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failed to draw from him anything but a noticed an incident proving that one of

remark clearly demonstrating a stony disregard of its possible importance. Indeed, we must admire the learned PRESIDENT's restraint, for a minute by a mere man of A. S. WATSON & CO., business, irreverently handling the bacillus coli communis, and implying that the microbe care is all fudge, was surely enough to goad any ordinary export to bitter score. The question was the old question of water, drickable or potable, and of whether the ANALIST or the BACTERIO- can best certify its fituess or unfitness. Mr. Humraneys pretera to cling ROBERT PORTER & CO.'S to the tests of the former, and to belittle the dieta of the latter. "Harmless coli-like bacilli abound everywhere", be pointed out, and the tenour of hle minute we that

SOLE AGENTS IN HONGKONG

YOR

BULL DOG BRAND

OF

GUINNESS' STOUT]:

(IN PINTS AND SPLITS)

AND

LUGIST

who

if we pay to much attention to the bacteriosophers, we should be in worse

humane case than the

Brahmin of modern Bcientific attainments, succumbed to hunger and thirst after discovering that all cible and drinkable matter teeme with life and lives. The greatest and most trustworthy expert it & CO.'8 our bumble opinion was the anonymous but now historic coulie who drank of the condemned well vaingloriously, and who BULL DOG BRAND admittedly still lives. It is not only old men who can look back to a time when all did even as this molie did, when the bacteriosophers were not abroad in the laud,

ROBERT PORTER

OF

LIGHT ALE

IN QUARTS, PINTS AND SPLITS.)

the party was what is called a bad sailor. There is no need for us to let our scientito officials make us so childiably equestrish as all that, and still less to leave them too drinking much power to forbid bathing or altogetbor, which is only a slight exaggera tion of their attitude towards this question of walls.

of

Mr. W. H. Williams, organising secretary

the evening continuation classes at Queen' TELEGRAMS. College, bas asked us to draw attention to the rovised time tablo, Classes in shorthand; {"DAILY PRESS" EXOLVBIF; DERTIDE.] bullding construction, bygiens, Fransk (“A”

loss), commercial arithmetic, machine drawing, THE EDUCATION DIFFICULTY. physics, booklooping and chemistry will be held from è to 7 p.m. on the days set forth in

LONDON, December 12th. the table, while from 7 to 8 p.m. pupils will

semble for intruction in German, Japanese. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman and Freach B class). English, practical the Primate have had a conference, mathematics, applied mechanics and hookkoup-

and a compromise on the Education Bill is considered possible.

It is reported that Mr. Basil Taylor, Deputying. Harbour Mastor, has been appointed Harbour Master.

The London County Council on Nov. 6th discussed a proposal to promotes Bill in the A serviceable and ornamental calendar for next Session of Parliament, to enable ik to 17 has reached us from the Chins Mutual supply electricity in balk to an area of 117 Täfe Insurance Co., Ld.

The Westminster Gles Singers who were expected to bave given two entertainments hers this work, will not reach the Colony for soms days.

At the Police Court yesterday Mr. F. A. Hazeland fined a boarding Loues runner 350 for making fast to the 84. Haitan white coming into the harbour.

This evening at the Union Church Literary lab, Mr.' J. W. Tulcher will reads paper on "Our Island." Mr. A. MacKenzie will take the chair at 9 p.m. prompt.

Tha quartermeler of the sa Quinta was sentenced to two months' imprisonment by Mr. Hazeland at the Police Court gesterday for straling nine tios of paint sed a soil of rope.

This (Thursday) ovening at 8 o'clock Mr. C.

~

College, will give an illustrated lecture at the Chin Y.M.C.A on the subject "Along the China Const."

The name of Mr. Juines Endio wancilled as n

THE GERMAN BUDGET. ·

CORRESPONDENCE.

OUR OVERWORKED JUDGES.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY PRESS,”

Hongkong, December 12th, Dear Sir, I am glad the Chief Justice hos at last given vout to his feelinge by remarking about the existing arrangement of work which he, under present circumstances, has to cope who complains, but two of his predecessors have also done so, and it seems strange that the Colonial Ofoe has not yet been approached regarding this important judicial office. Many of your readers will no doubt remember how Sir John Carrington became so very ill, throngh overwork; his medical advisers recommended w change to Japan, and after a short time he was compelled to retire on sncount of ili-health”

with. Sir Francis is not the first Chief Justice

square miles fa London, and a further ares of

LONDON, December 12tli. 334 mils outside London, The cost of the seleme is estimated to exceed twenty.throo The figmes for the German budget millions sterling The proposai was resisted by

are this year £128,253,671, an in- the Municipal Reformers on the ground that the scheme involved unknown capital expenditure, crease of £8,387,000. and was purely specula'ive, and that the business £12,000,000 will be necessary to dar sa tim original jurisdiction of this Court is shou'd be left to private enterprise, subject to

A loan of

CHURCH AND STATE IN.

FRANCE.

such control as would safeguard the public provide for large naval and military interest. The Council, by a majority of 79 increases. Amendments proposing a votes to 34. decided to promote the Bill.

reduction of the vote on the South There is an doubt that at the present time African war estimates were carried Japan is in the throes of an industrial revolution. There are signs of it wherever by large majorities. one tarne, cone of the most striking indiestions, ereu to the casast observer, being the dis- figurement of many erstwhile beant5-spo's by the erection of factories, the gaunt chimneys of which boloh forth black smola by day and night. One cannot help feeling, says. the Japan Chronicle, that "Beautiful Jopan" is

It is the inevitable result of Westernisation, expelled from France. The dispute mercialism which is sweeping over the country. and now that Japan has started to compets has reached an neute stage. The with Western nations it is impossible for her

and when we walked and ate and drank.K. Tchaunde, PhD,. of the Canton Christian rapidly passing away before the wave of erm. uthed of Nature and unscathed of science. The old-fashioned way was to praise Goo for the wonderful variety and number of things that were provided" for man's use and good; but since we have tasted of the fruit of the tree of knowledge, the fashion is to point out that this is SUPPORTERS IN OCH BITTER indigestible, that tending to biliousness, the other malnutritious. We are microbe. ridden, as a matter of fact, and if we were

"THESE

AILMENTS."

OVE ARE

STOUT

impressionable enough. to avoid all the things that are said to be bad for us, life itself would be bad for us. Since A. S. WATSON & CO., the micriscope revealed to us to populous

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LONDON, December 12th. Monsignor Montagnini, the Papal representative in Paris, has been

Quite apart from the question of pressure of work on our worthy judges, I am sure the lugal profession will ugres with me that the Appoal

Court in this Colony is notas it ought to be, so

concerned,

It seems superius to appeal,

practically, to the same judge, who, after fors careful consideration of the case before him in the Court below, has decided against the appellant.

Why not follow Singapore in this respect? They have one Chief Justice and two Puise Judges constituting the Appeal Court. This would perhaps obrísis the necessity of litigants appaling to the Privy Couauil, as was done in

• recent case,

Surely Hongkong is quito as important as Bingapore. Yours,

HOCKEY.

L. E, X.

CLUB V. 832D CO. E, G, A, The Club, playing in colours, will be repre Beated this afternoon on the Clab ground at

to turn back The only consolation for the Government now contemplates prompt | 4.45 pm by the following: juryman at the Supreme Court yesterday.rent generation is that beautiful places and decisive measures.

no reply, and the Chief Justice 1 Dumerous in Japan tast factory chim. directed that a summons should be issued, wills, and worshops saunot be "planted"

on all of them for many yours yet to come. against him to show cans why he should not

There was.

be fined.

Fira broke ont in a mathe at Blackhead's Hill, Kowloos, on Monday night through the exploding of a kerosens lamp, and was at pul out before damage in the extent of $250 had been caused. The shed was complet by alone

masous engaged on the reclamation work.

bogies in a drop of "pure water", we go in fear and trembling, and our scientific Á native arrested by Datective Tarrett on the officials remind us sometimes of the Fats Wing Hang on Monday was obarged before Mr. F. A. Hazeland at the Police Court jester. day with kidnapping a girl. Being found guilty he was contenced to four months in prisonment with hard Isbour,

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS. Boy in "Pickwick", so fain they seem to make our flesh creep. Seriously, thinking of the inconvenience and hardship of closing convenient wells in a place where the water supply is none to regular, yet not anmindful of the fact that within limits science can save us frour sonie danger, we ON LTCommunications relating to the news columnside with Mr. HUMPHREYS and 13se who prefer to wait until by accumulated

increased and Correspondents must forward their names and ad-

knowledge, graues with communications addressed to the Editor, experience

bacteriologists become more in accordand are not fer publication bad as evidenes of good faith,

for

publication should be written on All Listeri

more precise in expressing their opinions" are side of the paper only,

No anonymously signed communications that are They are as yet but tinkers after all, and aiready appeared in other papers will be inserted,

do not realize how far they may be upsetting Unders for stra cozies of DAILY)Pames should bị

NUTICE TO CORRESPONDANTA.

should be addreened to Tum EDITOD.

Yesterday a juryman at the Supreme Court, on making an afirmation instead of being, sworn

The Cablenews has the following San Francisco, December 6th-President Roosevelt is arranging a new treaty with Japan whereby Japanese labourers shall be excluded from the United States and the Philippine Islands.—If the President's projected treaty g as through, California will have achieved more than she

hoped to by trouble in San Francisco. For averal years there has been a large party in California sooking for the sxclusion of Japanese labourere. Few Congresses hare passed within those yours without an effort buing made to have a Japanese exclusion law presented for

pas age. Doubtless the Californians will change their excoriations of the President into praise when they learn of his now plas. Doubtless, also, the domeratic leaders will change their

in the usual manner, was asked—"Is it "against | minds about the effect, of the Jupaueso ogita your religious belief to take the oath "No; tion on the popularity of Roosevelt and the he replied, "it is not against my religious success of Bryan in 19 6. belief, but it is against my convictions."

FAMINE IN RUSSIA.

LONDON, December 12th. Severe famine is reported in Russin.

[RSOTER'S SERVICE.]

FOR SAIGON.

LONDON, December 10th. Governor-General Bean has sailed for

Saigon,

THE PRINCESS ROYAL. -

LONDON, December 10th, The Princess Royal has again heen operated upon, and is progressing,

THE FRENCH SEPARATION LAW.

LONDON, December 10th, The French Separation Law will come into force to-morrow.

Rev. Boirle (goal), L. Murphy (Capt.) and J. MoGillivray (baskaj, C. P. Chister, A. B. Oglo, R.E., and W. S. Dupree (Halves), F. P. J Wodehouse, L. G. Bird, H, V. Wilkinson, Capt. Philpotis, R.E. and A. F. Orward (forwarda),

A89OCIATION FOOTBALL

This afternoon on the Happy Valley the Hongkong Football Club will play "Ol Crocks." Kick-off at 5 p.m. The following will -play for the Club :-goal, Nemo; backs, r'. F. Absoft and H. L. Garrett; halvos, H. C. Gray, E. Humphreys and T. C Vernon; forwards, R. Miller, R. D. Atkinson, W. Msc, G. Weston, R. R.. Turner, and J. Mead. Referee:-P. 8. Jameson,

The following ary tho "old orocks" who play in coloura: goal, Dr. Forsyth; bisks, G. E. Morrell and T. E. Forrest; kalvos, L&. Col, Aitkin, 119th Iu‍g, L. J. C. Anderson and H. R. Phelipe, forward, N. II. Rutherford, II. Hancock, R. Hancock, A, O. Lang and A R. Lowe (Capt.)

PRESIDENT AND PHILIPPINES.

WHAT TH

ASSEMBLY'

IS FUR.

Washington December 4th.-President Ross- volt's message to Congress has been made public, Themesng-deals largely with affairs relating to

strongly urged upos Congress the passage of the Philippines tariff bill. He presented the

ent befors 11 am, on day of publisation; After that Nature's balance. If Nature has harinful to stay at home-or ga le some service, or other: Klipplaat was put in a state of defence in the Erancisco sistes, that although there is an the Philippine Islands. The President has

Pour the supply is limited, "Only supplied for Cath Talegraphie Address: Pres. Code: 4.8.0. als Ed.

Iiobort 'P.0. Bo#. 88. Telephons No. 12 HONGKONG ÜFICE: 10A, DE VUE ROAD CL LONDON OFFICX: 131, FLEET STRUST, E.C

The Daily Press.

The Clower (England) Parish Magazine recently announced that the church Sunday school would be temporarily closed for repairs, and then goes on "We hope that whilst the school is closed the parents will not send their children to nousonformist, schools. It is better

bacilli, it has also beneficent bacilli, and the wise profitably employ the Lord's Day" two have warred and do war together like

The 1906-7 number of the Straits Timer good and evil, light and durkuess, while | Anonal has reached us It has evidently rivers ruu to the ga, and we human caught ou" with the advertiser as well as ephemerals dance to the music of the with the reader, and offers good value to both. spheres. There may be a doubt whetherTo merely glance through this interesting and exquisitely printed production is to derive n

Annam is infested with tigers, and stories of

General R. M. Ruck, Royal Engineers Director of Fortifications and Worke, prasided at a meeting in the Royal United Service Institu tion when Mr. G. Lacy Good, member of the Institute of Civil Engineers, delivered an address ou the subject of military defence work by civil engineers. Mr. Good described how South African war by the enetraction of tluck uses entirely with steel rails from the railway. Everything was arranged in usa-o-war fashion. That steal fort was the most serviceable of the whole chain of block-honses erooted during the war. The fact that Klipplaat was never attack. ed emphasised the utility of the forts and the hen or the ogg came first, but we wense of familiarity with thinga Malayan, and other defensive works, and was the greatest certainly had bacteria before we bad wo can say, as of the first issue, that it it most compliment the enemy could have paid HONGKONG, DECEMBER 13TH, 1906.

bacteriologists. The coumary-bret lad who satisfactory dollar's worth of story sad picture.it. Should the outposts of the Empire ever threatened, civil engineers would freely give their survices to the country. Gen. ANYBODY who has paid any attention to the generation ago plucked him a straw and The cover is a work of art, a bold, coleared again be

oral Rack said it was of great importance to matter at all knows that there is an intol-dipped it into the wayside pool, in thus presentment of the grinning mank of a tiger.

consider the question of the employment of erance of science as well as in fotoferance inking avoided the visible organic matter,

A discussion afterwards of religion. It zoems as if humanity, rising but be sucked up, and thrived on them, the on stepping stones of thought and know.myrind creatures against which in later life ledge from the status of the brute, must ye: the bacteriologists would warn him. It does carry with it some clog or hobble indicative seem like harassing our Chinese contem- brought assistance and the beset at ones made of its earthy origin, of its merely animat poraries, and property owners, to lay the pugnacity; and when reason and instinct ban of the bacteriologist on so many wells clash, the latter always shows its strength. whose guilt is a matter only of the merest What the red rag is to the bull, the empiric suspicion and the craziesz of guess work. in to tho professed student. The ainologue We hope that Mr. HUMPHREYS and his and the scientist are rarely careful to conceal constituents will not be deterred from their árusade of commonsense by the their loathing of the diletant intruder, whom they appear to love na the old unsympathetic demonstrations of official fashioned Tory magistrate loves a poacher, opponents armed with polysyllabic weapons. It may be that in reading of the proceedings Like some of their bacilliani-bogies, big words the last meeting of the Hongkong don't always bite. They may and a crumb Sanitary Board we discovered mentally more than was there to asa, but we did fancy we could perceive in the PRESIDENT's reception of MC. HENRT HUMPHREYS' citations from recognised bacteriological authorities"

at

their boldness in attacking human beings are often te band Really a specimen sprang upon a native soldier during the night, in the province of Thanh-II. The cries of the soldier

off. Concinding that the animal would return, correct and the tiger was lured to his doom, S whom he approached the bait, he was shot dead by the oceapants of a tree hard by. Tigers abound

of the natives to risk their lives for the small in Annam, dae no doubt to the unwillingness reward of $15-the sum which is given by the Government for the head of a tiger. Still it must be a happy hunting ground for big geme sportsmen.

a bait was laid for bim. The conjecture was

October 24th, the

In acknowledging, on of comfort in remembering that it was the Memorial of the committee of the Feusig PRESIDENT and P.0.M.O. himself who Association on the subject of a Lieutenant- Governor at Penang, the Colonial Secretary, Hon. Captain A. H. Young, states that the Memorial will be forwarded to the Secretary of State. Before this is done, however, His Excellency, the Governor, wished an answer to zame very pertinent questions. These, sem.

gravely opined that the matter with the catile at Pokfulum was "a variety of hemorrhagic septicauia", which seems to mean that they were bleeding impure some trace of that impatience which we have blood, which dinguesis amounts in our perhaps too rudely indicated as customary. Without troubling to comment on the really intelligent minute hy the lay member, the Hon. Dr. ATKINSON moved that the Board. adhere to its former decision, as oues should say, in the face of all fresh evidence or argument, "what we have said, we have said", He threw cold water HUMPHREYS expressed desire for more attention to his minnie, iu the callous remark," your minate is being circulatai " which we interpreted to mesSD, "your Indiscretion is receiving all the attention it

On Mr.

deserves", and even Mr. SUELTON HOOPER's temerarious reference to it as "evidence"

civilians in warfare. took place as to the employment of civil engi neere to assist army officers.

KULANGSU (AMOY) MUNICIPAL

COUNCIL

THE JAPANESE IN CALIFORNIA.

LONDON, December 10th. The Tinter special correspondent in Sau

urgent need for labour to rebuild the city where the people are still living in tenis, the labour leader has declared that if a thousnail Japanese labourers are imported, there will be a thousand murders.

THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE.

LONDON, December 10th, The Christian Shorthing has conferred the Nobel Peace Prize 000 President Roosevelt.

THE EDUCATION BILL.

measure to Congress as a macred duty from which the United States cannot shrink in view

of the relations existing between the islanda sod the country. He laid stress on the hardship that in worked on the islands by the present anfriendly attitude toward their products by the United States,

President Roosevelt also devoted mach space to a justification of the course pursued by the government in dealing with the political states of the Islands. There was in the message a aste of conservatism. The President said that if any error was made by the home government. it was in that too rapid progress had been made in the extension of elf government.

LONDON, December 10th. Mr. Birrell has stated, in the Ifoase of

*If tho gorernment has erred at all, it has ⠀ Cominone, that the Government has decided beau on the side of too rapid advancement," he to ask the House to return to the House of said: "but it cannot be denied," the president Lords their naendirents as a whole, because went on to say, "that the Filipicos have dis- Minutas of a meeting of the Council bell they are destructiv to the main principles played a marked capacity and have justitied at the Board Boom, on the 20th November, of the measure, and he hoped that the Lords every confidence that the government has had

in them. Present:-Messrs. F. B. Marshall (Chair.would then substitute other ataendmeals of

The Philippias Assembly, that is now being 1906.

a more limited scope. If the Lords persisted, | arranged for, will determine the degree of self the bill would be sacrificed. Wallace, the Health Officer and the Secretary. man), C. A. V. Bowra, L. I. Thomas, W. H.

(1). The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed.

(2) The Beoretary is instructed to draw cheques, amounting to $3,700.00 in all, in payment for the property purchased by the Council from the Tong Cheong Party and Mr. Ng Ki Sul.

CHINESE WOMEN'S FEET. We have been favoured by Mrs. Tse Tsang Tai, the local secretary, with a copy of the 1908 report of the Tien Tsu Hui," or Natural Feet Society. On page 26 we note the following reference to Hongkong:-

At Hongkong Honorary Eversary and for the first time the o Chinese Jady, Mrs. Tse Teon-tai, sands the following most cheering and business-like re- (4) The Superintendent of Police reports port: On August 3rd I sent parcels of literatura

to the Chinese the following taxes have been dealt with at the Caston and I am

glad to repost Hongkong and Mixed Court since the last meeting:-

to report that all of them wrote in landatory terms of the good work

(3). The Secretary is instructed to bave Boundary stones erected on the above men tioned Municipal property,

SUMMONIES,

Debt 1, Illegally selling laud J.

BEMMARY AKZENTA.

LOW aleo we have now a

tho

government of which the people of the islands are, at present, capable. By their use of the authority given them in their own affairs, by the establishment of the assembly, they will be judged and by that judgment the future course of the government of the United States in dealing with the laland will be determined."

President also urged upon Congress the the people of Porto Rico into the Union as nacessity of I providing for the incorporation of citizens of the United States. His proposition. was based upon the proximity of the island to the United Blades, Le character of the people and their generally expressed desires.

nother section of the President's message dealt with the present Japanese agiti

agitation. The

by the Socioty, Not

long after the President, in strong terms, contended for fair

birth

Beer footbinding moremont ia

of AD

Theft & Debt 1, Being in possession of Cacton. The aim of this Society are to prohibit members and the sous of members from i marrying

foot-bound daughters of Chius.

United States.

the

anasazcement of my appofotment as

news was received of the treatment of the Japanese subject in

He maintained that the treaty of the United States with Japan guarantees the subjects of the latter all the rights and privileges, in the United States list are I am now sending porcale of literature to the voorded to the subjects and citizens of the wives of influential members of the Chinese most favored nations. This treaty, he main- statute tained, has all the force and effect of community of this colony, and

and also to

of the United States, under section 2 of artiolo Cauton

aton and Macao. of the conatitation of the United States,

>hich

the

الله

the

rehools in Hongkop healthy revival of the |

opinion to a suggestion that the animals marised, are: The messursa considered which were unwell at the time, which fret somehow should be carried out for equipping Penang the laymen had already observed for them- properly as co up-to-date transit port and the selves, And if one official can say so much approximate expenditure which may be incurred; stolen property 1.

(Signed) W. H. WALLACE, and so little in one phrase, way it not be stated to have made no success; instracen of particulars as to representations which aro

Vice-Chairman. By order, possible that when the Bacteriologist the administration of the affairs of Peaang

C. BERKELEY MITCHELL, certifies the presence of organic matter with having been hampered and often paralysed

Secretary K. M. C. long names in one of our wells, he may only owing to the central administration being at

LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS. mean that the water is a little dirty? There Singapore, full details for what purpose a was a sensitive child who accompanied a yearly grant of $2000 is required, also a

The P. & O. str. Palermo left Singapore for request for particulars of the class of expenditure this port on the 11th inet, at 4 p.m. bathing party on a somewhat stormy trip which should be met from this vote; instances.

glad to learn that H.E. Chou Fu has been under the authority of the United States, shall The C.F.B. air. Baupres of China arrived at

considered to ba

judges in every State shall be bound thereby, of one China's most progressive to Sai-wan Bay a few months ago. She of land titlen having been detained at Singapore | Nagaanki at 10.30 am, on Wednesday, the 12 "ppointed Vio-roy of Kuangtong; he is be the supreme law of the land, and the

State to the contrary potwithstanding.” refused to bathe, because, to put it for an unreasonable time to the great incon-inat, and left again at 3 pm, same day, for sed enlightened Viouroys, and I hope he will anything in the Constitution or laws of the

Shanghai, where she is due to arrive at 10 p.m. continue his support of the anti-footbinding Cablerets. delicately, on the way thither she had venienes and bardship of the public.

on Thursday, the 18th inst.

morement in South China,

There

appears to be s anti-footbinding movement throughout the Em-sy pire, ard lot

hope

that this degrading custom will soon be abolished, not by the Government

The Constitution and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof but by the free will of the people. You will be and all treaties mede, or which shall be unde