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HAMBURG.

(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)

September 14th.

GERAN SHIFTING SHARER.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20TMm, 1906,

the part of bis subordinates who have been 1 trained, most of them at least, in the traditions of bureaucracy. Be has bowerer not brent his ships behind him and if at any time he should design to retire from office, he with his past experience and his newly acquired insight into. colonial matters, will find little difficulty in re-ontoring his old career,

SUGAR AND TOBACOO' TRADE ALARMS. The insurrectionery movement in the Is... land of Cuba bas caused great excite

Within the last fortnight both the Hamburg American Lina and the Norddeutscher Lloyd have declared their intention of rai ing thir share capital by the issue of new stock, the formaer by 30 million marks the latter by 25ment in the Sugar and Tobacco markets millions, la e communiqué addressed to the

papers the Hamburg company states that the results of the first six mortis nf the year have been eminently satisfactory warranting the belief in a balance-sheet at the end of the twelve months at least as favourablo nd that of last fear when, 1 may add in parentheses, the declared a dividend of 11 per cent.although they can count on to extra profils such as sccrued to them from their transactions with

the Russian government during and imme lately after the war in ibe Elent. The prospects for next year appear equally promising considering the ever increasing demand for freightroom, to meet which they have been compell-d to charter steamers from other of Lees that both not always come up to their own standard. An extension of their fout has this show itself to be imperative particularly on the North-American line, their two new steamers the Ameriko and the Angsta Victories having found so much favour with the pathic that half the applications for passages have had to be refused, and that it seems ndrik. able to order more boats of the same type ind size in order to establish weekly mailings. The want of steamers for the Hawzhorg-South American, the Humbarg-West Indian and the

REVIEW.

Ruearch Second Report of the Wellcome

Laboratories of the Gordon Memorial College, Khartoum," by ANDERw Balfour, M.D., B.3. PRC.P. o., Director Published by Department of Education, Sudan Government, 1996.

nod pltin sro oze-lleut.

TURBINE AND SHIP.

A RAPID REVOLUTION IN, MARINE ENGINEERING.

cor cot

It is

"The kattia began

ait So says Charles Dickens at the commencement of his story, "The Cricket on the Heartb," and the bio- graphers of James Watt usually repeat the Basuition in onnection with the steam-engine. This report is equally creditable to the Sudared to the wonderfully enccessful investigations It is not so easy to draco the inspiration which Education Department which publishes it and of the Hon 2. A. Parsons to any ench prossic to Lhe Staff of the Laboratories who contribute atențil

Wo are,

Ind believe that

to however, its contents. The glaar letter press makes road. the cause of his experiments and concentration, during the bant few months; it wing a pleasure, whilst the general arrangemant, aps the steam turbine was the clerer and

treatment mathematical feared that, even if the plantations should beadings, and notes randere sought for informs the w of bigher pressure steam out of Basily attainable without the usual divergent mouthpi- 1881. This which was done cape destruction, the labour available under t the circumstances would be ianaoient to gather

1848 The plates both soloured between the years aggravating bun!.

Forified ex in the crops. That of sugar cane promised to

valuable arch work, which was he the largest on record, being estimated at

When we consider that only a few yours ago perimentally, may be said to have made

dern steam turbine the po-sile Ts. 1,300,001 is compared with Tis. 1,118,000 Khartoum as a City was wiped out, that ram- of extra wad knows that the central last year and Tls. 1,140,000 in 1901. With span! Mahdism wurdered ita scant European idea of the turbine can be traced back to the plentiful supply in show business had been very population and ro hlowly eradicatott se germe days of Hero of Alstapiris, who. about the slack until the recent events in Cuba roused of civilisation home growth was laboriously The idea of perfecting the rotary sugine as

year 130 me, built a steam reaction engine buyers from their lethargy, when enormone being auraed Gordon and Lis pradecessors, was in 1784 ceum to have occurred to James demands from all countries obtefly honeyor it is truly a marvel that on the same site stands Watt, for in that year he took out a patent for from the United States sat in bid prices noble College, in full operation, Equipped with such an engins. But the problem at that time was how to harness steam so that water might advandel somo 20 per cent, It is said that the most modern upplit, munced by pumped from the mios, and the most obvious Tls. 150,000 have already been bought by the scientific staff who would do credit to any old method of so dei gr was to obtain se sustine New York Ragar Trust and that orders for world university and whose rosarches have which would predios & motios similar to that The 50000 more were expected from that. quarter alone, whilst Great Britain ia algo alrendy greatly increased our ton scanty koowof the ordinary forc pump, or, in other words, that the 1234 of steam us a modice power known

to have taken large quantities ledge of entenic diseases (oh as bomas and a reciprocating mation. It was saturu, there anim I trypanosomiasis which threaten the very should have developed on the lines thus laid Since yesterday however the tide seems to have

down, sti ungil the recent advent of the turbine the reciprocaring engine hus hold au nochal- turned, the more peaceful aspect of af axistes of our colonies,) have identified and found means to dextruy those parasites which fairs in the island having brought out sollars in

ja suot work. lengad position great numbers, prices gave way considerably at up the dara-crop, the food of the Fellahsen and it now remains to be seen what the market and cause irreparable injury to the cotton vn which the future prosperity of the Sadan so will do if left alone. The accounts of the

greatly depends. growing beet crops in Europe are not entirely satisfactory and T. 100,000 less are expect d

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TELEPHONE No. 135. 36] manotime, he presses forward his experimenta! investigations to discover more accurately what actually happens during the working ayole of the gas engine and the sisam turbine. Another line of progress may come from the ail bngine, which again way grow to proportions unthought of at the moment. The development of ons branch

the expert in ship propulsion gerly watches for inventions which may be appl ed to his own i

New York-West Indien service is easily from Java tjar (ast year, but the stocks overy buen recognised by the award of four gold new type of steam turbine, the utility of which of the mechanical arts up others, and

prising, whilst the newly planned Sins between

where are large, considerably larger than twelve Glenns and the River Plate under Gorman fag mout by sign, No that with a full yield in Cuba and the recently opened ones to the Persian applies would xceed the requirements of the Gall and the ports of thes Sudan will requires world although, as long as the present wave additivul stemness, others are needed for the of general prosperity continues, the consump onstal service in Chinem waters. It is obvioustion is likely to go on increasing particularly in countries like the states of central and North America, the natural pistarcas of which

--st the cost cannot be defrayed out of the profils of the company and the board of directors consequently, propaas a fresh issue of shares "to the extent of M. 2+,000,000—to be offered, in the fist place, to the present shareholders at a reasonable premium.

Strange to say on the day this announcement was made the price of tho shares dropped nowe 2 to 3 per cent, but it hon sin'e been explained to have been dus to other causes and aero coincidepro, The announcement of the taation to increase their capital or the part of the N. rddeutscher Ling, shortly afterwards, had zo effect on the quotations of their stock. The delay in the publication of it in attributed to a fear that the Hamborg noleme might tare taken the wind out of their sails and that two Aloisions of such magnitude placed on the market at the same time plght not be favour sbly received by the public. Et was therefore deemed advisable that the chairman of the pany should proceed to Berlin to sound the leading faucial firms on the subject, before publishing their circaler. He must have bon completely reassured on that point however, an the announcemeus appeared in the papers va

the 8th inst. It does not enter into particulars but confpos itself to the statiment that the increase in the traffic makes the sequis tion of additional steamers necessary and that it is iatoodet to isens new shares to

the

are being more and moro developed every year.

SANDAKAN NOTES

[FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT]

October 12th.

medals, two grand prizes and a diploma of honour at the Liege exhibition, and wh:39 functions of promoting technical education, the study, of tropical disease (of which the looel medical men both civil and military avail themselves), of inquiring into all those varied development of the Bulan are being only conditions which premte or retard the ecgotie

and zealously performed. Truly the gryaud

It may be well to point out that, although The phenomenal sness of the stean tarbine bas been almost entirely due to the perseverance at the Hon. C. A. Parsons, yet other inventors bave, sluge th appearance of the rst Pareous turbine in 1884, lurad their attention to the In 183 De de Enval built a cotary engine.

for

rin

parpos may be disregarde, because it must rotate at enormously high of grating a soulial, in order to keep the spead ends. This turbine render the introduction

of the propellers within rremble limits. It has, however, be applied to drome driving with some necess. Ta 18:0 Carris patented a turbine, which may be called a combination of

and wover, ho sccepted that for marine the De Laval and Parsons tarbines, or, as the are technically known, the impalea and Function 1776. For all practical purposes

jastified by the blood of the martyred Gold /** on the Parsons tarbine at prosent is

is bearing fruit a hundredfold.

surive to its rivals.

work

As a nation, proad our premier position upon the seas and the bailling alpa, we connet but take an Interest in great prente, such as the We are launching of these new Conarders. comp xl to admire them as we gaze opon

is all that man, as a gregarious animal, has ever their stately cutlines and realise their wonder: full potentialities. Dorp reflection must make "Take it all agree with Ruskin, who says that," +

ship of the liao is the mast bourable

Into that be

jo uss, put res

ny rarel

long by eighty fast bread" Ik will

order fully to appreciate the rapid advances of his kuman patience, commonsense, for This work, be it remembered, is carried on which have been wide in turbine constraction, thought, experimental philosophy, self-control, under all the adverse circumstances of a hot, it should be horne in mind that the first turbin habits of order and obedience, thoroughly enervating oliasta, armidat plagues of fins and the first marice l-hire, as filed to the wrought band-work, definice of bruto stoments,

was eareless courage, careful patriotism, dust stormsand with the assistances (?) of natives Tardinia in 1891. This little vesel developed expectation of the judgment of frod, as can who "never get beyond the bottle-washing about 980 horse while the new Cuurl

power.

weli ha pat into a spsos of three hundred feet It is difficult to stage," very different from the Chinese who express liners Lu-itanin and Mauretanis will

find words which can better exprem the feelings ear he trained to carry out carefully all those each dores, festa spočal

remembered that a special Tarbine Commission

to which the view of a vessel 78aft long and fr details usually corsigned to an sesistant.

was appoi tel to consider the problem of the broad, prenassing as almost un” zlievable spoet, }

gives birth.--Ex. Water-supply, mosqu ti dostruction, sleeping propulsion of these large ventole, and a tribute siekos, distributor of Tas Tso fy. jigger this commission. At the time when it was THE WRECKED AKASHI MARU."

must be

to the extensive researoh work be paid injurious to plants, are a few of the subjects of decided to use stenos turbines, for there now inquiry.

Cunardars, the largest, marine turbine installa I muy interest those who ignorantly and tions in were under 7,00 horse power, foolishly obj ot to all experiments on living Suddenly taltsupt the design of machidary to

give ten times the patpat was to take a step animals to know that through such experiments which shows that great conunga and bolduwan g. Balfour has considerably inercossd our were possessed by the members of this com knowledge of Trypanosomes (the probabla mission.

In view of the romarkabic revolution which CSERE of sloping sickness and andoubted

han 60

recently taken place in marine engineer- Luse of disease in cattle, horson, eat,) baslug, he would be a bold man who would dare oryslalised much that was previously recognised to say what even the immediate fature will in a general sort of way, sud has found a path bring forth. While we are congratulating our would permit, and take off the crew of the selves' the triumphe of our naval archi-stronded seamer. The Akusti launched boats

LATER ACCOUNT OF THE RESCUE : CHINESE PIRATER FIRED ON.

TAN TYPHOON. The N. 1. L... Borneo arrived here on the morning of September 27th and brought a reminder of the great typhoon in the shape of a rescand Chinaman. The Borneo left Hongkong at 11.30 alm. on September 19th, and the use was picked up three hours later. He was rescued from the bottom of an overturned junk, and reported the rest of the crew, 25, were all drowned. At eight o'clock the same evening the Bored was struck by another typhoon, and for twee hours she was more or less buffsited about at the mercy of the wind and waves. However she came through it without damage, bat picked horself up just about 109 miles out of bor covens! As if this ware unt enough, the Burgoopparently only just escaped third typhoon-len about nearing the Palawan Island she got the tail end of the blow and sea, but, fortunately, nothing more, and arrived at Kadat without tarther in

idol, albeit one day late. From what and Fellah have alike been "pumped" for models anul materials, there are numbers at the tit batch of people from this Aknaki word or enrative encoess in these disensas Mudir the antcome of laborions experiments with trong gale blowing sea canning sud aj

work solly intent upon pushing the doules taken a ropa karing to be el to

1. could make out on board; the Borneo

Our account by a survivor of the ss. “Aknahi Haru, wrecked on a roof estside Amoy, is well supplemented by the following seconut given at Shanghai.

It was seen at once that the Ak she could not get off without sinking in deep water and the captain of the Yarkon hoisted signals that his ship would stand by, getting as ment as safety

under difficulties

which in tigo will lead either to a prophylactie teots and engine designers, triumphs which are und

information. Some of the native ideas are more

with great dificulty

their boats being already-half. full

Kot

amount of M. 25,000,000,-which the bad had just about as bad time as any of the tkan quaint. They have appropriately named of the unknown yet fuelhor hack, und applying thom shoard. The weather was meanwhile

ahareholders will have the option of taking

crew

care about and therefore had all the typhoons they want for the rest of their lives.

Typhoons in Hongkong sad the Chiun as were evidently not enough in the way of ill

THE "BORNEO" STRANIS,

up at » premiam of H. A general meeting is called for the 28th. inst, the same day on which the Hamburg direntors are going to submit their proposal for ratontion. There can be no doabt of the sanation of the shareholders being obtained in both cases; the capital of the strand on an uncharted rock or the far side of Hamburg company will then crusist of M. Sandakan's beautiful bay-near Pulau Bai, 12,000,000 ordinary and 69,000,000 pre-She stranded on the morning of the 4th but ference shares whilst that of the Norddeutscher after lightening-managed to get offoat again ou Lloyd will aminat to M. 180,000,000 of which the evening of the 5th. The damage sustained M. 35,000,000 are preference shares. The Acst of the Bremen lise bors at present 86 soeging steamers of together T. 677,919 burden, of which ten are still in the coarse of dous totion. Beider then the company owns 48 sesers of an aggregato tonnage of 1's. 68,853 employed in the Indo-Chinese coastal service and amudry river steumurs, ・・・

EXPORT TRADE ·BKISK,

That the export trade is exceedingly brisk at present is shown by the fact that, unless goods for shipment are delivered in the quay at least ten days before the sailing of a reuse, they ur mostly shut out, Ail the industrive in the eunutry, scem well, engaged for into the new year mostly fr export, so that a continuance of the demand for freightriom is pretty well umured. THE NEW COLONIAL DIRECTOR.

a peculiarly obnoxious y “the old one."

The Sudanese - chickens are mentioned ne

to man'n 'use and e

an

as far as is known, is little more than Mr. E. E. Austin on other biting diptero, al / Present time toxine the various Bugth by malico piratą, a id Capt. Brown found

slight, viz: tres plates startad, and one small hole forward. Every endeavour has been made. to patch up the damage here, but it is not easy with only native divers, without costumes and working at some fifteen feet depth. She is leaving for Hongkong to-night, and it is to be hoped she will have a duo run up.

them

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of water and envenionoa the wonderful forces of Nature. Those who belive in the reiting worse, and the Asha wis seen thon to mechanical genius of our nation wil be pleased be slowly sinking, with the seas sweeping hor being very tough and unsavoury due to the remember that the invention of one great cleats, fore and aff. By this tims the hor Euglishmen he held its own for a contity, only te prews were so completely exlinti ted unfortunata birde being drained of their juices to be challenged by the invention of another that their complement had to be filed by lusk, for the next thing to happen to her was toy Licks which cling to them in dozens." My great Englishman. Those who ear the first sue members of the show's crew as could regailestions; of the Shangbai rostor and turbius-driven ship of only 1-n yours aro would be spared in order to transfer the people rematu nevar bare dared to discuss the feasibility of ing of board the wreck. which was quickly eriginet of the Hongkongspatch-om-cook" the ammoth turbines for the new Cunarder, suxing. Eventually, ander great risk, the mass me hope that if Dr. Balfour flads unless, indeed, they poss ssel that disregard for captain, officers and reminder of the crew of the Akashi were transferred.to the Yarkow in proportion which complete ignorauce of

na exhausted condition, together with, as fur remely it sy quickly make its way to Chine.

Dr. Nearo as travelling Pathologist, Mr. knowledge of applied seines gives to some

csa at pe seat bo estimated $13,0 0 tr 88E 16. Theobalds' work on Mosquitos and that of prepots. It may be excusable, however, at the

Ou thei

their last

last trip the boats were interfered contribute much gefal and valuable information. in order to attempt to plean some idea of the it areasary to give the order to fire sp which competent authorities have put Though part of the contents of this volume directions in which progress may

in order to allow the rescuing boats to approach l9 dndu

ST. Jouse Caruarusi, tunglong.-8140 Oslo- has already appeared in the journal of tropical tes turbine is that it shoud rotite very

An essent al forture for my with the the sinking ship. Tas Fochow Brat om in

touch with the Akadi al84n, ancat 4 p.m. ber. Sunday, 19th after Trinity: Holy Comma medicine and other papers (wo cannot afford to rapidly. On other hand, propillows are not she proceeded on her voyage to Hongkong..le Feris, Vonite, Borang Pelare, oranges. wait a year for fresh iliscoveries) ita parus l will efficient at such very has the propeller ander adverse elronmutaxess and not a lifa lust. Denn Tours in Bonedictus,

OLİN.

compro

people having been rescued from the wreck Boroby: of the 2tet. more than repay all those interested in the miss has been effected because

is compled direct on to the turbine shaft. The When lost in vine, the Akashi's deck was Garrett in ; Anthem, In the sight of the unwine, "Ouwoley Hymns, 2 (Tune). Holy large domain of Tropical Disunse.

suggestion has been made that the turbine only a few feet above water, and as other communion (12 nom). Kyrie, Garrott in E WILLIAM HARTIGAN,

slund drive a dynamo, which, in its turu, st amice had sighted the wrait du ing the day. Hymn. 316. Eversong (24 pm) Responses. *.D., O.PH.

should supply el-etric energy to a motor direct Nex: day at daglight a stem-r pa se isso Ferial; Parts, of the 21st evening (11.) Mag- Sept. 20th 1906.

to the propeler. Thus there would be of the wreck, but rearted nothing visible, and ific it, Camidge (12th morning): Sune Dimittir no rigid connection "alwers the turbing and it is presumed that the vearel was in oken up by beef stren (ath, rwoning): Hymns, 29, 21 mar WEATHER REPORT: :

the propeller. We can imagine that, by me.n the heavy sa during the hight Id not fis 2017.

fctrical circuits, the spasd, and over the Tochu been wi bin hail at the cri ical moment, St. Peren's Chor, Quen's Bout. West, Bih direction in which te preplier should rotate, it is probable that all ou beard the Akushi Sunday after Tricity. Maging Pryor lost

Venit, ndles The Dount, Russell; Benedictur could be on

ontrolled ireet tay means of graduated would bave

The refug us from the wrecked steamer wore Langdon: Byma 303;103, 106 and 114; Kyria.. switches from the bristee of the conuing-tower-

350, 770, 224 and 24. the intervention of engine room telegraphs and most hospitably treated by Captain Hrowu and Evenne Prager 6.30. Deus, Hopkin Hyun Kyrio Nures. Holy Com telephones could then he di-persed with, and it his staff, and were daly landed in Hongkong. would

As an beni

Thehurch aneh, heyspring, will call on skips unnecessary to make arrangements for

the master of the Akashi Muru

the services, hotweón 9.15 and 30,30 am, and between 5.16 and 6 pan. (Kowloon Police Pier 10.80 und 6), returning Riterwards. The Answering Pannant" is the call fing. All the sittings are free and unappropriated. Visitors welcome. Books, etc., provided. Sunday School 10 – 10,45 4.m.

The Mausang also had a heavy passengó down from Hongkong. She is to love for y

r your port | London in a couple of days' time.

RAILWAY.

There is no further word of the new Railway (Kudut-Sandakan) as yet, but something in the way of a more is looked for shortly,

YUNNAN-FI AS A HEALTH RESORT,

There is a curious contrast, in ons respect between the English in India and the French

The Hongkong Observatory yesterday i saol the following report

On the 19th 12.29 p.w-The barometer has risen over Japan, the doprez ion having moved into the Pao to the V., of okkaido,

Over the

49

The appointment of a backer, Herr Deruburg, in Indo-China. While the former, even when tinues to the barometer coa-bo turbing to run stern, which at present is by the Ppreciation of the artis's rendered, munion 7.45 pm-

to the post of director of

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Pr

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Oaks Bhoun Kaisin, Hongkong, October 4, 1986. Messrs. Butterfield and wire, Gouletus, I hereby be to offer you on be half of my passengers, crew and myself my mes!! Binopre thanks for the kind assistance rendered

tbo colonial residing on the littoral, as a Bombay and

of Luzon, where a depression probably exists. new Madras. make a practice of seaking health or are remains law over the Pacifio to the department of the government is

the hot season at some hill station, the The anticyclonic aros iesti Iuntral over the departure, which bas met with the warm approval French resident at Hanoi takes a trip to what of the publie and the press. It has been considers the "seaside where the continent to the Nor h of the Yangize.

. nd or into

monsoon is expected to contions in the th.

La Formosa Chancel, and strong N. and N.B. no secret that Prince Bulow bas for some time River poars its thick, maddy waters harboured the idea of placing the administration testing Tongsis Gulf. There was a cagent winds to giles will prevail over the N. part

of the of the Chile Sea. of the ecloni-s on a commercial bas's and that reason for doing so before the opening" Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ending The rapid advances madɔ even in the lust decal to as by your steamer Yochore en, September Rev, C. H, Hick ing. I am. Worship, Hym with a view to this he had offered the office to Hore railway to Lookai last April; it was then at 10.20, to-day, 0,00 'nches,

possible to gut up country except at Wiegand, chairman of the Norddeutscher Lloyd, sherifics of Lime and money. uw, howeve

railhead only occupies and it is Bald had even approached one of the that the journey to

Bürger masters of Hamburg, bat both declining, 24 hours, the annual migration of fashion-to-day is as follows:-

ables should sat towards Yunnan. Laokuj

the climate is B bit cooler than

th!

N.E.

30. 19.6.

Unos Chuck Kennady Boud, Ministers-

23, Psalm 1 then The Hatlant Mon, We also wish to testify as to the extreme Hymns 427, 4, (Woodward) offertory for. his chief officer and 1ospitals 4 En. Sunday School at Unieni kindness of Capt. Brown, send officer, engineers alt, and passenger Church and in Britiel &chool, Kowloon, fl. p. towards everyone of os, when, after picking us Worship Hirahs 424, 42, Antlich The Radiant up, made gifts of clothes and uscummaries to! Mora" Hyuns 420, 426, Offertory for If apitals. and offers of every Fourth Lecture, Thursday 9 p.m. Literary Club.

ory Wednesday 6 p.m. Sucties in Christian Sofende shipwrecked mariners, possible wesiatenco.

Unfortunately, there is a great deal China Navigation Company:- Buffers.

disadvantage under which this Trime mover sent the following letter to tu agents of the enrrying white draw, to bring friends auss to bid against the idea of snch an electrical transmission of the driving power of the ship. for the weight of the electrical apparatus would be excessive,

There are, however, other prime movers beside those which utilise the energy of steam.

by the builders of station, gas plants and engines bave lad to certain experiments being The forecast for the 24 bours ending of noon

in de to see whether sach machinery may be adapled for marine purposes. Many indeed are winds, the dificulties which must be overcome before Imoderate; fine. it would

it

ged to bu

to be even possible to desigu gas- had fallen back on the Prince of Hohenlohe the present terminal station, is not, it must Hongkong & Neighbourhood (NE who how lately resigned finding a be owned, potorious for a low temperatur Formosa Channel.stcour

it

winds, engines to drive such huge vessels as the now Cunarders, to say nothing of the problems in Berr thankless task.

Dernburg of the sweltering ashore santh of Haiphong, but not South coast of China between N.E. winds, conusation with the gas-geperstora. But, as this acknowledgment of the expression of "my" Words fail man at present, but please accept Darmstädter Bank is a man of strong character

material oxtent. Beyond Laokai, however,

classical writer has reminded difficulties are

GN, and of wide experience, who bạn made his mark there are some bratzy hills,

the things which prove of what stuff men are and "our" heartfelt gratitude, and believo.me,

Gentlemen, made. Pressing closely pine, we

the heels of in the financial world. He has given up a when completed za

Bergise, will

ST ANDREW'S Kowloon-Kobiuson Road, (near the development of the gas-engine, we may position worth over $12000,-pa. for one the close by, ministure Simlas and

British School.) Bandays-Morning Prayer and d before long provide "Capass" for

look for the birth of the almost ideal the income of which is barely one sixth of that, roasted aud enervated French officials down

bice, Dar pioner

Benson, 11 am. Evening Prayer and. Sörmen G prime

turbine. mover-the EAS

sau Holy Communion-First Sunday of the dis. and which will entail a great deal of hard work

will afford soms country.

scientists have already almost seriously The C.P.R. str. Empress of India arrived at onsed it; they have shown the difficul

month, at noon. Second And Fourth Sundays at and probably still more nopleasantness and alleviation of their

It's a wire thing never to interfere in quarrels:8 a.m. Third (and Fifth Sundays at 7 p worry, for in spite of bis having been made a will not be until the line reastus Tauan-fhanghai at 11 am. on Thursday, the 18th inst

af left again st 8 p.m., same day, for Hongkong, ties which, in our present in wid on oras at Yea may get some moral satisfaction out of it, Wednesdays:--Shortened Evening Prayer, and

the commercial mannfae ure and success of Rome 200 miles beyond Mongise, that

on the spar of the moment, in thinking you aru address at 6 p.m. Congregational Choir Practice privy counsellor of the first class with the title suntoring will be at their disposal. With sud is dus beruat 7am on Sunday, the 21st inst. such an engine. The enormous tempera ur-8 of "Excellency, it is not to be supposed that Infly mountains all around, snow-clad far down The LG.M. atr. Boon, carrying the German to which the blades of such s turbine would be doing something hernie hat you may also gat at 6:45 pm Fridays: Chair Practies 5.30 p.m.

zaadle with dates from Borlin of the 25th rept, he will be able to make innovations and introduce during winter, and with a succession of four left Singapore on Friday, the 19th inst., at subjected wonid render impracticable any metal knocked about yourself, and then looked up by Sunday Seboo3 (in Church Vestris) at 3 pw, Ou...

beautiful lakes etretching to the southwards, reforms in the service witkent encountering con-

by special appointment. Yunnan-fa should be destined to a high pines Sam, and may be expected here on or about or alloy known to us. The heat engine expert some danderheaded policemen, who has arrived 3rd Sundays, Children's service and Dptiems at has already told the metalla gist that he looks late, and has to do something to assert his 3. Churchings and Baptisme at other times also siderable opposition, both overt and intout, en' among the health resorts of Southern Asia.

Tuesday, the 23rd inst. p.m.

"A.J. Stevens, Chaplain,' to him to help him with this dificulty in the suthority.

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Sameas No.3 Hongkong and Hainan. Muscoprio

LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS,

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Koars respectfully,

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Iste Akashi Maru

(Mastor),

Wilder

Lecture on David Heory Taorgan' by Dr. A. P. Friday 4 pm. Ladies' Working Party. 8 p.m. Christian Endeavour Meeting Bubject:

Zephaniah and Revivd Sunday Noon Com **muñions around the Lord's Table.