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HOME AND CHINA AFFAIRS.

(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)

A FINE ARTEE.

April 5th.

An ideal Easter has been our pertion this year the Brat time in my recollection, despite the early date on which the festival fell. So fine was it that London was practically emptied, while seaside resorts began their season with a bumper holiday period.

HOKOKONG'S CORONATION STATUES.

I spent a very pleasant bour in Easter wook in the studio cf Mr. George E. Wade, the eminent sculptor. It was in connection with the commission he has in hand from the Coronation Committee 16 complete a status of Queen Alexandra for Hongkong that I went to see him, bat incidentally I was interested to find specimen models of Mr. Wade's work re presenting contributions to the art treasures of almost overy part of the work. India has Bumerous specimens in Allahabad, Bombay and elsewhern: Sorth Africa has others, oluding a symbolical group to celebrate the cunclusion of Peace which has been declared be the firest piece of art in our South African Colonias, Canada has a state at Montreal Chicage a drinking fountain of poculiarly effective yet simple outline; the Peris Saloon has braught to his exhibits the warmest. commardation; and the houses of the great in England, to say nothing of the Mansion "ouse itself, are enriched by the results of bis genius, j The statue of Queen Alexandra is alrealty completed. Har Majesty gare sittings last July and the model has been ready for some time, but the culptor is waiting for a visit from the Quest hefors the statues Gnished in hrane. The figure is nine fest in height, and stands with a truly regal appearance or a pedestal. In her coronation robes, and wearing her crown and soeptre, ber Majesty is a lifelike and dignit figure, and the portraiture is extremely clever. I deed the cxcellence of the portraits in all the figures I saw in the studio tess to the great obility Wade has for his work. He has the art of lxing upon the charac teristics of his subject's explosion, and after that the technicalities fellow naturally. The Quens, and indeed all the Boyal Family, te has found most admirable sitters, with every con- sideration for the sculptur and his requirements. In this statue til the details of the Coronation robos and regalia are worked out with painstake ing accuracy to the smallest detail, and the

Paris, and the ministers of France, Russia and Italy will be present when the signal is given to commence the long and trying journey. Advance mon will leave Faris in ten daya time for the East to make commissarist arrangementa en route.

Three weeks in

2 camel advance of the race

corpe will kilos of petrol and other deposit 209 Decoenition at polate sixty miles apart, right through China and Siberis, and beyond that Rossin, through the Minister of Ways and Communicatione, will take the arrangements in hand. It is hoped that a committee of experts, who know almost all the country, will reduce the hardships to a minimum before the start is male.

meringe.

A SECOND NOAH'S ARE

A Berlin correspondent sends the following The well known wild beast dealer, Herr Hagenbeck, of Btellingen, is socding the contents of a zoological garden to Peking for the Chinese Government. He has obartered a ship for the purpose, which when freighted, will be to all intents and purposes a second Noah's Ark. The beasts will be in pairs, and confined in strong cases large enough to afford them room for exercise. The cast in which an ostrich travels is fitted which a sort of trapdoor through which it can stretch ite neck when wo incline:I. A number of (rained keeps ara accompanying

the ark, who will instrnet the Chinese in the treatment of the wild animals."

SIE WILLIAM DES VOELI,

I hear that Sir William Des Voeux, who has had a long raperience of Colonial service, including the Governorship of Hongkong from 1897 to 1891, is still safering from a sovere altnek of malariat fever, which caught him first when he was on service. As he was burn as long gas 1934, and has led a strenes life fu British Guiana, the Balamas, the Fiji Islands rd Newfoundland, as well as his term in your colony, he has not the resisting power he once had in combatting illness

LONDON HIREETS,

We are fairly on the way to dispensing with the horse fireur strect traffic: in Londou. Motor Ensus with their clung and boot and cater and breakdowns are everywhere, auf sow the motor cab wilk tazimeter equip. ment and the continental red dig to denote whether free or not, have captured the streets. Seventy of them are already at work and the man who wants one has to be quick about it, Fire bund. great is the demand for them. red have been.tceived from the manufaturare

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, MAY 3rd, 1907.

develop territories known to them. At any rate some retired Colonial Governors have been activo in these enterprises. Sir Frank Swetten- ham, ax-Governor of the Straits Settlement, is a director of five snob companies; ir J. West Ridgeway, formerly Governor of Ceylon, is Dascoiated with six; Bir Gerard Smith, ex geverner of Western Australis, in concerned in eleven, and several others, as well as some retired agents general, have similarly occupied their leisure time.

"NOT HERR!"

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1 have just heard diverting story of an incident in the House of Commons just before the Easter recess. Two members were having a wash downstairs when the division bell - They seized the coals that seemed to be theirs and rushed out. Later, in the Chamber of legislation was of them put his hand in his pookat and

found

HAMBURG.

(FROM OUR COBEESPONDENT.)

THE BANK CAUTION,

April 2nd,

The note of werning wounded by the Deutsche Bank in their annual report has not met with general approval in financial and commercial has been severely criticised by many the circles.

he in some

hazy manner enact it with stampede in the share markets of New York, London and Berlio last week and who hold that the

no means present conditions of trade by z

They contend justify such persimistic views. that the culleek was never brighter and that if there bo

pause in the general activity it is order to take breath for a fresh start. merely in At the general meeting of the shareholders of the bark on the 24th attimo several of these present addressed questions on the subject to the directors, alleging that the last passage in the report in which doubts were expressed as his surprise to

to a continuance of the beom and caution briar pipe. So he went to the was calculated to other mothe bad or the lavatory and isid, adence and that beary lowes had already been industrial by soured kolders of incurred, Тае "I believe you ore wearing my coat."

securities selling out during the dedine in accusation was warmly denied, till the member consequence of it. The chairman of the company at the request of the other put bis band into in his reply xidiculed the idea that these few cellapor the pockets and found a cigar care and other lines had had anything to do with the things belonging to the accuser, while he had if it really were the case they might bare renez to be proud of the power they possessed. The to admit the crrerabip of the briar pipe. breaks down in America had been caused by What were they to do? They sould not change people losing their heads, whilst in London it been due to an over acenzentiation of stock. custa in the presence of the speaker, they the same time they must emphatically went out into the lobby and took off their costs. Aline to be held responsibly for it and he could Just then in came a constable who, seeing two only repeat the warning to which they had given mon facing each other in their shirtsleeves. voice that, if the present state of the money rushed up to them and exclaimed in the pained markets continued to be disregarded, severe

crisis would allow inevitably. He was a men accepts of a man desirous of preserving pcber of the central committee of the eichsbank

Gentlemen! Not here, please!!

CANTON.

(FROM OVR CORRESPONDENT.)

May 1st.

VICEROY SHUM AND THE RAILWAY.

The Directors of the Yuet un Railway Company lately appealed to Viceroy Slam to support their opposition to H. E. W n'appoint went as Director General. Viceroy Sham, vieiling his brother, Governor of Huban, before leaving for Szechwan, ventured to Peking and granted audience, Bome here think it not likely that Viceroy Shum may be in Canton once again.

CANTON WATERWORKS.

In obedience to imperative Viceregal instrue. tions, the putting of the main pipe into the ground has began.

BAILWAY ENGINEERS COMING

Messrs. Car, Harris, Button and Sasuwo have

gera will be a right worthy additina to the at the beailquarters of the Motor Cab Company · been engaged by the Railway Comp by 89

public ornaments of your Colony. As soon as the Queen has found time to view and approve of this finished model, the bronze work will be

and are being sent ont as quickly as qualified Five Landred chauffeurs can be secured. nore are on order. All of which points to the completed in about two months and then the fact (bat the old horsed growler," or four" who will shortly arrive here from North Ching.

statue will be seal on its way to Hongkong

Mr. Wado is an athusiast, and his facility of direct English with which to outline the pointa of his work which are of outstanding interest, is as marked as his faculty of reproducing a likeness carrying the expression of the living subject. Moreover, his enthusisem is infections, and I have seldom-spent more interesting

wheeler, of the London streets bans received notice to quite.

HOLT FOR HOXHAM.

Mr. Richard Darning Holt, the new liberal member for Hexham, who has beaten his opponent. Cal. Bates, has gained sutranos to the House of Commons at the third trial. He is a partner in the Ocean Steamship Company and director alko ̈ of the Chits Mutual Steam morning than among Lis models, with bis cheery Navigation Company The Holte came originally from Roch dela to Liverpool and gibed fame and fortune in cotton and shipping enterprises, The father of the new member was a friend of Mr. Gladstone, and Lord Rosebery offered him

baronstey, but he delined.

personality lending warmth to the experience.

INDIA'S COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.

In accordance with the wishes of Lord Kitcbezer, I understand, the Government has definitely decided not to extend the period of command of the Cowmander-in-Chief in India. The War Office and the Government generally are warmly sous bla of the great advance mado by him in the efficiency of the Indian Army, and public expression will doubtless be uade to

the national indebtedness in this matter.

THY LATE YARD SALISBURY,

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THE INSUFFERABLIR.

to

a first cection of the railway from Wong Shato Ke Tong is nearing completion, and the trains may be able to start in Jano as the cars will arrive about that time. What

The Engineer-in-chiefs is dampering the construction mostly is a hill in Tsing Yuen

und if any of these procent were to ask the opinion of his colleagues in the matter, they would find that they all shared his anxiety es to where the vast amounts of money required were to come from.

H.A.L. MEETING.

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should the men profor this to living in town. They have to engage however for a certain length of time and to join the benefit societies instituted by the companies.

A few days ago the men on strike signified ROBINSON PIANO

willingness to work overtime and on Bantays but as they refuse to sign an agree ment such as the owners demand and to enter the benefit clubs their overtures have been re jected, fo far there have beag ng prices disturbances, but of late eureral cases of "pener. I ful perevasion" are reported where knives and other striking arguments have been used against |

blacklegs" that have ventured arbore

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has always been a matter of suprise and TALKING sincere regret to me that a great part of the public in ogland should seem to sympathia with the socialists in this country, looking upon them se champions of freedom and victims of police persecution. This is an entirely wrong Ties to take na the most heartless tyronny obtains in their organisations whilst they are

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atterly devoid of all sense of patriotism. A resolution recently passed at a meeting of the A lively passage of arms took place at the Dockara' Union Dusseldorf and published in the

beyond di general meeting of the shareholders of the Hau-socialistic papers goes to prove this

pute: it is to the effect that any member burg American Line on the 28th-n31, between Director Ballis and Her Paul Muller, president belonging to a glee club, ride club, Kriager of the Fearon's Union, after the obairman had Verein or other pariolie society, who after re- delivered its opening address, of which the driving notice from the committee of the pup to following is a short resume. The result of the withdraw from such association shall fail to do so year's business la declared to be on the whole within three months shall be expelled and that The passenger traffic on the members of such association shall be debarred satisfactory North American lines showed a further lets from joining the union. The differences between the united American services to which they belonged and other and there was so far to sign of a falling ef

companies were in fair way of being settled

“COTTON.

The International Master Coton Spinners Federation has lately inefituted an erquiry regarding the supply of raw material held by

AND

RECORDS,

NEW STOCK JUST ARRIVED.

LARGE AND VARIED ASSCLIMENT

emically, nevaribeless they had considered it the mills in the countries belonging to the MUSIC:

Occurrences,

of

which

advisable to make provision against a possible! tariff contest. The Labour woubles they had bad to contend with had placed them under the painful neessity of engaging hands elsewhere, eth in Fagland and in the interier of the country and Laring obtained the requisite namier be trusted that the firm attitude of the mailed shipowners would eventually engineers and the first two gentlemen are ex-bring about & were satisfactory state of affairs picted to leave Canada for Canton on the 151 and prevent the repetition of such regrettable May. To there may be added Tsoi Ting Wak, | c0

The prospects of a further rapid development of iba rade of this Continent had port with the African induced the directors to extend the sphere of Botion of the company to that part of the world; they had for that and entered into an they intended aking over certain freement with the Wermonn line in pursuanco the purchase money amounting to fire milisa arba in shares of their own line at the price number of steamers of that company paying

A general meeting would be of 130 per cent. called for the 15th April in order to obtain the Buetion of the sbarclolders for a fresh issnu of shares to that extent, it being understood that these shares should not be put on the part by until such time as ompany might later on be easidered expedieut. the Wootman

DETAMINED TO FIGHT SOC ALISM. Directer Balliu being then questioned as to the state of the strike in the harbour declare that nothing should prevent him from using every weens in his power to suppress the socialistic agitation which was being curried Thereupon get up and prefaced a rather lengthy speech on the later by seving that be had business point of view was on the whole marks to 'ffer on the report which from rafi-factory but he should like to ask for fuller intimation regarding the strike and regretted bat no particulars had been given of the extra expenses entailed by it. He thought that in the interest of peace they should not per

Her Rullin replied,

Mr. Kwong Shan Mo, states that it will be necessary to bore a funue to expedite the converance of materials at present borre near the hill. IIe further states that upon the arrival of the two Canadian engineers as well as the Japanese and Chinese, they are to commence work at ence in the section from. Ko Torg to Tsing Ynen. Mr. Williams, who is now on the (antou-Amoy line, will bare to make a survey of this rand and the work will,

association.

About seven-eighths of these addressed bare furnished the esired particulars! from which it appears that they told stocks sufficient to carry them well into next season, thus enabling them to keep out of the market more ir lese notil the new cotton comes it. Whether they will do so or not will probably depend to a great extent upon the accent wo may receive of the growing crep as the waron The Federation, which, on its adverres. formation at Zurich, three years ago, was joined by the cotton spinsing organisations of seven countries, now comprises those of fearice, including Japan, which country however joined too late to make any returns.

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THE MISSIONARY CONFERENCE.

AN UNREFORTABLE DISCUSSION.

The second session opened at Shanghai ou April 27th-

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Hongkong, 29th November, 1906.

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call et His Spirit, first to the heart of the in- dividual se called, and, then through his gifts, pracee and fruitful service to the responsible cers of the Church, is the oäly suficient soc indispensable cause why any man should under- take the work of the Ministry-and' that with- a call no mac however brilliant or highly trained as any right to exercise that Pasteral Office."

The Rev. T. W. Pearce, C. I. M.) recruited. The amendment was put to the Homeo and

cut

lest,

Buch

Dr. Spencer Lewis believed they should pay

It was decided to day on the table the their Christian preachers quration of the phol graph of the delegates to the Conference, mary members cbjecting to pere in the Ruccccurse Grandstand.

There was a garden porty on Saturday after- neen, with tea, gaiety, and more speeches. Tolai M. Y. Chung for Viceroy Yarn Skib kai fold

secure good at the same time, he portioned out to each of ton amongst the dock labourers. Berr Eller strong div. rgence of opinion in the Conference Morrison 100 years age, yon sud your predeces-

The suffragettes are never quiet long, and they sometimes manage opporturities. Thus, the other day two of their leading exponents Miss Mary Gawthorpe and Miss Annie Kenney, sat down to tea in the Caunes Express when Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman came to the same table. The suffra. gelte movement must be a paying one to enable these ladies to take Riviera trips, but let that pass. They, of cours", opened firs at once,

the engineers. It is reported that an American Company, manufacturing railway cars, with send out a representative to Canton. The Yvet Han Enilway Company has again written these shopkeepers in that portion of Wong Sha where the company desire to build a static, to beaten their removal, that the work of pulling down their houses may begin at an early date

Since the advent to China of the late Dr.

Dr. Gibson said he desired to call the earnest attention of the Conference to the despatch of business. There were important subjects to coale before the Conferenes from day to dus, | abich had bees fully considered by representa tive Committees, and believed the resolutions submitted had been agreed to with practical anaunity. He therefore appealed to the Con ference to refrain from correly verbal amend ments. It W very desirable that, the in pression sheald not get shroad that there was and amendmente which simply improved the literary effect of the resolutions might renson-sers in the story field have Ermined of the preceding day was unrepertable. From slave penetrated into the innermost portions ably be omitted. A discussion similar to that marvellous results by your means endeavours the report he had seen in one of the morning of this Great Empire; you have worked hard papers be could culy say that he was astonis and zialeusly to acquire an intimate knowledge rd at the intelligence and skill with which it of our language and literature, or manners and was presented (applause), but it was not right customs. Hardships you certainly late art and

Ri bly have to put an unfair strain on those who were dangers you have brand, giving such valuable help and he therefore been rewarded. Your work in the educational the speaker in the first place for his appreciation that all speakers should address the meeting noble and self-sacrificing hbours in the alleviation of buman distress and in the saving of life in of the services of the managing committed and from the platform. expressing their gratification et fading that Nevertheless the greater part of the second times of famine er food bars wen fer you the the Seamen's Union Lad out of their slender report er usists of verbal amendments, dealing deep gratitude of the natics and the appreciatit t means parchused shares of the Hamburg with resolutions on the training of native of the Throne." America Line as it was a proof of their

pastrts. looking apop them as a safe investment. Ha declined however

Both political parties are interested in the not being burdened with the gift of modesty. THE EVACUATION OF MANCHURIA emptorily refuse to enter into negotiated the Conferencs to agree to the proposal line. in the art of healing, sad above all your

To commemmorate the thirteen years' service by the late Lord Salisbury as Foreign Secretary strong committee has been formed

the make arrangements for erection of a statue at the Foreign Offer

preposal, and the committee lucindes al the but the Premier declined to living Foreign Secretaries páist and present, introduction of a Suffrage measure, and beyond Sir Edward Gray, Lord Bose bury, all the zinadrising them to drop their disolerly tactics he refused to be drawn. As one cartoonist pute living Under Secretaries, including Mr. J. W. Lowther, the preesnt Speaker, and all the wenit, it was a context between Kenney and who have been private secretaries to the dead Cuung," and Canny waD

promise the

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with the mey.

A curious mission may be noted in this Chinese catalogue of work done. There is no reference to the introduction of a new with.

The Daily Grophic esys - A telegram from Et. Potersburg states that the last battalion of Russian troops in Mezeluria Las left Harbin for Eussia," and that the evacuation of Mur- churia is, therefore, now complete." This brief azd singularly matter-of-fact an unerma has at the best glace all the air of a regligeable "fait divers" It is, bewever, the pregnant pilogue of one of the most stirring and tragical pages of modern history, and also of a long and dramatic story of rati cal enterprise. Nelling in the political records of ur times eruld be Besides it was impossible for him to argue and efficient brother in Christ. He blushed to investive shoemaker, is credited with discover. nude corsideration in regard to Weibaiwo: they consider bo isporing far too expensive more +fectively quoted as iliustrating the maters with Herr Müller the editor of the ee thinks of a young sed to proguines the jing a secret whereby it is claimed one ton of coal

statesman

*KIN WEJ.

I kar in a political quarter usually well informed that the Government has some action

An exchange of views tween the British,

Japanese and Chinese authorities has taken place, and the report gues that Japan wishes the final decision to be left till all Ma achurian questions between borself and Russia are com- pletely disposed of.

GERMANY IN THE EAST,

A SCANDALOUS WASTE."

follow arr Müller in the somewhat fulsome discussion of the labour poney and the dead silence with which the meeting had listened to it was a proof that he had met with no response on their par

The Rev. L. Lloyd (C. M. 3, Foochow urged bis bearers to give the native pastors time for study. In his own experience they were too reuily bound to give up to Enancial matters the time they should spend in study. Secondly, let them treat the native pastor a cultured

There is a section of the Radical party that is growing extremely hostile to Lord Elgin at the Colonial Offies. As one of them puts it

bitter my of the Preacter"all is vanity." menn, a pubilatu koown rokably to butiew Colonial Storeory, and his mistakes are both injuring the party as a whole and compromising This is the Lumiliating end of the grandiose of these present, in which he had been pereens

which fifty years. gh sex Muravief attacked in the most scurrilous manner. An down the Amur which attempt on the part of Herr Müller to defend individual ministers who are only techuically responsible. " The debt the Hongkong inspired Nevelekes in his famous expedition hit paper was ent short by Director Ball! missionary was in long clothes.

Lo the zen states of the res of Okhotsk zaying that he had on former occasions shown bich stirred the crafty diplomacy of Ignatieff is readiness to discuss mattore with others who to exact from China the Treaty of Aigun, which held differant opinions to his own, but the actuated the bold cup by which the second committen would ever consent to parley with a Mureviff beisted the Russian Eagle over party that was incessantly endestouting to Port Arthur, and which seven years ago ant forent class hatred, at kast not as long is he tto Kassia legions under General Gribsky had anything to say. (Applause. Harbin and

THE DOCK STRIKE. inte cheering and romping

had Awaiting further developments I have so far

regarded as satisfactory, and though many Li- heral critics walked cut without voting against the Government on that debate, the signs are threatening that one of these days the opponents of Lord Elgin will be more pagnasiour,

who had come to

A COBBLER'S "INVENTION. "

John Elmore, of Altoona. Pennsylvanie, su

paper suce is devotel, has not affected the stock market, and it is recalled that siber claims to perform einlar winders have not stool the test of practical examination,

Nevertheless, this Altoona cob'ler is of un- doubtedly an inventivo turn of mind. He has contrived, amongst other things, a compressed air anton bile, a pocket fire-escape, and a device to sup the spreading of railway metals. Two teaspoonfule of Ellmore's compound, casting cae shilling, dissolved in three gallons of water, are sufficient, it is claimed, to treat three- len of asbes mixed with one-quarter quarters of a

his

province, who

sund, reduces, it is said, a fiercer heat:han the braediction at a service taken by xustive will do the work of four. Eix parts of asbes pastor who had been ordained when the mixed withene if coal, sad treated with his cem Dr. G. W. Gen (S B.C. Carton) said that beet bituminous ecal. Obviously, if Ellmere- who is confessedly on illiterate man, unable eren to The spell the names of his drugs correctly is right, the Chinese needed the example of their own mails contract with the Canadian Pacife Railway

people to lead them in Church work. has left a bad impression amor these crities

ery China for the Chinese oubt to be he may change the entire coal industry. In the of the Colerial office, for they claim that it

encouraged; for the Chinese needed to learn meantime his invention, to which considerable patriotism. Sometimes they wuld say and ንዒ ፍ a scandalous

co things which were wrong, bat forbearance has no advantarea and

must be shows. Let them hare Churches for waste of money. The explanation of Mr.

the Chinese wit Chiness pastors to do the Rupeician that the contract in bat a tem

work which the missionaries ccall not do, porary ons to tids over the Colonial Conference, Makden. For centuries the Russians

and let the missionaries go on with the work when the matter will be thrashed out, je poti plodded and fought and lied and led abstained from alluding to the strike of the

to get to the

warra waters of the Paciñestereders in this port, which in now lasted that the Chinese pastors could not de. Dr. in the Tellew Ses and the Sea of Japan, some time. It originated in the refusal of the Greene pleaded for the independence of the only to find themselves in the end turned seeders to work at nights and an Sanday and Cuines Church.

and although it would certainly be preferable if Dr. Walker (Sunown) svirated the adoption back by au opstert Asiatic power, forced to Bmit themselves to the arid and wintry latour could he enpused to the daytime, of a bold policy. The Chinese pastors some- arrangement in which the shipping times felt they were being treated too much solitudes of their northern Urheimath." It an is a ferrible story of wasted endearear and firms would no doubt "gladly acquience in like little children.

of The Rev. C. H. Tjäder (Swedish Mission order to ears the additional expense reckless wires lenlation. Never was there more colossal and far-reaching blander than the overtime, the tendon of working hours bud Haichon) thenght only men truly converted" Manchurian adventure of Russia. It has left become an abslate necessity as the nay room is should be substituted for "of as questioned, its imprint heavily and blisteringly very corner of the civilised world. The whole fabric traffic of the port and it frequently beppens days before

conversion.xyndicate to push his discovery, efore plety implied conversion, hul of car international political system has been that vessels here to wait several

did not include unquestioned piety." shaken by it. New problems have grown out being able to attain a berth. The non however of it, the revolutionary possibilities of lick it refused at the instigation as nasal of their Laughter and Applause.)

making is difficult for even the most pressient of us to leaders and on the shipping companies mensare. The retreat of the last Russian from its ecadition of further employment that Manchuria marke, indeed, a turning point in they should sign an agreement binding them to work at whatever time required, struck, the world's history.

From three to four thousand hands bavo

The Kev. W. H. Watson (Changsha propo been brought over since from English ports in ships belonging to the different owsers and are sed. That Ir thus expressing its very strong quartered on board several vessels moored in the opinion that all possible manus should be used HOW TO BE BEAUTIFUL-Keep your com- docke, whilst thousands more have arrived from in order to provide an adequate supply of plexion, Mrs. Ellen's Crème Charmant, Lait the interior of Germany attracted by advertise- thoroughly trained Chinese Ministers this Charmant and Special Skin Topio anil Pondre ments in the papers in extra large typo promising Conference would not for the moment forget Charmant will enable you to do it. Her wage of M. 5. for a ten hours d'y and M. the sovereign rights of our Lord Jesus Christ as Specialities for the Skin are the study of s an hour for overtime and work on Sundays, the Head of His Church, nor the fact that the lifetime. A. 8. Watson & Co., Ltd, Bole Agents, besides food and lodging free on board the boats

HORSES FOR JAPAN.

Germany, according to reports here, in streng tbouing her position in the favour of the Chinese and Japanese Governments. The Japanese bave had an expert attached to the Legation in Berlin tu advise on and buy rutorial for railways and bridge. Now, I hear, a wellknown Germsa engineer is to undertake this work, and the Germans are likely to receive a greater proper tion of the orders as a consequence, The Geraso works of the Krupp and Valkas Companies are also abcnt to receive orders from the Chinese frovernment for guns and ammuni Japanrco agents are this year to boy a num tion to the lane of nearly a quarter of a million. ber of horses in the British Isles for sind pur- A heavy order for rifas has already.orrived. poses. They are chiefly for cavalry horses, British firms will, however, in these Chinese Already extensive shipments af artillery draught contracts, get a look in, particularly in horses have been shipped to Yokohama from supplying heavy guns and shells. The placing Hungary, France and the Caucasus. of the orders is being done according to the advice of the Chinese officers who last paar made a tour of the European worka Japan in bor farn will this year buy sampla batteries from England, France, Germany and America. They are to be used for experimental purposes at the extensive gunnery instructional esta- blishment at Nagasaki.

THE MOTOÈ RACE TO PEKING, The Peking-Paris motor race will start on Jane 10 from Foking, according to news from

KI-GOVERNORS' INVESTMENTS:

Widely divergent views are expressed as to Lord Elgin's circular advising the ex-Governors of Colonies to refrain from being concerned in companies for the exploitation of the resources of regions they have previously administered. It is doubtless good in the public interest to Temove even the suspicion of personal gain, but as Lord Elgia points out, many of these officials may have been moved mainly from a desire to

LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS.

The departure of the R.M.S. Athenian, has been postponed until noon on Sunday.

The Boston 8.8. Co.'s str. Tremont arrived

ai Yokohama on 1st May.

The N.I.K. str. Tenshin Mars (Bombay Lino] left Singapore for this port on the 30th nit, and is expested bere on 6th May.

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of a ton of cost, and will produce more heat for a longer period than via ton of pure cool, bituminous or anthracite, Elmore, who still

works at the sheeraker's benck, bas secured

no longer sufficient for the ever increasing pict. Arnold Foster said "unquestioned looal backing, and hopes to see the formation of

The

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Dr. Bryan moved "That we empathetically study Lue needs of our Chinese no-labourers and endeavour to assist item as much as possible."

The motion was not seconded.

The modern novel seems to be directed mainly

towards abuse of the institution of matrimony. Whoress the old-fashioned novelist invariably writer of to-day nearly always rings it up on an rang down the curtain on a happy marriage, the utkappy one.

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