UN WITH 300 MILES. RANGE.-
TERRIBLE INVENTION, TO BE TRITAD
BY. LXPRES..
The Darly Chronicle gives an account of Mr. W. S. Simpson's new and terrible electric "gua
(or, at all ovenia wespon) and projectile. Mr. Simpson believes that the deadly weapon of lum invention will make for pacifle international relations no less firmly than the Cannail of the Fence Congres afirm that their misthods will secure the same desirable
reauit.
The account of Mr. Simpson's invention har excited intense interest in military and naval circles, as well as amongst man, of selenco „nad politiciune, and the ge eral public. A
opportunity will thortly be gires of putting the
expabilities of the weapon to a practical test. A body of well-known mes, experts in mong branch of scientiflo warfare, have taken the matter up and a trist of the actual weapon will be made when a suitable range has been Relected,
It should not be necessary to explain that a fall test of the powers of Mr. Simpson's engine of destruction is not in contemplation. All that is required is to ascertain the murzle second, which Mr, Bimpson end Colonel Mando
mado.
་་
|
These api ap, voluminona, that there JK, NO KOGIN | for them in buurt. A speciál roomh has accord-w ingly been at apart sa a-library, and a clerk is koptbury all day sorting and arranging them.
There are twenty, witnesses in all, and ther are answering questions put by counsel at the rate of 1,000 day,
Although few cases have listed so long, the suit will not establish a record for length of time, the Bell v. Lawas case, in 1982, having occupied forty-three days,
Sir Edward Camos fast prefent engaged in opening them for the donor.
JAPAN AND INDIAN TRADE.
{By 8. M. Mirza in Pall Mall Gazelle.) The Anglo-Japanese Alliance has been soʻ loudly belanded that no one is likely to forget it: here is much more fear of Japan's ambitions in other directions than thom which have led to her military and naval successes excoplag notice or being overlooked. Pasca bath her victories ns but she is destined to be her riv:1 in trade fa the well as war, Japan is Englana's ally in arms, pear future; abs ir likely to be her most formidable compatites in the British Indian trade; her geographical
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESE, SATURDAY!
PORT OF JOKDON.
GOVERNMENT BILL.
Mr. Lloyd-George's bill for the reform of the Port of London we read first linse under favourable suspices, The President of the Board of Tendo was able to announce that the Bury Commercial Dock Company pas, agreed to forms of purchase, so that the directors of acquisition of their states by the Future Port three desk companies hare now sented to the Authority, and have undertaken to zesel vé pay ment in Port stock. The arrangement, has of course, to be confirmed by their respective shareholders. The capital and water area of the companies is as follows:
Capital..Water Company. London and Indis... 19,339,975 ... 443 Sarrey Commercial 2,832,104 ... 165 Millwall
... 2,094,137 ....36
£24,068,33€
The ravenne transferred in, roughly, £800,000 a year. This, it is held, will be suficient is meat, the obligations transferred. It should
than England of the dooks by a single authority leads, 51
economies.
of colour with the Indians. which all
nonation on - the
The nam
supersede
THE BRAIN OTPICATFWORK.
1908
**A. City telephone Mirpaný connects over 200;000, teleplzigen, with its central, arritshboards:
"There is an average of sixteen square fiet of skin covering the human body, with an ever- age of oren 10,000 Uttle nerve telephones in sach feat square, or over 160,000 izi all."
This is one of the striking comparisons wh Portessor Edward Ayers, sa American scien up-to-date city in an article entitled, "How the tist, draws between the human body and the Brain Works,” in “ 'Harper's Magasine."
Professor Ayers describes the brain as the most marvellous machine in the world, "It soupies less spaos in proportion to its espabi lition
than hemy,
any machine it ever invented.
He shows how, the human telephone answers STORY
call. The integument in, divided into nbretation areas as it the telephone system, and when a
taatile corpuscle akin telephone- ringe up central it is answered by a sub-station agent-a little brain called a ganglion,!
This clerk sttands to all ordinary nalja; bat
if one foot happens to step on an orange peel, or one site on a misplaced rack, the commotion
Dat
.
Through the human arteries runs a scarlet Fort Authority, high it is hoped system of pipes, like a city's waterwork with only the water-pipes are of iron and the Tapular pipes are like pare rubber Lose, con tracting here expanding there, to throw A smaller steam to a quiet district and a larger to one in action.
1. The Dock companios.
2 The Thames Conservancy,
9. The Watermen's. Company. The powers of the Thames Conservancy will
14
46
By means of the teinutoscope a maz'a features can be sketched in London end ra produced within ten minutes in New York. The human eye can by a similar use of intes rupted and distributed vibrations send a very perfect drawing of a man's features to the brain--and send it in colour. This is a compound tolantoscope."
IN LYNCHING LAND.
LADT'S NARROW ESCAPE. IN PENNSYLVANŢA.
velocity of the weapon std, if the 30,000ft. perer favour: she learns all in really do more than that, if the administratiän 1 o. great that the balls of the main office ring. for it, is attained, the distance of its and abe has the advantage of the afinity may reasonably be expected, to considerable steam of some twelve pounds of blood through e is a tastier of calculation.n One of Mr. Simpson's pontest aritics in Orientals poseem The Indian, merchant of will come into being on Jan. I next, is to ste contral pump and its thousands of pipes WT. Stead, who, in an interview raised some comer, may not go out of his way to encourage German competition in India, interesting points. One was as to whether a shot kad uver been actually propelled from the but he will do all in his power to bane
At the
Japanese trader, being setustod new weapon, That, of course, will be done at thereto by Asistic affinity. The little the trial for which arrangements are being Japanese is young yet, as rations reckon in
Speaking generally on the assumption that Ala, but he is adored throughout the length in future be restricted to that part of the river and breadth of that Continent, and every Asiatic which lies above eddington. The Watermen's Mr. Simpson's invention is all that is claimed feels that he would gladly stretch a point, com Company will be kept alive, but its principal for it Mr. Stead raid I regard him na amercial or political, is favour of the new duties are transferred. The Port Authority, most efficient co-worker in the cause of
In the course of the conversation, Mr. Stand comor. Nothing succeda like success and as has boon anticipated, is based on the Liver
world's surface. referred to Lord Lytton's strange story, "The risen more rapidly or
bas pool model, with adaptations suited to London's to greater height needs. The Eoyal Commission recommended a Coming Raça In that book the sather than Japan in the last half century. He body composed of forty members. The bill of attributed the float disappearance of war from
methods stand conferred. She has applied her the late Government favoured a similar num- the planet to the discovery of a power he called nations! brain-power to the education of the ber. Mr. Lloyd George proposes a working "Vria destructive so deally that su army nation is all the developments of modern authority of twenty five, composed as follows: would be annihilated by the touch of a button.tellfestion; her emissaries have been all over
Elected. by the finger of a child.
the world and live learned their lessons by By traders and shipowners selecting the best schools of each country for
Appointed. their studies. Bo quick-witted a nation was not
By Admiralty external trade and the best means of pushing it. a great
By Board of Trade By Loudon County Council (members) She finds India, comparatively close at hand, By London County Council (acps. with the door is open to her no with the advantages of sympathy for her colear, to anybody, and
members) By City Corporation her gasessee, and her brains already standing to By Trinity Rouse her oredit. It is also natural to her to seek a closer connection with India, the Holy Land of her national religion, Buddhism. A com- and comparatively easy, Japan is not going to mercial interonure with India, being thus open lente her cosmic faturs to chance, and allow England to maintain her commercial pre- minoree nechallenged, even in the latter's own dependency. She believes as it would seem that Ergland does not in sound commercial knowledge, and for this purpose she employ Indians in Japan to advise Japanese commercial chambers and merglaats of the commute details of Indian trade. How many Indian gentlemen are there in Great Britain and Ireland, engaged by the Government or chambers of commeros, to ads ise on Indian trade? If the India Offiye
What Lord Lytton wrote," said Mr. Steal, "mas, I believe, quite trae, in a sense.
J
I once
had a long talk with Mms. Dt likely to overlook the importance of a
not believe in her, but that is another
people master-Bud she asserted that the Vril' of Lytton was absolutely true. It was simply, she maintained a disintegrated atom, which, being disintegrated, sufficient force was liberated to destroy anything."
Taraing from this fascinating speenistion Mr. Stead said that if Mr. Simpson could establish his claim no one would be moro. de- lighted than himself. Bat it must be proved beyond the possbility of doubt that his weapon, or the projectiles from his weapon, would go Urongh the strongest armour ever put on a ship At the same time, Mr. Stead insisted that the staggering fast was the assertion that the new weapon could shell Paris from London, or vice
varsa.
We ought to be told plainly," he said, "whether this is purely a matter of laboratory experiment or mathematical calculation as to what ought to happen. If it were not that Colonel Maude has noted as sponsor for this weapon, the general attitude of the pa lie would, Mr. Stead raised other intorosting questions "If,” he usid, "the idea of bombarding planes apart as London and Paris Lezomen so far practicable then the whole of our Dreadnoughts auf great immouse ironclads become scrapiron at once a consimnation devoutly to be wished in many respects indeed. I only wish that Mr Simpson would hurry up with that gun,"
One other point Mr. Stead made. "If," he mil, - * Mr. Simpson has got this enormous power,
would it not be spalile of use for some thing else besides throwing projectiles into an enemy's city at a distanes of 300 miles Could if not, for instance, be used for working tarbine engine:
I think be one of soapticism,
RECORD LAW SUIT,
29 DAYS' HEARING "O CORT, £53,540.
When the nineteenth day's hearing of the action; “ Wyler and others v. Lewis and others," was begun before Mr. Justice Phillimore and special jury a weary juryman asked if he would be released by May 0.
I want to leave the country on that day," he explained, amid laughter.
"O
the judge
replied,
wa hops to get
Many persons interrated believe the judge's forecast to be an over-sanguine one; but, even if it is fulfilled, the o so will have easily surpassed almost all legal records.
the case done by Easter.'
“
24
Mr. Lloyd-George's memorandum states the figura se twenty-dve, unless the chairman and from outside. But the details given in the vios obairman are, as the bill allow elected memorandum account for twenty-four only, The Liverpool authority, by the way, has twenty eight members, of whom twenty-four are elected and four naminsted. The muni cipal every small, compared with the proposals element on the new London anthority of previous bills, and for the sufficient reason that no guarantee of the Port stock is given either by the London County Council of the City Corporation,
-
stitute the majority of the Port authority, The fourteen elected members, who will coa- will be chosen by
1. Payers of dues.
2. Owners of rivar-craft. 3. Wharfingers.
A mob at Nowcastle, Pennsylrania, bent on lyneling augen murderer, narrowly missed hangi gawren in mistake, esys the New York correspondent of the Express."
The woning in Miss Catherine Books, agad twentythree, of Pittsburg. She strongly desired to visit her invalid brother at Chisago, but not having the money for the long journey she disgrited herself as a man and hid away on a freight train, 20
The train arrived at Newcastle Junction at mob who were searching for the negro mur- night, and was standing in a siding when the
derer came rusbing up, The sight of the orowd, frightened the young woman, and, jumping out of the freight car, she began to
FDN AWAY,
dust, male the crowd believe this was the mus The sight of her fnos, blackened with con they ranted, and after a short pursuit she was captured...
A rope was noosed round her neck, and she was dragged to the nearest tree, and told to speak; bit when the rope began to lift her say her prayers. She was too frightened to from the ground she screamed in unmistakable feminino toner.
The startled lynchers hastily lowered the rope, and as they did so the woman's cap feil off, louzaning her hair.
The mob-then-fally recogo aed their error and promptly took the rope from off her neck. A collection was made, and enough money cou- tributed to ezable her to continue her journey
A common franchins being impossible, a special qualification is to be given to owner of river craft and wharfingers. The represent ation will not be sectional, the hope being that those elected will be chosen to represent the trade and shipping of the port as a whole. As in comfort. no register can be prepared for the first election, the Board of Trade will appoint
the drst four- toop, and takes power to nominate the first chairman. The chairman, vice-chairman, and chairman of committees may be salaried.
The income of the new authority will be durived not only from the prosent dook dues and from the receipts now falling to the Thames Conservancy (whose Debenture-bolders will re- poive port stock), but from the following new sources:
1.—Lavy of port dues on gooda. 2-Uniform maximum tonnaga dues of
le 63 per ton.
3.—Registration fees on barges. 4.-Continuance of increased Conservangy dues for river improvement, which would terminate this year.
A tax on goods coming into or going out of the port will represent a new impost, whose maximum is to be carefully regulated. In this connection it may be assumed that an addi" tional £100,000 a year could be obtained by a levy of about four-fifths of a panny per ton on all goods. The Board of Trade can campel the levy of additional taxation if a deficiency in the port fond is probable.
suppose that the two worthy gentlemen intely and very properly appointed to the Secretary of State's Council have an opinion of any value to offer on Indian trade, it will
itself find Japanese go straight to the point. They grievously mistaken. The want trustworthy commercial information, so they select suitable Tndings to reside in Japan and give it to their merchants, Burely this is or efficient than the English system of leaving to the fetish of private enterprise,? overything which so often results in mistakes and failure. But it may be said that the Dutch and French East India Companies failed in times past, though they were Stafa concerns, whereas the English East India Company prospered, because it was left 10 private enterprice, Those statements may be perfectly true so far a they go. but they do not contain the whole story. Differences of ustional characters had much to say to the results moreover, the English company at time received consider able State aid, and at important junctures. the foreign companies were not apported from Lome The sea power of England was the main source of her success in India, beth in politios and in commerce. But the question, is not what happened years. and years ago but what is to be done now to maintain the supremacy so long enjoyed by England in the Indian trade. Other nations are seting, while Eugland does little. It is something that in India another Member of Council has been appointed, to have obarge of a commercial de partment, but that is very different thing from providing in the United Kingdom some trustworthy source of information for English merchants engaged in the Indian trade. The Gorgian Commercial Buccas at. Berlin employ two natives of India to tach it at first hand maltitudinons things regarding saate and the projadices of the Indians, whica no European can possibly know, but which are all-important in the trade. The Japanese, it must be admitted, have given evidence of the skill and energy of which they are capable. Sir Thomas Suther Jand, obairman of the P. and O Campany, It will also be incumbent on the Port Autho a meeting reported in the "Times" of December rity to endeavour to diminish casual labour - in 11, had to admit that the whole of their inter- the dooke; There has recently been a great colonial trade between Bombay ant Japan find improvement in this respect, but it is possible been wiped out by the energy of their Japanese that, with the co-operation of shipowners, more competitors. That trade, consisting chiefly of can be done. When all the looks are under raw cotton, and amounting to abent 700,000 ose' management it should obviously be more bales, was worked as a monopoly between an easy to distribute the available onenal labour association of spinnere and the shipowners. The and, still further to increase the num-
,possibly, P and O. Company purchased one or two her of permsrent hands, No less than £30,000 is stated to have bean cargoes of cotton and sent it to Japan, when Another important point is that the many spent in the preparation of the casse. Counsel's they found to their surprise and horror that they miles of railways in the docks are no longer to retainers" resobed 25,500, while their recould not sell a bale, and had to bring it all be treated as sidings. The new Port Authority Freehers" may be
be reckoned at £560 for each day back. Again, adather statement has appeared will be a railway company, and will be able to the hearing lasts.
in the Fross to the effect that an important demand through rates. This should be a great agreement was lately concluded between the advantage to consignees. The existing collec Norddeutscher-Lloyd Steamship Company a dtion and delivery charges are understood to the Nippon Yusen Kaisha, for the regulation of have operated seriously against the trade of the the shipping trade in the further East. The port of London with the Midlands. Japenese company, it is aid, withdraws from the Farther. Indis shipping trade and leaves the whole eservice, and especially the trade between India and Singapore and Hongkong,
It is brought by Mr. Isidore Wyler and the Ibo and Nyass Corporation; Limited, against Messrs. Lewis and Marks, financiers; Bir K. Bdgombe, Mr. John Besar, Mr. C. Folly Mr. C. H. Rowasli, and Mr. C. II. Weatherley to recover damages for no alleged conspiracy in connection with the Nyassa Company. The Bum which Mr. Wyler asserts that he lost is between £30,000 and £40,000.
A host of prominent connals were sugaged. They are :---
for plaintiffs. Mr Rufus Isanos, K.C. Mr G. F. Hobler, K.C... Mr T. 0, Joseph,
Mr C. F. Lloyd
for defendants (other than, Mr Wor
therley). **
Bir. E. Carson, ... Mr Montagu Lasb, KC, Mr G. Wallace.
Mr J. W. Holmes.
For Mr. Weatherley. Mr. J. Eldon Bankes, x.C. Mr B. A. Cohen.
Should the hearing cocupy twenty-nine days, prediated by Mr Justice Phillimore, the chief items in the bill of costs will be, roughly, as follown
Spent in preparatiot ... £30,000 5,500
1,450
Counsel's retainers
Counsel's" refreshers."
Beporting
Jury's fees
16,240
350
Total £58,540
In addition to these expenses interpretare will have to be paid, for some of the witnesses sro Portuguese, and there will be other minor Items, bringing the total up to the enormous Bum of £54,000,
af
to the Germans; that is, the Germans are to be
The duties and powers of the new authority include the following:
1. To dounider the msds of the peri, 2. To construct new doska. -
3. To purchase land compulsorify, esat of Banking Creek..
4.To co-operate with others in providing additional port facilities,
LEGAL "BULL".
Entirely worthy of the son of Ireland who
left as the animpeded rivale of British shipping perpetrated it was a "bull" which was heard
in
ins Chaucery case, last month during an
A point had just been decided against`a junior," the son of a well-known Irish, King's counsal Froceeding, be addressed the judge in this wise: "And the other point I have to argue is equally as ofear in my favour as the one that has just gone against me,"
the Farther East. Thus Japanese trade is to adjourned ammous. be carried in German ships by a combination of forces against Bettinle trade. would not have adopted this devies of
of his German abipping if it did not pay them,
Germany is already England's rival in Indian trade. The trade between Germany and India bas during the last decade exp ed development; the total valperienced a mark of the annual imports to Indle from Germany has increased
And 18,000* 100 per cent (Vide German Trade with India, cd. 2692-49.) The combination of 14000
2013; 14,090
is distinctly ominous for Brits of coste, may lord," he said, and once more the Germany is
trade. 10,000
Court langhed.. may have fallen in value,
The magnitude of these figures is seen when they are compared with the costs of the following celebrated cases
£40,000
Parnell Commission Beit v Lawes (libel)
Jaber Balfour triple
Dr. Jame
trial
Hertopp (divorce) ........ - *
But it is not only as regards cost that hepatieso scopril trade may not rank as
ait will throw all'others into the shade.
Concessions in Africa, are concerned, and the legal diffloalties which have been raised have bypstlederen experts. A very brief setting of the lasts took three whole days to relate, while four days were occupied solely in reading docu- intenta
This was roosived with loud laughter, whereat. counsel satdown rather hurriedly.
The opposing counsel was prompt to soixa Thon it is only a question his opportunity.
and Japaneso high as that of other nations, but the main fact plexion, Airs. Ellen's Crème Charmante, Lait
HOW TO BE BEAUTIFUL-Keep your com remains that Jopa has begun to eat into the Charmant and Special Shin Tonic and Poudre Indian freds, while England is blind to the fact and does not even facur the small expense of Specialities for the Skin are, the study of s Charmant will enable you to do it Her sppointing an Indian to advise her merchants time. A. 8. Wason & Co., Ltd., Sole Agents in England on the possibilities and requirements” `of Indian trade.
:822
Cunliffe,
The Planner Exporta in Premium Bende,
Russell & Co.
10 & 12, Place de la Bourse, ECURITIES issmed by PARIS
European Gov'ts and
WRITE FOR Municipalities offering · DESCRIPTIVE prospectsof immense returns. PAMPHLETS To be purchased for cash or on the **Times” systern of monthly payments.
CONLIFFE, BUSSELL & CO. being the oldest-estab ished Arm of dealers in Preinium Bonds in the world, offer advantages absolutely un- obtainable elsewhere. Bonds guaranteed. Exceptional facilities for payment. Numbers checked after everyDrawing. Resultsol Draw.. ings in English. Halders of drawn Bonds ad- vised at once. Prizes collected free of charge. Bonds purchased at sight." Loans granted on Previam Bonds. Services.continue' antl last Bend drawn, AllFransactions confidenti
ANNA M. BRODE
BOVRIL
By Royal Warrant to
should be in every home as well as in every hospital. When
you are worried and cannot eat well nor aleop well, you will find a great help in ROVRIL
BEWARE OF CHEAP IMITATIONS.
His Majesty the King,
MC Gulper's Substitute for Tee is WATSONS E
* LIQUEUR WHISKY-
A.S.WATSON & COLd WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS HONGKONG.CHINA & MANILA
BUY NEV
CURTAINS
TRADE 1 MARE
119-298
DIRECT.
PEACH'S LACE CURTAINS
Illustrated List and Buyers' Guide. The largest and most complete. Window
Drapery Guide issued..
BOLE MAKERs-and Patentses of “CONTREN ET" Curtains. Twice the Wesz. No Extra Cost. Later STYLEB NETS, MUSLINS CRETONNFS BLINDS. LINENS, LADIF'S' & GENTS UNDERWEAR, TAILORING BOOTS & SHOES FURNITURE LIET.
Spesial knock down wasko for shipping. PELIABLE BRITISH MAKE, 1 Tears Fxperience. Result Pronounced Superiority.
CHOICE
POPULAR PARCEL 6
PAIRS
LACE CURTAINS 32/
HALF PARCEL
1 PAIR EACH
16/6
2 Pairs Effective Diningroom Curtains, 84 yds. Jong, 64 ins. wide-
2 Pairs Exquisite Drawingroom Curtains, 4 yde, long, 2 yds, wide.
4 Fairs Choice Bedroom, 3 yds, long, 43 íns, wide..
(White or Eloru) postage paid. Marvellous value. Beliable Grade. Quite Distinct, DIRECT FROM THE LOOMS, DIRECT TO YOU,
Write for our Catalognes now. Every Item means a saving. PRIOR LISTS MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE OFFICE OF THIS PAPER. APPLY NOW. [486-1 SAML. PEACH & SONS, Fox 694, THE LOOMS, NOTTINGHAM, Eno.
A
TRAINED NURSE
USES AND RECOMMENDS
NEW BRO'S
HERPICIDE.
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
"
PORT CHESTER, NY.
"About three years ago I was troubled with my hair falling cut at an alarming rate.
"A friend of mine induced me to try a bottle of Newbro's Herpleide, which I did, and it dil me so much good that I have need it ever since. I can gladly say it has made my hair grow very thick and stopped it from falling out. It certainly has no equal and I gladly recommend it.
(Signed) ANNA M. BRØDE:
A DOCTOR'S REPORT
DENVER, COLORAD"), Knowing the composition of Horpioids, I can state that it contains nothing injurious. In twenty-five per cent of the cases of baldness, a neglected dandruff can be considered as ifa immediate exciting cansa or assos ated condition. Your Herpicite will, in the vast majority of cases, eure and prevent the continuation of dandraf. It is an elegant aud ideal haft dressing."
(Signed) V. T. MOGILLCUDDY, M.D. Medical Inspector Mutual Life Ins. Co., of N.Y..
More men and women get actual rosulie from the use of HER PICIDE than from all other hair remedies combined.
Two Sizes 500. AND $1.00.
AT DRUG STORES-Send. 10 Cents in Stamps to The HERPICIDE CO., Dept. N., Detroit, Mich., for a Bample, BE SURE YOU GET HERPICIDE.
A. S. WATSON & CO.. SPECIAL AGENTS. APPLICATIONS AT PROMINENT BARBER SHOPS,
384-B
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.