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S. MOUTRIE

& CO., LTD..

SHANGHAI

HONGKONG

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HANKS

HE MERCANTILE BANK F

INDIA, LIMITED.

AUTHORISED CAPITAL.....£1,300,000 SUBAORIKED MANDA

PAUPLATERI TIENTSIN

HAVE JUST RECEIVED THE ORCHESTRELLE Co's.

LATEST CRFATION

THE

PIANOLA PIANO.

PRICE £115.

PERFECT IN EVERY DETAIL AND

FINISH.

RECITALS DAILY,

INSPECTION INVITED.

HIRE AND

PIANOS

FOR PURCHASE.

Special Terms for Tuning by Contract.

1,125,000 322,340

FLESERVE FUND SALONG 135 00

BANKERS:

LONDON JOINT STOCK BANK, LIMITSI

INTEREST allowed on Current Accounts al the rate of 21, per annum on the Dally balance ON FIXED DEPOSITS ——

For 12 months...

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E. ORMISTON, Manager.

Hongkong, 26th March, 1906

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EDERLANDSCHE HANDEL.

MAATSCHAPPIJ.

(NETIBELANDS TRADING SOCIETT), ESTABLISHED 1824.

PALD UP CAPITAL FL. 45,000,000 (£3,750,000). RESERYS FUND ... (PL. 5,000,000 £££17,000).

HEAD-OFFICE IN AMSTERDAM. HBAD-AGENCY; BATAVIA. Branches-Singapore, Pensug, Shanghai, Rangoon, Samarang, Sonrabaya, Choribon, Tegal Pocalongan, Passerocon, Tjilatjap. Padang, Medan (Deli), Palembang, Kota Radja, (Acheen) Tolok-Somawe, (Achean) Bandjermasin.

Correspondents at Macassar, Bombay,

Taners from Messrs. BRINSMEAD & Colombo, Madras, Pondicherry, Calcutta,

BROADWOODS,

York Building, Chater Roz).

1527 Hongkong, let Mareb, 1906.

BANKS

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA THE AUSTRALIA AND CHINA.

INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER, 185

HEAD OFFICE-LONDON,

CAPITAL PAID-UP...... RESOLVE LIABILITY 08 SHARD-

HOLDERS RESERVE FUND.

Burchor, Saigon, Haiphong, Hanoi, Aror Yokohama, Kobe, Melbourne, Sydney, Now York, San Francisco, &c., '&o..

LONDON BANKEBĖ; →→→ THE UNION OF LONDON AND SMITH'S BANK, LIMITED.

The Bank bays and selle and receives for collection Bille of Exchange, issues letters of credit on its Branches and Correspondents in the East, on the Continent, and in Great Raitain, America, and Australia, and transacts Banking Business of every description,

INTEREST ALLOWED. Ou Current Accounts 2% per annum on daily

„£800,00

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£900,000 .2875,000

INTEREST allowed on Current Account at

the rate of 2′′, por sanum en the Daily balances, On Fixed Deposite for 12 months 4 per coal

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T. P. COCHRANE,

Манакаг.

Hongkong, 18th May, 1905.

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LEONGKONG & SHANGHAJ BANK-

ING CORPORATION

PAID-UP CAPITAL ..........................

RESERVE FUND

.....$10,000,00

STABLING RSSzern...$10,000,000 SILYB KESHEVE... 9,500,000

www.w*19,500,00

Rasskyz LiabILITI OF PROF❜Tone.$30,000,0%

COURT-OF DIrecios8.

A. HAUPT, Esq.-Chai asa.

Hon. Mr. C. W. DICERON-Deputy Chairman.

E. Goets, Esq.

C. R. Lensmann, Esq,

G, HL Medhurst, Esq.

D. M. Nissim, E.

A. J. Raymond, Esq.

N. A. Bieba, E3-

Hon. Mr. R. Showan

H. A. W. Slade, Esq.

H. E. Tomkins, Esq.

CRIEF MANAGEE Hongkong-J. R. M. Saira

MANAGER:

Shanghai-H. E. R. Hunter.

ONDON BANKBRS-LONDON AND COURTI

BANKING Company, Limized,

BONGHONG ÎNTREEST ALLOWED, On Current Account at the rate of Twe per Cent, por Annum on the daily balanco.

OF FRED DEPOSIT.

For months, 2 por cent per Annum. For 8 months, 81 per cent. por Annam, For 12 months 4 per cent. per Annum,

J. R. M. SMITH,

Chief Manager. Hongkong, 4th Aprð), 1906.

INTERNA

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DANKING

CRNATIONAL BA CORPORATION.

Fiscal Agenta of the United States in China the Philippine Islands sad the Republic of Panama,

SURPLUS

CAPITAL

AND AUTHORISED... CAPITAL PAID UP... RESERVE FUND

...Gold $10,000,000 .....Gɔld . $5,250,000 ..Gold $8,250,000 HEAD OFFICE: New York, LONDON OFFICE: Threadneedle House, E.C. Branches and Agents all over the World. LONDON BANKERS. NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK OF ENGLAND

LIMITED, UNION OF LONDON AND SA "ZH'S BANK, LIMITED,

BRITISH LINEN COMPANT BANK. The Corporation transsets every descriptica of Baniding and Exchange business, receives money in Current Account and accepts Fixed Deposits at the following rates:-

For 12 months 4 per cent per annum.

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H." PINCKNEY,

Manager. Juver's Road, Central, Hongkong, 20th September, 1905.

THE BANK OF TAIWAN LIMITED

(INCORPORATED BY SPECIAL IMPERIAL CHARTRE

CAPITAL SUBSCRIBED

CAPITAL PAID-UPCIIDE

HELD OFFICE: TÄITER, FORMOHA,

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balances. Fixed Deposits 12 months 44% per annum.

do.

6 dc. 4% do, do.

3 da. 31 do.

L. ENGEL, Ageat,

Hongkong, 1st March, 1906.

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HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK..

/HÈ Business of the above Bank is condi

THE

ted by the HONGKONG AND SHANG HAI BANKING CORPORATION, Kolor may be obtained on application,

INTEREST on deposita is nilowed at 31 PER CENT, per annum.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. FRIDAY, MAY 4TM¤, 1906

*The Salt of SALE?

Abbey's Effer Salt

Vescent

Abbey's Salt,as a beverage, makes a delightfully cooling and tonic drink.

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Abbey's Salt, as a medicine, aids digestion, keeps the Bowels regular, touches up the Liver and tones the Stomach. Abbey's Salt, by making a bad Stomach good, keeps the whole system in perfect order.

Try Abbey's Salt, and you will probably regret you did'nt know about it sooner, Sold in two sizes by all Chemists and Stores, and by Watkins, Ltd., and A. S. Watson, Ltd., Hong Kong.

The Abbey Fruit Saline Co., Ltd. 144, Queen Victoria Street, London, EC.

70mm

SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.

THEORY OF THE AUC-PAPER PIPES FOR GAS -ALTITUDE OF NORTHERN LIGHTS THE NEW ALCHEMY-WAEMTH OF SUBWAYS-A HARD PROBLEM ---A NEETLE ́S RESURRECTION

INVISIBLE WIRE-BEACH BURNING —THE

NEW GLASS

The electric are har Leon explained by Prof. J. J. Thompson on the assumption that the positive nad negative electrodes emit electri£ed corpuscles or ions which, rader the inaence of electric repulsion, travel across the space of the arc, and bombard the opposite electrode. The elcotio current itself is supposed to be conveyed by those ions, and their bombardment produces the high temperaturs of the electrodes. In British Royal Society paper, Mr. A. A. C. Swinton describes experiments with a magnet showing that positively and negatively charged particles actually do erose in the arc, proving as he believe, the absolute correctness of the theory.

Gas pipes of paper, as tried in Europe, reports to have advantages, and are

a

very

platinum was relaced to this aize, it was onsted with silver and again drawn through the die. This was repeated as many times as necessary, when the silver was dissolved away, leaving the fine platinum wire. The product was intended for the cross threads of optior instramonts. The animal hriza employed were affected by dampness, but the brightness of the metal proved aneten more serious disadvantage, so it nuver samento use,

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The "blazing beach" which attract:d such attention at Kittery Point, Me, one evening

· last Septumbor, has been investigated by Prof- D., Ponhallow. Beneath an inch of sand he

GREGOR & CO.,

19, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL, 1ST FLOOR.

has found a six-inch layer of black crganic MARIE debris, including marino plants and fragmenta of wood and bones, and the carburetted and phosphuretted bydrogen from this material undoubtedly ignited spontaneously, as in tho well-known will-o'-the-wisp of marsh lands Tho'Hares, extending 200 feet along the beach and 30 or 40 feet out over the water, rose to a huight of a foot, burning three-quarters of on hour with a sharp crackling sound.

Reinforced glass, produced by rolling two plates of glass with a metallic grating between them, promises in become of great importance as a building material. In a recent French test. a sheet four foot long by 18 inches wide and IT Jess than a quarter of an inch thick easily aupported 1,047 pounds, and under heavy weight or exposed to fire it bends and cracks without

breaking. Its strength, resistance to fire and sage of light admirably fit it for roofs, shop windows, partitions and stair-caves.

CHINA IN LONDON.

HOW OPPRESSION IS PREVENTED.

Eren information collected from undoubted anthorities like market prices, for instance- may look strange sometimes. The following is from the Daily Express:

BRANDIES

FROM

BRIZARD & ROGER.

FROM $19.20 To $126.00 PER DOZEN.

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COGNAC.

THE LARGEST AND MOST VARIED STOCK OF BRANDY IN THE EAST.

THE FUNCTION OF FOOD.

IN THE SOURCE OF ALL STRENGTH AND

MOTHER SEIGUI'S STRUP IS THE GREAT DIGESTIVE.

The source of all physical human strength is food. This is a self-evident fact, though some- times overlooked; there is and can be no other means of acquiring strength. The most perfect system of muscle building most fall if there is a lack of nourishment, just as the most perfect

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Communior-in-Chief or the officer responsible for its conduct; and in peace such training, Supervision. and inspection by the admiral as will ensure the efficioney of co-operation, and their performance of the important servis entrusted to them. This has already been recognised, and provision made in the Defence Acts, rendering in compulsory for all Australian naval forces to serve in the Royal Navy when called upsu.—4. and M, Record.

BRITISH EMPIRE LEAGUE AND ¡ine must fail if it lacks fael; n'nd jat az, to

NAVAL RESERVES. the case of the engine, the fuel must be burned to obtain the benefit from its stored energy, so in the case of the human engine the food must be council of the British Empire League, on May. With reference to a resolation passed by the digested, or it is worse than paoloss. This is the logic and common suse of the whcle matter.

9th last, urging the Admiralty to pince no unnecessary limit on the numbers to be enrolled Food, digested, is easy of assimilation; it in the Colegial Naval Reserves, either in becomes rich, reil, energising blood, carrying Newfoundland or Australia, and to affor life and vigour to every part of the system, and

adequate provision in uil cases for their serviss at sea is a man-of-war, the following lotter has been sout to Mr. C. Frooman Murray, as secretary of the League

Prince Tesi Tec, the chief of the Royal Com-health follows as night follows the day. Perfect mision which the Emperor of China bas sent to digestion means perfect health; the one form includes the other. On the other hand, food, this country to study our political institutious, yesterday received in his rooms, at the Great undigested, poisons the system and all manner Central Hotel, a representative of the Express, of dissees follow. It lies on the stomach, sad through Mr. Tano, the young Chinese which, failing to dissive, refuses to let go, and as it cannot digest it decomposes. Pungent gentle who speaks English at the rata of

acids are generated which corrods the lining of 10 words a minute, discussed with him many

the stomach, and cause alcars and gastric interesting subjects.

catarrh; soul gases arise which distend the

The policy of China is not one of aggression but of defence," said His Excellency, who is consin of the Son of Heaven.

To

preserve their national oristence the Chi-

methods of civil and military administration

Admiralty, Whitehall, March 21st inst.. ontlosing a resolution on the subject of "Bir,--With reference to your letter of th Colonials in the Royal Naval Reserre passúd by the British Empire League, Lord Twoodmoth wishes me to draw your attention to the statement explanatory of the Naval Estimates for 1905-7. From that it will be seen that us far as the numbers are concerned no change of policy has taken place. The original agreement was that number of Colonial Royal Naval Reservists, and of the Royal Naval Reserve at home are being it would be clearly impossible when the seamen

With reference to service in men-of-war advocated by Lord Goschen, I may paint out

nese have found it Doessary to adopt those rred, for decomposition is their state of origin. tuis country should only pay for a limited!

Depositors may transfer at their opti» balances $100 or more to the HONGKONG ANK SHANGHAI BANK to be placed or FIXER tight and cheaper thao metal. In making them, to France; while another Commission was tour.

DEPOSIT at & PAR CENT, per annuia.

For the HONGKONG AND SHANGHI

BANKING CORPORATION.

J. R. M. SMITH,

Chief ManscaE. Hoogkong, let May. 1902

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EUTSCH-ASIATISCHE BANK.

CAPITAL FULLY PAID UP...Sh, Taela 7,500,000

HRAD OFFICH~~~SHANGHAL ROLED OF Diretors, REELIN.

BRANCH Z-

Berlin, Caloutte, Hankow, Peking. Tientsin, Teinante, Tsingan, Yokohama, Founded by the following Banks and

Bankera KOENIGLICHE SKEHANDLUNG (PELUSSISCHE

STAATSBANK) Bern DIRECTION DRE DISCONTO-

GESELLSCHAFT

DEUTSCHE BANK

8. BLEICHROIDES

BEELINER HANDELI

GERELLSCHAFT

BANK FUER HANDEL UND

INDUSTRIE

ROBERT WARSCHLUER & CO. MENDELSSOHN & CO.

M. A. VON ROTHSCHILD &

BOERNE

Berlin.

Frankfurt a/M. Jacon 8. H. STELA NORDDEUTSCHE BANK IN HAMBU20,Hamburg SAL. OPPENH cst, J., & Co., Koeln. BAYERISCHE HYPOTHAKEN-UND WECABAL-

BANE, MUENCHE.

LONDON BANKERS: Mesra. N. M. ROTHSCHILD & Box: THE UNION OF LONDON AND SMITH'S

BANK, LIMITED, DRUTORE BANK (BERLIN), LONDON AGEHOT DIRECTION DER DISCONTO GESELLSCHAFT.

INTEREST allowed on Current Account, DEPOSITS received on terms which may be learned on application. Every domaription of Banking and Exchange business transacted. HUGO SUTER,

Hongkong let May, 1906,

Manager.

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stomach-sae, and causing it to interfere with the action of the Innge and heart give rise to difficult breathing, heart palpitation and fainting feel- inga Even the deadly płomaince may be are which have made Europa the dominating factor When at last what was food escapes from the in the world's politics. So the Commissioners stomash, it is a mass of retting impurities, and have come over to the England, and were going those getting into the blood by the ordinary reduced, to go beyond the stipulated number. procost of assimilation carry poison and poll. tion. The skin suffers, more work is throw on the kidneys, which break down under the strain, uric acid remains in the system, and rheumatism, lumbago, etc, follow.

All these evils may be avoided by giving attention to the digestion, and here it is that Mother Seigel's Syrup has proved a blasting thousands upon thousands the world over. It tones and invigorates every organ concerned in the long process of digestion, and thus ensures rich pare blood, and strong, vigorous health,

Manila paper is first out into strips having width equal to the length of the section. The strips are dipped into melted asphalt, tighly wound to the right thickness around a core of

Iron rod or pipe, and costed under pressure with a layer of sand. The core being then removed, the outside of the pipe is water proofed

The height of the aurora borealis seems to vary greatly. The spectral light has been seen touching the earth in Arctic regions, but measurements made during a recent aurora near Loudon show that the red could not have been much less than 600 miles high, the gran being much nearer the earth's surface.

Lale observation Lae suggested that the dis integration products of radio-active elemente do not always yield helium, and that silver is formed by the disintegration of lend.

ing through Germany and Italy to see what means could best be taken to ascura China's integrity.

At the auggestion that Chinn was, perhaps, thinking of adopting a democratic system of representative Government His Excellency, who is a very chorming, middle-aged gentleman with gold rimmed glasses and black satin dress, smiled and shook his hear.

He explained that autocratic though it was the Government of China was really quite radical in ita nature. Imperial censors stationed at each province prevented for the most part oppression on the part of governors. Indeed, the governors had to be extremely careful what they did. If they took measures which were offensive to the people as a whole they did so at their peril.

In the first place, if the people disliked the governor's rule they could legally make a demonstration before him by barning incense and presenting a potition. Then, if no police legally seizo his person and bite him to death? were taken of their wrongs, they could also

There was no redress for the relatives of pay governor who was bitten to death. The Chinese law considered that if the populace was driven to such extreme measures that it must be justified in its somewhat drastic action, Prince did not see that much improvement could Upon this system of gentle autocracy the te pade. The problems that chiefly confronted

and his advisers

that a certain number of Newfoundland Roserve

men

are serving in Commodore Pagent's squadron, which will arrive in this country early in April, and the Admiralty have made spesial after a short stay here. Yours faithfuls arrangements for their service and return home

O'HARAN,"

PUNISHMENT IN THE ARMY.

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artificially cooled. This is partly due to the tonal and economic king Buid, of the fully constipated, and suffered much from wind word "aceused" is to be used in place of

iu some

An engineering surpriss is the warmth of oity subways. It was ex pected that these, like callous, would be warmer than the outer air in winter and cooler in summer, but experience has shown that they are always warmer unlese

hest from the respiration of passengers and

fine important matter which came up for partly to that from the trasformation of the discussion was the question of Chinese labour in energies brought into use for lighting and for the Transrsal, and on this His Exoallonsy is well traction. The air of the tamuels of the Paris qualified to speak, seeing that he was Governor Metropolitan and the New York subway is of Shantung whon agents were selecting coolies feel essier. After only five bottles I was had to apply "to the general or other officer

for the Rand. He could not officially approve of fagging, seeing that flogging has been made illegal in China; hut be recognised that streng menenres would be necessary to keep the coolles in order, because they were mainly recruited from hooligans and adventurers,

found to be about 6 per cant. F. warmer in summer than that outside, and it is estimated that to keep the variation down to this limit in the New York subway the eir must be renewed about 200 was avery twenty-four hours. Forced ventilation by fans seems necessary to make such tunnels endurable in the hottest weather,

About five fires per week were sat in London last year by petroleum lamp. This gives importance to the problem of producing a cheap safety lamp, and an association of the leading English grocers has offered a handsome prize OKOHAMA SPECIE BANK for lamp, costing not more than fifty cents that shall be as safe as a common candle ander all waditions of ignorance or carelessness. Though this is the fifth time the prize has been

THE

LIMITED,

ESTABLISHED 1880,

CAPITAL SUBSCRIBED... Yen 24,000,000 CAPITAL PAID-UF 19.99

18,000,000 4000000 10,900 13

1,000,000

HEAD OFFICE-TOKOHAMA,

Nagasaki

¿BRANOBES AND AGENCIES.

Kobe Lyons New York Honolulu Bombay Tientain Newchwang Peking Makden Cheloo Tie-ling

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CAPITAL UNCALIED mem RESIEVE FUND

12

SPECIAL RESERVE FUND

942

Tokyo Coka London San Francisco

Yen 5,000,000

Shanghat

Daley

JL

2,500,000

Port Arthur

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BEANCHE AND AGENCIES:

Amoy

Apping

Kobe Nagasaki

Tainan Tansul

Foochow

Osake

Keelung

Shanghai

Tokio Yokohama

HONGKONG OFFICE:

3. Dis Yeux RJAD. Interest allowed on Current Account. Deposita received on terms which may be learned Da spplication.

8. EHIGENAGA, Manager, Hongkong, let November 1904. [999

LONDON BANKDRE.

THE LONDON JOINT Brook Bank, LIMITED PARE'S BANK, LIMITED. TA UNION Or London aND SMITHS BANE, LIMITED.

HONGKONG-INIKKYST ALLOWED,

On Current Account at the rate of 2 per cent per annum on the daily balance.

On fixed deposits for 12 months 51, peraranx

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Manager,

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offered, no satisfactory invention has been

found.

A Japanese beetle, of a species as yet undeter mined, lately came into the possession of Prof. Smythe, a Topeks entomologist, in a singular way. Hearing a falut gnawing found in a Japanese flower-stand, the owner bored into the wood when he discovered the beetle larva, which had been there several years.

Since reaching the open air, the worm has developed wings and grown into s fine specimen.

The present decay of the land is found by Sir Archibald Geikis to be sufficient, oven abou

it not be accelerated, to reduce the dry land to the lovel of the sea, and threaten another flood, in a comparatively short time.

Invisible platinum wire is stated to have been drawn by the late Henry F. Read a third of a century ago, Sevoral yards were made, in longths of three feet or leas, and when wound upon white card it cool d be felt bat ordinarily could not be seen, although its shadow was visible. The wire was drawn through as fine a hole as could be conveniently drilled.

When the

He saw no objection to their entering into | contracts to work in the mines, and he said that the Government could not interfere, and did not wish to interfere, with the liberties of Chinese subjects who voluntary went out to the mines.

His Excellaury added, however, that the Government, jealous for the honour of China, was seriously considering the general question of emigration.

The Americans, he said, had a very bad opinion of Chinamon, because it was the very lowest strats of the Chinese social fabric that emigrated to the United States. And the Government was growing fearful lest English mes should come to the conclusion that the Chinese population consisted of nothing but behaved and the percentage of educated roughs, whereas the populace as a whole was people bigb.

A case which bears out this assen Lion is that of Mrs. Emma Dimmock a young married Under the provisions of the Army (Anne) woman of Lesvesden Green, near Watford, Bill introduced by Mr. Haldane, imprisonment In a sworn dedaration, datei is to be abolished. A memorandum which has England. December 8th, 1905, the siys:

Following an infleurs I found myself quite breken in health, tionary change is to be brought about. In been issued explains how this woningly revola- and so nervous-that a sound would at me future soldiers convicted of purely military trembling. My appetite was all gene, and what offences will be detaired", not imprisoned. I did manage to eat caused me such pain in the Thus the stigma of imprisonment will not bowels that I grew to fear the very thought of attack to them. Soldiers sentencod to detention food. I had always a bad foste in my mouth in will be formed "soldiers undergoing detention the morning, with my tongua casted to the and the places in which they will be contund thickness of a half-grown, and used to feel so will be termed detention barracks". The sick that I thought I must vomit. My sleep change, it is explainel, is fittle more thua s was Busettled, and I felt really more tired in change in nomenclature, na at present soldiers the morning than on going to bed. I was sentenced to imprisonment and Dos sentenced prer to the gloomist thoughts, and could see to be discharged with ignominy, whilst under- only the black side of things; I dreaded being

|going inprisonment in military prisons waar myself even in broad daylight. Steadily I grew hard labour they undergo consists left alone, and dared not have gone upstre by uniform and mot prison clothing, and the of dril wores despite the doctors efforts. I was dread and other military exercises. Further the and violent headache. I had lost no less thau

"prisoser"

sections of the Act three stone in weight and was so weak I could where that term occurs, and the words "person urdly stand. At lat I had to take to bed, and under antance" are to be substituted for the then it was I read about Mother Soigel's Syrup. word "prisoner" in other sections. By section I got me and with the second bott'e beganto 43 of the old Act soldiers making complaints completely cared. I am now, my friends tell commanding the district or station where the me, & picture of health.”

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soldier was serving ".

In future they must address.

themselves "to the prescribed general AUSTRALIAN NAVAL DEFENCE. officer" Flogging is to be "done away with altogether in military prisons and detention Capt. Creswell, Director of the Naval Forces barracks, and soldiers undergoing detentim in Australia, in his annual report to the Common are to be enabled to obtain a remission of part wealth Defence Department, observes that the of their sentense by good conduct. existing ships of the Australian force ars lamentably out of date, and that as regards the personnel, though the individual officiency is satisfactory, the system of training is bad, being based on purely millary modele, and the corps of officers understaffed. More seriona atill, in Capt. Creswell's view, is the complets miscon ception of Australia's defensive requirements which underlies hor present organisation. Åt present Australia sponds 75 por coat, of her defence expenditure on keeping up armed forces, amounting tomme 40,000 mon, who could only be called into play on the assumption of the supremacy of the sea being lost by the Im extremely inefficient form of defence to a series MT perial "NATY

and would even then prove an

raids

If hobas no regularly recurring tasks imposs apon him, the prudent man will make such tasks for himelf. what may be done any day is not done at all.

ITBU BISHI GOSHI-KWAIRBA.

(MITSU BISHI CO.)

MARUNO-UCHI, TOKIO.

Cable Address, IWASAKI," which applies to all Branch Offices.

A1, ABC 5th Ed., Western Union Codes used. All Letters Addremand:

MANAGER, MITSU BISHI CO., with name of place under, BRANCH OFFICES ——

will require a local supplementary force, which NAGASAKI MOJI, KOBE, KARATSU,

SHANGHAI, HONGKONG AND HANKOW.

of towns and ports scattered along many While thie conversation was taking place the thousand miles of cost, and none to a shipping second Commissioner -a magnificent old

valued at £145,000,000 a year. Of the rest, 19 COAL DEPARTMENT Chinaman, dressed in blue silk, who has a face per cent. is given to the Imperial Navy, and i tike Bismarck's, and who possessed the exe per cent, only to naval local defence, and that capacity for endlessly smoking-listenal In

spest on more or less useless objects. What deep but spproving silence. From time to time Australia

big in dapper young Chinamen, sborn of their pigtails neither a large land

requires,

opinion. force for passive

battle and clad in the latest Bond-street fashions defence, noran imitation navy of mcred in and out.

ehips on the line of a second or third- The attention of the Prince was drawn to class naval Power. Her main defence must be the absence of their pigtails. He explained the Imperial Nary. But behind that the defence this by saying that the pigiail must necessarily of her commeres and her ports against be sucrificed when the Chinaman took to European dress.

Australia should provide, construct, and man "You could not," he added with a smile, herself, of cruisar destroyera" and destroyara. altogether approve of Chisamen taking to enemy's movements, keep the enemy out of war a pigtail with a silk hat. Not that I Those would alike give intelligence of the European dress, but in some casss it is necessary. Australian ports at night, and hamper any And when they return to China they will cor landing force. He bases bis conclusions alike daily resume their own costame, and cultivate apon (bo practice of the past, of Nelson Lisaself their pigtails again.'

sad upon Mr. Balfour's statement of May 11th, 1905, and concludes his report as follows:

Bes war requires as a sine que non condition How To BE BEAUTIFUL-Keep your com that there shall be intimate co-operation bg plexion, Mrs. Ellen's Creme Charmant, Lait tween all who are engaged in it, whatever their. Charmant and Special Skin Tonic and Pendre respective duties and however distant from each Charmant will enable you to do it.

Her other, in furthering the one obiect. The naval Scialities for the Skin are the study of a forces of the Commonwealth must act in close lifetime, A. S. Watson & Co., Ltd., Sole Agents co-operation with the Imperial fores in these sens, with unity of control in war under the

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AGENCIES YOKOHAMA: M. ASADA, Esq. CHINKIANG: Messrs. GEARING & Co. MANILA: Mesars. MACONDEAT & Co. SOLE PROPRIETORS of Takashima, Ochi, Blinnow, Namazuta and Kami-Yamada Collieries, and also Hojo Colliery, which will shortly be ready to produce on a large scale the best Buren Cost.

The Head and Branch Offices and the Agon- cies of the Company will receive any ordar for Coils produced from the above Collieries.

T. MATSUKI, Manager, Hongkong, No. 2. Pedder Stret

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