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INSURANCES

THE GLOBUS INSURANCE COMPANY OF HAMBURG.

THE Undersigned, having been sppainted AGENTS for Las shove Company, are prepared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE at Current Ratos.

CARLOWITZ & Co. Hongkong. 13th August 1906.

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AACHEN AND MUNICH FIRE IN. SURANCE CO. OF ATI LA-CHAPELLE

THE

THE Undorsigned, having hour, appointed AGENTS for the above Comming, are prepared to ACCEPT RISK8 against FIRE at Current Raton.

REGTER, BROOKELMANN & CO.,

Agenta. Ilegkong, at April, 1397,

114

TORTH BRITISH AND MERCAN-

TILE INSURANCE COMPANY. TOTAL FUNDS AT 1st DaosMERE, 196 217,837,119

I. AUTRE CAPITAL... £3,000,000 Suescaired CAPITAL... 2,750,000 PAID-UP CAPITAL COM 687,500 0 II. FIRE FUNDS............. 9,388,720 19

The Undersigned, AGENTS for the shou Company, are prepared to ACCEPT RISKS ́against FIRE at Current Ratas.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.. Agenta. Hongkong, 27th April, 1907.

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TWO

FOR SALE

FOR SALE.

WO VERY VALUABLE PIECES OF LANDED PROPERTY Situate at CANTON near the Hongkong, Canton and Maono Steamboat Company's Wharf and facing the river. The lots contain by admonuremont 50"change" or thereabouts, Title Dooda can be seen of the Oos of the Undersigned.

For further particulare, apply to

GOLDRING & BALLOW, Solicitors.

10, Quer's Road Contral. Hongkong, 22nd May, 1907.

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THE KING OF SIAM.

HONORARY DEGREE OF LLD.

THE KING'S PRIZE

For the fourth time in the history of the 20's and King's Prize at Wimbledon formerly, and now at Bisley at the annual ridu meeting of the National Rifle Association bas

the

Thore was a touch of moistoholy about the conferment of the honorary Cambridge degree of LL.D. upon the Ki g of Siam, saya a mail paper. It had been intended that the ceremony • great honour of the year fallen to a. Colonial should take place at Devonshire House, in fall marksman, Canada, with Hayhurst and Porry, academical state, but the unfortunste illness of has won it twice, and once has it gone to a the Duke of Devonshire, the Chancellor of the Guernsey. This year it has been won by lieut. Channel Lelander in the person of Priaulx of University, deprived the occasion of all but the bars and necessary essentials. No one, except Addison of the Australian riflisan, with au two or three gentlemen directly interested in

aggregate over the three stages of 318 points. This is the matter, was present in the gallery that Customers and the Gomaral Public that they overlooks the garden at the back of Daronships last year when Captain Davies won with the eix points less than the winning Bore of

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the Vinn-Chancellor of Cambridge Craster, of Rhodesia, comingcond with 323. extremely fine total of 324, a Colonial, Trooper Mr. Roberts, the master of Caius, followed the Bid it is three puts batter than tho winn hedels of the University up the staircase and into the almost empty room. With the vice Comber come out first with 315 points.

ing score of 1905, when Armourer-Borgt, chancellor came the senior and junior pront virs,

A Mr. Donaldson, the was er of Magdalen, Dr. Try unfortunate incident has marked the Mason, the master of Pembroke, Dr. Oscar contest for the King's Price this year, as the Nan Action in the CHANCERY DIVI- Living, the rear being brought up by four effaished with 319, or one point more than the Browning, Professor Westlake, and Professor telegram folls us, Armourer W. G. Padgatt, of the lat Val, Batt, East Yorkshire Reg., had SION of THE HIGH COURT of

the proctors bulldogs, in thair dress-ocator Australiad man, JUSTICE in ENGLAND, in which

blue, with gilt button. The doctors, in their

But it was found, on a THE MORGAN CRUCIBLE COMPANY, rober of ross-coloured silk, and the vice-chancelFest being made, that he had claimed, on the LIMITED were PLAINTIFFS, and which lor, in his severely simple dress of scarlet clot Ercund that one cartridge was bad, to fire an was brought to restrain infringement of

and while fur, made an interesting picture as

extra round, and apparently that was allowed by TRADE MARKS and passing off, the Defon-

for a moment they awaited the coming of the

the Range Officer in charge at thai

particular clauta submitted (inter alia) to a perpetual

King of Siam.

section of the firing points. This seems to as Injonction restraining them their Servants and

to have been altogether wrong, for eve

even if it Agents

a case of bad hang-fire, the discharge of the ris must be held to constitute a shot for the partore of the competition, if the trigger has been pulled If there has been no discharge of the rife, ss

FOLIX TILLat & Co's Gnomers Rozsau & Co's

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In a very short time bis Majesty also mounted the staires, preceded, like the vice-chancellor, by the bedels, bearing their silver insignia of affee, and followed by four of his suits and of the Siamese Legation. He was wearing his rohes as a doctor of laws, and the Publica of a misre owing to some defeat of the Orator, Dr. Saudys, lost be time in introdau siker in the brunch action, or faulty cap, or ing bit to the vice chancellor. In a Latin deteriorated cordits in the cartridge, it oaumat speech of grest longth he referred to his affirmed that there has been a shot for the Majesty's industry on his subjects' baualf, his purpose of the competition. In such a case acquaintance with European systems of law.

there would be a fresh cartridge supplied, sud and his kindly feeling towards this nountry, sion of for examination. In one of the rates it the defective curtridge would be taken posses After regrotting the fact that the King was is provided that "when once a competitor has anable with his own eyes to University which thus welcomed him, Dr.

take up his position for firing he shall not Sandya concluded by making a pressatation at the firing point before he has either retired of the King to the congregation. The vicabat lave many be given by the Hange Officer to from the competition or has completed his firing, obancellor responded by formally admitting bim to the doctor's degree. In English hoy competitor who may find it necessary by then invited his Majesty to sit upon a shair reason of a mishap to his rifle or ammunition,

to fall out for

100 tio

at his right hand, and, after a womout'e blowing of purpose of rectifying it, or creting on the Range Ofiger in specified centia- This rale confers a certain lis

pause, In the same language sought the King's permission to dismine the congregation. The procesion was reformed, the rice chancellor sad the row Royal doctor quitting the gallery together and the little ceremony, which in all only lasted ten minutes, was over.

MARK TWAIN IN LONDON.

Rising from his three hours' after breakfast nap, Mark Tanin looked out of his window and searched for Midsummer.

An Evening News" representative, who called to apologise on behalf of the British pation for the fact that Midsummer and its Day had missed each other, asked for a suitable expression on the subject.

extra shot" in the telegram as meaning that gencies, but if we are to understand the phrase. there was no discovery of the defective cartridg until it was actually-fred, it is clear, we think. bat the Range Officer aated quite outside his powers, and contrary to the principles of com- petition, to live rllowed another shot on any profart whatever. The Officer in charge of the Range Offcors Dpartment would at anon report the csee to the Committee, of whom most of the members are on the spot through- gut the meeting, and the committee can thue ba doused at the shortest notice. There can be no debt that the proper decision was arrived at, and the value of the points mado by the ext shot were deleted from the

The reply was that Mr. Clemens, not singer-Singapore Free Press. as young as he used to le, had to take care of

his constitution, and avoid exciting and ex.

haustive sperobes. The interviewer was re- PROFESSOR HAECKEL'S LECTURE, quested to get a dicliorary and help himself,

After ascertaining hat bis soorotary was alive in spite of the areges of callers upon

Professor Ha-ekel, of Jena, the eminent his vitality, Mark Twain put on his clothes moist, whose public appearances are exceed. and smoked several cigars to bring himself anjingly care, lectured recently before a distin- appetits for lunch.

guished audience of scientists from all parts of Germany on the "Problem of Man. Zoological Institute of the University of Jens produced all its treasures, skeletons of a gorilla, of man of various raees, of aps decorating the platform.

The rues turcing ont unsuccessfat, he took Mr. Ashcroft with him to represent him on the

bear er pourses.

Mr. Clemens's lunch engagement was with Bir Norman and Lady Lockyer, who are close friend of the great humourist."

Mark Twain's next appointment was with Mr. T P. O'Connor to have tea on the Torrsoe. Learning that he would be in time for the debate on the Lords, he wondered if he could get a peorage.in time to qualify him for a seat in the Paure Gallary, so that he might soaps from the weather, and ba tulled to sleep by the spreoboa

He bas devoted bis week ond to planning a way to become a Mabarajsh, The flisa dresses at the Windeor garden party have quite charmed him, and if he can get a san hand one cheap he may wear it when he lands

New York.

But if it is possible he will find a place where there is a vacancy for a Maharajal, and wear a dozen jewelled costumen a day.

The Proch dianer to Mark Twain was fixed for July 9, at the famous "Panch" table, and "if all goes well Mark Twain hopes to present the staff with a brand new joke, first faking it to the Patent Office sad having its points minulely described na a registered speci.

fication."

He recapted an invitation from the Lord Major of Liverpool to a banquet on July 10.

A 300-TON SAFE.

The tank-breaker will have to be a wonder fully expert cracksman to be able to lost the most recent design of the New York bank aufe.

Ono put in the strong vault of the new Chemical Bank bailding is a marvel of con struction in iron and steel work. It is apparently built for all time, and meant to dely not only unliuary bank robbers but every cou ceivable danger of earthquako, civil riots, and the crack of doom itssif. A succession of dynamite explosione might conceivably shatter the safe and disclose its inner recesses and the sacurities entrusted to them, but it is diffent to forecast any imaginable circumstances even in rod revolution under which such a result would be attempted. It is significant, however, that though there has been no instance in the last quarter of a century of a bank's steel safe being broken through, the New York banks are aiming at the some of security.

The vault in which the Chemical Bank's safe is deposited goes down to a depth of forty feat. The foundation and walls are of masonry and concreta, and in the vault itself the rafo resto on a number of concrete piers. A narrow pasago runs round three sides, and by an ingenious arrangement of mirrors the watchman passing along the gangway in front can see every part of the back and sides, as well as the open niches under the safe. The safe itself weighs 300 tons. There are Ave layers of stoo!, made by the best processes for giving strength, both by the Beemer and the open-hoarih method. The outer dabe has a weight of six tons, is 16ft. high, 20ft, wide, and 20ft. long, and the inner door is of proportionate dimovsions.

Another peculiar protective devios, is an arrangement of steam-pipes along the passages, from which, in onse of a riot and an attack upon the bank jets of hot steam could play open the, safe, solding the sesailante. The safe in the outcome of fifty years' experience of sale

Failding.

An equally remarkable device for im mediately anavancing the presence of an inter- loper and enterprising barglar is the tell-tale disguised tinfoil curtain, with which electric wires are connected from the janitor's apart- ments in the upper part of the building. Pres sure upon the wall of the safe will set the bell ringing, and promptly bring upon the scene the Ceiberas of the bank.

The

After paying a tribute to the early work of the Swedish Daturalist, Linnaeus, as the predecessor of Darwin in the theory of descent, Haeckel claimed Darwin as the man who established for all time the morphological relationship of men and apos It is not to be understood by relationship, said the lecturer, that mat bay ban descended from some existing type of ape, but rather that he and the existing anthropo de bad ous common ancestor porhaps in the remote Tertiary period that thie acestor was descended from a still more remote "half-ape," which in turn descended from some insect-sating boast of mammal sitnity.

This line of descent, claimed Haeckel, is new accepted by scientists will greater certainty has any theory about the descont of the elephant or the whale. As for the religious or philosophical consequences of snob a theory, it was immaterial whether man's origin was found in

fle region of species of mammalia; for example, the sheep, as apes or in that of other Professor Virchow once sarcastically suggestel. However our pride may rebel against this

very of descent, it remains a fact that so group of animale approaches nearer to man than the spes

Professor Haenkel paid an e'nquɔat tributà to Huxley for his work showing how close their of those who point out anatomical differences in relationship was. Dealing with the objections the legs, feel, brain, &c., who lay stress on pathies, his nobler feelings, Haeckel said that, man's consciousnese of good and evit, his sym- although these objections had hie entire sym- pathy, there would be thought, be more in tellectual pleasure among mon on thie

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