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wanish in the distribution in bankruptcy, as the result of my decision is that they are not secured creditors; but the estopper is required for quits another purpoa. It is not a simple case of estopper at all, but as ruedingly complicated one. It is to cure a defect in the claimant's titie, to manko a lender the possessor of document which may, he treated as a security and this is to be tested by just the same methods as if it were a document of title proving him to be the satnál purolisser of the good. This defect is the absence of sortsin- al; the absence of severance of the bags of

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11TH, 1908.

“a merel ant imported goods into this Colony, not under contract, at may, a prios of $200 a šalo, and in consequence of the market falling he was unable to sell them at a higher price than $100, and he sold them to the Chinese at that price." By the words of this clause there was no doubt that he could recover-from the compradore the loss of $100 par bale which he had suffered by means of the falling market.

PAST TEST MATCHES,”

T

ENCOB AND HECOLL" CTIONS,

It is probable that England and Australia have never been more evenly matobed than they

ruat the present time.

THE COTTON CRISIS EXPLAINEDŲ

has been carried to high pitob, the con

Jizat because on both sides organisation vulsions through which the cotton industry is now passing present a problem of the deepest interest,

It is interesting, to recall that the Best Test match took place at Melbourne in 1872, when Australia won by 45 rass The first interns-

On the one band is the Master Cotton Spin- tional mesting in this country was at the Ovaler Federation. The world's total of sutton in 1880. England won by fire wickets, and spindles; in other words, taking the whole of epinning machinery is, roughly, 10,000,00 Mr. Palook That loss. would not come out W. Grace distinguished himself by scoring-the-gigbe, there are about 1,6 mills Of the

152-the-drst century made in Test matches 1,000 are soncentrated in Lauenshire Twe of the compradore's pocket.

in this country. The Brat Englishman to make thirds are enrolled in the federation. It is a fr Slade Undoubtedly it would. Proceed-century against Australis "down under" was vast combination, and it is purely a capitaliste

KING EDWARD VII LIQUEUR WHISKY, WHITE LABEL.

PERFECT IN MELLOWNESS, AGE, AND RIGHT WHISKY TO TAKE. NO ILL FLATOUR,

Hour which the advance was made from the ing, Mr. Slado put the supposition before the George Ulyett, who, playing" magnificent trade union. The main purpose for which it POSPRIETORS:

to import goods for Chinese, the price being bulk of flour in the godowns. In this respect I erre more ant entering into an agreement must put the new claimants as on a dovol with taken in dollars while the cost to the merchant the old ones; that if to say, that they were shown for importing from abroad war sterling. I sold the bulk, and that they also, being a grostat a price which would cover bim.cn. (he rate of quantity of Hour, were satisfied that there was exchange of the day. But if the merchant desired enough to cover their intended advance, It is to gamble and did not fx his exchange at the here that so much play was made with Woolley time he made bis eintract, and exchange wwut v. Corentry, because the estoppar in that once against him so bust the contract dollar prise bad actually to do with the fact that the which he received eventually from his ous goods ware not ascertained by Coventry, tomer did not cover him, by the clanse md it is bere that the argument became,

mentioned, he sculd reenver the amount he as appears from what I have already aid, so

operatives.

EFFECTS.

THE DISTILLERS-CO., LTD, EDINBURGir.

SOLE AGENTS:-

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$15 PER CASE

BLT

WORTH MUCH MORE,

H. PRICE & CO., LTD..

WINE, SPIRIT & CIGAR MERCHANTS,

Brooklands agreement has been fented-ring making to prefta. Un the ground that the spinners baring shared in the general ingresses granted under the federation have begun a quite novel course beth of refusing to mill- general look qut. They have tukea, too, the owners who voted "No" in the look-out ballot

mateb, however, belongs to G. Bannerman, 'honour of scoring the first aentary-in a Test

(collective bargaining with the riskut at Melbourne in 1852, hit up. 16. The trade anten.

who made 165 against England in the openingsenting £60,000,000 of capital and with huge Elsewhere organisation of this kind, repre match of 1877.

Although the international encounter much its own way. But in Lancashire Jack,"

resources, might expect to have things.

very (known as Stephensco's Eleves) -made its ap were not instituted until 18:7, an English team in the matter of combination, ie as good as his pearance in Australia In 1862, wining a match master. The Operative Spinners Amalgama TELEPHONE No: 125 at Melbourne on January 1st of that year by an Cardron Operatives' Amalgamation has saved, tion bas £500,0 0 of cecumulated funds; the innings and 06 runs. There is no record of an + nglish side visiting the Coloniais prior to 1802, bodies bave an offensive and defensive alliance. up £250,000 Assgainst the federation, the two sowed the seeds of the great cricket so there can be no doubt that Stephenson's mo When it comes ki a rupture they are one.

entente of

Conducted under these conditions industrial after yours,

it may also be pointed out that the fret Aus disorder, because the labour trained from child war presenta its worst features. There is no Yik Wo, iu inonding to borrow from soveral might be multiplied indefinitely. This clanso in 1878. The Colonial contingent included the replaced. But there is appalling waste, Prac- the option of keeping open on payment of 's insidious: The simple facts are their. Konz had lost from his compradore. Such instancestralian team of cricketers to visit England was hood to operate delicate machinery cannot ba mentioned was a clause insuring the merchant famous F. R. Spofforth, who secured 326 against all loss in transactions with Chinese wickets, The tour, which occupied fifteen Connsei submitted months, embraced the Colonies, Americs, and howsoever such loss arore.

Canada, and Spofforth's complete record, was that those were the plain words of the clause, 16 wickets for less than 7 runs osob. The such admissions sa, would clear this matter and 28 draws. up it would be again, submitted to the Court in an action they would bring for rectification of the agreement. The meaning of the words was certainly never explained to the compradore. All be intended to agree to was to responsible

it

his agent, points out to them a quantity of four and unless Messrs. Sassoons Counsol made team won 44 matches out of 77, 10 being lost in the warehouses at Manchester; stagnation spindles either way sees the ready road out of

claimants on a certain specified number of bags of Bows, takes them or sends them to his lap Yik godown, where all the flour isslooked, and sither he or Ho Lam, acting on his behalf as

saying "there is enough flour to cover your advance." The claimants take no further steps as the law requires as to ascertaining, but are satisfied that there is enough and more and lend their money. As one witness for his evidence, Bo Lam painted out to

The highest innings against an English side was in the Tent Match at Sidary, in 1894, when the Australians scored 596 runs. It was at Sydney, too, that England made their smallest score in Australia against a represent they lost the whole of their side for 45 alive. Colonial side This was in 1847, when

die whole population is dependent the mills means a stoppage of the lon directly or indirectly on cotton. A stoppage of one short work in the mines; short rock eventually in the machinery shops; stagnation

A stoppage wou'd coat the millowners at the on the railways. Everybody feels the pinch. prament time £150,090 a wook in profits, and the operatives unions £80,000 a week in strike pay; but it would east £500,000 a week to people who are not concerned,

union funds do not represon! more than a

The Lancashire operative is thrifty, and bis

penalty, and of appealing to the nou-federation mill-owners to fall into line.

Looking at the whole situation impartially, the paint at inaue does not seems hard to salve To aplit the difference a matter of 20. per 160

driving a hard bargain has to be reckoned with, the imparst Bat in Lancashire the habit of It is the tus root of the difficulty. There is however, another and deeper quastion. Both the federation and the unions are armed to the teeth for fghting purposes. They are not provided with equally effective machinery for

ne more than andugh;. I. did not soparate any for, defaults on the part of Chinesa customers Australia, however, were out for 42 in the twentieth of his camia resources. For this great colton industry,--with interests which!

for myself." There can be no estopper here, They have simply been themselves negligent and the law makes them pay the penalty. I sectos indeed or pressly designed to prevent such frauds award committed in this case, I am therefore of opinion that the Offioint Receiver was right in rejecting the proof of these claim ante, and the appeal must therefore be dismissed

with costs,

IN ORIGINAL JURISDICTION,

THE LIABILITY OF COMPRADOBER,

There was

of the firm, and no more.

De following year at the same place. In 1901, at evidenes before his Lordship at the moment, Birmingham, the Australians were got out for keen on the machine throwers are equally main chance, the two sides da nat but that was the position of every compradore their lowest Test match toore in this oats readily to come to blows. They tried in the Colony. In efase 2 of the agreement contary is 33, made at Lord in 1888. are the memories of the twenty wooks' stoppage country. England's smallest total in this concluzione fifteen years ago: lack and bitter the customary position of the compradore was Australia's best score over here is 551 (Oval, which spread. sver deepening and widening

"The remuneration to bo re 1884), England's highest being 576 (Oval, 1899) circles of disi ress recognised: crised by the compradore shall consist."Down ander une bont is 577 (Sydney, 1903) of the castomary commission or neroante estriotly representative combinations have been Up to date seventy eight matches between which the company agree to permit him to played, of which England has won 64 and demand and collect from Chinese purchasera of Australia 29, the remaining 13, being drawn. the firm and Chinese sellers to the Compay."

His Lordship Wouldn't is rea-ouble inter- (pretațion “be this; that the liability which in specifted to make good in the mortgage arima in those 'cates in which the compradore is entitled to antimission or percentage P

An interesting argumeo', arising out of the action, Chan Kos 7. David Bassoon & Co. Ld., was heard before his Lordship. The argument was adjourned froni Chambers to the Court.

Mr. Slade-Yer That is ezzelly what the Mr. M. W. Slade, instructed by Mr. C. D. contention of the other side is, that this is an Wilkinson (of Meears, Wilkinson-and-Grist)-insurance contract Proceeding, Mr. Blads appeared for the plaintiff, and Hon. Mr. H. E. Pollock, K.C., morated by Mr. H. W. Lo-ker (of Messrs. Decor, Looker and Deacon ropresented the defendants.

Mr. Slade and this was an adjourned malter from Chambers in which the question to be decided was one of this utmost importance to all compradores and merchants whose liabilities were regulated by documen's it a similar form to the one in question, and there were not a few in the Colony.

His Lordship--Is that so I should rather

like to get that point clear.

Mr. Slade 1 happen personally to know of one other, and all compradores agreements propared by Messrs. Deseca, Looker and Den cob, or Deacon and Hastings, or whatever office it was at the time, would be substantially is the same form,

His Lordship-That is not an exceptional form in the Colory ?

Mr. Eladé-No. But a great many have adopted old Mr. Deacon's form.

His Lordship-In this peculiar language? Mr. Blade-Yo,

Mr. Pallook-It is a form which has been- gradually evolved.

His Lordship I quite see the process of -ovolation, and the extreme importayos of the question caused me to adjourn the matter to Court.

said he had no doubt what the verdict of any speciel jury-i- this Colony would be with regard, to the case.

Mr. Pollock submitted that the words "with. out the consent or knowledge" were immaterial. The firm had fall power under the terms of the agreement to enter into contracts with Chinese although the compradore Lad no knowledge of such contracts

It followed as inference that the firm were entitled to be

■ necessary

with the Chiness, and were entitled to exercise allowed a free hand as regards their dealings

reasonable forbearance towards enstomers.

His Lordship-Eupposing they entered into contracts unknown to the compradore, how would be collect his commission?

Mr. Pollock-He would know when the goods were delivered, and would get it from the

customers.

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STRANGE INCIDENT IN THE HARDEN CASE.

JUDGE BEMOVED.

Berlin, January 6tb. One of the most astonishing features of the Harden libel trial in the removal of Judge Kern, who presided at the first trial, whieli ended is the acquitial-of-the-editor of the Zukunft? before the judges at the second trial found Harr The removal took place a few days ago, just "Harden guilty, and sentenced him to four months imprisonment, and the payment of the heary law costs.

conciliation. Really, it is surprising that the ramify all over the world; has vot developed some kind of permanent Conciliation Board, which, with an equal representation from pork hold the balsace, would, as it were, legislate on sides and some reliable, impartial element to the new conditions which are bound to arise in business that is alive. Why is there not such a body is the question which merch ante) and othors in Marchetter are now asking with

"PIRATE BANKERS

REMARKABLE #PEECH-BY NEWTORY OFFICIAL.

The outcome of that war was the famous was the provision that he increase of wague some exasperation. Brooklands agreement, The essential part of it shall exosed 5 per cent., and that more than one increase shall not be applied for within a year; Don Teresly, that no reduction shall exceed 5.per. Dent, and that not more than one reduction ahall take place within any twelve months, But experience has shows that the Brooklands

■greement domisined seriona flaw of omission. It made no provision for the adjustement of. setton industry is progressive, its conditions differences arising out of new conditions. to-day are not those of Sfteen years ago; mont assuredly today's conditions will not be those instance, that the spinning of has garns would of fifteen years hence. It was autod, for

the rapid expansion of the industry during the remasin confined to the Balton district. But in three yours fios yarn spinning has over. Aowed

into the distriol of Oldham. Now asch of the alf-dozen districts, techni

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The Daily Telegraph's Correspondent at New York writes

It was the Attorney-General, Mr. Jackson

be during the recent pain, and exactly who investigated the affairs of the wobbling what he discovered ha teld & mesting of busi ness mear at Brooklyng

I bare never met

et" said Mr. Japḍkson, “so many men who ought to be in gaol as in my recent investigation of the affairs at the banks that got into disulties in the recent panic.

It is stated that Judge Kern was transferred Justice to another department of the Ministry of cally called provinces, into which the cotton at bs own request," but there is area in divided bas its own wag list. pay cont general impression that other reasons contribu

The lawless methods of these pirate ed to his downfall, to which is removeling bised upon results The Bolton is was bankers," Mr. Jackson continued, through the deliberate and flagrant violations of the trust adjusted to fine garn spinning; the Oldham list amounts. The incident is all the more striking to caras or medium yarns. The disreper raposed in them by depruitore, and the reckle when Judge Schmidt, whe prended at a trial in dramatic a manner was instruments in their eru speculations, constitute a chapter sa a similar thing happened a few years ago gave rise to thedispute which Mr. Lloyd-Gorge as other men's money for the promotion of charge of lese majeste, was likewise removed Crown pointed out that the Brooklanda agres-perly the Breed ring, or the traction at which Herr Harden was acquitted of the settling. Incidentally the Law Officers of the in the history of bigh fioance in this city which

can be compared only

ne from the judicial bench and transferred to ment, so far as regards adjustment to new con- another department of the Ministry of Justion.ditions, is defective. Te dispute which has gang, and which throws a great light upon the

Commenting in the Tageblat' removal of Jadge Kere, Jodge Gaulks says: parall1 0469. When the Brooklands agreement sisi panin of 1907, I was expressly authorised on the arisen over the wages of ring spinners is a question as to who is responsible for the finan- "Trefrain from expressing any opinion to what was wade, ring spioners might hava born by statute to commence actions and apply for extent the removal influenced the judges of the counted by scores. They now number thousands. receivers in any country of the State; so I

consciously Judge Gaulke further states troduced into this country because it made the Criminal Court at the assoud trial-of course,

The ring spindle is an Amerisan invention in-brought actions in other counties than those in which the banks were located, and I secured the that he believes that the Criminal Court was process of spinning m

appointment of receivers unquestionably beyond the-pablo-prosecutor-intervened to bring about labour. If you go into a cotton mill you see the

g worked by cheap female the control of those who were willing to pay the expense of the receiverships if they could avoid Herr Harder's conviction is response to orders received from abere." Jedge Chulke thinks operative spioner and two or three sesistants their liability to the depositors. As a result, I that the Supreme Court of the Empire will be going up and down before a row of a thousand am hopeful that all depositors will be paid 100

Their busi or mora parallel twirling_threads. obliged to grant Herr Harden's appeal against

on the dollar. cente

His Lordsbip-But if the contract breaks unconsciously ipfastced b. the knowledge that the advantage of re mechanical and off rod

down before delivary

Dr. Pollock--I quite see that is a possible CREO. Whatever the effect of the clauses of the agreement, the compradors must be bound by

them.

His Lordship reserved his decision on the point.

SCOTLAND'S MONUMENTS. The King has been pleased, on the recommend Mr. Blade—It is a matter of the almost in.ation of the Eurotary for Scotland, to approve the appointment of Royal Commission to portance, and the clause in which the_contro

make an inventory of the ancient and historioal

the sentence of the Criminal Court.

The

York, was smrcely less sensational than the Mr. Metz, Comptroller of the City of Now Attorney-General. He said that the panic was tint ever, and that it would not end, until com plete confidence had been restored throughout

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12, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL

TINY GIRL MASS OF FEARFUL ECZEMA

Covered from Head to Foot-Cries Were Heartrending-Beat Her Head and Blood Streamed Down Her Back-In Agony When Washed -Suffering Lasted Four Months. TWO SETS OF CUTICURA

EFFECT PERFECT CURE

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**I used to drend the time for her to- wake up, as the griga from her were heart- rending. Pur months she was bath, and no one but myself can tell of the nightaj of misery spent with her. It first came. in a small place on her head. I used akinds of remedies for it and it got Worse When I washed her she would ery with pain. One day I made up my mind while reading about the Cuticura. Remedies, 10-1 got a cake of Cuticura Sonp, a box of Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Pills and used them in the evening I continued for a week, and you can't imagine how thankful I wor to see how well she got, on, he was two years of age the 22d of February, und a fine girl. She is a picture tu look- at now. I shall recommend the Cuti- cura Remedies to every one I know. Mrs, Cutler, MO, King St., Royal Oak, Plymouth, Dec. 13. 1905, anci Jan. 29, 1906.

The most torturing and disfiguring humours, eczemaan, rashew, itohings, irri tations, and inflammations of the skin, sealp, and blood, with low of heir of in- fants, children, and adults, are instantly relieved and speedily cured by Cuticura- ~Remedies, when all else fails, Guaran

teed absolutely puro.

A Single Set often Cures. Bold throwhout the 27. Charterhouse HIL? -R. Tung & Co. Frdner: Lennon fit DINT

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PRUSSIAN BUDGET.

INCO! E-TAX INORFABE."

Baron von Rheinbaden laid the Prussiazi

Budget before the Diet on January 6th, but

he had not so sheerful a story to tell as the Isnt time he faced the House on a similar occasion. He had, he said, pointed out last the country.

year that their economic conditions were you can't borrow a osul on business prospects a pant a relapse from the extraordinary boon Credit is gone," asid the Comptroller, healthy, but that sooner or later they must or on stocks. You can borrow only on Wall, they were experiencing. That had one to street collateral, and this is what we are trying pass in the sond half of 1907. The falling to kill The panic has become a poor man's back had specially affected the iron trade, panic. I bad to close my mill the other day. bat the high rate of interest hail also seriously I did not have the heart is drive the men out impeded building operations. Fortunatel to let them starve, and I put them on half-time, to the present great works had managed to I don't know where I am going to get the cash get on without eopsiderable dismissals of hands.

credit and sell on eight months' oredit It is

railway, which, in consequence of diminished the same all over the country. I cannot barrow receipts and ineren el expenditure, would money. This has come to me for the first bring in £5,000,00 less in the present year time in years. The panic is not over, and than in 1906 The year would, in con- before good times are restored. there must be confidence all over the country sequence, close with a defisit £2,000,000 or

£3, 0,000,

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very turns is the first proviso for redemplion monuments and soustractions connected with, or against the attempts to overwhelm ferr Harden Fransing with "ring" machinery. in the mortgage. Our contention that is, the illust,ative of, the coutemporary exitura, civili. by unjustified abuse instead of remembering with these womer-operatives The begin to pay them with, as I must buy on thirty dave! The con titions had, however, reacted on the

contention of the compradore-is that he is only liable for the cous quanes of defaulis of some sort-using defaults in its widest sense- of Chinese customers of the firin. The con- tention, as I understand it, of his employers, is that he is the insurer of all their trans- acticns with Chinens,

His Lordship That was rather the luter pretation which I thought was possible.

Mr. Blade He insures the firm against loss of any kind in any transactions with Chiness, Connsal then read material parte of the proviso- Bg follows: The compradore shall, on demand, pay to the mortgagees. (bis employers) any deficiency in the price of goods which will be sold, or agreed to be sold to Chinese “pustomers of the mortgageen.

and also all lusses, costs, charges or expenses which shall bo incurred or sustained by the mortgagees. in with any transaction or businesy

sation, and conditions of life of the people in Scotland, from the earliest times to the year 1707, and to specify those which seem worthy of proservation.

The commission is to consist of the following persona

The Right Hon. Sir Harbert Maxwell,

Br. (chairman). The Hon, Lord Guthrie,

Profesor G. Baldwin-Brown. Mr. Thom H. Beyer, M.D. Mr. Francis C. Buchana. Mr. W. T. Oldrieră,

Mr. Thomas Foss,

Mr. A. O. Curie, secretary to the Society of Antiquaries will not as secretary...

VETERAN ADMIRAL'S DEATH.

that theukauft" articles produced many beneficial results.

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WEATHER REPORT.

Ou the 10th at 11.55 am-The barometer has risen moderately in Japan, and fallen slightly over Chics.

Pressure is Ighost.over N. Chica and the e low Son, and lowest to the N. of Japan.. Gradients are slight to moderate, and fresh to moderate mobsson may be expected in the Formosa Channel and the Críon z'oa. →

Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ending si 10 a.m. to-day, 9.00 inches.

The forecast for the 24 hour to-day a sufollows:-"

Hongkong & Neighbourhood,

Formosa Channel South coast of Chine between

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ness is to piece the threads, should they break. spinner has also-to adjust bie machine or The Well am Montag" protesta strongly "mals" so that the Farn is oven and of the against Judge Karn'e removal, declaring that requisite fineness. His caloul tions must be the German public is alarmed by such incidente, mathers stically exact. Stoppages or bangling which appear to indicate that the judges are radnes bis surpat and, of course, lower his pay not independent, tut exposed to improper The ring spinners are woman and girls. Each induences.

has charge, according to aptitude, of so many The Frankfurter Zeitung" declares that hundred spindles. The process is the same. The Harr Harden rendered a public service by the upon the attention is intense and, consiuned

Zukunft about Prince Falenburg's down-fall The ing. One hundred and seventy mills are now exposures, especially by bringing through a working day of ten hours, is exhaust- "Neno. Badisolie Landrozeitung" also protests

For a long time aneh mill made its own terms much par 100 spindles per work

was so fo with, the weekly rate per 100 spindles was 2. On these terms a woman in charge of 600 spindles would earn 126. But to reach that numbor she would have to be an operative of skill and experience, for 2.0 is the maximum Mill-owners found, however, thabit paid them

This 2onomic slackness would naturally also to offer a higher price to tempt good workers:

Tweed, to whom Mr. Jackson aliuded, was from other mills, and so the price gradually the notorious Tammany "boss" who plandered feruize an influence on the Budget for the went up 26 64, per 100. Working at full the New York City Treasury by the most cor-

oming year, At the same time, they had no pressure on 1 pay, a woman would earn 17. rupt jobbing of contravis: lo controlled the groundh e, an Agriculture had been week; b. most earned only 126d. Then Court of Common Council, which was commonly strengthened, and that was a guarantee the cardroom operatives those who prepare the known in his days as "The Forty Thieves they could survive bad times. They would cotton for the spinning zales thought they Mr. Bryce, in his standard work, The Ameri. do it all the earier if they would keep before. would organise this new class of workers. The

can Commonwealth," tells all ab at them their eyes the limitations imposed by their existence among them of such low-priced female Tweed controlled the judges, the officials, and cocomic development. He could not escape" fing at no labour was held to be economically and in other many others, and before he was lodged in gaol. from the feeling that they had got into a habit. respects demoralising. When they bd where he died, be bad sindled right and left. of living beyond their resources. The first N.E, and E. organised

the ring spinners is non-He was loyal, however, to his Tammany pals, means to restore the equipoiss in the Budget

whose political organisation be hauled, and

to restrict expenses to the absolutely winds, frash to federation mills they immediately raised mod te; cloudy, the price to 28. 10. par 300. and lator to 3 shared the way with the Tweed ring cry. All the departments Bad framed misty:

wbiol is now their standard rase. All lie non and New York's City government in the ciple. They must guard themselves against their estimates in sosordance with this prin Sameas No.1.

federation mills have been obliged to co e-de sixties and seventies. The most glaring burdening their fatare too much with debt, as connection wifery into our effected by the its cateran off td his jame bad, therefore, Hongkong and Lamocks,

the dem ind. Even at the 34. rate ring spioning fancial achievement of the ring was con ukows the not ingensiderable not profit, at nected with the erection and furnishing the Empire had done. They could not

go on mortgagees with any Chinese; whother appeared in the Navy List for nearly seventy-

permanently covering extraordinary estimates Present rates, of something like 40 per cent of the Counity Cour tous here. When do. such losser, costs, charges and expenses shall seven years, a record which is nearly aqualled,

was estimated at by means of loans. That they could only do The next step was an attack on the milla in sigued, in 1868, its cost

Before the end. of 187

under very special circumstances. Such, bow- be incurred or sustained by reason of by Admiral David Robertson-Maudonaid, and

amalgamation jadged it breach of contrast or otherwise howsoever is exceeded by admiral Richard Moorms, who

LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS.

21,000,000 had heen expanded upon it, and it borrowing for an increase of railway material. reason he woull once more hare recourse to has been associated with the Fleet sinca 1823.

negotiationk. Those preliminaries begna six Counsel submitted that reading the sathe late admiral was fighting in the early The M.M, str. Tonkin with the next French appointed the same number of delegates on afterwards proved in the judicial proceeding, deficit, which be estimated at £22,000,000 by

months ago. They got so far that, each side was still unfinished. This was eff setad, an was clanse by itself, without any regard to the forties during the operations on the coast of Mail, left Singapore on Monday, the 10th inat.nt committee which was to draw up ↑

They could not, however, cover the entire relation of compradore and merchant as it Syris, for which he held the medal. At that at 4 pm, for this port vin Saigon.

by the simple method of requiring the this means. He proposed to cover the residing. time to served in the boats of the Hastings.

list" for the payment of ring spinnere on tractors to add large sums to their bills, ath of £2,000,000 by a moderate increase of the was known in this Colony, that the words of He was employed distributing arms to the Line) left Mji for this port

The N.Y.K. str. Kageshima Marz (Bombay) a uniform scale, varging not only with the

which were then appropriated by Tweed, income tax. The increase was necessary if that clause made the compradero the insurer Maronites, and was present in the Hastings's and is expected here on the 11th inst

losses of the yarn turned out. The committes the 9th fast number of spindles crerlooked but, with the Courelly, and their mjaions.

they were to augment the salaries of -oficials, against every less, however arising, which fell barge as the destruction of a mine in the castle

religious ministers, and school teachers. That apon the merchant in his transactions with of Beyrout in October, 1840 Admiral Lowther left Singapore for this port on the 9th inst, and cumpiled. The masters wanted to start from The N.I.K. str. Riojan Maru (Bombay Lice) split over the basis on which the list should be

would cost nearly £60,000. Of this they Chinese customers; whether that loss arose Angust, 1815, at the capture and destenotion

was lieutenant of the Agincourt's launch in is expected here on the 15th inst.

UNIVERSITY FOR BRISTOL. the average of present earnings, taking all

sould defray two-thirds out of current means, from the default of the Chinese customer, or of the piratical stronghold of Malude, on the to-day for this port via Kobe Nagasaki and foundation must be 38 per 1) for medinm The O. & 0. str. deig will gail from Yokohama the milles The operatives insisted that the

but it would be necessary to increase the OFFER OF £100,000. from the default of the merchant, or the North Coast of Boruto, and wie stlerwards in Manila and will be due at this port on 21st inst. yarns

income-tax, in order to provide the remainder. When this aubapps

The Finance Minister then proceeded to unbusinesslike method of the merchant carry command of the third company of sinall-ura mon

disagreement. - At the nubual dinner of the Bristol University defend the manner in which the new loan is ing on his business, or the ill-luck of the the attack and capture of the forts of the Nagasaki at 11 p.m. on Sunday, the 9th instant, that the demand wes technically a broach Will the

The G.P.B. atro Empress of China arrived developed, the masters federation insisted College Coleton Society last month, Mr. O: being issasi-Daily Telegraph. merchant in a market going against him. On the of the Royal Geographical Society. Admiral eski for Shanghai where she is due to arrive at treated the contention as quible, or each

Sultan of Borneo at Brani. He was a Fellow and left again at 6am. on-Monday- vis Naga- of the Brooklands agreement. The operatives Mr. H. O. Wils, bed promised £100,000 towards president, announced that his father, words of that glanse the compradore was the Lowther received the Royal Humane Society's 9am. to-morrow

side charges the other with baring torn the the Wast of England, provided that a charter Charmant and Special Skin Tone and Poudre How to be BEAUTIFUL-Keep-your com- the endowment of the University for Bristol and plexion, Mrs. Ellen's Créme Charmante, Lait absolute insurer against any loss of any kind or medal. fifty-four years ago for his prompt notion

agreement into places. description which the merebant could suffer in jumping a height of 26ft from her Majesty's

be granted within two year It was stated Charmant will suable you to do it. Her ship Illustrious, then in Portsmouth Harbour,

Following that breakdown,' the operatives" and diving and resoning a boy who attempted

union proceeded to apply of sectional squeezing that of the £250,000 required before the obarter | Specialities, for the Skin are the study of s' The Silk ex M.M, str. Armand Bchic was to federation mille, and has shut up four of them can be applied for £197,000 has been given orifetime. A, B, Watson & Co., Ltd., Bole Agenta to commit suicide,

picking out those which were known to be promised,

a contract with Chiness. Counsel took a concrete example: "Supposing," he said,

SEVENTY-SEVEN YEALS PUBLIC SERVICE.

By the death of Rear Admiral Marcus Low ther, at St. Leonard, the Navy has lost one of

the

Hongkong and tainan..

Sana No. 1. Same xx No. 1.

The C.P.R. str. Monteagle left Yokohama.on Saturday, the 8th inst, pm. for Victoria and Vancouver...

delivered at Lyons on the 7th inst

· 4 sum

the federation. In this instance the cardroomaly estimated eft from £1,6 0,000 to ver, existed in the present case, and for that

to start with

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