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CIVIL SERVANTS' SALARIES.

The memorials sent by the various depart- ments in the Civil Servion, relativa to their pleas for a clunge in the system on which salurios were paid, afford interesting reading, aud show bow justified. were Sir Matthew Nathan's remarks that they were somewhat exaggerated.

FUNNELS AND FLAGS,

"PE "ONGKONG DAILY PRESS. FRIDAY, JULY 19TH, 1997.

THE WITTIEST MAN ON THE

SCOTTISH BENCH.

Lord Young, whose death we have previously announced, was the wiitient man as well as one of the ablest mon, on the Scottish Boach. Mr. Cooper, of The Ecotamga, in his “ Editor's Retrospice

"relates meeting Lord Young in Edinburgh in August and greeting him with

It will be noticed that the Occidental and Oriental steamship Doric has changed hands; and that now in the possession of the Pacific Mail Steamship Coy and under the name of the Leia she outers on a new career. She bas just made her first journey as the As a from San Francisco to hors, but prior to that she mado more than fly voyages between the two The memorial aigned by Sir Francis Piggott, Sir Ifoary Berkeley and Mr. S. Dunu aratos ports always des the most favourable cireum-Helle! I thought all dereut people were ont stoncor. Having boon purchased by the Pacifio Akat Hongkong is, probably, the dearest Crown Cclony in the Empire, and this even with the Coptic, the liner has

from ander the dollar at 18 There are many things which White Star bouso Ag given up her cld. tand to makes it No: the ss of living arearse, although still remaining under the

expens far higher than in any o

yother Colony and They

British dag. It is probable that the u are curiously increased by many causen: Doric and Coptic will be again used by the

chief of which is the rapid deterioration White Star company in the Atlantic. the Owing OWLD to the climate of clothes, books and

stores. So far as Furopean trades. men are couorrued the price of goods has for long been at the rate of one dollar to one shilling charged in England, and there ja so sign of any alteration being made in this respect This excessive sole of profit is accounted for in part by high reats and rapit deterioration of Fonds. It comparer unfavourably with prices in other Colonies within our experience; even wh re customs duties are charged, which at post add 19 per cent to the price. High rent is the kepaule of the situation, and it is certain that if routs are high everything else will be high in proportion The considerable rise in wages paid to Chinese ser

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attention particularly to his splendid forehead, He had a magnificent ferohead; it stood up like a tower, beight and breadth also. This was before Carlyls had attained anything like the reputation which he had before he died; introduced me to bat I remember Zatkor yig, when he when I was a very young him; will become a great man in this country." I

Take bog

my word for it, this Mr. Carlyle

Mail Steamship Company with her sistor skin the of town." Well," was the reply, "have you said it was like a great blook of stone hawr out

and

Dr. Chalmers Prentice, a Chicago physician, ja claiming £500 damages against the North German Lloyd Steamship Company for burying his wife at sea without consulting him as to the disposal of the body by wireless telegraphy.

aptain Ernost Heat of the fongkong Mars will, says the San Francisco Chronicle lease the yesel at this port and proceed to England on business connected with the acquisition of a huge oil-tank steamer by Toyo Kison Kuisba. The command of the Hongkong Aluru for the servants is in fact partly detrip buok to Yokobani derolcos upon Chief the 'ompany for a year. Ho was formerly

Been anything to make you alter your opivion ? I haven't."

Mr. Guthrie, K.C., appeared in the Second Division, and, in opening &ess on appeal began thus My Lords, my client la a Free Church minister. Before he got any farther he was interrupted bo Lord Young with the remark." Well, he may by a very decent man for all that."

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was telling this a long time after that event, not SPARKLING RED BURGUNDY many years ago, and I- expressed unfortunately the impression which Carlylo's hard had mule apon -expressed it #garatively rather. I

of a quary. There is a very witty and humerous young. lady present, who made the remark upon this-"Well, you know bis father was a stone mason!" It showed me how aufortunate figurative language may be."

A 400D WITNESS.

To one clerical deputation he addressed the query. To what religious holy do you belong the Froo Church " Well, no, not exactly, was the hesitating reply. Oh, U.. then Mr. Inyashi, the Japanese Representative "That is nearer the mark," said a deputationist, in Peking, arrived at Lakan 'on Jun with from but there are some points on which we diverge his tour in Manchuria sa was immediately from the UP.e." This was the limit of bis interviewed by a Jiji Shimpo correspondent. Lordship's patience. "Oh, well," he remarked The Minister seems to have spoken without the impatiently, shall write you down as split least resurse. If said that there is no batler way of discovering the shortcomings of a of ihres degrees of liars the liar, the dained colony of Japan, that there are many Japanese Lord Yeung is credited with the description people the to inrestigain their methods as

colonists. Manchuria cannot be all tier, and the skilled witness. It was also bis half million of money to the funds of the conduct in terras of the strongest condemnation. Church of Scotland by Mr. James Babi of Quoting the old saying about the hundred Cambusinom, remarked that t was "the

demone, that goal read at night, he heaviest insurnace eguinst fire on record.”

Manchurin it is

194 вако of the bundred demous marching about Suuntaring down the Mound ourly one after.

in broad dayligit. He does outer who Faid to bm-"Hello, the Second what fastares of his nationals condest he finds Division has surely rise early to lay "No," so reprehensible, but the vigour of his criticism responded Lord Yeung, it has not rigon.

uld hardly be surpassed, Speaking of the Thure is a case going on. The Justico-Clerk Peking correependent of The Times, ho says is writting brigade orders, Rutherfurd-Clark

that Dr. Morrison is not to be confounded for is reading Greek, bat Bob Lee is listening,

a moment with writers who find foals with I just came away.”

Japaneso merely for the sake of fall a

fading, The

remarks recently made by him in the columns of the London T mes were dilated by actual observation, and though a certainly erred when be included the police in the circle, cif

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There is no pleasing some folk. Tha Korea Daily News says: The new Government of ROBINSON Koren has is ned an edit for aniversal con- seription in Korea, and every able bodied male from the ages of seventeen to forty, mud dow go through his military training and serve hia country. From a physical point of view, as a

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in the best thing that could bappen to the Koreau man, it will put into tim a hack bone which at presant ha sadly lacks and impart to him a solt co. Adenco TALKING without which any man is urelesa,"

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to the anbanced routs which they themselves ficer Alfred G. Stereas who has been with Lordsbin whe, referring to the contribution of colonists there, and Mr. Hayashi describes their } pline, vousorigin and as a teamber of disc have to pay for their fargilios. It is that the Secretary WA Chink, advisabl

master cf the British ship Taucer. At Yoko of State she realize what rents are paid in asia the Hongkong Marn will be placed under the Colony. Tents for molium-sized houser,

command of Captain W. C. T. ̃S.. Filmer, decently situated, very between 8 to formarly a well-known chief officer of the line. a month. Considering this from the point of view of sterling, with the dollar at 1.8. taking and a son, gỗ Captain W. E. Filmer of the noon, his Lordship was accosted by a friend. into particulars; does not describe exselly epproring an act of the Japanese administra

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An aftermath of the San Francisco earthquake and fire of April, 1976, was noted on May 99 in the annual report of the Pacific Mail Steamship Co, for the fiscal year ended April 3, which

recorded a heavy decrease. This was a result of

the diversion of tratio to other channels during the re-establishment in San Francisco of stores, warehouses, hotel accommodations and other accessories for carrying on extensive commerce, This report recorded, as a consequence of the falling off in the operations of its steamers, big logg's sin gTG88 sand net earnings and sarpins for the Grows earnings aggregated $4,839,211 or 2955,093 loss than those in the previous year, while

involved only £1 expenses and expo. 91, 1059

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proceding leaving net carnings of $544 696, or $291,295 less than those for the previous

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This, alone, would be amazing, for it shown this rabidly anti Japanese journal ad ually

tion. It is not alone, however. The egregious coramentaler continuos

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·Consoription, uw being to all intents and purposes irrevocably ducalo upan, it behoves one to survey the decision and endeavour to fathom its purpose. It is perfectly safe 10 Korean Ministers. Neither was Bert that the idea did not come from the it pushed through from the view of patriotism, as the one thing the Japanese appear to be striving for is to weaken the Korean's love for his country. This being s it is palpable thing the

sidency General has thrown its grust LARGE AND VARIED ASSORTMENT

info the matter to bring this sabama

denied,

NEW STOCK JUST ARRIVED.

Lord Young and Lord Deas happened to be of affairs becomes apparent. Everything the statement has not been officially ouMUSICE

on one occasion on Circuit together at Glasgow.

The Court was opened with prayer by a prominent divine. At lunchem afterwards Prayer that fellow gave us to-day, but, after all, suppose it's quite right that when Deas goes on Circuit the attention of the Almighty should be specially called to the fact."

The pages of the prints in cases brought before the Conrt are marked intervals down the margin with letters of the alphabet the purpose of this being to enable the Court to pick up quickly a reference to any particular the Second Division reading from a print. part of a page. A counsel was one day, in

Young. I am at " was the reply. "I are you reading " asked "Lord thought so, was the rejoinder of his Lordship.

Where

Од ове сесnsion in 14 case in the Second Division presided over by the Lord Justice Clerk (Bir J. H. A. Macdonald one of the litigants was namel Macdonald. Dear m," said Lord Young, reading over his pepers in in the gase, "I thought there were no Mac- donalds outside Skye. Not at all replied the find Macdonaldu

rong-doers, he did not otherwise write ary- bing more thec the notnai conditiona fully justified. It is not when & General Terauchi travela in Manchuria that the genuinn state como offer great personage

that would create a disagreeablo odour in the carefully covered up, and the vista of the fourist's observation is filled with special trains and ceremonies of welcome. But the ugly spole are there all the same. Things will righ themselves in the curl no doubt, but that end is still far distant.

to fruition. As everybody in Japan is saying that Koren is Japanes protectorate anit as

it is very unlikely that any attempt to attack Korea without knowing that it also meant war with Japan. It ther fore follows that this nose law of conscription has not been made to enable the Koreane fo preserve the independence of their country. ugh being the case, only one reason is left; and that is that Japan, looking forward to the On the other hand Mr. layout' visit to fulare, hepes with care and patience to build Koren, which country he knows probably as well as any man living, secara to have impressed Army of fighting men that may be of invaluable nosistance whoa the time comes that him most favourably. Its refrains from parti- culars in this case also, but his general verdict is unequivocal, namely, that things are pro Brewing very favourebly and that if onlookers only have a litt's patience they will see Marquis Ito's polieg orowaid with Sun resnita.

FORMOSA.

the East is pitted against the West and when she may have to fight for her very existence as

Lord Justice-Clerk, ali," rejoined Lord leave the sgos any longer in possession a wine one The Empire of Nippon propesor

all the world over."

the tram line in 330: this at 18 is in sterling tico charges and repairs inrur. Deprecia- Young, "that's very true; you sometimes find

them in the most unexpected place." 8-414,291, or

3131,805 less than the sure charge for the preceding yar, leaving a surplus of $139,403, or $152.179 less than the surplus recorded the previous fiscal year. In his prelivinary report to the stockholders, E H. Harriman, president of the company, saye in part; Part of the decrease resulted from the fact that the trans- Pacitte line made four trips less this year than last, but by for the greater part was the result of the diversion of traffic to other channels during the re-establishment in San Francisco of its commerce, which was entirely destroyed scattered by the fire of April, 1906: ass, from the lower rates

cosan tonnage

a can rent of $2 a month (apart from ratas), the rout is 16.13.4 a month or £200 per RDEEN. With the dollar at 2,24 (the rate at which salaries were paid this month) the rest

During Moy, 167 vessels of 27.161 gross tous is 22.18 a month or 2285 per santi. Con-

were built in the shipyards of the United States sidering the question from the silver point of and officially registered with the commissioner of view with the dollar at 8, the mean salary in Davigation. Of these vessels, 55, of 7,420 gross eluding exchange compensation of first class ions, were structed on the Atlantic and Gulf

At the tims of a Parliamentary election in appointments may be put at $1.000 a month;

enuela and 29 of 1,208 grows tona on the Page Edinburgh, Lord Young was staring at a but with the dollar at 22 och a salary is post. I be feet of vessels on the great lake country house. The result of the election duly reduced to 3755 a month. It will thas be goon

Was increased during the month of May by the camo to band, but the majority was wrongly that rents in Hongkong are higher than

addition of 8 rexaeda of an aggregate tonnage of given at, ay 10 A latter message corrected pid

in England; sud far exceed

15,444 The larguet stonin vessels included in the figure to 1900, and nehled the information those statistics wore the Henry Phipps of 7,240 that a couple of Lord Young's colleagues had the recognised proportion which rent should bear to income, Ent putting this on

gross tour, built West Bay City, Mich., and recorded their votes. "Ah!**

nt wued by the Pittsburg Steamship Co. The Lordship, "that secounts for the two cyphers." såde. whichever way it ін looked at either the increasing derling

City of Clerefund of 4508 gross tous, bailt st rent, or tho

Wyandotte, Michigan, for the Detroit & Cleve diminishing currency salary, the question of

and Navigation Co., and the Wiliam B. Drock home rent is not merely the principal item of of 4,468 gros tons, built at St. Clair, Michigan, expenditure offected by the exchanga, but ia soch Au important one that even if it stoot along it and owned by the Great Lakes Engineering Lord Young Bald to a friend, "Vory loog would, we respectfully submit, ba aufficient Works. The total asil, steam and tarigged warrant for the relief which wo seok. rearla registered with the commissioner of the case of second class appointments, the navigation during the 11 mouths ending May item for

31, had a toonage of 439.8, as compares with rent can hardly be diminished), and it therefors bears &

a-touage of 3906,400 in the same period last year, disastrous proportion the officers' anlorier. It is hardly possible to to anticipate any redueiicu of real, for the cost of building and of continuous repairs is such thateven at the present bigh conts landlords do not find house property a profitable invest. ment. Similarly with regard to the rates: the monthly rate for a house rested at $200 is $26-this at in stugling is 223, 14 at 2 24 is 174. n. The Government has not reduced the dollar value of the rates in cua sequence of the high rate of exchange, or would be possible for it to do so. There are a number of smaller items the charges in respec of which always remain constant, and are unt affected by the rate of the dollar doctors charges, servants wages, colia hire gas, tram ticket, clair hire. In all these, and some others of a similar me urr, the actual out as expressed in £. d. has risen owing to the rise in the dollar, eg, the quarterly tram ticket ou

£210a. at 2:2) it is £3 G ad or to take so domestic a matter as the price of ensle (as important Ba-item in housekeeping as it is in Er gland) the coolie hire alone for carrying up a ton of ovala to the Peak le X-fhis at 19 is in sterling 6. d, at 22 is 8s. 10d. The wages of a Chizen-boy less than 10 years age was $12 a mouth: at the rate of exobange then raling, this repressatel sterling at 2-£1. The wages now are Sit & month, or at 223, All other wages have risen in proportion. Further, the tendency in every item in which the Chinese are concerned is to rise in price irrespeclire of the raing of the dollar.

The Chinesa seraats are perpetually struggling for an advance of wages, and in The tco frequent case of change of servanta it is only with the greatest diBculty that DOW seriants can be engaged at the rate paid to their predecessors. Wages are an important item being roughly not less than $100 a month, including 4 chair coolies for all classes of offfcers. There can be little doubt that the smaller items alluded to above together make a monthly tolal equivalent in amount to the root. The statements which we have made as to the cost of living will, we are confideat, be berze out by the Unofficial Members of the Council, and also by any of the aumerons o'd residents of Hongkong now in leaves England, should the Boretary of Stato be pleaned to cobrait them. Tha

of caring Secretary State has pointed out that in the matter of romittauess the Civil Servants are no longer affected by the sate of exchange. This is nu doubtedly true; but on the other hand we would point out, first, that there are many officers who are permanent residents of the Colony, cemittances home are necesarily far

far more limited then those whore home is in England: ent Eccondly, that with regard to all officers, The large reduction in salaries les cen. siderably reduced the

amourt

available for remittances; to take the rerse caar, where the amount remitted is, as it ofton must be a constant quentity, the amount available for living in the Colony is in its tura constantly diminishing. In urging the Secretary of State to re consider his decision We greatly

rely on the action which the Colonial Dace or santioned in the past to redress similar hardships. Or four separate occasions, uwing to the actuation of the dollar the Se. cretary of State Las sauctioned the grant of relief by the Government to its office. The change from silver to sterling was made with a similar

A depression, which is probably moring object in view. We submit with respect and satwaris, appears to have passed from the confidence that in doing this the Secretary Stae has recognized that it is the duty of a continent to the Yellow Sea. Government to mitigate the hardships caused Moderate or fresh W to S.W. winds will the pocartain course of exchange, and to do probably prevail in the Formous Channel, and what it can

it can to climinate the element of the N. part of the China Sea. Macerful ty

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and from the unsettled civil condition in the Cexhal Amarican republies, which reda ed materially the company's traffic in these states. Expezres for the operation of steamer, includ ing charter paid for steamers, decreased 2 6,05 general expenses, 827.437; insurnace, 820,151,

ete.

and interest an loans,

$7.695 a

never

Bills of lading uenally stipulata) for the relief of abiposuere from liability for loss or flamage occaisned by causes over which they have no control, soh as The Act of God, the King's enemies, pirates robbers," &e. In the game of a hearing of the case before Lord Young the question aroso as to what the precise meaning of the phrase "the Act of "Ged," WAS. Ilis Lordship gaye it as his opinion, the Act of God" simply meant "something no reasonable man could ever expect,"

appreciated the laughter it used, yet he While Lord Young was foud of a joke and

silowed improprieties of manner i Court. For instance, he electrified a hug. norous counes! who had the ughtlessly answered some question without rising to his feet. "I is usual to address the Court standing." Ho astounded Lord Shand, whom he had himself appointed at the early age of forty-three, and total who took part of his exercise on the bench, decrease of $661,365, There was an increase by informing hiw that he was not accustom in agency expenses of 360,558, partly the resulted to address a moving object. of an advanes in wages. bat principally from payment of $19,053 for lightorogo charges at Panama in Februars, Maret, and April, 1906, which were chargeable to the expense of the preceding year, bal of which the records were destroyed in the San Francisen fire. This net decrease in expenses of $600,807, After deducting $16,411, expenses incurred in for the paceengers, baggage, etc, of the Manchuria and of the Mongolia, and the usual charge for depreciation, and general and ex- traordinary repairs of steamers, there remained a surplus of $13,433, against $299,884 fox the preceeding year, a decrease of $152,480, whose In addition to the interruption of the regu

ler service of the steamers by strikes and the expenses incident thereto, the cost of operating steamers materially was increased by an advance in wages ranging from 16 to 33 per cont. in all departments of the ships and by the greater cost of all materials and supplies used by then, particularly of coal,

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following report The Hongkong Observatory yesterday issued.

On the 18th at 12.15 p.m.-The baremoter bas fallen moderately at the mouth of the Yangtze, ond risen slighty on the N.E. and 8. coasts of Chius.

His Loriskip had not always the best of the joke Shortly after Lord M Lares este to the beach he pronounced a judgment which was reclaimed to the First Division, but the case was transferred to the Second Division and was disposed of by the judges of that Court. In the rolling room at luncheon

Lord Young, one time,

of the S-cond Division judges, accosted Lord M'Laren with the observation: We reversed you today. M'Laren." Ab" said Lord M'Laren, if I had known that casa would go to the Second Division I would have written Second Division law,”

a nation."

This is simply marrallons specimen of a Laclidian contortionist. Tho wicked Japa- j nose, determined to sap Korsan patrí tiem, šro yat training Koreans to fight the battles of Asia against Europe, Thore is no likelihood that Korean will ever bare to fight for Korea the Japanese will attent to that, " IL therefore follows"—— save the mark—that the Koreane are being prepare to fight It has been generally stated of late that the for- Japan's "existence as a nation." Su h campaign Low being conducted in Formosa owed crooked logic should make even a

Korean ite orgin solely to General Viscount Sakura's pouy katigh The soared year goes on: "It conviction that it would be a disgrace to is a sbrand and a subile more; bul je it of cue half of the island. But although the to instruct the people of nation in the General doubtles formed this couviation and is 1280 of modern orous nad in the knowledge now acting on it' vigorously, the immediate of military service. It proposes to turn a nation cause of the inception of the campaign was the of farmers, labourers and miners into a

a nation uation it must aggressive truculence of the Taroko themselves, of anldiers;

be remembered who, in July of last year, raided a Japanese which at the present time has nothing but camphor station and carried off thirty-seven ferlings of bitterness and hatred to the ener heads, which exploit they supplemented sitar-comers who have stolen their country and robbed wards by repeated acts of hustility. The strong them of their independence. It is a startling hold of these people is on a series of eminences experirent and one that may be fatal to il which would be exceedingly hard to escande from progenitors. the land side, but which are within easy rouge from the sea. Here, however, & serious difficulty pr. sented itself, namely, that the g.stcost of Formas, never having bos properly surveyed, could not safely be approached by warships Surveys had first to be made, and this work baving been recently completed, the Naniws" inet.. having on board Mr. Iwai, Chief of the and the "Takachine" left Keolung on the Bird

Civil Administration in Formen. The pro-

re

орва the bombardment the Tarake's stronghold on the 26th ist, and

may doubtless expect to receive news of the result at any moment. Of course it will not be altogether à conclusive · history," result, for m by of the garages will choose flight into the interior in preference to aurren bistory, modern or otherwise? They are no fall der. But with the Aiya lines gradually closing of moral santonin that they sou everything in on them from the westward and soaral force yellow, and the outcome of their philosophy is pressing on them from the eastern seaboard, voumicular. In India and in Africs, though not the days of the savages independence must be by conscription perhaps, other Powers bave numbered. As to the Aiya lines, we have no instructed subject people in the ma of their further intelligence since the capture of the own better weapons. savages strong position at Chintosas,

was

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MINERALS IN INDIA.

A notable feature of Lord Young's work is the Outer House was the celerity with which he disposed of the cars before him, and it was

The future of India's magnificent mineral accordingly often necessary for the Lord

resources is engaging the earnest consideration of the Government of India. One of the impor President to transfor cases from other Lerds

tent facts recognised was the adoption of the Ordinary to Young-Many of the transferred ouses came from the rolls of two of the Outer

economic geology in the scheme of the Geologi- House judges-Lord Charsbill and Lord

esl Survey of India, for which the present Craighill; and on one occasion when Lord

Director, Mr. T. H. Holland, is responsible. Young, having exhausted all the CABEN BELT He

foresaw the possibilities of Lucia's minerst in him, was asked by the Clerk of Court what productions, and has been very active ink sping before the public. We find evidence he would do now, he replied, quoting the first

The taster two lires of the hundred and twenty-first Peslm--

Nothing is pleiner there than that Japan jy selomaly warned it is preparing a rod for its our back. However, even the worst of loen ies hire their Incid intervals and it suddenly dawns on the Korean Daly News writer that he is may be protruding bis ears. So he hedgas

We are not so foolish is to imagine all these Japaness authorities; they are not usually possibilities have escaped the attention of the

caught napping in anything dealing with their own safety, and we presume they have carefully studied this question from every point of view at the same time, whether they havem have not, it is an innovation that is unique in modern

What do such intellectual clods know of

Here is the conclusion of the Seoul sractation ; Yet another question, Who is going to pay for the upkeep of this great armed force? It is not likely to bo Jap, therefore it must be Korea. Korea is a poor country, and to remove her people from the laud for one or three years must perforen make her even pourer yet those who are left to work will have to the money and that can only be done by increased taxation, As it is, the lower clasere are taxed to their utmost whilst the middle

. classes have been robbed of their land in a manner that is not only hearisending bạt shameful, and in many cases have been reduced beggary. Japan seem to be unconsciously billing the " goose with the golden egga she may now day awake to the litter fact that. her rapacity has brought about its own punishment." -Mekiki.

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ble rapidity. The Aigu who had advanced during the first 1 hours in absolute silence and without any lights over ground 5 rongh that they entered many casualties from this canse

of this in the report of the Geological Survey of Fadia for 19 in which it is recorded that "I to the Hills will lift mine eyes.

the Director was placed on official duty by the Becretary last year, with the object of visiting From whence doth como taine ald."

Oertain metallurgical and chemical work in It was Lord Young's activity of mind and England and Ireland and obtaining informa- his aptitude in sizing upon the craz of cases tion on special pointe having a bearing on that male bim impatient of slowness and dia- Indian mineral products which have come into

The Hochi Shimbun, which is distinguishing cursiveness in counsel. He was in the habit of prominence during the last two years, and taking the examination of witnesses on, of the which are believed to occur in quantities and itself by the accuracy of its news from Formats,

describes as a desperate affair the attack which ward movement and compelled to entrooch them- nove, were actually checked in their for. hands of counsel. This was Illustrated one day ander conditions promising for development. in au aetion of damage for Assault. As miner

salves in a position which seems to have afforded Acording to the report data were obtained calminated in the occupation of Chintomas. The rataras

Ritar from Fermosa sud pan are

The Alya, numbering about 50, under the the box the miner entered

very poor shelter, being commanded at several lacking.

BAY--"Never mind where bege would more especially in connection with the following leadership of Japanese sud under the command points from placer available to the enemy.

lives--he's a points(1) The anitability of Indian bunxitais-obief of Chief Inspector

Hayakawa moved ont Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ending minar, and

The arrival of re-inforcements numbering there." WAS

Having aked a witness for the manufacture of pars alamias for export be as the one man hit out at the other, bis tu alaminium emelting works; (2) the utilization/at v p.ra, on June 5 and eatared the enemy'storri 100 men with a machine gun did not ment it now sofforing is acute at 10a.m. 1o-day, 0.10 inchoa.

Lordship inquired of counsel what more be of bre-products in coko-making: (3) the ores tard

on the following,

at 8 n.. after a matters much, for the features of the ground The forecast for the 34 hours anding at noon wante

wanted. Then he told the witness he might go, suitable for the smelting of copper and the three days they were continuously fighting and Hayakawa fully decided, therefore, that the

maroh for more then

protected the savages almost completely. Colone! Hongkong & Neighbourhood(*) today is as follows:-

There was a long pause. The lestued counsel manufacture of copper sulphate and su'pharis atood at the bar dangling his watch guard and acid; (4) the question of exporting the richer advancing. The sareges proved themselves only sourse offering any hope of suocess was a seals the while, and at last he broke the silence and purer ores of iron and the manufacture of intimate knowledge of the ground and their to on June 8, but exactly when it was pat

exceedingly

Their respinte charge. This determination was dome with these words: Will your La ship call iron and steel in India; (5) the comparison of great sgility onsbled them to take advantage of operation the account does not indicate. At all your next witness?"

Indian manganese ores with those received from the abundant cover which presented itself, and events the morning of Jana 9 saw the Aiyn in When Lord Young received the freedom of other parts of the world at the steel works in they were thus able to deliver their tire in virtual Dumfries, in June 1903, he recalled, in the the North of England; (6) the question of

complete possession of the aavages' strong hold course of his speech, a

on the heights of Obintoren. It had been The account speaks of them as showing costly charge. Out of the 500 men who made memory of Thomas manufacturing ferromangasess and spiegeleisen erity for themselves. Carlyle. He said I first saw Tom Carlin in in India. The Director's report on all these lizard like faculty of climbing rocks to dischargo 180 had fallen, including their gallant leader, (*) W. to S.W. winds, light ir moderate; my father's house, and my father called my important matters has been submitted to the their picces and then disappearing with incredi-Hayakawa

Government of India-Englishman.

which is from which virili

of view. The

Servants are

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pu any previous occasion when measures of redress bare been adopted. But it differs in ila

alatt

matare from that which oxisted on the previous necasions in one important part

particular, and, swing to

to the fecia which bare

been dwelt the preceding paragraphs, needs, wo submit, different treatment. The GONSEQUENCES of in the value of the currency may be in part redressed by exchange competention based on the principle of bringing the dollar back to this value. But neither of them remedies is filted to west satisfactorily the converse caso of a

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Formoes Channel...

South coast of China between Hongkong and smocka South coast of Chins between

Hongkong and Hainan

thunder shoWOŻS,

W. to SW winds, moderate or fresh. ?

Sam: as No.1

Samare No. 1,

most arduous m

formidable adversaries.

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