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HOME AND CHINA AFFAIRS,

(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)

WAS

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27TH, 1907.

the compulsory registration, which requires every male Chinese and every child to furnish eighteen finger prints. It the Transves] Government fails to meet their wishes volan-. tarify, the Association call upon the Chinese Minister to protest to the Imperial Government in London, with a view either to the protection of the free Chinesa from derogatory regulations or their free transport to Chins, with compensation for the disturbance of their business in South Africa. I am informed that Li Ching-fang is investigating the matter with the intention of taking it up with Sir Edward Grey, if the aircumstances warrant such a step, and any good can result.

POLITICAL,

abira Post" says on this matter:

"IN TOWN."

Last night Pollard's Lilliputians re-opened with the musical conv dy, "In Town," to en admiring audience at the Theatre Royal, The jacos abounds in ludicrous situations and em. barrassing predicaments, and the cloverness with which the juvenilen made the most of these was appareat, and earned for them the warm enthusiasm of the audience. Without doubt the young Australiane scored another success in this comedy, which shares with "The Belle of New York" much pretty mais and spectar las excellency, while the armer threads on which the plot is hung ronder it easier to discern, and follow than the piece mentioned,

gions extricate him from izèriminating positions

THE LATE MR. GEORGE MILDMAY DARE.

The Singapore Free Press of Deo, 16 saye It is with deep regret that a large number of the European community hore, as well as numerone friends in Japan, will learn that Mr. George Mildmay Dare, oneof the oldest residents Eingapore, and conucted with this place of

died yesterday morning from his early infancy. at his residance, "The Lake," at des minutes to nine o'clock, after a long and oxhausting illpens. Of a strong constitution and fond of energetic exercise all his life, it was not until partial at Christmas, 1901, that an attack of paralysis laid him aside from the native he so much enjoyed,

sithongh for a time he continued to take short harbour oruises in his pacht. On the occasion of his last health trip

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MORE JAPANESE WICKEDNESS. There is a party of Japanese now on the East Coast studying the British herring fisheries. They are visiting Yarmouth and Lowestoft and harping there everything they can of the handling of the fish market, and later in the curers Ixolorins. Their object, it in said, is to Japanoss herring set. The Japanese walers Boing fall of 1h, these enterprising gentlemen think they cin the Manchurian railway and supply the Russian demand for carod harrings quite as well na Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth, The East

Are alarmed, about it, for they book re-election on his advancement. Rapors the amorous." Dake of Doffshire", caused cof Labua pirates, and Mrs. Dare and the two Coast anch

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send thonet nds of barrels of fish to Russin avery year. Another Jopazete, Dr. Ariyorki, accom- panied by twe prot: syors sent by the Japanese government, to make 'en exhaustive study if the wosk a round of inspection of the Berlin sohooja.

AN INTERESTING STUDENT.

In the Berlin University list for this term is included the name of Mia Li Tan Zung, the soventeen year old daughter of a decensed Shang hai doctor. The young lady woars European clothes and is bent especially on a study of Ger. man and English literature. It was on the recommendation of the Chinese Minister in Berlia that she joined the seven hundred students at the Berlin University.

PERSONALIA.

Here are some pe.sozal paragraphe gatheral in the last few days. At Cadogan Court, S.W. the wife of Lieut. Col, Clarence D. Braes, chief of police at Shanghai, basa newly arrived won. A daughter has come to the wife of MÉE, T Bond, of Canton. The mother and child are ai Danmor in Ersies. The viour of St. Saviour's, Battersea Park, the Rev. B E. Showell, bas bobome engaged to Miss C. D. Lloyd, The lady lives with her mother in a flat at Prince of Wales mansions, Batterson Park. Her father. is Captain C. V. Lloyd of Hongkong.

BIG FURGEBY SENSATION,

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Another member of the Cabinet in receiving sympathy. Mr. Juba Merley has a stepson named John Aying, who is a J. P. and was recently a partner in the printing house of T. & A. Constable of Edinburgh. He has pleaded guilty to fire olurges of forgery, the forged signatures being afflzed to promissory notes to the total value of £3,350. In each ouse, it is alleged that the signature of Mr. John Morley was forged, and also the sigustare of Mr. Blaikie, a puriner in Constable's, as well sa the signatures of other well known mon.

DRUCE MAIOLIANA.

Kore

enthusiastically received, and the repeated encores told bow pleasingly they had been rendered by the Lilliputians. The piece was well dressed and mounted, the dialogue was pretty; the dancing graceful and picturesque, and no opportunity was lost. by the performers

to make the most of their parts,

To-night and to-morrow night "In Town" will be repeated, and on Balurday afternoon there will be a matinés performance of the comedy, when shildren will be admitted at half price.

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London, November 22nd. The Keisor like a wise man hos fled from our metropolis to Highlife, near Bournemouth, where he is taking a rest curs, the clief item of which is rushing through the Now Forest at any speed up to sixty miles an hour-local police being emostricken out of regard for speed rostriction. To have stayed anywhere near London, would indeed, have been a queer sot, for we are living in a city of driedful night, donas feg banging over ur, effectually shutting out all light, no that high noon

to Europe, while staying at Monte Carlo is a dark as midnight. But last work

Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman is much

serious heart trouble, declared itself, and na a The earnestnees with which the people of result Mfr. Dare had to abandon any occupation hotter and when tho Kaiser and Kaiserin - better after the rest which has followed his. paid their visit to the City to receive a welcome collapse at Bristol, but he has been ordered to Lilligat entered into the spirit of the piece that would can even the slightest exertion or at the Guitall all the sir was clear and bright. taken foreign holiday for some weeks. Partia ovoked the boundless enthusiasm of the audience, excitement. Since then, with some brief hopeful In eosequence the strasts were crowded to meat will not mout, according to present many of whom will no doubt not be satisfed intervals, his strength gradually failed putil the record dimensions and the gresting given to arrangemente, until the latter end of Jaunary, until they have witnessed the performance a

Born at Pokhara en March

1840, the the royal visitors was such as to make the day and by that time the Premier hopes to be freel

second time. Euch sooos ding item yns heartily lato doorge Dare was the son of Gerge inlius memorable Whatever may be the jealousies gain. In the time there are all kimia of applauded last night, and must be gain to night Vere, commander of the abip Medis, trading between this country Germany they wore Tumours of impending changes in the Cabinet, and to-morrow night by those who attend and to the Far East. He came out from England Certainly forgot that day, and the six mil On one malter the reports are agreed➡that în

appreciate an unusually excellent performance. round the Cape in 1811, as a young child af just over a year old, in his father's shir bin qvation received by the Kaiser clearly gratified any changes Mr. Lloyd George and Mr. Teddies Me Nemurs as "Captain Arthur ad mother, Mrs. Dare, who was a Miss Farker of kim. The Kaiserin is net with him at Highcliffe: Winston (barchi) will go higher.

dington" was host in himself, his ready Capetown, being also on board. The ship The Loudon correspondient of the York adaptability and keen wit which on many coca-Bracelets Bronining leica to await the birth sho be returned to Berlin.

here "According to certain gossips the sorvices of scamping the youthful thespian as a credian of her second chid, and Capt. Dare proceeding Whampoa. After the birth Mr. Lloyd George and Mr. Winston Churchill of so mean ability: Freddie Hoints gave on of Julius Dare, Mrs. Dare and her children are to be rewarded a step in such case. The excellent interpretation of his part as the took

în the

Indiamnu East President of the Bons of Trade, it is aai, Rev. Samvel Hopkins", while his brother

Viscount

At present China is in need of manufacturing Alelburue for Whampoa to join Captain Dare. Unfortunately this plant of all kinds and she wants to buy, but the to go to the Colocial. Ofoe, from which Lord Johnny as "Shrimp the esll boy, was capital, ship was roked on the Lostconia Shcal Chinees Lave only the vaguest idea of what is aofually required for factories and the cost and Elgin is to retire, and Dr. Winston Churchill The same yeanguter also extrated much in the Palawan Fassage, and the is to be made the chief of the great commercial department of the kingdom. In the event of genuine Lumeur from his pourtrayal of ore and orew bad to take to their honts and they have to be taught. What would facilitate **Hoffman," a hall porter. "Lord Clanside," make for Singapore, Mrs Dare and her tw business more than anything else would be for manufacturers in the United Kingdom to com- these forecasts proving accurate; a contest will

children were in the Capivin's boat, which was be rendered necessary in North West Manches youthful nobleman anxious to see the world, the first to reach Singapore An exciting bine, and sent out expert agents prepared to ter, on, unlin the President of the Board of as a character which Miss Lillie Ball took incident occurred during the fortnight they teach what is needed and the price. There is

the British Engineering Company of Egypt is TUNED AND REPAIRED they were overtouled by two large boats full Trade, Mr. Winston Churchili would have to meet eFectively, whils in Harold Fraser's bends weco in an open buit. Off the Borneo Coast an example of this nearer home. I believe that A pembination of British manufacturers doing

# staff. also has it that the Premier may take advantage siderable amusement and aarred prolonged little ones were concealed beneath a sail in the exstly what is required in China. Establish of the redistribution of affairs to enter the less applause. The pretty reting and skilful daro bottom of the boat. Seeing the genuine distress such a company in Shanghai with

draw WP estimeter, plans, &c, and there should exacting regions of the House of Lords, tuding of little Mise Ivy Pollard as "Flo Fanel condition of the crew, the pirates did no competent to give all technical information, be no doubt as to the result. A few houses in in that event Lord Ripon would, it is be shawe" were bigbly appreciated, while Kitty harm to them and sheared off, the boat continu ing its voyage to the Singapore Straits. Masars

Graany are thus represented in Shanghai. trae, Dumber of German educational system, commenced this lived, obtain the relief from oficial duties Hellerton "the prima donna was the role in L. Jaboston's reduwn then stood near the

which Miss Eva Tollard scored, The extra river where the Master Attendant's older effee There are, it is be 80

agencies which it is generally understood

now stande, and it was from the verandah of that firms in Shanghai holding the muck desire. While those are the vagant dignity of the "Dachess of Daffshire"

Firma in China bavo moment probably little more than intelligent caused great amusement and earned Miss Olive godown that Mr. W. H. Read, who is still alivent of British speculations, it cannot be denied that iboral Moore a brilliant reception, while Lady interests to attend to and they are opinion generally acquinces in the desirability Gwendoline Hingaddia Miss Merlja Follard, Attendant's steps Dr. Little helpud Mrs. Dare anable to push the manufacturers' business as it By ber daughter wag appropriately and infant to land, while Mr. W. H. Read might be done by means of special expert

representatives. Such

experts, too. cau quote of some promotion being given to both Mr.

ois in girlish and gumbing. The many excellent

The Dog George out of the bont,

family resided here for years there- more favourable terms than general agents Lloyd George and Mr. Winston Charohill.

Тонд" mazioni ambers in In

after, the boys being taken home to England the United Kingdom and considerable Baring is for education at Brecon and at Cheltenham, effected. There are a few, too few, represent When about fifteen years of age, George Dare atives of this class in China, and one returned to Singapore and presently joined the informed me that not a weak passed without bis firm of Syme and Co. Atter five years there, being conunlted by Germen merchants, whereas he had two years' experience of business in during his residence of a year in the country Bangkok, whence he prooveded to Hongkong, there may have been a couple of British being at once given an appointment iu Rinden inquirers. It is surprising, therefore, that Phipps and Co., Foushow. Soms time after many British houses are represented in China wards Mr. Dure began his long connection with British Erma in comparison with their rivals in by German agents? Another complaint against

The students, led by a ringleader who stood Japen by joining the well known firm of it Nagasaki, subs quantly becoming a partner in that they are rarely able to quote ci.f, prices, up in their midat, sang a series of popular- the firm of McDonnki and Dare, brokers, and British manufacturers too often simply giva sorgs, through which the shrill roles of Misa the cost ex factory leaving the would-be pur-Pankbarat was heard at intervals making beting Yokohama, doing a large business also in silk.

The main part of Mr. George Daro's business chasers to imagine what even the fob prices references to nurseries and playthings.

Several cocupants of the gallery delivered career was associated with Japan, where in are likely to aggregate, I have painted one] Yokohama he spent altogether eighteen years,

side of the picture and no doubt there are many addresses to the students arging them to give instances in which the British manufactures, the speaker a hearing, and fually one of the and was during that time a prominent and popular member of the European community arm or agart scores over his rivals, but my lady stewardesses ventured into the middle of there. It was there that he lost his brother object in writing se I have done is to point out the excited mob of students and veheraently Julius and his mother within two or three days defects that have come to my notice in barangued that. The students formed a ring the hope that a statement of them my lead round her and cheered her to the coho, but the of each other, of cholers. Julius Dare was a

athlete, and a brilliant caraman, and his to remedies and an increase in British trade disorder only in oreased. andat a nadaos of which he was a member. Capt. Dare, who export. I have no wish to decry the British horself heard for a brief moment She cried, There are those who think that the Thames had been in business for years in Singapore had manufacturer or merchant. On the contray, I have written a note bere to Chief of Police. must be improved if it is to be made adequate to died long before that, and Mr. George Dare look- believe that ho is as competent as any of his asking him to eject the ringleaders, snd, it the needs of London as a port. This is also de-ed after his sisters until their marriage. One of rivals and that his goods are frequently superior, necessary, all the students, Shull I sund it

to Hut the only reply was an urroer words than monstrated by the fact that there is a scheme these in Mira W. R. Bosti, formerly of but his methods of doing business seem being mooted for the making of a ship canal, Singapore, another is Lady Jackson, wife of require adjustment so as to bring them more before, amid which Mies Pank uret sit down,.

into line with the commercial conditions now at the cost of some £30,0 0,000 sterling, from Sir Thomas Jaoksey, lately Manager of the. Storaham, on the cost of Sussex, to Londen, Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, prevailing in China. A gentlemen, & friend if eling on the next speaker, Mrs. Pankhurst. Such a projcot is, in fact, before the Royal a third in Mr. Whitworth Allen formerly of mine, not & British subject, in whois judgment Commission now endearing to let in mine Fenang, a fourth is Mrs. Hartigao, wife of Dr. 1 Lave great confidence, tells me that the 's speech, it was ten times worse when her meroinat in China bar, of all mother rose. The Brat incident was a solo on a light on the problems of ouuals and waterways Hartigan, formerly of Hongkong, and another British

is Mr. Abell, of Kobe, who passed through patiounlitics, the best head for business and that French horn, delivered by a solitary interruptor the main basis of the iden, its projectors Singapore a few days ago and spent a short time his one failing is lack of push. This opinion is in the side gallery, near the platform. It was hold that owing to the tuenols under the ❘ with her invalid brother,

the result of 43 years residence in China and ended by the musician being surrounded by a kuot of police and his instrument of torture Another witness is an old lady from Chrisi Thames, and to other difficulties, the river is While on visit to England Mr. George constant intercourse with commercial mes. church, New Zealand, who asserts that she was incapable of being dredged to and maintained Dare, in Jane 1877, married Miss Farashaw There is, teo, scaroltyof young British firms removed from hits.

Mrs, Pankhurst then ran areas the platform and asked him if he wouldn't be a good boy," introduced to the tradesmaduke, by Charles at a depth of 371t, to 40ft at low rater. of Knaresborough, Yorkabiro, Mr. and Mr. in Chins. Not so German. A young German Diakens, and she se ved as an optside corres.

Daring the past ten or fifteen years, the size

comes to Hongkong or China provided with a Dare Bubsequently spending some years in pondent, taking news and letters to the Duke, not only of the Western osean greyhounds but Japan, about 1885 Mr. Lare retired from small capital and backed by his friends at home. He smilingly consented, and shook hands with who was living in вд eccentris fashion faleo of all long-voyage craft has been ingress business in Japan returning to England, then He at once starts business, pushes it for all it: Mrs. rankhurat amid the prolonged cheers of An excited argument between a Suffragette Welbeck, thotelling under the ground so as to ing; and it is thought that in a few years time coming out again to Singapore and finally is worth, and aided by the banks is soon on the the audience.

If want of puak is a danger to British and an interrupter in the opposite gallery to avoid the public. Ila told her be bad taken the nearly all such vosals will be drawing from ttling down here in the scents of his early highway to success. name of Druce because he had married twice, in 36ft. to 401t, of water. But to give the Thames boyhood. He resided first at Carrington House, both cases to women of inferior rank, and by a navigable chancel of this depth up to the Mount Sophis, then at Abbotsford, and for interests in China, there is another danger that in which the lady was drew forth a ten minated roar of applause from the back gallery. which is more of the future than of the present both wives he had had children. Apparently Victoris Dook would it is maintained, destroy number of years past at "The Lake" hin own

all the present river walls, piers, tunnels under property on the banks of the Impounding Its affret has not yet been appreciably felt, but antil the lady sat down, defeated.

the whole of Mra. Pankhurst' poesh During it is done the less real. In India direct trade of both wises were living at the tima. Zealand, but she asserts that a few weeks ago support the canal scheme, nothing short of a

This witness brought an old diary from New port the qual sohenceforthing those who Boservoir. It wat oping to chronio asthmas

g standing that his wintering in Singapore between the native an! the manufacturer is the student remained standing, and sang of steadily increasing and the services of the sheered without interruption. Two free fights while looking into a shop window she had the great ship canst can save to the Metropolis its was neo saary, bat the alternate summera were diary snatoled from onder her arm. The place as the nation's chief port; and they add invariably speut in trips to Europe and Japan, middleman are being disponsed with. The took place between students and madeadvocates of thus enabling Mr. and Mrs. Dero to maintain system has began in China, and Chinese women's suffrage, fa one of which a policeman's merchants' especially in the metal trade, are helmet was knocked off. A long interval of magistrate upheld the objection of the that without such a canal it must soon begin to lawyers for the deferce that the copy of the lose the proud pro-eminence given to it by its constant touch with many old friends both in

England and in Japan.

already ordering direct themselves as well as babal followed Mrs. Pankhurst's attempted The Straits Times says:-On Christmas Day, for others. That the system will develop with speech during which the students, with linked diary she had with her in court could present auzinal tonnage of 19,000,000.

Syne." According to the tobeme, the canal would be be used refresh her memory; not haring

The students then filled the ball with the been made at or about the time of the forty-seven miles long, with a large and easily 1841, Mre, Daru with her two children, George, education and increasing knowledge there arms, rang" Auld Lang

with the rapidity fumes of siphurelied hydrogen. A few swall events do cribed. Nevertheless the old lady has accessible natural barbour at the shansel end, aged two, and Julius, an infant, left Singapore cannot be the least doubt, and although it

Macne by the ship Viaconat Meibourne, but will not spring ap while that the engineering difficulty to be overcome,

the China Ses, as it became wrecked, and the and it will grow. Not alone British but all the police, a stont ringleader of the interrupters trouble would be no more than a financial one.

Mre Pankhurst finally It is suggested that the exnal should be 300ft passengers and the orew left her in five boats. foreign intereals will be affected; and the being rescued by his comrades from the very slectricity, thus allowing of the same speed by encountered a gang of pirates, and the occupants these who are content with modest profite, resorted to the expodions of hurrying from the trade is a commission business, and when the to the Press, which was, however, barely andible. night us by day, and entirely obviating the of the boat commanded by the taptsio, in which Even now the great bulk of the foreign import platform and delivering an impassioned address

thrilling experience.

Chinese merchant is ■fficiently educated and She

of women Suffragists continued the arcessity of holding vessels up in times of fog, Mrs. Dara and her children were seated, Lad as is how the case on the river. By its mean

While they were engaged in prayer-it was trusted be will do his best to save the quand font tres warned her bearers that if the present it is argued, a passage of 300 miles would be shortened to one of 50.

Sunday morning the "proa" containing the At present the foreign middleman is simply hit women would have to resort to manonline guarantee that his order will be properly methods, the nature of which she did not The projectors put forward

numerons ob pirates bore down upon them, At firs: the jections to the proposed great barrage at pirates were not considered as such, 8, in executed and his sasistant for fusncing his specify. Miss Christabel Pankhurst, flashed but pretty, next aprang to her feet, and delivered an inaudible address of defiance. Gravesend. They also cite the Manchester response to the waving of white cloth in tot en translotions P.

where 35 miles of waterway were of amity, they repeated the performance. 1t bip Care at the 1984 of £16,500,000. Other was not until he's had mat, and the strangers constructed somewhat similar schemes before the Royal announced that they had come on the scene to Commission aru (1) a barge canal from Bir acadust the unfortunato

people in shore, Over and over again investors have bemingham to the Mersey at au estimated cost of that it was suspected they were pirates,

Another branch of the Suffragette army, led told by their brokers during the last three £2,500,004; (2) a joint one from London to On the strangera assuming a threatening at

by Miss Adels Pankhurst and Miss Arnie months that prices have touched bottom, anl.

Dover and Southampton; and (3) another from titude, by their fastening a rattan rope from

Kenney, ambushed Mr. Haldane on the Sheffield Li Ching-fang, the new Chinese Minister,

their ean by no possibility go any lower. Yet those

the Midland centre to Bristol; all of which are

launch

to the bea, the Captain

railway pl.iform and presented petition, to who has just arrived at the Legation in Port who have bought on this ageuranoe have seen

what should be done

orders to out and rup, and wil latter gave

which they demanded au sugwer. A largo one blow from a out'uss the rope was severed and Place, bss for the first watter requiring the fall continue, and brokers and clients alike mentioned as indicating

for the Metropolis by a ship onnal.

in attendance in case of police was have been left wondering whether there is any his attention a petition from the Chinese

Amongst the other res one that are advanced limit to the downward tendency, The bona- Association in the Transvaal. Under the new

investor whe. trusts his security need file

一般のも on bobslf of the scheme is the supposition that tuslly opened fire, first from their rifles and interrupters, and Miss Christabel Pankhurat emergencies Mr.aldane refused to make any

it would (a) enable the

do in concert with bis largest ships to be built then from a swivel, and one of the shots passed found it practically impossible to obtain promise, saying that whatever he did he would

colleagues. Asiatic Law Amendment. Act. pd by

trouble himself greatly about this. If he

(b) increase the yearly tonnage between the Captain and Mya Dare, and then heating.

At night Mr. Haldane addressed a meeting વા опе of the lascars the Traner sal Gorerament, the Chinese are

centre of the great gallery of Birmingham in the town hall, and was twice interruptod a wise man who has made up his mind the Thames; subjected to the same conditions of registration not to sell, and who does not trust his (0) erable the biggest battleships to be brought scraped a piece off the soull as British Indians. They call themselves the Judgment to buy in these troubled times, his up the river; (d) enable vessels.coming from the who sat at the bow of the boat. In coarse of Town Hall was occupied by a solid block of over by Sufragetie supporters, who were promptly.

reading the stock

to avoid the dangerous Goodwins; (e) time, the pirates reached the boat again and they 200 students from Birmingham University, who frye Chinese population of the Transvaal, and simple bats nur the put the whole subject solve all the problems of the Thames at boarded her. There was no bloodshed, however, bed sous to the meeting well supplied with elected The Suffragette leaders were not number eleven hundred, mainly resident in out of his head for the time being. While swoop; (f) open up a new aronus by which the during the time they were on board, but they Jokasnesburg. They resent the regulations de pression hangs over the Cuy and acts on toiling millions might get easily and quickly on helped themselves to all the values they can whistles, rattler, bells, mouth organs, and other allowed to enter the hall,

the luxury trades, the great staple industries exparsions to the Channel; (g) bring judastrial lay their hands upon. After having been that Miss Christabai Pankhurs, flashed but being applied to them which are intended to of the country enjoy unabated prosperity. prospority to two, if not to three or four, of the thirteen days in the open boat, the unfortunates determined, rose to her feet pandemonium plaxion, Ma. Ellen's Creme Charmante. Lait restrict Asiatics from arriving in the Transvas! The indestries which our Terit Roformers southern counties (hi occasion the rise of now arrived in Singapore, and on their arrival at the reigned supreme. During the greater part of Charmant and Special Skin Tonio and Poudre and they declare that the free Chinese, who are declared to be dying have all this time asserted town and village and (1) give some years of Master Attendant's steps, Mre. Dare and her her speech the proceedinge maat bare rounded to Charmant will suable you to do it. Her to ovary unemployed man in the Metro-children, who had suffered great privation, were those outside the hall more like a particularly Specialities for the Skin are the study of a old residents and storekeepers of good standing stationary exports are likely beforo the end of

amisted ashore by Dr. Little and Mr. W. II. enthusiastic smoking concert than a political ifetime. A. S. Watson& Co., Ltd., Sole Agents for the most part, ahould be expressly exempted this year to reach a point at which they will be polin

It is also proposed to construct a big high Road. from the Act. Particularly do they objent to double what they were thirty years ago,

FOR THE CHINESE NAVY.

The London correspondent of the Birming hum Iost" claims good authority for the follow ing paragraph..

According to advices received in an official gaarter here from Peking, it may be expected that early next year the Chinese Imperial Go wernment will take steps for the building in British yards of a number of warship, and for the appply by British and Continental firms of artillery, small arms, and ammunition. If Japan had been able to furnish facilitier, these con tracts would in all probability have been for the greater part placed in that country, as the military and naval scheme to be carried out has boon devised chiefly by the Japanese experts in the Chiness service,

LUAN RUMOURS,

It is report-din New York, according to a

The remarkable Druce case which is again before the courts is rousing as much interest as ever, snd whenever a hearing is on the Court is crowded with Society ladies, anxious to gain a now thrill from this web of romanos and mystery. The present action is gaiust Mr. Herbert Druor, the holder of the Baker Strest Batear, for perjury, he having stated in

evidence that he saw the dead T. C. Draus in big coffin, whereas an Irish-American wiluess named Caldwell has sworn that he personally filled the oufin with lead and conducted a sham funeral, ter T. C. Drace was not dead at all, but merely wished to be reckoned so, as he was really the Duke of Portland, living under a dual set of conditions as Duke at Welbeck Abbey, and as tradesman at Baker Street,

Lo

cable published here; that Wa Ting Fang, the nor Chinese Minister at Washington, will shortly open negolistiona with a view to ad attempt to lost a foreign loan for China to the amount of £5,000C0. Judging by the stringency of the money market in America just now, even after the frantic efforts of Mr. Cortelyou and the President to allay the pasio, the United States is about the last place to begin raising money in. The Tromsdry issue of certificates and the Panama Canal bonde just jasued are nearer at band, even though they American Avarder wacts to invest be can at this She has been a considerable traveller. It was in Boston that Charles Dickens engaged ber for and subsequently in the Amog" she sailed from Hongkong to the Fiji Islands, and thence The Russian government, is, heat, preparto New Zealand. She is accompanied by ing to rearrange and strengthen the financia! young Irish Colonial girl whose quick brain is vid-atly feared by the defeudsats conseel, for agencies in London and Paris se as to make they lake every opportunity of keeping the two more + ficient means for attracting attention to separated while the case is in progress, the industries and agricultural posibilities of Biberis. The matter will also be taken up in the United States, for Russia is anxious to interest. British, American and French capital for the development of Siberia, especially on the side of manufactures and exports.

GIGANTIC PROJECT TO COST THIRTY

MILLIONS.

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and the handling of British, trede import mod Finally Miss Pankburst succeeded in making

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may not offer auch high percentages, but if thosfood the test of cross-examination very well. and the Dorking Hills aro said to be the only for got no further than Luconia Shoal in of Jonah's gourd, it is even now a tiny sapling free Bghts took place between the, students and mement get home rails which will vield him up the Juke, and after that she travelled to India wide, with a depth of 40ft. It would be lit by Feur. days after they left the ship, the boats eurvival of the fittest will mean the aurtiva) of arms of the law.

to twelve per cent.

SIBERIAN DEVELOPMENT,

SOUTH AFRICAN CHINESE.

DON'T COUNT YOUR LOSSES. Such is the heading of an editorial in the Westminster Gazette, from which the following excerpt was taken:

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way alongside of the canal.

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Then the organ burst forth into a Buffragist SUFFRAGETTES HOWLED DOWN. hymn, and the ladies on the platform fled off

Waring their handkerchiefs in defiance at the. yelling crowd of students in the gallery,

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