SEPREME COURT.
Monday, March 51%
IN BARNECER.
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can you whd up,necounts ---No. Ifave you got dugres?No.
Well, you ought to have one'
Is it true if not that you die the shop $6,300 20- The urvaan tunt told told my so, and I by Ma, A. G. WISE i visse Junor), onde an affillavit to that off. el.
Leung Chin, neemutant to the Kwong Fuk Laing, was examined by Mr. Bowley,
ALE PAETSKER FAIL Scan Swdlich auf doing Wai-tong em peated dir
How long have ýa lana aromalani to the Kwong Pad Lag was hero when I was
This public su nation was continued by a hay. Mr. G. H. Wakeaman (official reveiver).
MP W. Caliving (1 30. Bruitro Bak and Gidring? and Mr. P. f. 1. Howkey (of Mesra, Deanys and Bowby, repræealed a puiulor of vestitors, and Mr. F. N. dala da Contro watched the case on behalf of the 1 store.
Chun San-shek was further -xamined by Mr Goldring He said tha live "what damagal so much of their stock ceurred in the Des Ramul promise when they were moving.
Ai the curl of eneja Chinash your do you clean Ein greats and make a ledanno short: Yes, Where is this isaluted shens for the year beftars [ Blast P-It was lost when wo comoved, and I cannot rerumber whether 2 showed that the shop radion profit on alumn
· You don't expect anybody in Court to believe thất ?-Owing to my old age, you know, my Lentry is not so guilas it was.
Dog credit ach jester with interest, on Vospital? Every year toy dies all their
my out.
Mr Goldring-1 put it to you that there was nothing on the premises at all at the time of the fire?
Debtor-I took over the Pak Loong shop and there was some stock m it, also half of Cle stock was removel from the shop which wo vers vacaling.
Continuing, dobter mid his original partner, Loung Tat-shan, died in 1889. He could not say whether Tarang left any property, or whether he bit a will.
His Lourdskij- You are not making very much out of this man; he has been away all the Line, but I have no domòt he knows som ofhing alent ii.
Mr. Goldring-Is it not a fact you have s house in a western suburb of Cantor --No, I sold it.
La your balance the -i did you put down the zmetis megilaan asuess? H
After Turture evidence was heard his Legal- ship rinsed the ezaulination
Mr. Almada - Twish to make an application for adjudication.
His Lordship-There is no objection, is
there?
Mr. Wakomi-No, your Lordship."
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, MARCH Or¤, 1906.
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SHIPPING NOTES.
By the sinking of the stoniner Chatham in thon Canal, such Joss had boou can to shipower, said Mr. Binuing at the meeting of the Liverpool Underwriters Association, that it wonki be advisable für the Canal Company to consider the possibility of doubling the coal or cutting another one.
THE PROPOSED RAILWAYS IN
THE PHILIPPINES.
different
Ti second lot of hida for concessionary contracts, or grants for tad constraction of arends in the Pailippines, wer - op bed at the inler buran of th War tertuvat al
submitted, sunt as they were Washington on January 20. The bus were projects, there w
ention in the idding. Two of the bids were te pyor & Co., and the third by a syndicate cung ward of William Salomon & Co., Cornelius Vaulevált, 6. White & Co. Pharks M. Swift, of Detroit, the International Banking Corpora on, R. Wilson, and Hellach ekelheimer & te
Atofis important Gorman shipping venture is announcel, The North German-Lloyd, con- } jointly with the German Lernst Lino, will run a line of fast passenger and cargo stomers. boter Murilles, Genua, Naples, and Messina t. the Pires, Smyrm, Constantinepir, Odesa, and Betono, veturning quebably by the southera read of this Black Sea. The new venture begins correspon will not so much injure the Mayorenget servier, says a Berlin xisting British us as its cargo trade.
KODAKS AT HOME PRICE.
No. 3, FOLDING POCKET KODAK (3-12-62)' 88840
4 CARTRIDGR
IT
(£5-15-0) 800,00
KON. VỢ C
No. 17, QUEEN'S ROAD.
JUST LANDED,
According to the spesifications the bids were. archipelago. The tide for the Filippine made en separate lines in various parts of tin railways wru originally opened on Deceler 15 Thoru were more bids it that time, but GUICHARD POTHERET they all deviated so materially from the specifications set forth that Secretary of War Tatt rejected them and reulvertised, making some changes in the specifications
Captain Willia. Undeley, whose former tennier wat e Kansha, longing to the China Navigation Campury, bus Bean paying visit to England, notes the Nauticat Moun He has been appointed to command Sp-ger and Co., offered to build lines in the the new steamer Then which was launched Island of Luzon aggregating miles which at Greenock on the 14th November, and would be run in connection with this Manila is going out to Chine in that vessel. His and Dagupan Rugupan Railway, the existing brother, Mr. S. H. Baddeley, is also serringing. They propose to build this lines without
bid was KONTA are on the coast-of-China ca the government
grade of chief ofiene,
On May 25, and at intervals thereafter, the Canadian Australia Lis new twin-screw (are) bine stamer Makeno, 5.282 tons, will carry His Majesty's mail from Vancouver to Sydney, Hi Lordship-All right. The order is calling at Fleuolula, Fiji and Brisbane. This it is aspectes, will graily increase travel from graatel.
Europris Vancouver.
POLICE COURT.
Monday, March 5th.
BRFORE MR. F. A. HAZELAND (FOUST POLICE MAGISTRATS).
MAKING WATCHMEN DRUNK. Au Indian was charged with being found in the servants' quarters of Messrs. Fenwick and Co. without the permission of the master. was unted for the prosecution that the defend it was in the half of bringing liquor to the watchmen and making them drank. Fined $16.
Have you and Tung Wai-dong, a sbare in n soap dealer's business at Canton F-Leong Wai-fong has not. I had, but I sold it.
Long Wai-tong, sworn, said ho amorvend his father in the Kwong Fuk Lang.
Debtor did not father left no other property. take an active part in the managear at of the
Hi! Kwong Fuk Lang; he lived at Canton. Enther did not tell bin the value of his share in
the business, therefore, he had no idea what it was worth. Since he cams into the share had drawn about $5,000 from the firm.
Mr. Wakeman-But you have overdrawn 85,3002-Yos.
Well, how much have you had altogether
That's what know.
I
wat
to
know. I don't
Didn't yon nuderstand the business was tot paying during the time you were drawing money?-No. So long as it went on I thought I could draw meboy,
Continuing, debtor said lo had formerly
a share in a business at Canton, but had to well to pay his debts. He had been doing nothing since 1904, and lived on the Kwong Puk Lung business.
By Mr. Goldring-liv could not remember, even approximately, how much money he drow from the firm since 1899,
Mr. Golding- Do you mean to say you only drew $5,300 from the tira in six years --Yus.
Now be careful, please. Do you mean to tell me seriously that you only drew $5,300 in siż years Well, I don't know. Alyccountaut teld mo so. All the money I die I took to Canton to pay my family expense. Not to invest in business?---No.
You told us just now you invested money is tus Kwong On Cheong. Not the mousy drawn from the Kwong Fuk Lung.
Where did you got that money?—It belonged to my wife.
Have you another name? -Yes, Leung k hong.
Has not Mr. Young Pak-hong got a share in a firm at Contea -You go and wako inquiries
That is just what I have done. Have you a family homes in Cauton - Yo
How much is it worth ?-How can I tell you, I'm not the owner.
JAPANESE IN TROUBLE.
Two Japanese wear charged with throwing a brick into a house in Ship Street, the first defendant also being charged with altempting to bribe a police officer. Evidence was given to the effoot that the men knocked at the dour of a house and being denied admission ench threw When half a brick through the window. arated the first dolendinat slipped a dollar note into the hand of P. S. Loe, and whom this did not have the desired result ho gave him a five dollar bill saying "I go." For throwing the briek defendants were each find St and the first. defendant was fined $25 for the attempted bribery.
ESTREATED GAL
An Amrican semao from U.S.S. Marble full failing to appear to answer a charge of being drink and disorderly, his bail of 510 was
es read.
SHOOTING MATCH.
In fi. M. Supreme Court, at Shanghai, befors Sir Havilland de Saumarez, Julge, Mr. . . P. Jones, counsel for plaintiff's in the Admirally an of the 3ustrian Lloyd Steam. Navigation The Ca., owners of the x. Auric Vateris, v. China Mutual tema Navigation Co. L4, owners of the x Pinganey, moved for lease to appeal against the judgment made in the upreme Court in this netion on the 9th of to appel was granted, the Registrar to fix the February, to is Majesty in Council. Leave amount to be paid for the record, appellants to give scutity for £300.
The O.SK. teamer Akashi-maru, struck a sunkon reef in the vicinity of Garambi, (Formosa) and a bola about two feet in diameter was made. The steamer was benched to peeront her from sinking.
The steamer Daini Kinkin maru, 909 tons gross, which recently left Oaska for Tokyo hentered brary weather off Matoga, Shima provine, and west aground. The steamer was built in England in 1870, and was owned by Mr. Asro Toyoichi, of Osaka, running between that port and Tokyo. She was insured for 170,000 with the Japan Marine Insurance Company. The Imperial Marine Insurance of Tokyo was also interested, a portion of the cargo being insurul for 1200). It is stated bal the position of the steamer renders the prospect of salvags bepeless,
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of any sort. The second upon the are plance of the first, pryor and Co., sgrowing to Luild a linu from Manila to Labag, 168 miles in bagt, This line would be constructed, however, upen the guarantee by the Philippine government of 4 per cent, return on 15 per est. of the fetal cost of construction for a period of thirty
yenra.
The syndicate submitted bids on throm of the proposed lines, aggregating in length 995 miles. One line is in Panay, one in Negros, and the third in Cebu. The bidders agree to build the roads at the rate of 100 miles per year, and ask for the guarantee of 4 per cent, où 15 per cent of the total cost for a perind of thirty years, the maximum guarantee offered by the Philip- pins government. The cost of the lines con- templated by the syndicate will be $100-1000 No bids were submitted for the proposed lines in Samar and Leyti.
Mr. Willard it. Green, representing a syn- dicate, had a bid prepared, but refusal to offer it. Mr. Green bag spout about a year in the Philippines examining the entry through which it is proposed to construct the lines. When the former tenders were invital, on December 16, Mr. Green mados protest against the award of a contract, asserting that it would be impossible, under the specifications fixed by the department and under the provisions for the placing of the bords, to secure a hot fide bid for the work. He followed this protest with a letter, submited to the Secretary of War in which he explains his reasons for refusing to bid on the work. Mr. Grsen in his letter says:--
In the act of Congress approved on the 6th of February last, it was provided that a bonds issued by the government of the Philippine Islands, or by its authority, shall be exempt from taxation by the government of the United tater by the government of the Philippine Islands.' &, while the invitation, suction xiv, page 17, lays down that any such bonds shall Referring to the accident to the Hamburg.not be deemed, or any purpose whatsoever; to the bonds or obligations of the Philippine Amrica Company's steamer Silva which wa very nearly a total los after striking a mine
near Vladivostock, the Times' mariee icsurance correspondent observes:-The risk of mines has bren suffered rather to slip out of sight bore, and the special premium rate, which was las per cent. per royage a few months ago, has in some cases been reduced to 25. Bd. or dropped altogether. There are several important ship. A rifle match between teams representing ments being made to and from Vladivostock
such, for instances, as the cargo in the Mari-chen the 2nd B. W. Kot Sergeants and the Ipft which has been wrecked--and if underwriters are not interested in the hulls they certainly are Half No: 2 I.K.V.A. took place at Tai Hang Range on Sunday last and resulted in a win for in the cargoes. The lius of winter ioy. oxtends the Volunteers by 64 points. The aggregates about 15 miles south of Vladivostock, which is were 657 and 53. The made by Sargt, Terrill itself kept open by ice-breakers, and when the for the Volunteers and the 01 Ly Col-Sergio breaks up in the course of a few weeks a good Thorne, of the Keats, were the best individuayines may be expected to float out. Богов. It is hoped that a rolura watch will shortly be arranged, when the regimental team mag la trusted to give a much better account.
of therusoivoF.
ADMIRAL ROJESTVENSKY'S
FAILURE.
Rather late in the day, the Nosee Vremya, says a St. Petersburg correspondent, tries to clear up the searcy which has hung over Rejsetronsky's terrible failure in the For East. The journal referred to says that it learns that the discipline kept by the Russian admiral consisted entirely in his addressing always his eers and men in the most insulting language Tu fact, the language was so disgraceful that many officers froually burst into tears. Even the signalman on board the Sumore becas incapable of doing his work whenever he caught sight of the admiral. for 1 know that if he made the easiest miniako in his work then the admirel would take the speaking tube from him aul smite biu surdly on the head with it. of his brother- trantident Rojestvensky's
Ile passage? Do you know anything about the basiness of the Kwong Fuk Long-No. Irvatment of the caplains was abominable. only know how to daw money.
To
By Mr. Bowley-Debtor's father gave his family hanse to a clansman before he died. had not one of his own, neither had hea share in the Sun Wo Tai of Amoy
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The steamship Bellerophone, the sixteenth
atcar built and engined by Mr. Workman, Clarke, and Co. (Limited), Belfast, for the Ocean Steamship Company (Limited), of Liver. pool (Messrs. Alfred Holt and Co.), proceeded on the Istult, to Glasgow to take in cargo for her first trip to Chins and Japan. She is a coud having no masts for carrying rig, but is pre- vided with four tall pillars placed two abreast forward and aft for currying derricks. She bus gross tonnage of 9,000, and her seven holds are arranged for the reception of heary machinery and other bulky goode, for dealing
expeditiously with which there are 26 powerful steam winches and derricks and other appliances of the most approved
The decks are sp ported in lieu of stanchions by strong fore sid The propelling it girders. Accommodation is provided for a urge number of emigrants. Juuchinery consists of two sets of the latest type af triple expansion engines supplied with stea from double ended multitubular boilere working under the owners' closed asb pit system of forced
ment or under its anthocity.
government, or be deemed issues by said govern
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SOLE AGENTS:
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WINE MERCHANTS,
THE NANGCHANG MASSACRE. The accounts of the deplorable murders at Nanchang are best given in the following. fors
THE CATHOLIC MISSIONARIES' VERSION.
This version is given by our French cou temporary Tuds Chine as followsTho iuf information which wo have received from the bes sources, differs very much frors that which has appeared telegrams that the nn- till tow, above all in the Chinese press. fortunato missionaries had yet time to send to their superiors durig the rd inst, make it that, invited to a dinner at the mission known
certain matters in disputs,
to settle amic less in fear that he wont
the subprefeci,
not be able to settle it in the way wished by the Chinese authorities, and would thus loss face with his superiors, committed suicide by out ting his throat. On his part the Governor to dinner at declares that, having been invited the mission and in the course of the discussion which took pleen for the adjustment of the Taug-pon an of heklang, affairs of the sub-prefect was wonded by and that, oporcuncing his pain, he had written with his own hand that there had men o alternative before his except aici, nad that, morouver, the people of the mission hat strack him.
a knife.
Tdiately on the suicide at the mission. the people, as excited as those who are aejunintel with Chinese manners can imagine, acensed the missionaries of baring killed the sub-prefect, and it was this vow that found expression in
of Shanghai by their correspondents at Nan the telegrams adderased to the Chinese journoia This provision alone depreciates the selling chang. On Sunday about 1 am, under the ralus of these bonds about 10 e o st., or, intense of the rumours spread in the city, the Anise of $3,000,000, felty -80,000,000, while crowd flung them-olves on the mission where the condition that bits must be made upon the they delivered over to masses the missionaries basis of not exceeding a per cent of actual a tax professing brothers, ni destroyed the eest, pats s further burdeti upon a concer-building indicated above, sionaire of another 81,500,000.
The Sisters et Charity and three Fathers The conditions and restrictions applied to named Salsvert, Rossignol, and Murtia woro ald to sure themselves, and cape to Kiskinng. these bonds are such that they absolutely can-
The Governor of Nanchang, win had pro- not be placed upon the market and sold to conservative investors, under rund and cus-mised the Walwepu to assure the defence af tomary conditions, Consequently, they cannet the mission, allowed himself to be swayed by conned a proper price nor yield such prowels the moo. from their sale as their merits and relations
would otherwise entitle them to.
THE NATIVE ACCOUNT. The Siawhipao (as translated by the N.-C. This occasious a waste of a very large Daily News) states that the district magistrate portion of the nid intended by Congress, at of Nanchang, Ching Chaoding, was con last $6,000,001, resulting solely from defects in ferring with the French Roman Catholic priests the method of its applicatic conditions impussalvi Kiengsi, when to was assaulted and wounded that make it pustiedly imposible e any par on or perzone, aside from the present Manila Railway Corporation of London and is allies, to obtain the concession for the construction and operation of the proposed roads.
There are
NAVAL NEWS.
service on the Chins Station,
HA
$32.00
$34.00
12, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL
BABY CAME
#5
NEAR DYING
From an Awful Skin Humour Covering Entire Body-Scratched Till Blood Ran-Wasted to Skeleton-Hands Like Claws Cuticura Erings Blessed Relief and Speedy Cure.
"WOULD HAVE DIED
BUT FOR CUTICURA"
"When my little boy was three months old his head broke out with a rash, which was very itchy and ran considerable watery fuld. We tried everything we could, but be got worse all the time till it spread to his arms, legs, and then to his entire body, and he came near dying, it itched so he would scratch till the blood ran, and a thin yellowish stuff would be all over his pillow in the morning. I had to put mittens on his hands to Keep him from teoring his skin. Ie got so weak he took fainting spells and we would think him dying. He was almost a skel- eton and his little hands were thin like claws,
"He won bad about eight rocaths when we tried Cuticura. I ad not fail him down in his cradle in the daytime for a long time. He had got so that he just slept in our arms all the time,
put
I washed him with Cuticura Soap and put on one application of Cuticura Ointment and he was so soothed that I. him in the cradle. You don't know how glad I felt when he felt better. It took one box of Cuticura Ointment, pretty near one cake of Cuticura Soap, and abont balf a bottle of Cuticura Resolvent, I think he would have died only for the Cuticura."
to cure.
"Mas. M. C. MAITLAND, Jasper, Ont. No return in 14 years: Mrs. Maitland writes, under date of Feb. 24, 1903: "It affords me pleasure to inform you that it in fourteen years since my boy was cared of the terrible ekin disease. He has bez permanently cured and is hearty unti strong-
Cuteurs Soap, Mintment, and Tille sve mold throughout làn Word Desude, Paris, 3 Hard tai; Autralia, Foxuyury. Poster Dr
Chien, furg, Ruston, 1.5. A.. M.) Propatióirs,
- Free,How to Care Baby "
ASSOCIATION
NIGHT
SCHOOL. BUSINESS COURSES A SPECIALTY.
NGLISH taught in SIX FORMS.
under instructions of Governor Hn Ting-kau by three Roman Cathole pri stavï ene of whom the Chin name in Waug Kao-su. The priests wished to con, el the magistrate tiga his consent to three of their demands, viz. the payment of heavy interonity for some previous riot; (2) the degradation or cashiering of certain members of the Nanchang gentry Lostile to the Roman Catholics; and The gunboat Thistle, which was last year) the release of certain converts who wore in confinement for being concerned in placed on the anxi iary list of ships at Doven- port, is to be commissioned on ith just. for bresking the law. Thess demands the wagis- trate firmly sister avon when threatened with injury by the priests who Bually killed Commander Horatie W. Coleuth has been the official for refusing to ba coerced. The same paper further states that the conduct of the priests was generally deprecated by Che converte of Nanchang, and that Goromar Hu here where he has previously served. appointed to the Tamor, receiving ship at Hongkong. Commander olomb is well known entered the Eoyal Navy in 1854, pulled of five Ting-kan sout four hundred troops to guard "Brats" at his promotion eguni tation, gat his the mission premises, in the first plac» to Beatenancy in 1992, and his present vaak of prevent the populacs from trying to get revenge un the Roman Catholics for the death of thy ommander in 1900 in recognition of his services in the China campaign of that time. He was magistrate, and on the other haud to present. ival the scape of the priests charged with "killing Mr Bawley-Thank you; will you pay my al was of the roughest lui, and at Glasgow by the Fairield Company. The intonant of the Endymion a
to the relief of the Egn that official. Finally, in commenting upon a tious, was twice
oof Converts ber that "probably maristrata Chiang Moms to have had but one fixed ideu, and that ship is the second of two ordered for the Symour's expeditioned in action with the report circulating amongst the Roman Catholic was to take in corlat sa whenever be could do Transatlantic service of the Cannilion Railway Boxers, and was for some time in ozamand Chan-tung, seoing that, bo could not get what Chinese Young Mon's Christian Association, There is one thing you have never learned so, no matter whether it was needed or not. To Railway. She is of 14,500 tons displacemeLi, Loto Station Burt, where his cool fursucht
Las eight ducks, in your life, that is, how to pay money.-W. Set an ext. did to carry out this whim that perpendiculars. tier engines are to develop and professional espacity were well tried in he wanted, had stabbed himself in bis anger.” the decks of sores of the warships were found 18,000 borse-poror. The vessel is to accom- repu'sine sover formilable attacks on lig I would like to pay the money i owe, but if to have been stoved in by the enormous pressure¦modate 310 first-class, 40 second, and 70 post. For his services he was mentiousd in abated on the face of it, as it was ridiculous!
the despatches, promoted commander, as already third-class passengers. Speaking at luncheon which followed the launch, r. Arthur stated, and received the medal with clasp. Baker, the Canadian Pacific Railway Company's representative, said the company's mileage since 1881 had increased from 348 to 11,000, and they now had fifty-four steamers.
Ms. Bewley-Well, your father had?-Yon goto Any and make inquiries.
haven't got it I can't.
Az
Jou
I suppose you look upon Hongkong as a gold mins on which you can always drew, but never have to bring gold?-Well, you see, when I find I have no more money to pay family expenses I can come down here to draw money.
tuko DC active part in the business of the Kwong. Fuk Lung, how do you pass your timo Well, I walk about the streets, éco friends and have a talk.
When did you first know the Kweng Fak Lung couldn't pay its ereditors -Last year.
Are you prepared to pay back the $5,500 overdrawn F-I haven't got the money,
What is your capital in the business →→ I don't know, and have never taken the trouble to ascertaiu. So long as I got money from the
shop I was satisfied.
Mr. DowloyThat's your perpetual refrain. Was the business insolvent last year -I don't
know.
Do you know you are liable to go to gan! far i carrying on an insolvent business f—I did not
know it was insolvent.
Do you allow your manager, to pledge your credit to any extent -Everything was left in the manager's hands.
According to your own account you are little better than an idiot P-I don't know.
Can you write F-Yes.
of the real that Innd bien stored upon tuku.
Lin
A GREAT RAFT FOR SHANGHAI.
draught.
The twin screw steamer Empress of Ireland, of 14,500 too, was launched on January 27th
aud is 550ft. betweeu
LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS.
The P.M. str. China will leave Yokobama on the 5th inst., and may be expected to arrive here on the 17th inst..
Bummer.
Admiral
Un Sinapas declares the such a statement is
a knife to the dinner, since such instruments that the magistrate could have gone armed with a coupicuous by their absens in any Chinese banqu»t.
AN ALLEGED OFFICIAL ACCOUNT.
The neonishing and very unconvincing
We learn by the mail that it is expected that the cruisers of the Eastern Fleet--China, East Indies and Australian Squadrons--wit bo b represented in the grand combined muzouvres extract, which we print below, from what which it is proposed to carry out in the coming the N.-O. Daily News is assured is a translation An important feature in the taction of an official report sout by Viceroy Chan Fa exercises will be that of feeling thoroughly the at Nanking to the Waiwupu and by them efficiency of the present system of distribution transmitted to the French Minister and ss to of the naval forces of the Empire. It may be the French Consul-Geoural at Shanghai, will, remembered that within the past couple of yours as our contemporary remarks, rarely carry radical clanges were effected in the Bests and public knowledge of the affair any farther, but
is not without interest squadrons at home and abroad.
Considerable interest, says a Manila paper, will be manifest in the towing from Sau Francisco, Cal., to Shanghai, China, of the srgest raft of logs ever constricted. This raft will contain 10.000,00 feet of spars and piling. It will be valued at SCU,000, and the logs wilt be bound together by 120 tons of iron chain. Several powerful sea-going togs will tow the raft by means of a six or eight-inch Faweer, Abent. 9,000 miles will be covered in the distance from the Pacific coast to China. The pino piles are from 80 to 110 feet long. They are arranged in such
Now that the General Election is practically Chiang to adianer, without ceremony, to discuss munner that the abutting end of one pile is
The I.G.M. str. Princess Alice laft Kobe ever, the Jily Mail recalls us to the rerions the religions matters of Taupou and an affair placed opposito to the middle of the adjacent
Where, it asks this i between Catholics and Protestants which had after the fashion of brick laying. The via Nagasaki and Shanghai on Sunday, & p.m., problems of the time. pile star shaped, shoiring from seven to ten the 4th inst, and many be exposted here on or morning, is the feminine waist, in a scasou both sides the fest above water. Great chairs hold the raft about Tues ay, the 13th inst together, and each chain is completa. in itself and the ends ore stackled ou a turnbuckle on the top of the raft.
Election adness" is attributed by Dr. Brown, the chairman dit Proston Health Com mittee, to the abnormally high infertile death rate, which for the weak under notice had risen to 433 per 1,000 births. This was the worst in the bistory of the town. He added: "I have met parents at cue and two o'clock in the morn ing trailing home with children who ought to have been in bed five hours before. It is n disgrace that parents don't have more rospect for their children's lives."
The I.G.M. str. Prins Regent Luitpold, carrying the German Mails with dates from Berlin of the 13th February, left Colombo ca Saterday, p.m., and may be expected here on or about Wednesday, the 14th inst.
Vancouver.
THE SHIFTED WAIST
On the 9th day of the first cen in the tore of Nanchang itself, the Catholic mis- sionary Lacrucho Lad javited the sub-prefect
On both sides there was discussion about wherein Empire costume has become the fashion The C.P.R. str. Tartar luft Yokohama on for young and graceful girls? It is no acade. these subjects. A knife and a pair of scissors were taken, and it was said that the death of the sub-prefect would at once settle the matter. Saturday, the 3rd Marol, p... for Victoria and unic questing of caenistry, this, but a very, rot-
The sub-prefect then took up the small knife int of view. Is he, when he waltzee, to clasp this table to commit suicids, but the pain ryte problem indeed, from the dancing man's
partner where, from his rocollection of pro
ereated him from completely killing himself. Empire costame days, he has reason to believe to states that someons then enlarged the that her waist ought to be, or where it appear, wound with two cats with scissors, and these to be now, right up under the arms?
The G.N. Line str. Minnesota koft Shanghai for this port on the 4th-inst, at 3 6.m., and is expected to arrive here on the 6th, a.m.
The 0.9.8. & C.M. str. Toenkai lett Sing. apore on the morning of 3rd inst., and is due here on the 8th inst.
The P. & A. utr. Aragonia left Moji on the 3rd inst. and is expected to arrive here on the
to cut the ket by fect is not ablo to speak to tell more at present, Turrardrop will kindly oblige with an noswer. It latter wouucs are very serions. The sab-pre-
hardly do, we suppos clasping one's partner round the neck. Prob. but when he regained conscion sness he himself ably either waltzing or the Empire dress will wrote these details."
It would appear from other reports that The P. & A. str. Aragonia, which was to have have to go, and the chances, no doubt, are sailed on the 10th inst, will not be despatched strongly in favour of the Empire dreas Iving Wang is the Chinese name of Pere Lacruche. antil the 16th inst., at noon,
the one to give way-Pall Mall Guzetto.
1th inst., about 8 alm.
Careful inspection of all work.
SIX FOREIGN TEACHERS, TWO CHINESE TEACHLERS. Opening from 1st Mareb, 1906. For further information will or write THE HEAD MASTER,
26, Des Voeux Roul, Central, Hongkong. Hongkong, 15th February, 1906.
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