Taubman P.C., Fickl-Marshall Sir Goldie, George White, V.C., Sir Francis Mowatt, G.C.B., and Mr. Samuel Hope Morley, J.P., D.L, Governor of the Bank of England.

GERMAN NAVAL SCHEME.

LONDON, 26th June. Garmuy has decided to maintain a squadron in the Pacific Ocean, and another in the Indian ocean.

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THE "SAMSON CASE

SHANGHAI, 26th June,

1.18 p.m.

THE WAR.

["DAILY PRESS " SELFICH,}

THE PIRATE CRUISER.

LONDON, 26th June. The Russian cruiser Dnieper has arrived at Jibutil, with the European crew of the St. Kilda on board.

[REUTER'S SEXVICE.]

TO CEASE INTERFERING.

LONDON, 24th June, Renter's correspondent in St. Petersburg wires that as the outcome of the British

representations, British warships will be despatched to convey orders to the Dariper and Rion to cease interference with shipping tal to return to Russia immediately.

SUPREME COURT.

Monday, 26th Jnut.

IN PROBATE JURISDICTION.

BEFORE MR. F. T. Piagors (Chief Justice).

A DISPUTED WILL Probate selica No. 2 of 1904 came up. for

The legal arguments in the case of decision. Mr. H. E. l'ollek, K.C., instructed Parlow v. Kristensen, re ownership by Mr. F. B. Deacon, appeared for the plaintiffs of the steamer Samson, are concluded.and the defendant did not appear. In this action Choy Ho-shii, Choy Kan-shi and Choy Mr. Justice de Sausmarez reserved Shing wore plaintiffs.and Choy Chong defendant. his judgment.

[RECTER'S SERVICE.]

SCANDINAVIA AND JAPAN.

LONDON, 24th June, It has been dociled in Copenhagen to start a company to trade between Japan and Scandinavis

CORRESPONDENCE.

It was an action brought by the plaintiffs who olsimed to be the executreses and executor of the last will and codicil, made respectively on the 16th Sophombor, 1902 and the 25th July, 1908, of Choy Chan, deceased, who died on the 10th March, 1904; aid to establish such will and codkeil in solsma form. The plaintiffs were two of the wives and ona of the sons of the deceased. The defendant, who was another of the sons of the deceased, opposed the grant of probate of the will and codicil on two grounds-Firat because the deceased was of unsound wind when he executed the codicil, and secondly that the siecution thereof was obtained by the exercise of aadne influence by the plaintif Choy Ho-shi and one Tong Lai Chuen, wht, the defendant alleged, frequently represented to the deceased that he, the defen- dant, and his two brothers, Ubey Yau and Choy Yee, who were all disinherited by the codicil, wow spendthrifts, and worthless charac. tors. The deceased-trass woon of great wealth, promoted over the heads of many compatent as his estate in the Colmay was estimated by seniors? Of course, if those responsible for the 'sworn affidavit at their selection on prove that they are more application for probate. efficient, smarter, and more suitable then any of their sealers; the matter will be explained, bat that moms hardly probable.

A QUESTION OF OFFICERS. 150 THE SUITOR OF THE "DAILY PRESS"] Sin, Kindly allow me through the medium of jour columns to congratulate the gentlemen We can assure the Globe, from which the whs have recently been appointed 2nd Lieu, following paragraph was extracted that Ameri-

lounts in our Volunteer Corps.. cans do not talk a bit like that. Mr. Ralph

But does it not seem strange that a junior Ray, of Chicago, has been engaged to teachorreant and a more junior gunner should be King Alfonso English. During his approach. ing visit to this muuiry His Majesty may be expected to observe that he “guasses he is mighty prahd to be a genral in your bally fine army, and is having o slap-up tabus round here. What's wrong with England, whoop-he!"

about $1,000,000, on

Mr. F. B. Deacon, the solicitor for the plain tiffs, gave evidence that Messrs. Deacon, Looker and Denson wore the solicitors for the plaintiffs and had conducted the matter. Dae notice of trial had been sent to Messrs. Evens, Harston defendant's solicitors.

a par with many other names in or about so in EZEKIEL, we find the phrase "Gold Aitken and Officers of the 119th Infantry, the hardly satisfactory, and with un expenditure of and Harding, who oppeared on record as the

ofOphir" giving way to the form "Gold of

same worl is intended, but the scribe Upbus." There is little donk that the self-

accustomed to the then mors modern foru of Hawiza for the older Havilah, translit- erated it in Chaldean fashion as Uphaz. According to KIEFERT the most ancient wame of Susiana was Afari; and PLINY places here on the River. Eu lacus, the town of Forail, so that the chain of evidence.

A fishing boat containing a crew of threa mon capsized in a squall off Taiho on Sunday. The crew were rescued by the steam launch Kam Shan.

The repairing ship Hecio (Captain Charlton) gous North with two destroyers to-day. We anderstand that the romainder of the destroyers hon refitted will follow under conroy of a

cruiser.

declared an interim dividerd if one shilling pec Engineering & Mining Company, Ld, had

shara (Coupon No. 4).

By kind permission of Lient-Col. A. E band of the Regiment will play the following programme at the United Service Recreation Clab, Kowloon, to-day, commencing at 5 p.m. (weather persuitting :)— March... Overture Valse

"Diana

The strength of the corps, 273 in December, 1904, as against an establishment of 426, seems $44,032.15. equal to 8161,89 per man, is rather an expensive item to taxpayers. The expense of the earps, of course, does not increase at the alove rate, as the same staff, head quarters, &c., "The Yeomanry Patrol"... Squire

Spenst be maintained for 250 as for 500 and Parigraph III. “........

Kirby is to be regretted that the corps is not Jorea "A Gaiety Girl"

up te or even over the fall strength. Thi Piccolo Solo. "Golden Sparks"

Brewer

of such a small number is not for Cake Walk..."Jolly Negroes"....... Berger Fantasia."Hibernian Hougnet"... Kappey to seek, if such acts of apparent injustic

........."Peace andt Best." .......... Vatten

are very prevalent as the one recently aracted; and if such are continued the corps will become so small as to be not worth main- taining. The contention is that as ratepayers should wete ont justice but, at the same time hare best value for our money. -Your &c.,

Selection

Yong

Han Chuen entered the residence of a Euro-

open window on Sunday night during the an at No. 157, Wanchai Road through an owner's absence. Io stole a bez and a quantity of clothing, which he took to West Point and disposed of among other natives A detective arrested bira with a number of handkerchiefs in his possession, and nine men were arrested for receiving stolen goods. Placed before Mr. F. A. Hazeland at the Police Court yesterday. Han pleaded guilty to the charge of Inroony, bat the other nine men pleaded not guilty to the charge of receiving stolen property, and the case was remanded.

reason

CITIZEN.

THE HONGKONG VOLUNTEER RESERVE ASSOCIATION.

The principal scores in the Pool competition

Saturday list: F. Marteld

J. G. Gov

W. G. Winterbarn

P. L. Miller

L. G. Birl

J. H. Pidge

A Mackenzie...

C. Cottier

A. Moir

24: 68 # 51 - 16 = 67 64 ÷ 2 = 66

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Witness knew the deceased for about ten yours before his death.

and attended to nearly all his business matters which their ärm did for the deceased. Witnoss was a witness to both will and codicil, and co- nidered deceased at the time they were execute:l to be of scund mind.

After further evidence His Lordship decreed in favour of the plaintiffs and ordered that the defendant should pay the costs of the action.

IN SUMMARY. JURISDICTION.

BEFORE ME, A. G. WISE (PMNE JODGE).

THE TAL WING Y, CHEUNG YAD YO. The plaintiff claimed from the defendant 8329.20 for conl supplied. Mr. R. Harding appeared for the plaintiff and Mr. Master for. the defendant

The defence was that whereas the plaintiffs were sing the defendant for the balanos of coal delivered to severs! steam launches. The money paid by the defendint on various dates was paid through him, as the real contractor had left Hongkong to go to the country on account of illness. This man came to the defendant and asked him while he was away, if he would kindly receive certain sums of money, The defendast had nothing to do with the staan launches, and Leung Kin-shan, the real charterer, had died.

ancient Arábia. Where, for instance, was the land of Punt, whence came the first emigrants to Egypt? We find it as diffent of definition; it has he placed in the Susitie Peninsula in South Arabia, in Barnali Land, and on the Zambezi. Who were the Ethiopians? Hoxe muker MENON their Chief, a son of Ecs, the Darn Goddess, and old Greek tradition connects them with Susiana. HERODOTUS puts them in Abyssinia, na later authori-connecting original Ophir with the head or

the Persian Gaif is fairly completo. ·! tias even further west in the land of Lghia. Where was the original Erythrin which gave its name to the Indian Ocean, the. Persian Gulf and the Red Ses? ARRIAN in his Periplus of the voyage of NEARCHU& HONGKONG, JUse 27th, 1905.

would place it in the island of Bahrain in WHILE was Ophir?. With the recent in the Persian Gulf, where he says Ervruas, But Elyana's its first kiug was buried, crease of our relations with Arabia, more especially Yemen and Hadramaut, as well here can only be a translation of ADam,

The N. C. Daily News of Jun 23rd reports as the growing importance of Mashena- the Red; and this brings us in touch with the

Messre. Benjamin, Kelly & Potts were yester

In the minutes of the committee meeting of

8 55 land, the question has considerably more very old legend that the Punic peoples,

the Shanghai. General Chamber of Commerce

48 + = 59 than a mere academic interest. The ques-whow some would associate with Fant,day advised by, telegraph that the Chinese

published yesterday morning, it was noted that

W. B. Boyes

44 + 8 59 tion' is, iñoreover, quite distinet from the really emigrated some five thousand years

4.+ W. H. T. Davis

6 = 50 a sub-committes had been appointed to interview

Winner-F. Maxfield. cognate enquiry as to whence came the ago from these very regions.

the Consul General for Japan at Shanghai with Such repetitions of names have always

The King's Park (500 yards) Range will be gold of Ophir. This latter question may

reference to the stoppage of trade at Newchwang' be considered as set at rest by the modern been common amongst migratory nations, discovery of the remains of extensive The index to the Times Atlas contains

owing to ali transport facilities by land available from 4 to 6.30 p.m. ou Wednesday and water being monopolised by the Japanese next the 28th June to enable those members We ne courteously who have not already shot for the Governor's ancient gold workings, as well us of exten-twenty Yorks; Profossor KEANE,

The statue of Sir Thomas Jackson, Bart., military authorities. authority on ancient

informed that thernb-committeeled an interview Cap for June to do so. sive ruined cities in the districts between acknowledged

which in to be erected on one of the vacant plots yesterday morning with Mr. Odogiri, who kindlys the Zambezi and the Limpopo rivers in ethnology, while he tells us that. Ophir was

A. PAVLOW'S "THICK SKIN" in front of the premises of the Hongkong and South Africa, taken in connection with the undoubtedly in Southern Arabia, would have | For sterling sixteen panes of glass valued at undertook to telegraph to Newthwang on the Land of Havilah 324 from the new building which is being subject, and urge the authorities to assist as

Quite aquest) public interest was shown in Shangbai Bank, was completed before last mail accounts in the Books of Kings and Chron-us believe that the

much as possibh the movement of goods into the proceedings in the Shanghai Supreme Court left London, and will arrive here very shortly. icles, of the aval expeditious organised where, according to the Book of Genesis, arceted in Chater Street, Mr. G. N. Orme

yesterday sentenced, a coolie to one month's the interior.

9 June 21. During the morning, two ladies. Signor Baggi, to whom Sir Thomas gave fon by king SOLOMON in conjunction with his "there was Gold," was situated at or band labour and six hours' slecks.

Mr. George Angell, the venerable president friends of his Lordship, occupied chairs on the sittings, has been engaged on this work for

Bench, and there was a considerable gathering close ally Hinau of Tyre. One of the first about Sofala or the east coast of South

Return of visitors to the City Hall Library of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of spectators in Court The entire day, after the early eighteen months, including a delay at the objects of King SOLOMON was to obtain a Africa. This is very like saying that York satisfactory foothold on the ldumean pen- undoubtedly in Yorkshire, but that Ebor-aud Musenu for the week ending the 25th of Cruelty to animals, has created a wild sensa. opening address, was occupied in the examina-foundry of two months. The statue is in bronze, June, 1995, were 251 -Chinese, and 75tion by deontsag the presidentes on "educated tion of the plaintiff, Mr. A. Parlow, who is still and represents Sir Thomas wearing a frock-cont the cross-examination by Mr. Morgan Philips on a pedestal eleven feet high. In an interview insula, where he founded the city of Elath: acum must be looked for in Ameriet on the Chinese to the former, and 15 non-Chinese, and bulldog. What a bad example," said Mr. titularly Russian Minister to Cors. During The figure is ten feet high and is to be erected

Angell, President Roosevelt-iets to the youth in the afternoon, the questions took on a and having thus obtained command of the banks of the Hudson River. As a fact, 1,294 Chinese to the latter institution.

of our country by his bunting expedition! He distinctly senational character. Mr. Paybow with a reprezentative of our London' office, Gulf of Akaba, he proceeded to build a Ophir. Sapher, Sheba, Sofala and Havilah,

A naval correspondent of the N. & M. Record teaches them to believe that hunting, sur, and bore his long examination with the greatest Bignor Raggi mentioned that Sir Thomas

to one of the letters put in. had greatly irritated facet of sea-going merchant vessels, with and probably many other places are one and sent the following from Hongkong:-Since the bloodshed are the clasf things in life. The good humour, and the "smile" which, accordog family are very pleased with the status, consi- that day sent the model of the Jubilan status of the object of trading in the more distant the same. True, Semitic scholars will have transfer of naval bands to the Royal Marines President has good qualities, but his huasne the defendant on a previous occasion, was very dering it an excellent likeness. The artist lad parts of the Erythrian Seas-a term which none of this, All Semitic roots, say they, considerable improvement in the physique and education line been neglected. I consider him much in evidence. Only once it vanished for a

an educated bulldog, with the bamune side of time, when Mr. Phillips after reading some the late Queen Victoria to the foundry in order distinctly uncomplimentary extracts from Bas- anciently covered, not only the Red Sea of are tri-literal, and Oplix, A. F. R., is no general hearing of the bardmen on the China

one in Hongkong. One goes to South Afrien to-day, but included the Parsian Gulf, and exception; the bones must remain, and the station is taken place, whilst their musical his make-up backing. I have always opposed sign newerapers, and finding they were lightly to execute two orders be has for replicas of the all the western portion of the Indian Ocean. only possible variation is in the covering of performance are voted to be characterised by his holding the various important ofices that trented, asked His Excelleney if he must not

a higher standard of harmony. These facts, he has held, on the ground that at some time he possess very thick skin. Mr. Faslow drew and the other to Toronto. Nearly two thdred years later, in the flesh and skiv. This is, however, only leg together with the band's contentment with would get as into, a dangerous war. as in my himself up and said he should decline to aasrar Thomas reflects great credit on Signor. Heggi more questions. His Lordship suggested that who for the past forty years has resided in the remark would be more properly oue for reign of Amazin, we find Elath still in ging the question: Is Ophir Bemitis? There the Admiralty's liberal terms of service, speaks opinion he got us into the Spanish war.

1 reputation as an able sculptor. possession of the kings of Judah, so that is no proof that it is, but much presumptive wall for the future of the maral musician under think that he is the most dangerous man in the comment to the jury and Mr. Phillips did not London; and will doubtless enhance that artist's

country."

press the question.-N. C. Daily News. we may consider the keeping opes of the evidence that it is at least pre-Semitic. And Marine administration.

this brings us in contact with one of the

It is anuomuced in our advertisement columps that Mr. Evan Ormiston, who is going home 3131 on bare give ever charge of the local branch of the Mercantile Bank of India to-day to Mr.

A. R. Linton.

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After hearing the case His Honour gave

SIR THOMAS JACKSON'S STATUE.

judgment for the defendant with coste,

The statue of Sir