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HOME AND CHINA AFFAIRS.

(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)

"To the

1.

London, October 26th.

11

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29rn, 1806.

forces of reform would receive a fresh impetas "SHELL" TRANSPORT AND TRAD. and enthusiasm,

JAPANESE FINANCIAL COMMISSIONED,

During the past for weeks Mr. Takahashi, the Japanese Financial Commissioner, governor of the Bank of Japan, and President of the Yokohama Specie Bank, has been residing with Liù saaretary at a private hotel in Grosvenor Square. He is a frequent visitor at the Japaneer Embassy and has callid at many of the funding financial institutions in town.

1 sen that the appointment is announced of Mr. Sakata, the worntury of the Japaneno Embassy in London, in acces iou to Mr. Minozi Arakawa, who has left to take up the as of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Mexico Bad Pern Mr. Naroma, who was acting Consul-General for a few days, was at one time in the Japanese Legation at Stonl.

PICTURES FROM THE FAST.

& RIKSTE FROM HOMUHONG, Large crowds gathers in the beautiful Square a Bur day afternoon to view the decoration

the Nelson Columa celebration of the st. anniversary of Groat festoons of oak foliage Trafalgar. were aspended from the bass of the monument to the plinth, and encircling the columu ware Reveral bands of the same leases. The Talon Jack, and the St. George's. St. Andrew's, and St. Patrick's Crosses ligured prominently among the dericos, and were picked ant કા vari-eloured Rowers on a background of shields of luteol. It was the shild facing Fulf Mall that I discovered to be the tribale from Hongkong. Suspended above the tablet commemorating the victory

Amstear photographers in the Far East Love St. Vincear, this large device was inscribereellent opportunities for securing unique

помогу of Nelson, From the Hongkong much of the Navy Leaguegatives that may be of service in the fature When it was known that a Cyphom bait devastated Ion, kong illustrated journals in London spempted quite a number of prints do. picting various sues in the Colony and were auxious to obtain further photographs. There Captain Toeling of the Japanese Nars are many old China residents at home and as was among those present at the Trafalgar Lay banquet, at which tha president, Admiral of them have collected many vioes it in the Sir E. R. Fremantle, said he was glad to photographer with the best pictures who scoures A ball-plate camera should furnish think the, ruisón dife of the Lagun was

aceptable views, and printa right to be mailed thoroughly juslilio).

at the earliest opportunity. Some of the periodicals this week print capital illustrations of typhoon stems and testify to the enargy which amateur photographers have been displaying I may meation that in the curent exhibition of Smyth has a number of beautiful Far Eastern I have not been able to visit the galleries, but Lum told that those oils are just what one has learned to expect frm such an artist, and that they o rtainly help to maintain ths interest of a very good collretion.

Resting against the plinth was a largo black anchor sout last year by the Chinking branch of the League in eommemoration of the centenary of Trafalgar

THE CHINA ASSOCIATION.

The manual dinner of the umbers of as important bdy is to be held in the Whitehait

his price.

ING COMPANY (LIMITED).

The annual general meeting was held on Oct. presiding. The chairman stated that, including 23rd at Winchester-house, Sir Marcus Samuel the boluce brought forward, there was at the credit of profit a sum of £525,862, out

of which an amount had been placed to the provision for which depreciation of steamers and installaliens,

is directors

not rosur.

grement referred to was to come into force sa January 1st next. The number of abarca placed by the shareholders at the directors' disposal at present was 6,378, not many towards the 500,000

ioned. The motion was carried new, con.

A WORLD LINK.

RAILWAY TO NE BUILT ISDER BEDRING STRAITS,

w

The New York Sun states that the sohomes for the construction of an inter-Continental railway connecting the two hemispheres via o tunnel laut month at New Jersey. beneath the Bebring Straits was incorporated

The company is to be known as the Trans. £1.200,000 Alaska Biberian Railway, and will Lave a capital

of

porators, and it may be remembered that som M. Delobel, of Paris, is one of the incor months ago a commission was appointed by the Czar of Russia, to consider M. Deloba's ang gestione.

M. Loicg Delobel has had the idea of this railway in his mind since 1999, when he visited Alsaks.

raised this fund to 2600,699, Tha had written off £10,000 from the cost and ахрепкая of the issue of proferenca abares nod the whole of the balance of the American ox- sont to writs off out of the amount which might penses, and as they asked tho shareholders' con- otherwise have been carried forward, £1,109, it be noted with pleasure profits would would

no doubt, that this beavy call upon the curapany's profits would recoised as than the cost of their shares in the the 213500 which they. Although the Petroleum Products Action Gesellschaft should net rally fall to the charge of the

» past y year-as they had only just been resized. yet the directors bed no hesitation in conese, as well as of writing off the whole of the in adopting this

date, instead of charging foar mouths of the loss Irac in the European busines ascertained to

the current

t year's profits. The amount carried to the forward, therefore, would be £85,355. ith the Action Gesellschaft te £000, the directors, the capital of the Petroleum Products raising of the capital durtiuing to contribute this company's bare necessarily lost all control in the connet which had bean attained had arison very largely of the business, and the extremely bad results

THE KOPENICK SENSATION. from the management of the businers, on the

BOGUS CAPTAIN ARRESTED IN BERLIN. Continent, over which the board had practically and the roaalto-showing pot era supervision, in some places no ret

no return whatever for the oil-

The man who, by means of sendhand were only communicated tothem months after the uniform,a forage cap and a confident demeanour, event. They thought, the ompany would have so played upon the credulity of soldiers, patice, bad some redress against their co-partners for cashiers, and clerks that be was able to rab the this state of things, but, considering that a bad Kipenick municipal treasury of £250, and had element was beter than a successful law it, the mayor and cashier consaved under aseort to company in that company to thair parts In they decided to sell the shares held by this Berlia, was arrested by Berlin detectives in the

The total length of railway necessary to unk up the existing systems of Asia and America, and thus place New York in direct communica namely, 3.800 an de Siberian aiths of Behring tion with Paris by railway, is 5,000 mile Straits, and 1,200 on the Alaskan side,

Rooms, of the Hotel Metropole, on Tuesday, while on the subject of pictures from China, Aar, and aino to sell to the latter the Piana, the Strasse, in the eastern distret of the

the 6th: prox. In view of the many important questions which have arisen in the Fur East during the past twelve months thero is not mael duubi that the after dinner aporches will contain matter of unusual interest, and way expect to hear something in regard to the action of the Curerament concerning the administra

tion of the Chinese Customs, and of the anti- foreign obstractions of the Young Chiun party to British railway and mising concessions, The Association is determined to impress upon the Government the desirability of dealing Ermly with these important questions, and any indication of the policy likely to be purmaed will be welcomed by cesidents in the Far East.

MERCHANT SHIPPING BILL.

In a previous communication allusion was made to British tapuuge statistics in regard to the adjustment of badlines to allow of deeper

loading in British vossols." A good wuny com-

the Institute of Oil Painters, Mr. Montague the Europears business baring been in order to detonlives who had charge of the case had

Scanus,

SANDAKAN,

FROM OUR CORRESPONUENT)

GOOD SPURT

vestment.

Fone,

scended in tricking Voigt to a house at arrived there they found he had Rixdorf, a suburb of Berlin, but when they

covered that he was living in another house in it was not long before they is However, the same suburb. Thither they went with all Peed, and arrested Voigt, whose identity with the Kopovick swindler they say is proved.

The news of the arrest was quickly distribal- ed to interested crowds in special editions of the newspapers.

of the main inducements to the company to enter and has already surved sorsral terms of posal the Turks, and the Incklight, one is a stemaker, named Voigt, of Tilsit.

obizin employment for stasmers.

The They had subscribed and paid their third share of the by the Asiatic Petroleum Company (Limited), additional capital which had bean raised owing to the natural development of the basiness. This was an entirely satisfactory in

Jatter's Referring to the Bergen fields, be stated that the company had materially increased their shipments of kerosene as corepared with those of 1905. They had also increased them to a small extent in liquid fuel, and to a vary considerable extent in benzine or patrol. They had at present a stock of crude oil of

of 35,039 tone, against 30,505 tous last year; of kerosene awaiting shipment 19,416 against 19,724 tona; of potrel 5,213, against 4,610 tons; and of liquid

na fuel and residues 17,550, against 8,794 tous, ve a. total of 77,239, tous, againal 63,693 tons at same time last year. These stocks could have been very largely augmented had it not have been aus lately necessary to destroy or os 30,300

of He tons

fernde oil in consequence of insufficient off-take and lack of storage.

It was intendest

Nederlandsch Indische Industrie ea. Handel

ordinery

shares and Jo

Lord Bernard Gordon-Lennox and Capt. C. L. P. Bethune are returning to yours by the steamer Rajh, having concluded their sporting expedition down hers. The former has had very hard fuck in that his trip has beses almost entirely marred by the attack

of eczema has suffered from here.

one of

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The fact that the much-talked-of aero of Koponick is only a cobbler ans greatly in- cressed the general mirth caused by the offair. Voigt is lfty-seven years of age, and has spent nearly half of his life in prison. He us for forgery, when he was condemned to sevon been convicted three times for theft nud once years' panal servitude. His just sentence was

for years poual servitade robbing and came to Berlin in July. His ideoi with the Kopeulek swindler was

tity in the suma dipas ng he wore when be purchased established By means of a photograph which the police obtained, showing bim with beard and at an old clothes dealer's shop in Potsdam the aniform in which he carried out his famous coup,

Voigt, has made a fuil confession.

plaints have sinet bien reported by the Mer-is now, however, better, but probably goes to consert the band indebtedness of £25 port safe. He was released last

chant Sorvion Guild ending to show that masters and officers dislike the deeper lovilo za g permitted under the new load Bus rules. It is trac that the complaints appear to have been medu m re on the score of comfort than of afety, and it is doubtful whether their repro sentations will meet with the desired effect. It monet, be remembered that. Board of Trade surveyors in assigning Free boards have power to take into cousidaration the age of decks. If, therefore, by reason of corrosion the decks or beam are below the alardard set up by Lloyd's Register, the benefit of the new regulations to which the owners would otherwise be entitled may be denied.

It has boun thought that the Mer-hant Shipping Bit! would provide against any preferential treatment in the matter of dosper lending, and it is unsatisfactory to find that

logs without delay.

Capt. Bilune, on the other hand, buy had

very good sport, and returus with the land.

SHIPBUILDING,

A

which

100-foot

Maslackappij total to 20 million Herins,

iporense the

this being rendered

On

8surance fund

-

AGORAPHOBIA.

In the current runsber of the Lancet a well

Company an romarkable cure which came within his ex-

head of thinceros, in addition to soart bag of oas bull stophaut, and three etant exponditare domanded in order to make the most of the fields. The directors were he shot a female elephant-practically in off-convinced that the company's property in Borneo defenes-besides, elso, several crocodiles, wild was immensely valuable, but the fact that their pigs, and souller fry.

business depended on one torritory and one refinery on y had led them favourably to consider with the Royal Dutch an amalgamation Company Among other advantages, the amalgamation against any possible falling off the board locked upon as a more probable dan, or in the production of their own Balds, and what

the destruction of the company's storage sudo refinery by fire; for in these respecte es Royal Durel Company were in an invulnerable The directors bad naturally satisfied themselves that the propose à division of

of revenze, as to 4 per cent. to this company and 60 per cent. to the Royal Dutch Company, was a perfectly they would yaitable one, which, in due cochalters

There have been two launching ceremonies bore since I Inet wrote you. The North | Borneo Trading Co. lannolied

lighter for the British Borneo 3 xploration Ce.. of Kudat, early in the month, and the China-Borneo Co. launched lighter, measuring 100 x 25' x 13' for the Cowie Har. bour Coal Co., Sitiapopen, near Tawan, on the 16th inst.

a

We have not yet heard of any fresh orders

ition.

recommend for the

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In

and narrow came

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JUST

UNPACKED:~

¡PL. AND POSTCARD SIZE

F. P. CAMERAS

FITTED WITH

ZEISS ANASTIGMAT TESSAR LENS, F. 6, 3. AT MODERATE PRICES.

LONG. HING & CO..

No. 17, QUEEN'S ROAD.

JUST LANDED.

SPARKLING

[35

RED BURGUNDY

FILS.

GUICHARD POTHERET &

PER CASE 12 BOTTLES; PER CASE 244

$12,00

3100

1% DISCOUNT ALLOWED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE,

SOLE AGENTS,

TELEPHONE No. 135.

201

H. PRICE. & CO.,

WINE MERCHANTS,

A PRINCELY PHILANTHROPIST.

THE LATE HR. GEORGE HERRIN

Our London correspondent wired on the 4th instant the death in London of Mr. Coorgo piat. It may be remembered that a few months Ferring, a wellknown financier and philanthro ago we published a telegram from London an

seteme of the Sulvation Army. This princely, nouncing that Mr. Herring bad to General Booth to assist the home colony given £100,000

gift was by no means Mr. Herring's first essay in practical philouthrophy. Indeed, he was one of the most original, as be was one of the largest, of English donors to charitable enter- priaes. Perhaps he WAY beat known to London. ere through his novel scheme for riding the Metropolitan Hospital Surdas Fund, the merit of which, apart from ite munificence, that it!

is has had the effect of stimulating other givers to increase their contributions.

Seren years age he offered the council of the £10,000 or an addition of is. to useb pound fund the option of accepting either n chaque for sterling cells otrd in places of worship when the annual appeal was aside. The council chose the cho que fur three years in Maceion, 199 to 1901. The alterostive. cent tempted

25 per them in 1912, and to its attractions they yioklec

this be sia resulted as follows:

wisely, as it happened, and they have sincs followed this date. Mr. Herring's gifts on

190

1903

£11,575 12,302 11,920

The other philanthropic enterprises which Mr. Herring bas aided ste tee many for enumera- tion. But it may be noted that a wattage Iospital at Maidepkoad, where he had a liberality, and that some four or fire

pretty riverside Lu use, owes its existance to his

residential cleb for young unmarried business years ago he was the chief promoter of a comfortable

women in the West-end.

foreign at unships are not, after all, to be put having been hooked by either of these Com- be prepared to her circular inviting the ld not do this he was sure he would fall held are those of obairamu of the City of London

on the same latel-as British vessels. It has panies, been pointed on by a well-known writer on marine matters, that if a British steamer comes

Y DE RECENT TILEGEAN.

The cross-country expedition (Tenom to Tawa) is reported to be in the neighbourhood of Mount Creagh, and their arrival at Tawgo is locked for now at any time.

DANGEROUS ROCKS.

acceptance, but in

concluded.

down.

nature as

Berram ont

h

bas koma

bad

the ethor as at'ached to the cocoession or in.; and I advised him that he zerd not see

into a home pori and a calculation of the coal consumed on her vegaga shows, that her dis: must bare ban submerged at the part of sailing, her slipper is liable to a heavy penalty, but in the case of a foreign ship arriving at a

The Rajah bas bau landing scross British port she may steam to her wharf-after Bay close by whore the Borneo atrauded, being overleden throughout the voyage and the but-judging only from the fact the former master ant be liable to any penalty, provided ha steamer has still ca her fore deck the makes the load line satisfactory through this cœ- ¦ buoys ptying of the bunkers at the timisof arrival. In patchwoImagine sha view of the promises of the Government on the successful in definitely locating it. subject this preferentiaftreatment is inexplicable, this will be the third attempt that The Bill is again before the Commons and it ja' foiled to “plus” the rocks. possible that amendments may be made. It not some of the British skippe 3 from China are going to be severely handicapped in the

whe

took

over

to

mark

нак not

beti

If so,

has

I

Electric

Light

Company, as well as of the Electric and General Investment Company (the £5 founders' shares of which each received 1:20 in dividenda 13 yours.

12, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL

BABY BOY'S HEAD RAW WITH HUMOR

Running Eczema From Birth-Head

Raw-Face Sickening Sight-It Wore Him to a Shadow-- Tried Remedies and Two Doctors --People Said, "How Can You Wish Him to Live?"

MARVELOUS CURE BY

CUTICURA REMEDIES

"My husband and 1 thought you would like to know what the Cuticura Remedies have done for our baby boy, He had running eczema from birth. It developed itself after the first month. The poor little fellow's head was quite raw, his face was a sickening sight and the dreadful humour would soak his pillow through in a single night. It wore him to a shadow. People who aw him id, How can you wish bir to live? Two dincturs w him; one recommended Cuticura Remedies, but could do little else for him, for it was so obstinate. We tried several remedies in fact everything we could think of and wastold of. At last we got Cuticura Oint- ment, and together with the Catioura Soup the result was marvidens, for I have not finished one box and the skin ia now perfety clear. It has all dried up and his hair is growing wonderfully, and instead of steepless nights he hus the proper sound sleep. Mrs. C. Baker, 28 Victoria Road, Blandard, Dorset, Mar. 12, 1906.

SKIN HUMOURS Eczemas, Tetters, Reshes, Itchings, Irritations and Chafings Cured by Cuticura. Warm haths with Cuticura Soup, gene tle anointings with Cuticura Oinitiat and mild dress of Cuticura Pills, afford inmedinte relief and point to a speedy eure of torturing, distiguring humours of the skin, scalp, and blend of infants, children and aditits, when all else fails,

Complete E

Internal Tretient fe

and Adulla nueita of Chif cheap elexime the Ain, Cutters (5 to them the skin, and Cullera Pitenciare Ponted, vas of Oly to pully. A Hinge tra Sold through the world. Depura: Aundrella, H. Town AC, MPN: 1, Newhey, the S Jack, Kornsin, 5 itar de la tatu. Pater ng bana, Cos. Sude P

Main Free," How to Care Bor the Who, Scalp, Flair, and fraude."

CHA

63-8

Profesor Brauder Mattluws, chairman of the

known mental specialiat tells a story of a parience. His patient, sa ukderly man, was agoraphobie which may be roughly describe suffering from cervous divider, including

a a dread of open

ихровый

He had a soup kitchen for the poor of Camden

Town; he built and endowed the tag to and from his office, he would sneak through ali the

Haven of Rest' alleys,

iST CS courts,

for gentlafolk brought to streets he could make use of.

When ha cat misforture through poverty; and be co- on a wide street he was sold with panic-

operated with the Salvation Army in provid rasonless, groundless panic, that he know to be

ning shelters for the homeless, reasonless and groundless. Hy hud to take a

Mr. Herri

Herring

was a great financier. He was Thus, or i the street was not very wide, he might largely interested in electrical enterprises, gold get throngb it by holding on fo

mines, and railways. Anong the positions he If he cart.

shareholders to disposs of a certain proportion

Не та afraid ho

Would of their hoblings the diretore were at pains lo explain that they had only go for signed and make a scene. Bridges were quite impossi.

Rigned ble to him. If he were compelled to en arrangement to make an agreement sabiot or a bridge he had to get into to many canlingauchss. He was noabte that time before be evme to it, and keeps his eyes shut forms the corner of Piccadilly and Ham lou

He had a beautiful Londen town house, which day to Hate that negotiations were absolutely ne ho went over it. Under elitary rometi-s

It would easily be realized that in at the end of two mouths has bad fest all his place, and a country residenos ar Luce, paties, a meat careful investigation by both divinished. I told him that this was in its

the magbitnie possessed by both com- troubles except his agoraphobie, and that was Personally, he was the most modest of men. besides the Thunes-ride villa referred to shore.

Mides was nece sary in order that they might natu

malady that though

He preferred that his works should speak for bim, each thoroughly know the nature of day somewhat improved, I toured Loan thon gh it has

1

and did zot practise modern methods of obligations which they took up

upoo themselves for it;

self-advertisonut, It may be not

noted in this

of hla uuless he had

irls name me again stallations. These examinations were low. troubles.

had a reapse of bis other connection that we mention is made

phical works of reformun aw him no more for nearly four in overal biograph progressing, but the exact legal form to bo months, when he entered my consalting-room quirk ass calculator. Figures seemed to him defend his propagande, and against him at full Mr. George Herring was extrandinarily Simplified Spelling Board, was present to adopted to give effect. to the agreements arrived with an expression of face that puzzled ne much at hnd not yet been decided, and it presented I had told him to return nou r unless he things that transforta themselves into fasts or tilt ran Mr. Komiter John-on, the author, of considerable difficulties. balding 60 JAN

Jar relapsed. But it was obvious it a glance that cent of the shares in the middle companies ho he came back for no saul reuse His face control of the business would pass, in fact, to that need to be overcast with gloom and tho hands of the Royal Dutch Compay, was tranquil, placid, and I thought I deteeled Axxiety aud the directors haf, berefore, felt it

eren a lurking look of triumph. Bis irresolute absolutely necessary

shoalt t company

step was become firm, bis manner decided, and terdering for 1907, and the Farms for the substantiel stake in this company his whole being seamed changed and strength, and dreams that be bad displayed in his lessor Brander Matthews, this space, ad-

bold Hence the board had agreed to prowite Bed,

the patious. Oze conki talk to him by mitted that be did not like the look of "thre" 500,000 shares at 30s, por El share ex

(expressed my regret that he had had to come

about coy oharitable enterprise, and for through), orkist for kissed, but he dividend for the current Fraz. He hoped hal bask to me, and thoreapon his face (l. He leave him untouched mutil able to prove to thought we should all get ued to the change. the shareholders would feel that Messe.BI, said he bad badadreatful stock; tarrible troubls.

his that the pluu had a sound business Samuel and Co, had acted in

In Eaglund already the resentment is dying liberal spirit His daughter had run away from bome, and Iasis. Everything must be self supporting down." by giving the onc to their

ep-slite joined a lover. It had been a frightful shock unless it be pure charity, naked and avowed, holders of disposing of

Mr. Johnenu ponudud Professor Matthews interest which y

himself and his wife, Still, he did not look such as en hospital or "an ma-house, For without might desire to realize, while themselves unre

merry, declaring that poor spillers unter shocked. On tho contrary, Le appeared

instance he established

for girls in wanld alwaya a club Cuku.

poor spillere, no matter how coal workings near Tawar Lieut. War. taking to supply the necessary number of shares placent and cratented. Then the

ling Hill, referred to above. Here girls they simplified or motilated plain English. marder

Notting to enable amalgamation to

out.." What I have come for, is not to consult drop and a stall force of Police were sent

-typists, women of letters, clerks, secretaries Why desperate our noble apaach ? go through. One of the conditions of the Leement was that down from here post-kaste, and very soo

you about my health, but to tell you that this

are able to get their board and lodgings at u Mr. Julian Hawthorne, son of the famous the Shell Company: sheald

provide £200,000 alock has completely cured me. I have not that the end of the year shows that the place is writer of great literary merit, declared that the ridieniously small rate. But the balance-shoot novelist, Nathaniel Hawthorne, nail himself a got hold of the ringleaders, dogged them fresh working capital for

the coutine,

tb slightest difficulty ja

I like. [ guing anywhere other poolies,

Duick shipped them

£300,000 Company contributing Royal

can go through wide streets, over the bridges, to raise further capital to d acroak

I I rafalgar square, and even into the pressive candidates are holding meetings on the off to gaoi at Sandakan, and quintoned erary. They would have to

so if the directors

dividen parks. distributo were

I can go anywhere and do anything, mine premises, and threaten the employees with thing down.

amount which the company earned 1906, and the Royal Dutch Company had mets just fine ayer ele; and this recovery case to the reasonable supalation that the distribution ful shock. I thought it would interest you to me suddenly, immediately after I had this dead- for this year should be limited to 6 per cent. know." be stopped and that the present anmber should

Mosers. J. and P. Conte, Limited, the great

Should the agreement go through on be retained pending an investigation by a sewing cotton manufacturers of Paisley and designed, the interests of the preference share agoraphobia that I have proe known to 1000TIT

hollers had born Carefully guarded; they

home trado.

BACK TO CHINA!

The only way is back to China, say the people of the Transvaal in regard to the much debated labour problem. What will happen during the next few weeks is very uncertain, but from the attitude boing adopted by the Responsibles and Progressives the main issus at the coming elections in South Africa will be that of Chinese labour. It is believed that an anti-Chines majority will be returned to Parliament and in this event it is likely that the ocolies will be mont back to their native land. The Pro-

CANTON LEBONE LOBES TENDER,

The Chalon Kongsi that has the Opium, Spirit, Gambling, and Pawnbroking Farmus bero this year has been unsuccessful in the

whele conntry have been secured by thu Straits Kongsi that has the West Coast Furra,

represented · by Mr. Swee Ching of now Singapore.

SUMMARY JUSTICE, There has been some little trouble at the

before

the

NEARLY $3,000,000 PROFIT.

the

that that

to

eme

starvation if the Chinese are repatriated. They advocate that the importation of coolios should

The lines

It

certainly did. It is the only case vi

Parliamentary Commission. In a two-column Glasgow, declared a dividend and bonus of 2 form for ten year of the amalgamated him duly, I proceeded to inquire into the Rt lenst the first charge utilciuil," "dd the manner of the once was

jetter their attitude is tans expressed: ̈ Rather | per & ut last mouth. native labour, rather the Chinamen even, thou

striking. Having congratulated circumstances of the elopement, and learnt

persistent

opposi

images immediately, sad be could work out the dictionary form. Amid rousier cheers, Mr. arithm-tical and ananci. I side of any transaction Jenson product is protest, in his brain. He became a philanthropist just signed by well-known literary people and in

80 numarensiy ar he became

a City man carrying into his cators as to indicate that there is a large and later career the same knowledge of figures, the organised revo't against the system, which is some hard sense and distrust of male and felly extending to cry part of the

cuntry. Pro- other

Dis

carried or without a less. It is all due to the simplified "peller would "under his own orgacising genius of the man who knew that mother and dishonour her grave.

Spellers of while mere doles demoralis, judicious help the old soticol laughed beartily and reared their elevates and assists Lumanity

assent.

"NU SPELIN BUK."

Miss Molly Elliott Stawell, an American author, wrote, "I have much pleasure in signing the protest against the easy spelling advocated by certain crank of high and low dgo. I think it a violation of good taste, good sense, and almost of good merels. It would. put out of cori every elassie in the Earlish luognage. I an glad to know the Naval The Daily Telegraph's New York correspond. Institute has decline to observe the President's

VIGOROTS FROTES18 AT NEW YORK.

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the scum of Englanil or other coaster, who, i fast, including LG 933 belonging properly to the companies and subsequently on this core that the girl had fled to the house of her lover ant wired on Osi, Sth:-After a battle royal recommendation, or perhaps order, and still spells land, upset all calculation, and do nothing else of about £13,000 as a market value

with their equal rights, will run riot in this

but alriko on the smallest prorvvaliou."

The net profit for the year ending June 30th

on the entire

It

are ca

After

carrying

RO

I of £700,000, and the following working capita

of

her own parents to the

of

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for the dividend and £11,797

the

the directors recommended the W

was no hardship for them intending t

r the

bliquity

means

at

the Im and the bride's parents. Haring abstmeted Lix information, ventured to point

gality of station, or

tout

per

2o far, and

was left quito natural bora mis-speller, and I don't have to go

case here year, was £1,974,088, and £100,000 own proportion. As they would in:

betweau the rival camps last night the question arren Stoddard wrote: I am a had to spend over £200,000 is erecting a WAX parents in convenience of the teh, that that as to whether the New York Board of Educatiou

facilities for utilizing plant and creating valuable by-products in their Borged-oil, there young couple more a safely married; and that should adopt the "Nu opt fight between to the White House to catch it." is almost certain that no part of the policy

he for bo

the champions at a mass meeting, when the Professor Taylor, of Vassar, said: "I doubly of the Home Government has been

"Providend reservofuud £156,0. 0; The year 1996 had been a most prosperons et merely from a want of congeniality betweened Bagben. 1999 Pparent already tunteid: "The teaching of simplified spelling to onomies of spelling "reform" protested without deprecate spelling reform by Executive order? anxiously scrittinised as this question of tha bonus 15.

5,000 passion fund. to distribute on January 1st next on interim I although the dircetors only proposed

words against what they called part of the the we

Professor Jobs Cleary, of Fordham College, Chiucse; and nowhere does it appear that the

£20,000; mariaundereriang, £19,000; dividend at the rate of 5 per cont. per annur, Debenture redemption British public is

that

the "odium orthographicum can on occasion some, without the authority to enfores it on all, more cutirely prepared to This

bad the greatest hope that, when he acconta great trust is

it was the daughter and not the parents, who theologicum.

raise neclaim a bald policy of reform. No doubt it business sof Coals, Clark, were rande up and presented for 1906, should the bit married the young man, the objection was Carnegie; for iusisson, because they desire the rich and literary

15 the odium would fond to create a caste in language, with Fresident Roosevelt and Mr. one spelling for the poor and another for the a public announcement evuld hu made of a Its immoner prosperity is indicated by the fact amalgamation with the Royal Dutch Company ne a fatal one, and I took on myself to advise

classes." guarantos embodied in the Constitution that no

that since the amalgamation, in 1896, the not be completed, they would be able to recom

"nu spelio," were denounced as cranks and the bride's parouts to be recos oiled to their

I might multiply the above prolesta con- dividends and bonuses on the Ordinary shares aladed by moving the adoption of the report appared to be

mend a further dividend for the year. He con- servite condition of labour partaking of slavery bave ranged from 20 per cent to 50 per cent.

dayhter and her husband, against whom there to your new-fangled words being forced on his friends had a very unpleasant hour. The One orator said, "We object siderably. Altogether, Professor Matthews and orazy fanatice. reasonable objection. After will be allowed in South Africa, the whole Daring the ten years, therefore, the Ordinary Mr. A. V. D. Best seconded the motion. The a lil persuasion they adopted this view, and innocent, defenceless children, 'trying it on the matter comes before the Education Board agaia

copital has been repaid several times over. cbairmat, in answer to questions, stated that the wet away without a cloud on their happiness.

in a moath's time, and meanwhile the protest is growing.

£25,000.

prebination of the

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дя

much animosity

dogs, as it were." "