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merits, as an honest attempt to cope with problems long familiar in the shipping world, Certainly we cannot altogether approve of the parliamentary method of the PaneIDENT of the Board of Trade. His
A. S. WATSON & CO., ippant way of referring to Lascars as horeditary sailors who perhaps manned Noan's ark may bo in keeping with the modern idea of the best procedure in the House; but it must jar on old-fashioned
ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841.
HUS EXCELLENCY THE
GOVERNOR..
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, APRIL 24TH, 1906. The total number of Chinees on the Band on TELEGRAMS.]
February 28 was 40,095. The total,on January 31 was 47,118. Daring February 1943 coolics arrived in the country by the steamship Indraselli and 1,587 by the Cranley. Eighty Chinose died in February, 6 wore discharged for repatriation, and 28 were roturned to China
from the coast.
["DAILY PREES BICLUSIVE SERVICE,]. AN ARMY SCANDAL.
LONDON, April 23rd.' A ragging case has occurred in the Scots Guards which has resulted in the Colonel being retired on hall-pay
BELILIOS MEDAL FOR GALLANTRY,
PRESENTED TO ME. A, 3, BROWN,
An interesting ceremony took place · en board the as. Wingchai yesterday afternoon when Mr. Barnes-Lawrence presented Mr. A. H. Brown, chief officer of that vaseul, with the Belilios modal for gallantry, Among those prezent were Hon. Captain Barnes-Lawrence,
perform; there was a high sea running and what he did most men would have thought twies of before attempting. He naked all to join him in thinking Mis, Barnes-Lawrence for attending to present the medal
CAPT. AUSTIN returned thanks on behalf of Mr. Brown and the sailors. He said he was glad to hare Mr. Brown with him as first fleor, as there wore two of them on board who had medals for life-saving, he being awarded a gold medal for saving a life in the Bay of Biropy.
Hon. Captain BARNES-LAWRENCE, on behalf
ears, the owners whereof have learned to regulations takes effect from May. The and fourteen officers being pushent { Romag, Captain Austin and Mr. C and said she was gratified with the pleasing
expect a 1101
The return of visitors to the City Hall (ibrary
France has abolished the harassing identified tion regulations in regard to Chines immigrants úrriving at Saigon. The withdrawal of the business-like tone and Avenir du Tonkin says that is stap was hastened by reports that the Chinese coelia CHEMISTS BY APPOINTMENT TO seriousness from Ministers. The Globe,rinas intended to boycott the colony unless the
which also draws the same unti-Free-Trade | rogulations were doun away with. moral as the Express, but highly commends the
measure, perpetrates an amusing "bowler" when it says, “The unscrupulona | Jorriga shipowner; who now buy, uusenwurtly SOLE AGENTS FOR
slips at dirt cheap prives, and employs these celicts to carry on trade with England, THE FINE PRODUCTS OF
will find himself shot but from the Massus. BURROUGHS, WELL-villainous, but very lucrative, bosincas,
COME & Co. LONDON.
and Museum for the work oading the 22nd April, 1906, shows that of non-Chinese there were 267 to the Library and 915 to the Museum; and of Cbluese 109 to the former and 3,977 to the latter." The Library why, therefore, weed by 367 persous, and the Museum by 3,174,
Inquiries have boon iustituted by the Govern ment of India into the phenomenon of gold while his English rinel, relieved from
absorption. Sovereigns in prodigious numbers unfair competition, should be“, kc.,
are going out from the Imperial treasuries and de This appairs. at first glance a
are not coming back. What the Government. sweeping confirmation of the suggestion by particularly desire to know is whether these Mr. MORLEY ROBERTS and other seafaringsoverzigns are passing into ordinary circolation writers that there is a common type of black side by side with rupes, or are being buried in
secret hoards. sleep amongst British shipping firms; but we need hardly mention that the context KEPLER'S SOLUTION OF COD LIVER shows that the Globe did not mean it. Not
OIL IN MALT EXTRACT
TABLOID BRAND PRODUCTS. "SOLOID" BRAND PRODUCTS. KEPLER'S MAUT EXTRACT.
one of the papers whose comments we have
SAN FRANCISCO FIRE OUT.
Loxnox, (April 23rd. The fire in San Francisco
Warren.
Inka
finished, leaving twenty-five square saving and fa part for the promotion of educa-only to recall Mr. Festoo's narrative of the
miles of ruins.
COTTON STRIKE IMMINENT.
LONDON, April 23rd. The Lancashire operatives have decided to strike.
A
Mrs. Barnes-Lawrence, Mr. and Mrs. Belilies, of his wife, returned thanks for the kind maouer Rov. Mr. Pearce, Mr. J. Dyer Bal, Captain in which Mr. Belilies and referred to her,
Ind part ahe
boon asked to in the afteraven's proceedings. They Rev. Mr. PEARCE first introduced Me owed a debt of gratitude to the trusters Brown to Mrs. Barnos-Lawrence, after which of the Belilios faad for being invited to be he stated that the company had gathered to present at so interrating a ceremony. When recognise the Chief Officer's intrepidity in life is boarded the Wingchae be
uot belg has saving. That they were able to be present was considering the difference between the Bith.
dns to the creation of a fund in part for life- January and the
bat had tion in the Colony. That fund was
was created by redone to know what it was like.on her at that a former resident of Hongkong, the late to. timu. When the facts of the ass were first Mr. F R. Belilies. He thought it seemly and brought to his noting he experienced that pride The number of deaths has probably fitting, seeing that this was the first pension of freemasonry which was so genorally observed since too lamented dests of Mr. Balilios, that among antical tron when one or other of the been exaggerated.
they, the trustews of this fund, had had au profossinu distinguished themselves Ou the opportunity of mentioning the fact in public other hand, bo was quite convinced durin tho that they should pay a passing tributs to the 35 years of ses service he had had, that all sorts memory of Mr. Belil.on. His career as a oitizon of brase acts wors constantly taking place by and patriot was marked by caraost inblic spirit; those who had the honour to belong to that his gifts to Houg oug, especially for the pro- grand service-the British Moroantilo Marino,
The spankar dwelt motion of education, were for the most part as
on the city of Limely as they were unificent, and for us the having you mad at ship's belm, speaker kner Mr. Boilies he kept steadily in viss und said that the present renone was mo the promotion of the wol-being and the interests possible by Captain Austin who was then al of the Colong which had so long ben lus the helm. It was erodingly gratifying to [REUTAR'S SERVICE.]
cherished home. Ho epoks with a certain learn that the Chinese sailors on board took a rustraint beenuse be. THE SAN FRANCISCO HORRORS,
poko
in the presence of a share in the work of rescue, and he should like son of Mr. Belilies, whom they wure dehguted them to learn that in the admiration of those to welcome among them. He was sure that present for gallatry displayed on that occasios, LONDON, April 21st, wht be and said conversing the late Mr.eir association with it was not forgotton, Yesterday was a day of horror in foar Balilios on the test time to lead lost cension The speaker concluded by calling upou all to mention him since his death would be regarded present to express their appreciation of the the fires in which threatened to drive into part of Mr. Balilies to create this fund, it was a hearty British oleor.
cerainly highly honourable for anyons ic merit Three listy choers followed, after which the the seu 20,000 refugees who were huddled Mr. Brown merited-the application of the gathering, af the invitation of Captain Austin, together at the Golden Gate; the park and fund, or the part of it devoted to life-saving. remained to partake of light refreshin t the ferries were overcrowded with half-crazed In order that a larger public wight know what th-y, the trustees, knew concerning the harnic refugees, who assert that hundreds porisbod act of Mr. Brown, the set they were prosent specially to actuowledge, he would place before inquiry very kindly rudy by the Hon. Captain barne-Lawrence and the harbour authorities. firm n considerable number of need-up old and On the 34th of Juuuury this year the Wingchui obsolete gans usad in the late Russo-Japeneso left this port on her usual out Macao. She war, in order to make a show at the approaching and not proceeded for when she encountered a north-easterly gale, he was fold a gale of quits China military manœuvres. A considerablo the fects of that gals wore all too sally intranted for, for the same purpose. These are nussaai and extraordinary violence. some of qusutity of Japanese horses have also been con-
Tidence, and the facts of the galo in evidence
BURROUGH'S BEEF and IRON WINE. read appears able to look at the question Agricultural Bulletin, spint some time in the distinct zones of the city of San Francisc, i as not out of pluc Af it was generents on the officers and men to whom he alladed by giving
LANOLINE PREPARATIONS,
CREAM. ILAZELINE. HAYELINE
HAZELINE SNOW, etc., klo, etc.
CHEETS, and POCKET MEDICINE
MEDICINE CASES.
The Fine Products of Messrs. BURROUGHS, WELLCOME & Co. are proscribed by leading Physicians all over the World.
from more than one side; and no one appears to have considered it important to decide for whose ultimate benefit such legislation is intended. Otherwise, the Standard might not have advanced the eriticism that
we are not a very logical people, or we should see the lengths of absurdity to which a proposal to impose British municipal law on ships fro quoating British shores made. If it is just and wise to bo so careful of the lives of foreign sea- when that we intend to insist on foreign vassals adopting the Plimsoll reark, carrying life-bolts and beats to the number required by our Merchant Shipping Acte, and loading graiu as we think it ought to be loaded, then it is sailor shall be paid the same wages as are paid in British ships, and shall enjoy the m minimum ecule of diet which the Bill proposes to make compulsory on British owner?,"
A. S. WATSON & CO.. also just and wise to insist that the foreigu
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Professor Eagler, Director of the Imperi Gardens of Berlin, the well known authority on aroid, is travelling fin fàe East. He, says the Botanic Gardens of Singapore, colecting aud examining the flora, especially the plants of his favourite group. He semed much surprised to. find so large a collection of living and dried aroids in the Botanic Gardens.
By kind permission of Lieut-Col. Aitken
--
It is an open secret, says the Hankow paper, that His Excellency the Viceroy Chang Chi-
and Officers 119th Infantry, the Band of the in the flames, including many prisoners in them a fow particulare brained through tung, has purchased, through a local Jupsuese
Regiment will play the following program æè at the U.S.R Club, Kowloon, to day, commencing at 4.30 p.m.:
the Hall of Justice. It is reported that Terminal Island, and other seaside resorts, have been destroyed by a tidal wave. All terci ........Thy Voice is Ne....... Bonnett
the houses of the millionaires at Coly Hil! Overture. Mwells"........................ Uoanod Waltz ....... "Gloire de Dijon, Aude and Vanness Avenue have been destroyed
ke the confusion and distress, amidst hunger Elgrand raging thirst, is iuliibable.
Selection...... "The stmtntchauls," Song "I Drent u Drosta," Moreca "Salut D'Amour,"
Collier
from the deck of the tingalai was an upturned probably in the same condition as the guns fishing bout, and near to that a hit of wreckage
Mr.
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to which two men were clinging. To lower about was out of the question owing to
It is said that the rumours of a revolutionary Rockefeller and other millionaires moremontin Peking originated through the idle | contributing huge sums to relief funds.
It is now hoped to save a quarter of the Faras of a Chinaman in the United States. This Chinaman informed his American dupes city; 300,000 people are homeless, hungry Labour members look at it from the one that great anti-foreign meromert was expected and thirstings the police have seized all the China. This led to a seara, and the telegraph. point of view that "blacklegs", or cheaping of the news to the Fosiga Miuistera at food and are distributing it sparingly. foreign sailors, are to be excluded from the
Faking. From the Foreign Ministers the rows General Funston telegraphs that only the mercantile marine as far as possible. --Sea- quickly spread to the Palace, whoregon strict most energetic outside efforts can prevent mien themselves, through their rapresenta instructions were isnod to the metropolitan frightful suffering. The Government has tives, believe the first essentials to be police to carefully patrol and guard the city:
directed the purchase of stores and food improving their own condition, as
A resident calls our attention to a summent from the nearest centres, and sent a Secre- comfort, dietary, and wages. The owners in London Opinion, by Mr. A. G. Halos, on
tary to commence an investigation into the steamer"The Inteceuey of the Japanese Appeal again, knowing that a tramp
best methods for further relief.
to
for
can be worked just as well with a "Lago"famice fands. The only fair point in it is that crew as with a British, argue that if the pation wants British ships to be mated No anonymously signed communications that have only by British subjects, the country ought already appoured in alter papers will be issarted. ¿
Unders for extra comes of JAILT PRESS should be to compensate them for the additional cost. sant Lefore 11 am on day of publication. After thai If all these different points of view weigh buer the supply is limited. Only supplica s Telegraphic Address: Pngas. Codes: 4.8.0. 5th Equally with the framer of a Bill, that Bill
Inzker:
P.O. Bor, Ba. Celephone No. 12
Cath
BIRTH. On April 21st, at Villa Branca," the wife of A. M. I. SOARES, of a BOD.
MARRIAGE.
seems bound to be of an undecided kind,. aud unlikely to give satisfaction to any section. Yet it is equally difficult for un impartial critic, desiring a fair conclusion, to come at one likely to be useful. The law HARGREAVES TO HILDA HERMIONE LIght, second of supply tait demarrel cannot be ignored; daughter of the late it. J. Laviny, of Shanghai.
DEATH.
On April 14th, at San Francisco, Jastus KurIRT
On April 11th, at Chefoo, MARGUERIFE ANTOIN- were, wife of Major à. S. BAENES, TIRSEVAL Government Emigration Agent, aged 28 years.
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and even if things were so arranged that each nation could reserve to its own subjects its mercantile marine, establisking at the same time minimum and maximum rates of
England has famine-stricken folk of her own. To begin with, there never has been a JapanesY official appeal for foreign charity. When Mr. Haler talks of Japan making an alliance because “it suited them"; and when he elamours that Japan should buy bread instead of ironclads, vividly recalls to our mind the steed that
Baalom rade.
.
Some plain speaking on the connection between the church and brewers was indulged in on the 8th March at the concluding sitting of the Evangelical Free Church, Congress at Birmingham. Dr. J. Q. A. Henry, in a p per
on twentieth century reform, said that in one eity there were vix brewery companies who advertised the names of 311 clergymen as stock holders. Another concern boasted of 186 names of ministers au clergytnou, while there were
N.-C. Daily News 'Service.)
THE ITALIAN PRINCE IN JAPAN.
Tokyo, April 16th. Prince Ferdinando of Udiuo left Yokohama this afternoon for Kobe.
THE MIKADOS CLEMENCY.
Tokyo, April 16th. The Englishman, H. B. Collins, who was sentenced at Yokolama to eleven years' impris. aument for espionage during the war, has Leen released by amnesty.
THE EARTHQUAKE IN FORMOSA.
Tokyo, April 16th, The earthquake in Formosa on Saturday was more serious than that of the 17th it, but the damage done is smaller, as the shocks centred ju the killy districts and most of the houser
previously,
it,
The German land-owners at Hankow met on
the violence of the seas, but by skilful handling | April Uth and settle the arrangements for their the ship was steorad is near as possible to new municipal Government. Taxes ou land, the bit of wreckage-near enough to render it houses, imports and exporis, vehicles, launches, possible to throw a lifebuoy to to two men who were clinging to it. One of the men reized to, were duvided on. Land is to contribute one- but the other was too esunusted to reach out third per sent, buildings five per cent, rental to the help that was throws to him from the value; assessments to be made every Dacerbor. ship's deck. Seeing the condition of this The budget receipts stood at Tis. 19,650. The mat, who was, the speaker believed, in- Che act
lastfollowing masisipal councillors wore olected for of disappearing for the time, the first officer, Mr. Brown, promptly | 1906, Messrs. E. Mirow, H. Schlichting, F. W- jumped overboard into that rough sen and Bandow, W. Herensperger, and F. Maller. caught the man as he was in the act of sinking, and there was no doubt whatever that through tust act of intrepidity and heroism the
Colonel Sir C. Eana Smith, presiding at man's life was saved (clizers). Such was the act
the Wembley Golf Club dinner recently said they were present to ancur. It was a pincky a certain legat himinary used often to be very
played the man as Mr. Brown bad, his best reward was the coas when playing on the ground of the slab, consciousness of having done bis daty in the as an equally illustrious lawyer when teaching face of the gravest poril and haring rescued his friend's daughter to play the royal game another life from destruction: he surely found out. "Do you think I shall ever be ablə would carry the memory that day whou
ibing to de, and when a man bad
ka juzsped from the ship's deck into the to play golf?" she asked. "My dear," said the res to rescue a man who, but for his brave great mau, “you must say 'goff." There is no aet, would certainly have perished. Batore'in golf, "The young lady looked thought- asking Mrs. Barnes-Lawrence to present the fully at the green for a moment, "Oh, isa't Belilius medal and the certificate, the speaker enid he would like to exaphesine one point. The there." she at length replied, "you haven't
heard father play."
man in the water about to sink was a Chinese Mr. Brown was a non-Chinese. He was quite sar is Chinese friends present would tot mizandoṛsland what be was going to say when he mentioned the fact that Mr. Brown jumped overboard to resume a Chiness from drowning Next time there might be Chinese on the deck and a nen-Chinese struggling in the water or clinging to a piece of wreakage. If such were the case he hoped that what Mr. Brown had done would inspire the Chinese to do likewise Chinese culd do for non-Chiness what
A nice point has been raised in Tonkin by 'fado-Chinor, which points out that when the King of Annam, travelling incognità arrived at Hauci lie was saluted with a salvo of 21 guns, but on the day that the French President assumed office, when the evoat was celebrated by a saluts of 101 guns throughout
ileace in Hanoi, The journal asks-Are wa or are we not regulated by the laws and regula tions of the French Republic, or do we reserve our cartridge powder for such small birds as 2 | Thuh.Thai: We put the question without.
for
LONDON OFFION: 131, FLEET STREET, BC. Pay, standard accommodation and food, the nearly 1,700 clergymen and ministers who beld that could be destroyed had been destroyed a non-Chinese had in this instance dobe Repablie and in the Colonies. there was
be
Daily Press.
HONGKONG, APRIL 24, 1906.
A sarcastic letter in the Daily Mail roads -
approximately £2,000,000 worth of stock in problem would not be solved, but merely browery shares and public-house property altered. It is fairly certain that the British Until ministers asw their responsibility in this mercantile marine under present conditions matter and set a safe example to their flook, they offers a very unattractive career to the rank must expect that the churches would continue and file; and if, us was argued, the improve, to play into the hauds of brewery lords. Ir ie almost impossible to gather from the ment of these conditions is not "a matter published comments any fair conception of of dividends", it is a matter of freights. If the new Bill to Amend the Merchant Ship the shipowner bus to pay, the shipper has We to recoup him. It is the shipper who will ping Acte, now before Parliament. pave found space in this issue to reproduce probably pay for the pleasure of seeing the introductory speech of Mr. Lova- British shipping" protected" and foreign GecRGE, as giving the most authoritative competition discouraged; and we doubt if explanation of ita scope and purport; but the British sailor man wi 1 be any better the comments of our British contemporaries off. An important point is to remember are too varied by party predilections to be that for him, the conditions of service have
useful to us here, where party views lose always been ne bad as they could be, and
Sir, Now that the Government has removed the vexations restrictions on olen immigrante, I am considering the importation of a nimber of Chinese (who are the finest gardenaṛs in the world) to work some of the many orchards and fruit grounds in this country which are no longer profitable owing to the free importation of foreign. frait. As English labour for the purpose cannot be obtained at less than 3. par
employed there would bau saring of 10s, weeks, day per man, I estimate that on each ChinausBL
A REFORM IN CHINESE OFFICIALDOM.
Poking, April 17th.
It is shortly to be arranged that officiels up trand i clading the rank of prefect shall be allowed to hold office in their native provincas.
AN UNPROMISING OUTLOOK FOR THE C.LPO.
Poking, April 17th.
be
It is reported that the control of the Chinese Imperial Postal Administration is shortly to token from Sir Robert Hart and the Customs Service and to be placed under independent
Chinese direction,
In China the Chinese ware
a Chiuaman. aftad to rescue a drowning mu
man, but in Hongkong that kind of superstition had been do away with. Escords of the Bellion. trust showed that thiness were not lacking in heroisms and intrepidity, and in the speaker opinion they would rise to an occasion like that of Mr. Brown's. He hoped that what that gentleman did would prove the racons of inspir ing others should a armilar occasion arise, and that should opportunity be afforded any present, they would have the plask to do what Mr. Brown did on the Sith January topplansej,
asking also why the Governor-General did not telegraph to Paris, along with the Governors of Tanis and the other colonies and protectorates, who cabled to the new chief of the State their felicitations and their good wishes.
Mr. BALNES-LAWRENCE thou pressuted the
In view of the growing difficulty of shipowners medal and address. She said, addressing the recipient, that she felt greatly honoured in in obtaining suitable officers, owing to the terms being asked to do so, as he so nobly deserved offered, it is somewhat significant that owners Rov. MR. PEARCE ssid they also felt that ure now seriously considering some further some cognition should be taken of the sailors' improvement of the conditions of their offisers conduct. He was told that some of them stood
on board ship. The Merchant Service Guild on the side of the ship and did a great deal to has just received an intimation to the effect help in the rescue. "Through Captain Austin
that a large firm of shipownere on the north-east they wished to present the sailors with a choque.
cusat is increasing the pay of its senior chief MTB. BARNES-LAWRENCE then handed the officers from £9 to £12 per month, while chief that the wish of its trustees was carcied out,
their forea, and where we try to take a cheap competition has not made them have to provide expensive "compounds" fer has been completed. Antunghien and Tateng,cheque to the aptain, who said he would see offlcors just appointed will commence at £10 per
worse to the man before the mast, it is equally economical lines.—One Who Has Los foreigners will be allowed to travel in Maii to perform was to propose a hearty vots of raised from £6 10s. to £7 per month.. The Guild
by Frai Growing,
OSAKA
THE OPENING OF MANCHURIA.
Tokyo, April 17th. The Foreign Office has issued a communique The East End employers of alien labour do ethica states that the evacuation of Manekuria They are their workers, and I therefore me the kou will be opened on the 1st proxime and broader, more imperial view of such things. worse than they used to be,
would be no difficulty in housing my Chinese o Mukden on the 1st of June, after which date The Standard, for instance, denounces the improved, really; and if they now seem
churia except when permission would be par- humanitarian ples for the Bill as humbug,
Bontarly detrimental to military affairs. The Japanese Government is, however, unable to and says the proposed regulations constitute because he himself has evolved higher
giso sufficient protection in the existing a very just and very necessary measure of standards of comfort, and gone elsewhere to
circumstances.
Talion will also be opened in the near futuro, -protection for British shipping, which bas ecck it. It looks as if reformers had educated long suffered nuder monstrously unfair the masses, only to be shocked at their
DISASTROUS EXPLOSIONS AT competition; but that they are woefully in refusal to be content with the conditions complete. The Telegraph approves, but to which it formerly pleased "Providence" makes the apparently unnecessary sugges. The tion that they are anti-Cobdenite. Expres seizes this point with malicious glas, and irrelevantly remarks, "The time will come when he and others who are pledged to the anti-national systera which is ironically styled Free Trade' will be
In the week ending April 21st, there were forced to accept the logic of their own con- 44 cases of plague at Hongkong, of which 37 victions by embracing. Tariff Reform."ended fatally. In the next 48 hours there were 15 more, of which 18 ended fatally. The total It scams a pity that such an important to date is 209 cases, 192 deathsTM The smallpox measure cannot be taken solely on its return for the weak was nine cases, eight fatal.
to call them.
WEATHER REPORT.
Mr. EELILIOS said the pleasant daly left month. The pay of the second officers to be tasks to Mrs. Barnes Lawrence for attending have also received an intimation from their agent to present the medal. He wished to reiterate
at South Shielis stating that in an interview We do not think things are quite so bad
what Mr. Pearce said, seeing the amount of good that could be done by AN with a shipowning firm in that locality be bos as represented in the following paragraph from
action of the kind between European been informed that in all probability they will a London pa er:-Despatches clearly indieste
and a Chinaman, It Chinese joined in that the situation in China is growing serious,
attempts to save life, wo should then arrive be shortly instituting three watches on board nearer that happy stage which Britishere are their vessels, thus affording their officers greater not only by reason of the internal condition of
striving for in Chine, the well-being of the two rest and relaxation. rases. There was an idea among Chinese that the country, but because of the complete lack of
Tokyo, April 17t unity among the Powars, some of whom are
Disastrous explosions took place this morning he was sure that Hongkong, as they know it to to save a man from drowning was unlucky, but taking advantage of the upheavel to press their at three private magazines at Osaka, causing demands upon an uzwiling Government, while damage to an elementary school and also to a day, had developed to that extent where super- etition of the kind could not possibly exist. Ha Foochow felt another earthquake shook on
others are seising rights" first and asking tramear.
remembered a Chinese policeman saving a life April 14th.
for concessions" afterwards. When the diplo
and being awarded with a meast suck as Mr, the Reports to the Pioneer from Shigates show Brown was receiving, and he thought it was has rigen su the Chinu coust. Charing Cross Station was re-opened to trafic misle keye finished their labours at Algeciras
they might well turn their attention to China, that the prestige of the Tashi Tama bae questioned by Chiness at the time whether the
he. Pressora is highest over Contral China. The en March 19th.
where there no longer exists even the semblance ormously increased since his visit to India, Takong would not suffer for so doing, because of a Europeau concert. Indeed, it seems as if is reception on returning home was a rust wconsidered to be acting against Providence, depression is probably crossing the Sea of
enthusiastic one, and for the past month wor- So far as he knew that lakong had not auffered. Japan.
Moderato N.E. winds are indicated in the the long-deferred general acramble for territory dippers have been crowding to Shigatse to pay the sooner sach an idea was dispoiled, tho
frequent would be acts of this Formosa Channel, and the N. part of the China was beginning synchronously with the deter-xewed homage. The feelings of the Tibetane more wards the British have become most cordial, kind;
Brown, from what he had Sea. mination of China to kong her country for her the news of the honours paid to the Taali iu heard from the Captain of the circum- Forecast:-N. to N.E. winds, light to own people.
Ladis having spread throughout the country, stances, certainly had a difficult task to moderate; the weather is likely to improve,
Mr.
The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued
following report:-
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