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TELEGRAMS.

It is reported from Peking that Sir John It is reported that the Japanese Government Jordan has communicated with the Waiwupu finds it impossible to ignote any longer the telegraph stations along the whole maritime administration from the general finance of the recommanding the establishment of wireless proposal to separate the account of the railway mount of China, which includes the coast lines of Governmant and place it on an independent Chili, Shantung, Kiangan, Chokiang, Fakion, besis, in this way allocating profits to tho and Kwangtung provinces.

redemption of the Railway honds. The matter was the subject of a representation by the Diet Hailway Company in lease the Tairon (Dalny) and business men are now strongly aging the A proposal is made by the South Manchurian during the last session, and the leading bankers docks belonging to the company to the Kawnessalty of its adoption. The Premier has at for the Vice-Presidency. saki Dockyard Company, of Kobe, and negotia at appelated a Committee to investigate the

question.

against the system which they had hitherto been following in common with other mani. cipal institutions. No one, with these facts before him, can doubt that the effect of nationalising the railways and other like services would be the samens that which has attended the like movement on the part of the municipalities. The railways would be less effectively administered, but a vast number of working men would be under the direct employment of the Governmenttions are said to be progressing between the two and, as most of these man would represent a companies regarding the tortus of the lease. It vote, no Government could remain in office is not yet decided whether the docks will be who did not conform to their views. This, leased as a whole or in part, combined with the great powers the working classes already possces by means of their trade unions, would throw the whole governing force into their hands and an-

The board of directors of the Japan Sagar Refining Company propose to pay a dividend for the last half-year at the rate of 16 per cent It is stated that some of the shareholders desire the rats should be 20 per cont. In view of the company recommends that the amount to be placed to the reserve should be increased to T100,000 and the value of property. written down.

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LONDON, June 20th. Mr. Sherman has been adopted

FLOODING IN INDIA.

LONDON, June 20th. Enormous damage has been done

GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP.

A railway line is to be constructed in South Korea to connect Kanssa and Mokpo with the Seoul-Fusan Railway at Taltycng, halfway between Beoal and Fun, the line ranning southward soros Chyang-ahong and Cholla by Hoods in Calcutta. provinces. The survey of the conts and in- vestigation into the probable goods and pas sanger traflo were began in September laat by Makpo and Kuusan was completed by the end of last year. The survey of the route to Taityong was commenced in April last, and the work is ship. expected to be completed early in August. It James Braid secures the open championship is hoped to begin the work of constracting the again.] las by April or May next year.

NEW FIELD MARSHALL.

propaganda of a less sweeping abaracter ara opening would be thus given to the result of the working for the period; but the experts, and the survey of the route between

already being accepted, and they may form a temptation to go to further and dangerous lengths. What really is aimed at by the Socialists is nothing less than a system of nationalised charityan arrangement of some kind by which constant and permanent assistance is to be given in various ways to the poor at the expense of the public

generally. It is not considered that if this and could be attained, the necessary effect would be a diminution in the suns which EAU DE COLOGNE are voluntarily given to a very large amount in the form of public and private charities. Such, however, would undoubtedly be the case, though it would be difficult to establisk the fact by statistics.

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introduction of the more drastic nussures which the Socialints desire to see carried all having for their object the taxation of those who have nothing. This may be vary those who have something, in favour of

So far, nothing has been said officially to ereditable though vicarious benevolence but donneet Barawak and British North Borneo, it is very bad statesmenship and can only either directly or indirectly, with the dependen ead in the end to the impoverishment of the cias which are about to "give up" the opium community as a whole and to the Increase of and the revenue arising from it, Why are these two Beitish-protected, yet semi. the evil which it is designed to correct. Independent, States to be allowed to escape from playing golf at Starboek, near Harrogate, ■ the net which, according to the Under Secretary of State, has caught the Eastern Urown, Colonies and the semi-independent Federated Malay Blater?

speaking of the affects of Socialism in Frauca, M. DuBois says it may be truly said that the large number who yote can, with Impunity, place burdens upon the small number who pay." If Socialism, in the form of placing railways and the like enterprises directly under the management of the Government, were introduced we should soon arrive at a similer state of affairs in the United Kingdom.

Last month, the United Statos Circuit Court of Appeals at San Francisco dealt with the appeal of the owner of the "Tesome," the North Western Steamship Company, against Thomas Turtle et al. and Charles H. Robertson et al. The degree of the lower Court awarding seamen of the steamship Tacoma” damages for exposure and soffaring after having been Tenders are invited for the deepening of the tricked into blockade-running expedition refuge at Cinseway Bay,

during the Russo-Japanese war was affirmed by the Appeal Court.

Eight case of plague, sivon fatal, wore reported during the day eaded noon 20th Jane. The members of the new infantry company of Volunteers are to meet their captain on Friday night.

The steamer Hanping launched by Messrs. Bailey and Company underwent its trisi trip on Saturday crnoon.

**Amar "

and

colamue of " Golf Illustrated," the story of an Bir Ralph Payne-Gallway tells, in the extraordinary goldag coincidense.

at

"When

unfortunately knocked over a lack from her short time ago," he writes, "my opponent, o lady, drive, which then fluttered about on the ground from fifty to sixty yards distanos. She was axious to go to the bird at crios to see if ako could in any way reader it assistance. I, how ever, presunded her to wait until I had driven of aleo, when I said we would go up together. proceeded to drive, and topped my shot badly, but my ball hit the wounded bird and killed it This incident was witnessed by four or five persona."

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LONDON, June 20th. Braid has won the golf champion-

LONDON, June 20th: The Earl of Brownlow has been created Field Marshall,

joined the Grenadier Guards in 1868. He was Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Govern

The new field mayaball was born in 184 and

ment Board from 1885 to 1886, Paymaster for War 1889. He is sa A.D.C. to the King General 1987-1999, Under Secretary of State

(REUTER'S SERVICE.]

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT.

LONDON, June 18th. All who are interested in military football At the Chicago Convention, Senator here will appreciate this story:-The story of Lodge, permanent chairman, in a speech how Tommy Attias was outwitted on the "field eulogising President Roosevelt, proked a of battle in South Africa-that is 10 Bay, the remarkable demo natration lasting forty-five football field is too good to be lost. It was

The Bussion steamers

the final of the cup, and eleven minors on the minutes. Senator Lodge's impressive de- Duleper, belonging to the Far Est Steatone side and a regimental team on the other claration that President Roosevelt's deci ship Company, are still detained at Nagasaki, were striving might and main in a mining sion not to stand again for the presidency is where they wore attached three months ago by district. At last the miners scored a lucky irregocable reduced the hall to silence. r, the Hitakata Colliery Company, of Nagasaki, gal and so the game stood on the stroke of Taft's delegates at the Convention secured on a claim against coal supplied amounting to lime," when the soldiers, in a last despairing 700 sents out of a total of 980. about Y20,000 According to ́a Nagasaki effort, descended with a mighty rush upon the dispatch, all remittances having stopped, the captains of the two steamers have no means to sing custodian. Never did there appear to be a grester certainty than the fall of that purchase provisions for the crow and have appealed to the Russian Embassy in Tokyo for. But astrange thing happened. As though assistance. The Russian Consul at Nagasaki by preconceived arrangement, the crowd, ac bas sent a lelegram to the owners of the steamers companied by an inprovised band, began to sing at Vladivostok urging that a remittance should the National Anthem, Instinctively every be sent without delay.

"Tommy" stood to "Attention "and the goal. Was noved!

MOROCCO.

Up to the present only two measures of the Socialist school have been considered as within the range of state politics, namely old age pensions and the nationalisation of railways, and for both, plausible reasons are arged. The former, however, stands on totally different footing to the latter Relief of the poor has to be provided in some form by public bodies or by the State and on this ground the matter may be deemed one which Government may undertake within reasonable limits. Time, however, was when both these schemes would have been condemned apon the bitherte accepted principle that matters which can be done by private persons should be left to them and will be better performed by then than if under. taken by Government. The principle of old age pensions however appeals to very natural and respectable feelings of com

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to repogales, provisionally and pending thỏ passion, and in this way may perhaps b receipt of His Majesty's exequater, Mr. JonThe question whether the threat of excom- accepted though father upon motives oJoaquim Leiria as Coneal for Portugal in

Michael Ka Inikov, a bussar who entered the kindliness than of sound judgment and in Hongkong.

munication in certain circumstances is not an déed it seems to have been approached

Russian army in 1797, and served in it för infringement of French law has arisen before eighty years, was included among the objects of the Brittany Courts in connection with the interest which the Caar was able to exhibit at much in this mood by the Liberal party at

action of a Lorient priest, whe-summoned Carekoe Belo for the Swedish royal wedding howe, There was, however, a good deal

before the legal Police Court for having brand-Budnikov-is-128-years of age, and in still active, of party policy in their action. Although

shed the thunders of the Church over the He soon and hears well, and lives on his own Taft by 702 votes out of 978, and his the labour party are not in favour of the

heads of a prospective purchaser of ecclesiastical farm. He has the rank of "retired pessant" nomination for the Presidency was then more extreme recommendations of the So- Mr. Lau Chu-pak, after serving three yearned that there had been no breach of the law which he had brought won 2500, and it was to

property in his parish. The magistrates de cind a persion of £120 Recantly a lottery ticket made-unanimous. cialists, the particular scheme of old age

On the Committee of Chinese dispensarise, has and their decision was confirmed by the Rennes collect this money that the old man travelled candidates was continuously interrupted pensions is certain to be popular with them resigned owing to pressure of business. Mr. Lan Court of Appeal. The case, however, has now

A. roll-all of the States nominating other and the Labour party must be conciliates did good work in helping to educate the Chinese come before the Court of Cassation, which has when Napoleon invaded Russia; he was portil Ohio was reached, when Mr. Taft's

from Tver to the capital. He was a grown man

The American Count General informs us of the requipt of a telegram from Manila dated Jano 20th zoading Depression N. E. Mantis moring probably North-wards.” ⠀

Mr. L., A. M. Johnston, Postmaster General, has been appeipted. Colonial Trasmirar, during the absence on leave of the Hon, Mr. A. M. Thomson, or until further notios, with effect from the 18th instant.

felt as a distinct loss. in laws of sanitation, and his resignation will be

return of the Imperial. Maritime Custor's jast

in view of a possible general election. It has, however, been often pointed out that a sitabla provision for old age can be segared

Some misgiving is likely to be aroused by the by the payment of a very small sun in early years, and there would seem no ressoned on forsiga opium decreased by 31,767 tas's, issued, which shows that while the duty collect why some kind of working-men's deferred the duty on native opium increased by 72,398 annuity company might not be established. tzels. which would secure tboend in view quite as

quashed the Renues judgement. The case will be tried over again in another local Court,

and Consular Bill for the purpose of affording The U., Senate has passed the Diplomatic

taining more adequita establishments. Ita un- Amuriaan representatives the mess of maiz- animous support is said to have been due to the recent Hill-Tower diplomsiojincident at Berlins The Japan Advertiser prints a telegram stat. Increased salaries for Ambassador sod Mizis

Press. groust, be reasons for making the conccstion mount to the Cunard Line is now assured.

His Excellenby the Governor has givən bis. assent, in the name and on behalf of His Majesty the King, to Ordinance No. 11 of 1938.-Au "Ordinance to authorise the appropriation of a supplementary sum of one hundred and sixty-six thousand seven hundred and thirty-five dollars and eighty-five cents, to defray the charges of the year 1907.

LONDON, June 18th. Mulai Hafid bas been proclaimed Sultan of Morocco at Tatuan,

THE U. S. PRESIDENCY.

LONDON, June 18th. The Republican Convention have adopted by Mr. Tuft and President Roosevelt. a platform containing every plank favoured

LONDON, June 19th. Tha Chicago Convention adopted Mr.

sonally known to General Katuzoff, and was

pame was received with tremendous enthu- still serving in the days of Skobeleff, who also sisem. Pennsylvania mat three votes for

George of all the classes, a couple of soors of Washington, said the country was to be showed him personal marks of his favour. Mr. Roosevelt though he was not nominated. Budnikov has the "For Valour" medals of St. President Roosevelt, interviewed at

congratulated on its choice. He had known Mr. Taft intimately for years, and thought" that no man was so well fitted to be A gruesome fatality is reported from President. Mr. Taft had the same ideals

ofher medals and crosses of distinction which he won in the course of his military service, and two medale for saving life,

The

MACEDONIA.

Leoker of Victoria, Hongkong, Solicitor, of affectually as any Government system-Ing that the Canard liner "Mauretan haters are favoured, and the Bill provides an Dindigul, mys a Madura correspondent of the

"This, however, may be considered impos-still-farther lowered the Allantio record, her appropriation for the purchase of the embз8xy Madras Mail." An elephant taicer be and purposes as himself, and was absolutely HONGKONG OFFICE: 10A, DES VEUX ROAD. Csible on account of the inherent wont of latest crossing being made in the wonderful houses at Faris. Senator Lodge enlivened the longing to the Palai temple-had as usual been fearless, disinterested and upright: LONDON OFFICH: B1, FLET STEBET. E. prudence which characterises the working time of 4 days, 20 hours, 15 minutes. The proceedings by a Choate story. The Ambassa- taken thither to assist at the annual Chitrai classes in England, and there may, on this granting of a subsidy by-the British Govern told by a peliosman that he must go home. I olure, the mahout took the slephant about for dor was strolling aimlessly one night, and was. festival. When the festival had, come to a

LONDON June 18th have no home," Mr. Choate replied; "I am an exhibition and collection of presente, though it certainly is a serioas one when

[ American Ambassador."

Reuter learns that the details of the beast was brought back to the temple and the though £6,000,000 are now spoken of, it

mahout was engaged in picketing it. The hind Anglo-Russian proposals regarding Mace is estimated it play, cost the country a,

A St. Petersburg message to the Corres-legs had been fastened, and the man went to donia are practically settled, and that as much as 280,000,000 per annum before

pondance Fasse," says it is rumoured that three the front and bent-down to fasten the forelega, soon as the agreement is definite, the twe it has been in existence many years.

foartment for the Amur Railway concussion, the life out of him. Not content with this, the Powers. Turkey has decided to withdraw foreign banking houses have applied to the when the brute seized the mahout and trampled Governments will seek the adhesion of other They are understood-to-have proposed the elephant vented its fury further by gering the hor troops from Samos arcept one battalion. following terms: (1) the concession to bo for a disfigured mass with its tusks, and then, rolling term of forty years, after which the entire enterprise shaft revert to the State; (2) they under its trunk. Great crowds had collected the mutilated reusine into a ball, held it secure- company formed by the banks in question to be meanwhile, but the corpse could not be taken granted land of length corresponding to the from the enraged beast. The services of an- other mahout were requisitioned at last, and he (3) the Stats to guarantee a certain fized minimum of receipts. In Government virales, adds the correspondent, these forms are con- sidered unreasonable. The clauss as to minimum receipts is absolutely mascceptablə,

HONGKONG, JUNE 22ND, 1908. Ay article of much interest at the present. time on the subject of Socialiem, appears in the Bevus des deux mondes from the pen of.. Mr. Paul Dubois, a well known and very able political writer. It deals with what designated Municipal Socialism in "England and, after giving an exhaustive

The question, however, of the national different footing--and the results would isation of railways stands upon a very undoubtedly be very serious if any such Mengura were adopted. Of this we bare

The reconstruction of the South Manchurian Railway lines into broad gangs having been completed, the rolling stock used on the narrow being collected at Linjation and giren for the Purpose of transportation to Japan. The roll- ing stock to be sent home consists of 217 engines, 3,200 goods trucks, and 200 passenger carriages.

when the remains of the short were removed. The animal quisted-down after some lug Asother mahout was sent for from Palai sad the now quiet-elephantywas taken back,

LAWN BOWLS,

A match between these neighbours, the Police Bowling Club and the Civil Service Bowling ground of the formst. Fortunately the weather safe and the mesting proved most interest. ing.

account of the manner in which socialistin the valuable object lesson to which Mr. gauge lines has become useless, and it is now length of the rente, and 25 versts in breadth; contrived to distract the attention of the animalClub, was played on Saturday afternoon on the principles have been adopted by various DuBois calls attention, the result of municipalities in that country treats in administration on Socialistic lines by various cilentally of the whole subject of socialism large municipal bodies in England. In bath in England and France, and shows the hardly any case has the experiment been danger of such a system if applied to the in the long rau pecuniarily successful and,

-in-most-instances, the effect of the munWe are informed by the Colonial Boorotary

Biate.

The difficulty ofariving at any conclusion on the subject of Socialism is that the form is used with a great variety of mealings,

The Osaka Asahi states that Javi ornde

of the Percentages of Opium Smokers in Chian approached and not a few. Chinew merchants

cipalities undertaking the work of supplying that Mr. Clement's paper titled « Calculation as, water, tramways, electrical force,le-Sen-Choan and Hongkong" was not laid on the phone service and the like, has proved con- fable at the last meeting of the Legislative For all that has been said about Socialism elusively that the work could have been Council, The document, he writer, was nat for years past it would be difficult to give done much more. cheaply and efficiently intended for publication at the present time and any exact definition of what the term really by private enterprise. But the effect serious inconvenience has been caused by giving

it publicity. meune. The idea of very many is that politically has been enormous. The om Sociallem is some recently discovered means ployment of so many workmen has placed The following appears in the Governmen of putting an end to all the evils of poverty a large number of votes directly for the Gazette: With reference to Government Noti -to low wages, to sweating, to unemploy. councils, and indirectly for Parliament at fication No. 154 of the 20th of March last, it is ment, to the wretched surroundings of the disposal of those connected with these hereby notified that, as only one purchaser of the slums in which many have to pens Councils. The workmen by the municipal corrected popy of the loual Hansard inslated the Government Goselfe has applied to baro á their lives. This end appears so desirable bodies have been really masters of the with the copy of the Gazette issued next bat that people are inclined to believe in any situation and have been able to make their one after each masting of the Legislative means, which have a plausible appearance own terms both as to employment and pay-Council, the offer made in Government Noti of being likely to attain it; and the subjectment. It is satisfactory to notice that the Bication No. 194 is now withdrawn, and any has affords an endless to pie to the vast London County Council have recently person who desires to obtain copies of the nuraber of orators, the power of whose taken warning and have eat their face the publishers.

local Hazard should order them direct from

estimated

SWEEPS.

futter" in sweepstake will be paint to People who like an occasional innocent

hear that all zweepstakes are illegal.

drawn in a slab, a public-hone, or private It does not matter whether the sweepstake is house; wherever it takes place the participants are guilty of an offence under the Gaming Act.

Such, at any rate, is the opinion of Sir Rebert Hunter, solicitor to the Post Offee, who gave evidence at the first public sitting

of the Joint Committee on Lotteries.

Bir Robert said that public-house sweepstakes had been held to be illegal

sugar began to rias in price as the sugar season who held stocks made large profits. The sugar. market in China is reviving, and the export of sugar from Japan showed a marked increase last month. The total export of the Japan Sugar Refining Company alone in May w

reach 50,000 plouls. The principel bayers of sugar at present are the Mitsui Bassan and Chinese merchants at Shanghai, The Japan Sugar Refining Company is now "Does that really apply to all sweepstakes y active in Chins. The company proposes held in clubs, at this time of the year?" asked depositing with the Shanghai branch of the Earl

rl Beauchamp, the chairman of the Com. Specio Bank the money received in silver, I am inclined to think it does," replied for sugar sold in China, and working on this Sir Robert Hunter, "It does not make any tand, and negotiations are in progress between difference whether it is held in a public-house that the Government is doing its best to the company and the bank. In view of the fact increase exports, the Spesis Bank will agres to give all possible assistance to facilitate the

export of sugar.

or a club.".

Even if it is held in a private-house?" pamued the chairman !

"I am inclined to think so," said Sir Robert. "Lotteries in the strict samse of the term, ho continued, “aro practically non-existent in the United Kingdom,

The result was a win for the Civil Service by 94 to 74 Two of the Civil Service rinks won handsomely, but. the visitors ware certainly shows improved form on the part down badly on on and drew on another. This

of the Police. Scoroa e

Carter. E. Danean and J. A. Wheel (skip), Civil Servico-No. 1 riak-B Hudson, A,

10 Folias No. 1 rink--P. C. Ogg, J. Qudur, Sergt. Pitt and Insp. Cameron (skip), 19,

·Civil BerviceNo. 2 zink-E, W. Dawson A. Blowey, A. M. Thornhill and L. E. Brot (akip), 31.. Polide-No. 2 rink-Sorgt. Watt, Insp. Hanson, P. Glendinning and Insp. Ritchie (skip), 14. "

Civil Service-No. 3 risk-W. H. Wooley 0. W. Brett, R. Featon and M. McIvor

(oldp), 9. Folice - Bergt. Kent, P. C. Robertson, (skip), 24.

3 Fink-P. G. Ball, Melwiran, and

Civil Service No. 41 zluk-A, Pik, P. E Adams. C. Bond, and W. H, Kelly (skip), 35, Police No. 4 rink-Insp. Langley, A. Hill, Inep McHardy and Insp. Withers (skip), 17.