1906-07-06 — Page 3

POLICE COURT.

Thursday, July 5t.

BEFORE ME. JË, H. J. GONVERTZ (FIRST POLICE MAGISTRATE).

AN IMPOR

SHIPPING COMPETITION.

MISTRANSLATION MAKES BITTERNESS,

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JULY 6TH, 1906,

TRADE OF WUCHOW.

CONSULAR REPORT FOR 1905.

The raport "of Mr. Acting-Consul F. E. Wilkinson, on the trade of Wuchow in 1905, reached us yesterday. It opens as follows:--

I have again to reened an increase in t' vains of the trade of Wuchow. The net total in 1975, as shown by the Imperial Maritime Customs returns and excluding therefore the juuk trade, rosa to £1,02880, or 11,198,173

The M.-C. Daily Newza mnys --The cons which have brought about the present struggle are plain. With its fins feet sutively fried from government services the Nippon Yuso Kaisha has to seek fresh outlets for its energios and enterprise. The foreign frs on their have also an abundance of tonnage on part Land and have no disposition to lay up thoirtela, as compared with 21 759 186, cr 11.051 Peculation. It appears that the defendant toured the *ps at be driven all in muck there back inals, in 1904, 11 increase of £99394, or about him that pons a brunch at this part should nut?

A clie was obsrged by Inspector fiumelay with impersonating a lakong at Wanchai on Wednesday.

streeks in arch of hawkers to whom h

worked for years past

summe

nut the

1e

|

record.

רונן

| encountered hero zud, secondly, that the know- ledge that there is a firm here which will bay produce at present Wachow is merely a port of transhipment will encourage allure in the interior, instead of waiting for the boyers to visit them, to bring their goods down themselves to the port. Probably, too, many of f cha boatme who convey marchandise up river and return with emply beats would also take advantage of this market that the firm would eller to bring down staall lots of produce as a private It is essential, however, in my opinion, that the

representative of any British only be a good basins but have sufficient knowledge of China to be able to discuss business directly with his customers. olbórwise | s cannot avoid being to a great extent in the handa of Lis Chinese staff, whos interests a unt always the interests of their empleyors. Before starting business it would, of course, necesary for the representative of the im make a through study of local conditions and generally ugliested."

i 4U

be to

represented himself as a plain-etodes lakang He demanded to see the fissure of such man les ones is accosted; if the hunter was minus the messsary" paper he would pretend to take him to the

The imparted to it A really published station, but aenid overbork the matter provided cagement by Mr. S Iwanaga, the mannging dinsdor of the Nippon Yusoni Kalha, bas bagh adrared a loan of At rents. On evidence, his Worchip held the fomented en in Japan shure its upparkles in at one time the rate rose to sp. is the resources of the province, a precaution

an English translation, and the vishene of its kanguage makose antent ingrid life. There is roman to believe that a touch of exaggeration has fren introducel ida the translation which

de a

le

pot, and find the defendant $25 or our menth's imprisonma et and six haurs” storks, A BANGLE SNATCHER

In its early days the per cent. Expressed in silver the increase, it Japanes company appears to bava mat with will hoticed, is only 103, tale. Whether some rebulfe from forenguers alrealy established renkaned in sterling or silver the total is a and the wound has posily ranked, but

Mr. Wilkinson predicted this increase in his cans of present Compartition. Ungk it may accoat previous report. It was, however, expected to wch has more pronounced, small atributes the bitterness

disappointment to the fightues of money at Hongkong and Cunter At Nanning the hanks meter charged less than 200 per crul.

per cent (if per cent, per month). Notwithstanding that This stringency routines, be anys the prospect for 1985 are not unfavourable,

The imports fram terdiri countries into Wuchow, the inlag of which last your was 1,121,401, are dis

Kweichaw and Yunnan, Kwangsi, in which Wachowitself is situated, chixing thout four-

- Lenor Pok was charged with statching two did not exist in the original, but the tributed trees the provinces of Kwangsi,

Jungles from a girlia Wingelek Street.

intention is palpalde. In a manifest on

Ar of hostilities, fempered language is hardly pretid, nawanee mast be made for a the

le stain out of beaubastic defame In Mr galant we have it in platy, and

A laking witnessed (ta defendant, wrene bangles from the evaplained's arm and grave chas eventually ruing him down. defendant, uusissed by his pursuer. throw jewelry into some rubbish, in it was eventually repaired,

Its his for the toteriad all that another man saalehed the sanzles and ran in his dire tion was arrested atal falsode aretisal,

Dis Worship fouad Ledag guilty and Sentenced him to six work had labour is

katrs stoke, atat le to twelve strokes ni

the r

has taught the significance of that

--

*

TRIAD SOCIETY IN SARAWAK

EIGBT EXECUTIONS

Nows has arrived from Sarma of serious fifths of her baign supplice through this trouble in that State with an infantial and part, the remainder entering the provincside spend Chinese soridy, which seems in Lungehow or under transit pass Iron have assumed a very moracing aspect, and to gay supplied with foreign gods via as when it was discovered. Cant and Paklo. Kweichow is also prin-bar-ben as promptly attarded by the authorities,

wo

River, but Ir Wanis Ori also

41180 In the Rajsh of Sarawak's_łommisions, news 1++2] [*

foe threngh Mempty in Vinnan that is not wanted to be disseminated is easils the Yangiz. Probably ordered to be kept quiet. However, we have and Hakes ou about two-thirds of her insports are sent goal reason to believe that the fuels wt forth up to her from Wudima. Yaman takes the below are true. fest of the there, certainly not now than 5 per cont. of her total inits. She is supplied nezost entirely through her own treaty ports, Mangtze, Tongyuch and Ssima

which is merely full of sound and fury Speses, Butterfield & Sire, quinst whom the (quodfesto is principally directed are, dei ingine the N.Y.K. while, using that were willing ropacity

by and

dealers Brit pist 1

ith Russin, it is a ichaough the preval war

to the dillealt to understand how it comes abou! test they have to be in to the Japanese' mereurlife Bar, But, mi wo said already, tests like these el t Tortaisen tea sopimusly

Hi Vane is about as i me that of Mr. Iwanaga's other utterane Ant it is the day of the N. Y. Kepek the arrogance of fari on somers to the East of the duty of the X. V. K., if they will permit us to say so, is to continue to build for

34% the burit of their shareholders, the wagesficant business they have successfully And why is done the British, Wong Pis, juick master, was perceeled against da no youproto think, will still be x48 for having trazite, oba reviver qui la rous hat in these waters in hen, if friendly, fammanition in his posssion without a pea m from the Cuginiu Superintendent of Police,

WITHOUT A CLEARANCE.

ife. Rach, asistunt inspectos of junk. charged Young Po with Pavini; the harbone in his vowed with at a clearance.

A flag of 555 sus in:posed,

AN ARMED JENK

I was ondered to pay a fine of Str,

LUKONGS ASSAYLE & NATION.

1.

KODAKS

AT HOME PRICES.

No. 3 FOLDING POCKET KODAK 23-22-64) $38.00

4 CARTRIDGE

(£5-15-01); $60.00

LONG. HING

WE

No. 17, QUEEN'S ROAD

STOCK

THE ORIGINAL

3

& CO..

135

ONLY

CANADIAN CLUB WHISKY.

DISTILLED AND BOTTLED

Br

HIRAM WALKER & SONS,

WALKERVILLE ONTARIO,

Per Case, 12 BOTTLES).....

SOLE AGENTS :

H.

LTD.,

++

CANADA $210

PRICE & CO.,

12, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL,

TELEPHONE No. 135,

TOURIST TRAFFIC IN JAPAN,

SOME INTER STING PRUNER

OUR

PRICES

HAVE BEEN REVISED

throughout on basis of prevailing high exebang, We supply only

PIANOS

It appare t a tonth are -saril mysterias murders fork plass among th Clings as by the Chinese, but the authors were not able to penis to the batten a commark

Now that the tourist trallie is engaging the| No on- able ridemie of homicidal, oran wnld give any information and the Chines attention of public non it would be futeresting, showed the greatest reluctance to seal aunt remarks the Chagoi shegy, in look into the murders at all. A at the Sarawak amber of tourists during the past few years, a spei-fy among the and the probable amount of mosey they have authorities got sind; of a Kishor

des

Hakkas, basing for its eventual object i spent in Japus. The returns for the last four

เ the Coresument, back contenting your tre as follows ; - itself for the present with wer ing by threats,

Orientale, dentals. Total HIGHEST sut lessing Mackmail open the smaller trailers, the afeling them with deall is run of non. apple with the demands of the mis-aries of the The murders which took place are aglio be the vengeaser of the sty upon them who would not help or consent to hi coerced

Wangi faited to increase her purchase, but must consulent jour ou imi arvouns, The oxplanation is that the the grow so much

13 to buy everyibing else opum that they have to

I regret that I have no openings to suggest

Brit-sh

tendo.

There are many vellis advertised in the trade journals sons to this coulate for which a market of a kind untuabledly exists bege, bat flu ditirulty is the there arano foreign Grus at Wuchow engaged the input lusiuss to whose attention could bring thom. A printet ont in my last report. it is from lengkong, with which Soreign trade of the port entirely carried that Wow obtains its supplies of for igu da and, it is impossible for the Colander the existing cuditions,

[?

1004 1905

Occi-

1900 TOR 6,4! Sull 9.237

8,819

13.700

14447 16,590

1,026

19 to April) 4,426 4506 From the rate of the inere and leap of centental and Uriental tourists as shown above may he sees the effect, the way he had upon the of visiters in 1904 sumper with this attributable to the war.

ik

Te cloud, howover, with the netreint frets of Me, Iwannoru's shilement, it shows that sharp compofition between the Nippon Tuan Kaisha

After a prolonged enquire of very great and furiga congesties now exists on four

diffieally, evgd non were arrested, bad, on Twa Inkongs wine prossrente:! for assault incijal lines, tie Swalow-Bangkok, where in bad any assistans to manufacturers of being found guilty, after that, were seal-nerd to tourist traffic. The dizainution-ù the number |

ily have the own A down a natiro at Bunghot.

slight ser s Mr. P. d. first of blowers. Wilki sa md with chartered steamers, to the Nuhteutscher home in placing their practs on the market, be sol, this bit done to battery les de

As time great industrial alance that ja repreted en the exvention ground by the side of the river to bo taking place in China is bringing on her Kuching. There was a good deal of is noticeable in 1985 over 1962 apparently Geist) prosneleri, --If said it appeared that, for whom Messrs. Butterfat & Swire see agents, the Shanghai Yokohama line, on

Cousysence of the 4.starbel stun f to excitemeat among the rufiyes over this event. machinery of catalogues of this Communista.' missed from baš rmping sugat hy than manager - the three stoomers which were elu rteral to the

S.K.

and its tenerland have not, as yet, lieen affectul did not esire to have to mach said, the talk sharing the second half of the year. Regarding For thes in curing towary them the Tia Hang Conway. Alter the day's woN. Y

thes y Nustalian Hine, where there is bad an movi most, and that this is no demand was in a quiet way. The investigations against thee apatison betwson Occidental and Oriental

the number at th

As there are visitors it will be seen that. serie an still going on. lines for machinery of any kind. Sots while the minger of this Poinpany, the

hithate subsisting between the

stou Very zemangerment

some year age for a silver mine in the inturier,

Janeth a man called Ho Shang was die which Mekers Butterfeld & Swire have phum I may mention for than Wackow but as they had the bint that the Govorument affairs at that time, which was only admi}

two policemen were sent with him to arrest Ho Shang fustend of arming this the

avernd.

WEST RIVER NAVIGATION,

Satno

muds the ù

Mr. Acting-Conrad F. E. Wilkinson, in which must receive a deadly by into

and,

yard it.

envers #

thec.

WATER RETURN.

Brewash Poktolam

Bywusi Wonganieleong 25,8150

1905.

TO:6: Below overflow. Below overflow.

Gin. B 84 in. 111 in 14. 6 in. ...ft. 3 in

ill.

STORAGE GALLONS,

195 334,789,000

46,870,000!

G ft.

23 1.

in

TUNK.

27803799,000 3,2693000 64,920,600 4548000

351,207,00

Tinks

from

OF THE

CLASS.

of great durability, und ans entitled tos claim for them greater excollent in every parti.. unlar than any others offat in the Colony, THE

WE

ARE ONLY FIRM who have had long practical experis neo in Hongkong un EXPERTS AND MANUFACTURERS

and our vastly superior wwledge is embodied in sit Paan we Manufacturo or Import.

interis, nid are thoroughly

AND

PREPARED

PROTECTED

THROUGHOUT against hear, damp, and remmin.

-I

[116

SAFEGUARDING COMMERCE.

prevailed before the war Allogetir the total THE ROBINSON

PIANO CO., LD. number of visitors during the first four months of the year was more than half the number for the whole of last year. If the stream of tourist trafic continues in this proportion for the BRANCHES FROM PENANG TO

PEKING. reminder of the year, it will show an increa of nearly 50 per cent, over that of last year. Or the Oriental visitors Chinens represent more: longkong, 20th May, 1906.' than 9 per cant, of the whole. As regards the the Occidents who visited Japan up to April, following classification is made:-Americans, 1.74; Germans, 315; Russian, 1,150, French, 3 British, 1,084 and other nationalities, 141. According to investigations made by the GREAT COMBSR OF INDPRERJAL MAGNATED

of Finance the total amount af

Au important movement having for ils object ianney spent in Japan hy tergists and oths in the organisation of the manufacturing 1 is estimated at Y1878,000; YE,605, industrias of Great Britis

KIEK

inilis.l In 1904: Y18085,00 a 1995, and Y10351990 in 190 up to April). The average expenditure

Manufacturers, it is stuteri, fel that the true of such Oriental visiter is put at Y76, and of Occidentals at Y1,25 From the total unter has come when they must combine in order f.. of visitors a reduction of 10 per cent, is made protect their interests, spring in view of th

and influence of the Labour party aud for the parpse of calculating tas non-ant of an orice that questions relating to manufac

O eture, Lids | Tab + their expenditure in eapon.

and production

are cl generally calculation is by no means i senrate, but may be tur

understood and appreciated by the legislature considered to be approximately morrect.

anel

the country.

PANAMA CANAL DECISION

Was

resently.

seen that the is so ample tool for intrigue and the

the number of Ocidentals in 495 set upon upibal bim, lead froin lais, deutscher Lloyé, te China Navigation though taken RI to the mine, was herer used ! secret societies, haring for their object back. shoved a decrees to 1993, which was contin plainant, wisgreinge home, Ho Slang with the lurers in Nord- | expensiva mining idant, which, was imported 30 Chinese in the Sintec it will readily be latter is hoen stalily on the inere si alter are personally selects at the went to the police station gad complainer and at the Eastern Australia and land is still, fying Alere, I have also come mail and forrarizing. The stars of pepper in Chinese and Koreans, who w

bai the Youngtwo where the N. Y. K. buvo

TLCONS RATIN the servies formerly

taging machinery and a winduil planters have taken plaen quite cuntly, and evidently lese apprehensive, were attracte **.44 which had inen imported from Amerion by anothing has been publicly said of any discovery increasing numbers to Japan, owing to the operated beloners. George McBain

sho gained by the war, while the Trent #grisnitial company. What I was of the nuclips. That culitis was not the reputation ala to meetings denied European Lukot zaited to czuplainatt. They dealt prises at interest lies, héwever, in the struggle then, though they had arrived four years object of the crimen wound from the fact

For the first two lines of thewe mentioned, A

coming. the casas kad pat esen been that the possessions of the murdered on were him my blows, and as soon iss he got an op

considerable grievanen 24

ing

mads in fly Pravionsly,

The fables have, however, been turned this save life" and #

unpacked and ware bing ned as furniture in left unteaches?. portunity he called cont

Japan.com atite paras of the fact that Meers

an old farmhouse whure They

The respective numbers of Occidental still remain. A refence in the Sanawal Gazelle is in your.

to the und of April sergeant whos huppited to come along took Butterfield & Swire have seen fit to maintain

their three steamers the Yekehyung, and These are the only two instances that I the Tower Rejang report for April, where Mr. and Oriental tourists,

lest, restmed almost a similar ratinate that which them all to the Slatina,

in which freigh machinery Frat Barlow reports Lhal The Berce energy with which the N. V. I have any

energy wit

The Divisions Resident informs me of the After hearing further evidence, his Woithrown themselves into resistanes here, by

fra breu fported for industrial purposes. fined the first di fudant 810 and discharged the onging practically scary stennur tay has As the sine time there can be no doubt that escape of two secret society Chines from available to all at Shanghai, strips that this vesturally railways will be built in this pro Kalks after murdering a Chiusman there is the source of the warle diely. The plea vines, and its misemi sud other resarces Notio of this has been sont round but without Some to be set up that the parshase, by uxploited. When the time comes, British any results far. I do not, however, think it the Japaness company. of the rival Pacific theonfaturers who are preparly represented in probable that the murderies will come to Mat, this country will have cry chance of supply- The mucil Negri, which sudom meets in Mail service for $800k

ing their share of whaterar machinery happens full force, is expected to hold a meeting shortly. sphere of influence", anyone

It is to be required, but, in the men while, it is not there is no doubt casures will to taken by the Rojak and his Councillors to prevent the 19 sport Wuchow trade, sy

nly to be expected that . N.Y.K. will do pre waste of money to send sostly catalogues The year 15 will always be unfable in the their best la retain their monopoly, and make this office.

extorsió of any woody having such evil history of launch navigation in this province was of all the penaliar advantage they have to

Though the Kwangsi province was more objects, or at all estoniated to establish an as the first year in which team vele har rusis on crampalition, but in view of their entry tranquil during the year mer series than at imperiuta in imperio in Sarawak, Singure pli gularly on the upper reaches of the into the dangkok-Swat servies they cannot any period sites Widow was fiest opened to Free Press. West River as far as Langehow in the estruerlin to have & legitimate grievance. The fervign trade, the conditions are still such us west, Fose on the Yaman frontier and include compay is in fant, entering into afford little induer went to business men to in the neckla The privilage, however, of plying

Tapp to these distant places was reserved for the competition with other lines in all parts of the invest capital in any schemes for the develop

Level and storage of water in reservoirs ank Chinese flag. Navigation, too, for Naumurld, and must expect, competition in return, wat of its undoubent resources

bas LY now become sufficiently Valsinki which three years ages was only believed to be pels a master of business, nad in spute to mo, however, that the foreign trails of the

of the hysteries of some of the Japanese aws Drorines

Juuka it well worlli the waile of some Beitia the 1st July:- possible for launches during one or two mouths papers and the indiscretions of Mr. Iwanga's in the year was maintained by vessels drawing

'រ a branel at this port and angago directly in the 4 fest from April to the beginning of Dhavaletergent, we believe that is how both companies firm of good standing at Hongkong to pa

export basinss, instead of basing Tytum after that, until the mindle of Felunta

import and Before the foregoing on all have been wiltton. 15, be a motor lunch of Inches draught the day Mad a galake o folewing it, as has been the caso so far, in fire hands of a

Jouy

The bine i which, int for au nevadel eu her last trip up pirination-1 the whole the translation is! Lew Chinese firms it

Bod would still be rating. This vesel, was the mediat, ind

gend of the few, which are maily agencies of Canton and Worgnachoong 3.7.

Fatsh houses, sond buyersevery year into the first of hier bye to make en sppearance cu the resolute Lotes adopted by Me Ewanagu. But in West River and, fly as

as I believe in a futur

one or two instances Mr. Isanaga's words interfaid of this port to procure whatever pro- fur fuctor engines in the waters, I must adune in their English gobas verer el arcer las any be offering for which a demand exists

abroad that she was DOLU FUCCESS. Her failure wor

sagst the foreign firms af than they hear is the original. For example, for expert chi-fly in to lack cå speed aust, at first, to the mute to say

There are seral Hongkong. As business is done for the most aureliability of her "ongine Subsequently rex far destiner the rival a deadly blow The part by batter, the buyers as to take with her engineer, & Chi

Chinese trained at Hong- adjetivo del i sargely justitied The then teurery market town they visit as many

yes of attai Kong, got to

the working ind which runs -- Omuti di Bare worthite l of it better and for the last two motiks of her a intezara li se stogel of exchange, or offer fareign goods as they career sho run without a sina, s breakdown. Fans a deju aki si arazoredo (Oun call estimate will be suffabout to pay for the produc justice to her bullers and designers it shoul that saris detines tre not wanting for they may fil there. They also take up wild | I explained that the verset was constructed ministering flow, such that he will not vene them a number of outward transit passes to run between Nanning and Perg, a section of forward again. T ching bowy Purl exempt the goods which they lay fr. fiki

rawie lutworn they place of

purchas She was vunble to do so as the necessary

anal object of the N.Y K. to check the arregan was withbeki by the Clues ригалінкіой

foreign stuurs to the Esat of burz. We the presentatives of the foreign shipping The firms at this port who nes us their agents in authorities,

the tot had this term "artogato

se no chury, the matter au the cerdition that, when the Another festne of the inland purigation urinal. The words ar trade last year was the insel extent in laki, which signify rather the light-hearted the goods reach Wachew, they are to b: by their sters Waa sutinical skipped which carge was enrried by launches plying on

skater of foega vesele" Mr. Iwara's the upper river, especially by those running language rectair's toeathes much determication produce has been purchased at any place in Nanning. Yarn, picee-gords and opium ate and even defiance, but it can seaceely be charged i the interior. It is brought down to this port during the whale month of Ines 19.9. in the The coal structures that would bountry the principles, aims, and needs of man-

with clearys.

by active boat when, after duty has been stramer to long Not the least interesting Boatere of Meid on it, it is slippes

On the arrival of the cargo wazaga's reina ks in the referees ha skoong, teh Bakow--Langbal line. It is known Hougking it is usually offer in turn to ficm, met of which are Bu vi foreign to our readers that, as the jours ago

the expert Insines launches in all were held up and plundered the Nippon Yason is purchasol from a German, engaged in

British subject, Mr. Melain, of Shanghai, there and is sell to the highest bidde among

In some cases the goods was ordered. ecol, stormers plying on the Yangtse with them.

12 Lond

prin al in dranes, Lue accommodation, Du wharfagy-

to recommend shore of the British Settlement at Hunkow, system has many gand pain's But the time came for hoisting thus it involves no risk to the foreign merchant

wha yans dag on these boats, the engeting and very little troute, but any foreign firma When Me. Jepson was thinking of marry.

it's with capital at

to come to it at long- ing a girl with money his friend Rogers British firms Hankow

whether Ue ivized it for rassons which ja was quite ready

tong, opens a branch of its own at dis Bagport and sends its own bayer into 1 interior, nader g Tessela Nailing to gif My hay," he said, "before I was properly age of wharings could be wailing for the bastarse, which, justead of water is of excellent qualify. married my wife inherited 2500 from hur of Bankorped in the British soffiomut grandfather. The whole town knew it. When of a foreign Stute, Incredible as it may will apparently have so many advantages over 1 built a store, they smiled. His wife's stem this plen abluiued official recognition the native firms with which it competes that, monry,' they suid. When I built a house, the and the Nippon Yusen Kaiska were obliged to while greatly benefiting ita import trade, it will

They found also be able to lay down produce for recommcdution elses here. se sile went round. His wife's money.

understand

אות

Inword

+11

Juri

which is

chist mediato

Pokiniam

Total 1-58,176,00

CONSUMPTION OF WATER IN THE CITY OF VICTORIA AND HILL DISTRICT DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE.

19900.

!

ઈ.

Extimetr

}"{KI-

Jai

CHEAPER LOCK-TYPE" ADOPTED

4. San Francisco telegram to the Jipe Alrerier, dated June 22nd, said

A previsional committen las been formed to carry on the work of organisation, and includes such well-known manufacturers as Chlooted Sir John E. Bingham, Bart. (Mosses. Walker and Sir Joseph Lawrouse (hinotypis And Machinery, Limited), Mr. G. Beng (Doneral Elentric Company, Limited), Mr. R. K. Morsom

Bellis and Morconi, Mr. Hugo Hirst (M

Despite the fact that a majority of the board)

W. C Limited), Mr. of consulting engineers submitted a report Robertson Lamp Company, ale and Meruptain)

& sea-level canst aeuss the Mountain (Messrs. Brzost recommending Istrans of Pannins, this Punate today voted to and Mr. H. 1. D. Audor (Asociated Port- atlopt the minority cauad, which the Port for a lock-Lypa] and Coment Manufacturers, 0), Limitag

ration heport for The association will be called the Manufa less and bake far festim tazers Association of Great Britain, with Is it will cost ildiz.cequired for at sea-nori temporary clirex ut Queen Anna's Chambers,

the river of which speed is of little arenat. Me twansra is made to say - 16 as the day, weton Thee passes are obtained on Consumption LEBACK@6ng 113,695,000 gallons to build than

the goods u-mally conveyed.

i

Piracy was less prevalent

on the West Rive

in

He then in the previous year, but there was a reeriadeseeLee of the mil at the begin ning of the present year.

during 1

All

Four British

MARRYING FOR MONEY.

2

raised

stion

:

الله

";

Constant x

mouth of June, 19, Rider inperation

rutral and Western Districts- apply to the stine districta.

CONSUS PTION OF WATER IN KOWLOON PENINSULA DURING THE MONTH

ut st

by JUN

15.

Westminster, and the secretary is Mr. Benjamin

Μελέτητα,

II.

To represent to the Government and the

Encost facturers;

ul. It was thought that the San Francis 228.0000 28,70

carthquake would be an important factor in of the Souate in the role determining th

Its principal altes may be sumfagrike as

вигорі Consumption per

19.0 hend per rday

In gallone favour of a marvel cal, but identy follows: Univarsti constant supply during the "schnie

engineers lis the minority report of the

for from that

To bring about closer relatious between to injury by the gassing of an

or violent are ment the employers sad amples o

deal with matters of omaen interest earth's surf en ure the locks no proposed by|

affecting manufacturers such as legislation, The mainosity, whose walls,

truny fit, or even two or three thousand fat long at taxation, rates, ofc., and

Tre Catun, weld, at least sous of them,

More lily one side save for a part of the umintien 20,356,00 12.6249) i gallons than strenty dive feet high, and Estimated popus

Consumption per head per day

60 gallons their leuning, and so prevent the closing of the of trade mus affect both in sailer proportion The Government Analyst reports that the galeb teha would be as less, for no-o: 6 incest competition was lower pris and for which a suggestion" of that increased pries mean increased wage, that could guess the extent of this movement. But lower wages, and that bad idle wash bring te het likely effect of sich shock would be reduced plan has core when work the fracture of the locks, in repairing of which

Ja Licon

$3,950

78,650

W. CHLAPHAM,

Water Authority.

WEATHER REPORT.,

ported

by

water. If the walls about on taritīs trusts, ofc.

To deal with matters of intorrational interest,

It is believed that relations between employers

int and playees will be greatly improved if au

al, the natural ant probald result would bin attempt is made to show that certain conditions

extra gutes Un

It is felt that ther months or years might be required, and we should be instructed in the eronumits of affeing organisation.

many this eause interruption of traffic or the ebanden- production effect of tariffs. ment of the enal. An earth dam on alluvial ausgement of bare, as proposed by the minority and which the and unlimited competition. Senate has adopted, may be fissured if the garth-

The relative the of the country should also be more

12.30 pm-Barcmetric quake passed the toesig, and if a crack in there which mauufacture bears to

The Hongkong Observatory fusterday issued expars ut it without difficulty in the French Settlement. Hongkong at lower sest than these firms are the following report :---

Un the ath at

Cact or its base should open, the damn would go generally appreciated, and an effort will be out, the lock drain, and the canal be ruined. made to show that its encouragement will help After a while I look stock in the new gas and they were fered it in the Russian Stile able to do. The latter are greatly bandicapped

mout on snek tempting teams that the offer and their enterprise restricted by lack of capital, changes are slight

A depression over S.E. Japan is moving to- electric company.

more than any other agency in solving our of which a certain amount is needed to engage would have been accepted had not Japan's of **Alamid the treasurer. I see you are elations with Eussis showed iulicstings of in the business. The native banks, to which wards the Pacific,

Pressure apparentiz remains low over N. How is it that the evening papers are so much greatest national problem, amely, unemploy investing some of your wife's mousy."

more ornical than the morning papers? i ment.

A fundamental principle of the association my life that poor little 3500 has received becoming strained. We have not seen the they are obliged to have recourse for the

Iressure is highest over the Philippines suppose it is partly that they have loss respons the credit for everything I have been able to explanations given by the British authorities advances they require, charge very hessy rate China, but returus from that aron are lacking.

aibility, partly that they have the morning will be that party polities in every form sball

be rigilly excluded. achieve. As a matter of fact, my wife spent in this case, but the inoident is in snob of interest, asually from 12 to 30 per cent.

Fresh and S.W. winds are indicated in the papers to comment on, and partly that it is

The movement is receiving the support of the money the day after she got it for a extremely marked contrast with Great Britain's Then, again, native merchants are not able Archipelago."

The Formosa Channel and the N. part of the Chisa difficult to be urbane directly after breakfast. diamond ring and a plate. She lost the ring a usually liberal policy that the existence of some te koop in touch with the foreign markels

Urbavity comes as the day grows, and is at its many of the leading manufacturing firma, week later, and I guess some of the neighboursery exceptional factors must be assumed. The in the same way that a foreign firm est.

Forecast-Molerate S.W. wiade; squally, height ofter dinner, when the morning papers and the members already enrolled represent

many millions of invested capital bare wished heartily that sho would lose the affair las produced an extremely bad impression advasinge of having a branch at Wuchow Sea.

in Japan, and a statement of reasons is much instead of working the trade from Hongkong

are written. piano."― Taraçi's Messenger.

direct is, first of all, that less opposition will be thandorshowers, to be desired.

.