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· LOCAL. SPORT.

INTERPORT ROWING.

Mr. I. G. White, hon, secretary of the Boyal Hongkong, Yacht Club, has received a letter "from the Shanghai Rowing Club inviting the Yacht Club to send a rowing team to compete at the Shanghai Club's Autumu regatta. Lieut. Colonel Broko, R.E., the emergetic explain of the loont Rowing Club, is doing his utmost to` get a strong representative team to send to the north, but arrangements will not be finally settled for sometime yet. The Shanghai Regata is held at place called Hon-li, about forty miles from the city, and will probably take place on the 23rd and 24th October, Hongkong is asked to send a fons and an eight oar team, and Canton, Yokohama and Tantric will mo ba asked to compote. A prominent local oarsman, when spoken to about the invitation, said he thought it was up to Shanghai to visit Hongkong. A Hongkong team visited Shanghai in the

THE OPIUM QUESTION.

"CHINESE CRITICISM OF 'MR. OLEMUNTI'S

STATISTICS...

A.

THE HONGEONG DAILY PRFS8, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26TH, 1908.

Discussing the Oriam Question, Chinese: Public Opinion, paper published In English at Peking, says

In Hongkong we have a battalion of obam pions of the drug and yet almost all of the obviously demonstrate that ontiously enough the opposition to the abolition is not because they think its use in any way beneficial to the user, bat is based on the loss which will noorne to the Colony's revenues through the loss of ao remunerative a trade as that which has been forced upon and foalsred among the Chinese by British Governments and traders,

Among the Hongkong shazaplons of Optum, Mr. Clement, juggling with figures, stands ent prominent. There is, however, no need to be afraid of his statistios for though we do not question the accuracy of his figures we most distinctly disagree with conclusions which are intended to be drawn therefrom being

Taking Mr. Clement's figuras as correct, we find that 897,125 plouts or 607,192,000 Taels of crude opium are consumed each year in China. The lom iz preparation in 50 per cent therefore 303,598,000 Taals of prepared opium are consumed dach year, This giros a daily which at ar showrace of Tir 02 per diem gives the habit

A DISPUTED INSURANCE CLAIM.

AN IMPORTANT JUDGMENT.

In H.B.M's Supreme Court at Shanghai, on the 21stiust, before Mr. F. 8.-A. Bourne, Acting Judge, the cue in which Tung Shengyuen, a Canton Arm, sued the Royal Insurance Co, wam conoluded. The fall text of the judgment is as follows:-

only

Jiko

THE FAMOUS D. C. L. GINS.

'OLD TOM"

UNEXCELLED

AND

*DRY"

IN

QUALITY.

PRICE PER DOZEN

SOLE AGENTS

H. PRICE & CO. LTD..

TELEPHONE No: 135.

Hongkong, 24th August, 1908.

THE TRADE OF SWATOW.

89,00

WIND, APIRIT & CIGAR MERCHANTS,

Now "aircumstances of mere suspicion will ↑ not warrant the conclusion of fraud. "The proet must be such sa to orèafe bɛ lief and not merely. suspicion, If the case made out la consistant with fair dealing and honesty a charge of frind fails. It is not, however, noomiary to etablish fraud that direct affirmative or of frand be givent positive prof

but in many cases it is only sufficient,

the ol Inced Fraud may proof that can be adduced.

be infor & Chinese named Sun Sung-lia, doing bust-red from the facts that are setablished" (Korr on

Frand and Mistake, Tung ness in Canton under the firm name

Srd ess

410 and 412 Ed. PP.

$17) Shengyuan shipped, native medicines to the In this case I am driven to the conclusion that eng tieng in Shanghai for sale with a deliberata frand an the Insurance Co., has inatractions to insuro against fre. The medicines been attempted, and thist not one of these foar were stored in the Chun-chang godown in the species of goods cost in Canton, anything French Settlement, and insured for Tis. 15,000, the prices at which they were invoiced in the with the Defendant Co. The godown was harut latters put in as received from the plaintiff by on the night of August 31, 1907, under erotips. the Eu-Cheng Hong. Making every Allowance stances that gave rise to grave suspicion. The for the effects of the fire, the goods saved from Defendant Co. declined to pay the claim. "Hanes the fire did not in these 4 important instances this action.

approach in quality the ample produced by the In their defence the defendants say that the plaintig, as goods of the same quality as those plaintiff or someone on bis behalf is party or he had lost. If the plaintiff deliberately and certain other Insurance Companies which he never postoured or places upon any che privy to a conspiragy to defraud the defendants introduces into his claim one article which he

issued policies in various names upon mereban that he did possess a fraudulent and false diso said to be stored in the said godown, and value, bo is not in point of law entitled to J. in their farther and better particulars of the recover" (Bangon 5th Ed., page £20),

содарітасу

between

Mr. A. H. Harris, the noting Commisioner nature of the conspiracy alleged, the defendants therefore, ind fraud sud say that the object of the conspiracy was for the plaintiffs, Fa-Cheng, and Li

wood, and report for 1907, says:

The chief osuses which have contributed to to insure the same goods with various com- give judgerpent for the defendants with costs panies, to represent goods of

Varicus

quality I must add that the Insurance Co. is very exercise a material and anloppily, depressing the badly served by its Chinese staff. Aby businees free of the trade of the port sæð: (a, a destruction by fire of the said premises and, the goods therein and to claim against all the going through documents as they

40 miles away; (b) the serious failure of the companies the full amount regardless of the were put in must have discovered then and spring rice eropa (0) the great advance in actual loss sustained and they say that the there the misunderstanding in regard to Garrecate of coast exchanga; and (d) the forest clea parties to the alleged conspiracy are all the wood. That our insurance companies should be rances of old stacks of sugar at ruinous rates. Chinose insured under twenty-four policies in badly served on the native side is much to be Despite, therefore, an-ndranes in the net vorenun various Insuranes Companies set ont for a regretted because they have elsewhere and collection of the port, the results of the year's total sam of Tis. 102,300.

ought to bare here the very highest character trade are most discouraging, and the general fer straightforward and intelligent dealing: complaint, that the year under review has been more disastrous than the port has ex- such mistakes mast damage their credit for beer Intelligence if not for honesty. If the defen-perienced over a long period of time, appears to dants lawyers had been properly instructed be only too well grounded in fact. In addition also to small or ao profits, local expenses-waYBR and assisted on the Chinese side, Oste might have been heard and determined in a foodstuffs, rente-have been on the increais, day or two. The link between the English am informed by competent observers that an speaking manager of an insurance Company advenios of at least 50 per bent, bas takes place and the Chinese-speaking insured come t be in the last few years. The rebellion of the Jaoping district and in particular at the coast weak and to need strengthening.

Mr. Jones drew attention to the costs of the quickly gave to it the appearance of a serious port of Ungkang, broke out in May. Rumour commission to Canton.

His Lordship said he had previously said rising, to which colour was lent by the fat that that the defendants would have to pay the the town was captured and held by the in whole of trose costs and he was still of the urgeats. The Tuotai and the local Brigadier same opinion.

vcro, how ver equal to the situation, and before troops from Carton, promptly despatched by the Viceroy,

reathed the spot, any fears of

• early eighties, Kobe in 1891 and Yokohama iu consumptien of 891,768 Teals prepared opium, the same person or persons under various names signed the godown receipt for Gaping who Customs ut Swatow, in his report on shetrado

1892, Lut none of these Rowing Clube baye

paid return finita. He eleo thought that the total of 4 158,842.daily smokere,confirmed in to be goods of superior quality, to procureman Oblues or Een donestly and osrefully boat rising in the joining district, .only some

secretary of the Shanghai Rowing Club should have written the V.R.G, as well at the Yacht Club, the former Club being the premine sporting association of the Colony, and includ ing among its members some smartscullers,

*

AMERICAN BASEBALLERS.

"TO VISIT HONGKONG, 7

•

户您

a cably,

Value

-- this

THE PACIFIC SHIPPING TRADE,

REPORT FROM A JAPANESE CONBUL'

the

12, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTIL

SPECIAL

BARGAINS

HIGH CLASS

PIANOS

BROADWOOD. COLLARD

WERNER.

HAAKE

RACHALS.

KRAUŠS.

AND OTHER

MAKERS OF REPUTE

WEAR GUARANTEED!

WILL BE STORED UNTIL REQUIRED

CASH OF CREDIT.

Co., LTD.

.. Hongkong, 13th July, 1908,

for same boxing contents at the various places Consumption by more moderate smokers Suppose (Fai Tou-kou) ka wood (Chen Hainng) report does not represent the real intentions of arer, but succumbed to a disease no doubt mixing foreign sugar with the native article.

Bome

of call. If a match can be arranged in Hoog-half the amount daily or Thele 01 we shall kong, there is little doubt that it will be well patronised, for votaries of the manly art are strong bere just now, ?

LAWN TENNIS.

Messze. R. Lapsley Bud Capt. Tadd., (Capt. 8.3. Laisang") and W. Crawford and A. C. Equsi have been selected to represent the Kowloon Bowling Gren Club in a friendly tennis match with K. C.-C. on the ground of the former at 4.30 p.m. on Saturday,

A BHANGHAI DAME:

the number of persone addicted to the opium habit, who are really only pertinent to such an enquiry, will form an infinitely greater per cenlage' than can be shown by apy. European country in the case of alcohol.

ASTOR HOUSE HOTEL COMPANY,'

LIMITED SHANGHAI,

2. a catty.

an entirely trustworthy witness, valued (1) and

concilable as to point to a mistake especially in rogard

to (4) so-called Laka wood which bealdea, seemed to me a mis-translation of the Chinese characters. I found it impossible, to give judgment until this confasten had been cleared

plice.

at

to

improve colour and prios Early in the year

market, set in, the native sugar selling at $7.50

to 80 What is the lowest post

Mr. Clementigonerous. He allows just twice this number, as he does not estimate on the reitooed quantity of prepared as against orada pium. He then takes the estimated population of China at 400 000,000 and thus discovers that approximately only two per cent of the population are ecnfirmed opium smokers.

With this we are quite prepared to agree, but it is pertinent to enquire of what does this I ought to mention that an exhaustive criminal population of 4/0,000,000 consist. To anyona issiry in regard to the cause of this fire was who knows his Chine it is not hard to believe held by the French Mixed Court, Monsieur that the children under 15 years of age num- Felt, the Frenchise Consal, sitting as Asses ber something like 5 to 1 of the adult population. ser. This inquiry lasted eight months; and the Mr. J. Lawrence Woode, the manager of the It is sbeurd to include any of these in the per- trial of the present action has been several times Reach All-American Baseball Club, is now in centage of a nation's dronkards or uplom flends. postponed in sousequence. That Court gave To assure, however, a wide enough margin the its fudgement on May 8th, 1908, finding no Hongkong, and will shortly be going back to children can be reckoned as proportionsd us 3 to proof of incendiariem, but tilaming the gedown- the Sintes to bring out his famous baseball teams. 1 of the adults and their inclusion in the cou-keeper, Li Hong-ping, for carelessness, blaming Mr. Woods has made arrangemanis for this sideration of the question being unreasonable and finding the godown owner Ch'en three crook team of exponente of America's national we have only to deal with the remaining adalt hundred Taels, and Bading two of the insured population of 100,000,000 From this again, Tle, 500 each for fraud in over-insuring their game to play matches at Yokohoma, Tokyo, under the cirumstancer prevailing, the females goods & copy of this judgment was put in by Kyoto, Kobo and Shanghai. In some of the can be practically eliminated as it is a demon-

consent. strable cities visited cricket matches will also take era is insignificant. The women of China con-

fact that the proportion of wor

of women smok Many grave reasons for suspicion were proved by the defendants; the small size of place.

the men,

but in order to the godown and the rubbahy nature of the siderably outnumber Arrangements, we understand, have been compensate for possible femala smokers we can pontents saved the large total

forward mevement, embracing Swatow, wade with the Hongkong Cricket Club for a consider them as equally proportioned and shall insured; the over insured sham opinm and

had been dissipa ed. It was found that there was nothing behind the outbreak: there was a local team to meet the baseballers here in accordingly have to deal only with 10,000,000 dammy sloth; the disappearanes of the godown. cricket match

In a report dated the 12th instant on the lack of organisation and an seance of modern adult males. Taking it is supposition that keeper, Li Hong-ping the nominee of the Fu about December 18th, and all smokers are consumers of The A2 per day Cheng Hong, and man who signed the Godown railway freight question in America, Mr weapons fatal to any serious movembat. Bome possibly arrangements may be made for this will give ne s persentage of 8.31.7 per cent receipts; but there circumstanens although Matsubara, Japaners Consul at Chiesgo, states inoriainating correspondence and insignia. be-

watch agathat the Kowloon Cricket of the malo population. Grot 15 years of aga as suspicions Fould not support the allegation agreed, rebre companies in America having trying outside or foreign infuence were found

agreed, acoo:ding to the regulations of the bat the rising, it part of a general soleine had Club In Manila, where a guarantee fund of confirmed opium stokers. It is to be remarked of fraud, and it was not until I came to

minutely

the itams of the pisintiff's claim that Inter-State Commission, to charge freight on been premature. The disturbances at Pakhoi ROBINSON PLANO 5000 Pesos bar been obtained, the team will that the age limit given above la absurdly low.

Now

goods exported to the Orient at the same rato as and neighbourhood coincided with our local plays series of ten games of basebal

Je an obriona fact that the confirmed I was giran cause. That claim is in respect of smokers, like the confirmed drunkards of sirlaen different kinds of drugs valued it on domestic goods excepting raw gotton, the excitement and seemed to indicate a common Altogether, a party of about lfty people Western lands, are in a distinst minority Was 15,568, but of these four item only account aaturally go via Sues. The railway companies fatory mensires in persons and it is a

majority of cargo destined for the Far Eat will origis. The Chaochow Total conducted paci- travel with the Reach All Club, but these are should be making a generous margin if for Tls, 12,600. These items are

pleasure we allowed that 5 per cent of the smokere (1) 2,000 cuttles Cinnamon (Shang Chihkud) regard the change as unavoidable and they are to place on record that this work was, by

by com- not all players, several travelling as tourists.

in Chins could be put into this category,

at Tls. Sa catty.

prepared to sacrifies the profits from the steam-mon report, performed with a considerable Among the men Mr. Woods is bringing out We skoold find that

540 cattiva superior. Cinnamch (Shang | ship services to the Orient conducted by them. I measure of restraint and regard for the lives oake cost as much as the produce it stimulater, consumers of is" Fixomy" Britt, an ex-champion lightweight | Tlo. 0.2 of opium daily would consume

En kuci) at Th. 6's catty.

This was the origin of the recent raport that and propertice of the misled villagers. Tastai The importation figures se of interest, Im (3) 190 catties white superior Cardamoms the railway companies had decided to abandon Ehen, whose abilities marked him out for higher ports had been encouraged by the precties of boxer, and doubtlere arrangements will be made 168,855 Teals daily leaving 662,943: Taels for

Tla. 13

their steamship services on the Pacific. But the posts, was appointed Acting Provincial Tros- for the sake of argument these are

(4), 500 catties (7) averaged at

at Tis.

the railway companies. The notice given by hastened by the fatigues and hardships of his the guild vigorously repressed this practice, Mr. Erskine, the I. M. Customs Appraiser, the railway companies that they will adopt new kaminer campaign, extending over three menths. hoping to force ap-country refiners to produce obtain a total of smokers of both classes of

rates of freight on and after" November 1st While this disturbanos lasted trade wad seven and a balf millions of opium amokers.

This will give a proportion of 15 per cent of 2 at from Tla 0.40 to. Tls. 1.50 per catty; (3) sext, has necessitated the readjustment of the standstill emigrant remittances and All ship eleener article. Such a heroic measure pat the male papalation over 15 years of age. If at Tis. 3.50 per and Tis. 4.5 per

traffic business of the companies before that meats to the interior ceased, loans wore oiled into practice withcut due disenssion and com

itization this argument is oaried to a rational conclusion picul-all from samples of goods found in the date. They have no fatention whatever of and money was freely remitled to Hongrong, and bion proved dinastrous prices fell sharply and the proportion of breadwinners and fathers godown after the fire. The plaintiff's prices andoning, the Oriental trade. The new rates This movement rapidly seat up the rate of but the future is with the foreign refinery. of fimilies only be taken it will be found that and Mr. Erskine's appraisement were so free to some time yet before publication takea much fear and trembling. The daily rate of Dealers holding large stocks were forcod

have not yet been published, and it remittances, whereupon money was hoarded, with

interest fell below 4 per cent. per annum, aile the year at ruinous pricas-$450 to 85.20 to part with them towards the end of fearing that the adoption of the new rates of touched 8

The Union of Manufacturers in Chicago, the rate on Hongkong rose till in October it sighs from November 1st will grostly affect generally on joyed an exchange on Hongkong Brew sugor, is still preferred. Low ces pipul, and large quantities were cent, premium. Nwator had Pr per

bought the markets, where up and 1 called upon the parties ander Rule the trade with the Orient, bas expressed itself in the neighbourhood of pir, and the high rate and a slight advance in those of foreign sugar 158 to give further evidence in regard to the in opposition to the proposal. In reply the ruling throughout most of the year, combined stimulated sales, and with the opening of 198 values of these four druge, suggesting that the railway compazies throw the responsibility for with violent fluctuations in the local money a slight recovery in sympathy with the import plaintiff should bring into. Court specimens of and admit that by the rates adopted as the reqult the close of the year par was quoted but at this the alteration on the Tater-State Commission market, were a serious handicap to traders. At drugs of the mme quality as thom he claimed to have lost to that wo, should be in a sport. of the Cowinienes mully be on the team with end of January exstanga stand at 13 yer ornt. t whlot the Swatow sugas en estat price

the Orient vill eventually carried on mainly premium, tion to talk of things and not of names merely. The result showed that, in regard to (4), the Inter-State Commission and received a reply ing an explasiation of local risings, is the pride known; of profit, there now is little or via Suez. The Chicago Union approached the A factor, not without impartanos when seek expenses does not seem tote-sourately parties had been deposing (and signing about that the Commission would consider the matter of rloo and the severity of taxation. Himangone. Its only market is wentfrely different dings, the plaintif having

the Yingtie, cisimed for Chan: Hsiang (Jared wood) while after and our vacation. The Union of nature is skin the world over dear bread arouses taste, for the foreign articla, Nothing has the North seeming to have acquired the Mr. Erskine bad valued, Chiang Hsiang (Lake Manufacturers of the State of Illinois is also the Western operative, and cheap rice is

considering a remedy for the situation. On essential to the tranquility and content of the this erstwhile great industry. The Formosan

yot come of On 31st December, 1907, the 8 per cent wood) the the former being worth The 2s catty,

any official action relative to reply to 6 Chinese. In this neighbourhood the early trade is not doing well, as the following valuas Debenture issue of Teels 450,000 (part of the latter Tia. 4 apicul, that is a hundred catties. July 27th the Union addressed authorised. Issue of Taola 500,000) was The very pertinent question then arose which representation as this question made by the draught caused many falds to lie oncultirated paid-of-and-replaced by a new inus-of-wis the drug lost in the fire, Garrod wood worth Forsign. Trade Society of Japan, in which ti aird The lata relan damaged growing paddy, testify, owing to the disturbanos caused by the Teels 750,000 st 7 per cent all of which has Tia 249 Mesare. Nool, Murray and Co. wore was stated that when the decision of the railway The Yangtze granery was closed and rice rapidly introduction of the gold standard in 1904, by been taken up by the public at par.

instructed two days after the fire to make a companies is found to injure the trade between approached famine prices, Wahn ordinary rose tariff barriers, and by competition with Japanes survey of the contents of the godones; and Japan and Americs, some better arrangement from 81.75 per 100 catties to $5.10 in April, in The Directors regret that while the revenue from local patronage is considerably larger than their employee, Mr. Cook, said that it Lak will probably be made between the railway which Bangkok ordinary wae quoted at Si to

Importa from in the previous year, the failing of in the pum samples of all the medicines there. He took companies, shippers of cargo, and the Inter $1.80 por net pioul. In May Saigon arrivals

Formoss. bor of guests visiting the port, which is the forty odd different samples of deugs; - State Comissión. Japas Chronicle.

Bomewhat eased the situation, this rice being | 1905.

Hk. T. 558,052 THE LATEST CURE FOR CHOLERA. Bouros from which the bulk of the income is were of inferior quality; zo Garroo wood.

quoted at $9.78 to $475 per picnl. Some profits 1906......

504,132 derived, has been so heavy that in spite of was found, bat Laka wood was found. It

were made, but Saigon rice is not liked by the 1907

431.162 wws shown in evidence that the druge ward-

people. At the end of the year Wahu

gin The latest cure for cholers comes from Iloile, economies in many directions the balance at

was quoted at $3,90 to $4.75 and local rise ab I am told that the Formoss Government is to form of it is chined by the can did As la nation, this count asia on ondeavour to encourage the South China tondo. Nuevo Heralds, published there, that two 44318.18 against $123,181.91 on 30th June

end, the tax itself to be levied and was children and a man, all of whom fell sick with

"The Directors bave pursued the same policy

been poor and fall short of the assessment, which thus brought home i to the disease were cured by the interior and ex- as heretofore in writing off large amounts for

the people. Results have terior application of the said remedy. The story depreciation and maintainance, the accounts kong we find that these goods were described on Redemption Fund, sud-has since been detained from Tie, 50,000 per annum bad been edranged of the Nuevo Heraldo is as follows in the town being treated in every respect as in years of the face of the China Merchants Steam of Jaro two children, brother and sister, word

in prison. Mr. Yang is also the Assistant to The 150,000. The guilds had not agreed to Editor of the "Dai Har Mal!! Shinpe," and tributions; but the tax itself, 1 hear, has attacked with the disease. They were bathed prosperity, and although the result of so doing Navigation Co. Bill of Lading a Lake wood, so

the larger-quola and were bebindhand in con- in petroleum and made to drink a quantity of of to show, debo le profit and loss account endorsed in Chinage, ha acre that they and Mr. Marnham, the Edits and Proprietor of yielded about Tls. 180,00, from which colfeo member of its staff to walk upon the Chinees the fuid with the result that they rallied and of 84,300.09 it is believed that the shareholders through the Customs at Shanghai ar Lako that journal, succeeded recently in getting an he drank so much of the oil that he could be de-redetailed statement of ameants spent on were soon ont of danger. In the case of the main will approve of the Board's sotion in this wood, paying duty at the rate of Ts. 0.125 a interview with him. According to the letter ton expenses, placed at Tis. 30,000, have to be Representative in Washington, Mr. Wa Ting

picul in place of Tie. 10a pion, the rate from a Seoul.correspondent which appeared in dednoted. Now arrangements are content-

and to have Blicited from his Excellency on Garroo wood; that the Customs issued a

approval of the alliance scheme, Mr. tected by bis-smell for several blocks.

maintenance and repairs under various head re-exportation pass for there goods as Lake was abooked to find the change which the suturan, was most disconcerting, and said undertake to say officially what the attitude of

ear columns on Wednesday, Mr. Harnham plated

The sudden fall in the foreign exchange is Wp, according to the reporter, could not ings scharged to Working Account, and further

Wood the pam being so endorsed in Chinese had taken place in Mr.

Mr. Yang sho is amounts written off for depreciation since the characters, and that the Shanghai shipping merely prisoner noder remand and has emphasises the gambling nature of business his Government would be towards such an formation of the Company, is appended.

hung which cleared goods fer, the Fu Cheng not been convicted. Yet it is stated that Mr.

with

gold standard countries. A fixed rate is alliance, but speaking as an individual, he strongly welcomed the article in the New York Directoreta Mr. Jas. N. Jameson resigned Hong entered them in their books as Chiang Yang and nineteen other men were in this doubtless difficult and costly to arrange, for, sa

Herald China, he said, was undoubtedly fall. bie seat on 31st December, 1907, which remained song, that is Laks wood. Plaintiffs

with the hope for introduction of à sadard Counsel The Hongkong Observatory yesterday isned vacant until the end of the financial year when suggested that Garroo wood was falsely declare terribly hot weather confined together day and aid, prapent housing interesis aro against it, ing into a perilous position owing to Japan's...

night in a room fourteen feet by twelve. Bir Mr. Duncan McNeill was invited to join the at the Customs as Laka wood in order to evade Yang was naturally suffering severely from such have been found to be so grost in Indis, that

The

advantages of Buck a measure, however, aggressions, and her interest in restraining Board. His appointment requires the con- daty, bat Mr. Erskine said one could not treatment. The British Consul General China const, in salfdefence, follow quit, to the America's interest in the Far East. Therefore these aggrassions was on all fours with bas fallen over the China coast and Forms,firmation of the shareholders.

possibly pase as the other, because they differed informed of the matter, and, as the Congul- and risen over Japan and the Loochaos.

Mr. Leslie J. Cobitt retires by rotation bat, M. Erskine added the he had never known so Yang was lured out of a house in the occupation market was disturbed to meet pay and Baug- the Japan Mail asks, he did, bo has been

ne small profit of the nation at large. Gon- widely in appearance and in mode of packing. General is interested from the foot that Mr.

an alliance between the two Powers seemed to being eligible, offers himself for re-election.

currently with the above trouble, the mey be the most potent manner of solving the dae on problem. Did Mr. Wu make these assertions! Thomson retire, but are willing to continue in imported in ore shipment. These goods which a protest to this Residency-General, and, kek, and slea by the presence in large quantities guilty of perhaps

Auditors Messrs. A. R. Lanko and G. H. large a quantity as 600 patties of Garroo wood of British subject and then arrested; he made socount of rice purchases in Saigon Office, if re-elected.

were received into the godown on August 26, Bre days before the fire, I believe to have been Prince if to the found on telegraphed to of inferior dollars imported from Man- perpetrated by a duly

fto. However that may be, orders ware (1) and produced send Mr. These dollars, mostly the Kirin Knowing him to be an official

Tariety, were refused by the Castoms and experienos, our inclination is to treat in Chambers as corresponding to the goods fort Yang to the hospital to be examined. Hour | bankers and rejected at Hongkong

A whole stier as a Au

the But can pare canard. statements of such a journal as the, New, Tork sally good quality. They were this point Mr. Tang was apparently allowed to attempt or the appearance of ah attom, was The "Lapoot" retoras to the toxicity of described as graded goods; but it was proved go to the hospital unaccompanied by police made to forge taum on the local market at par Herald be dismissed fouuntinently . It is tobacco smoke." The sicke, it says, contains that Cinnamon does not come to Shanghai escort, and he naturally

he had been lured. offer good-quality dollars, hitherto the standard deals that he ever made use of such language, at 10a.m. to-day; 0.07 inchos.

moncxide. The symptoms of carbon monoxide Erskine valued (1) at about fls. 150 par catty Mr. Marnham, The registered owner of the coin in the port, to a premium, The movement The Chinese Government will have to recall The forecset for the 24 hours ending at noon poisoning resemble in a noteworthy manner the against plaintifs Tla. 3, and (2) at about Tle, house, refuses to surrender bim to the Japanese has failed and there is

normal conditions will What illimitable potentialities for mischief në time of writing that no pesanos at the him promptly or his colleague in Tokyo to hitn. to-day lë pa follow-

rities, and the British Conant General de- symptoms of tobacco smoke poisoning- ten per catty as against plaintiff. The 6... In author him to te surrendered is fair prevail. och coast rates will not muddy Hongkong & Neighbourhood]")

landing newspaper possentes ! uy to dinducer and shortness of breath on regard to (8) Mr. Erskine

their return to

Fold level. These colás NW to W exertion and heart disturbance, while the produced at about Tis. 4 * for catty ag against instructions from the British Ezata circulate at a discount in the town and img- seness, of judgement and of movement, are plaintiffs produced Mr. Eraklas said the Consequently the Consul-General is being mediate neighbourhood, but the interior rejecte Formosa Channel...

winds, fresh or

Or frequently impaired. In some respects, the were of a quality greatly superior to that most bitterly attacked by tho Press agency them, and their local purchasing power is less strong.

Lucel goes on to point out, the symptoms of any samples Ita had seen from the godown, which supplies the Japaress papers with news than that of the Mexican and similar good coins. plexion, Mrs. Ellen's Crème Charmante alt Bouth coast of Chins between

Same as No. 1. qurbon monoxide poisoning resembled those making every allowance for fire, water and about Kotes. In view of the manner of Hongkong and Lamocks Bouth count of China between Same as No. L

produced by an immoderate or chronic indal-time, and, further, that the quantities of Yang's Arrent, we cannot well, ses how the The anomaly of a Government bank refuse to Charmant and Special Skin Tonic and Fondre geroo in alcohol. There can be little doubt, these four items imported by this one small British authorities can order this unfortunate reosive Government-minted coins evoked much. Charmant will enable you to do it. Heg Hongkong and Haipan (N.W. to W. winds, moderate or fresh; therefore, that the association of smoke and fade bere high proportion to the whole man to be surrenderd to the Japanese comment: bat Swatow has benefited by the Specialities for the Skin are the study of a

drink is a poisonous one. both conspiring to import into Shanghai for any one year of goods authorities without virtually shandering the

action.

Ktetime, A. 8. Watson & Co. Ltd., Sols;Agen squally, thunder showers.

the superior quality claimed."

rights conferred by extrateritoriality in Korea.

Regarding sugar, the year ban been, in usual a. most unastisfactory one, and a pioul of benz”

One of the best expositions of lawn tennis doubise was seen at Shanghai on the 21st inst. when the fast for the Lester Capa hong doubles competition-was played. The inalists woro 4 Veitch and S. M. Wallace (Standard Life Assurance Co.) and N. B. Ramsay and B. P, Bouter (Messrs. Ibert and Co). There was a very large attendance of opretators The result of the malch was that Yoitch and Wallace beat Ramsay and Sonter-8-6, 6-4,68

WEATHER REPORT,

the following report:

On the 28th at 12.20 p.m.--Tus barometer

The typhoon which is situated to the West

of the Locchpos and North of Melaco Sima,

hee made but little progress since yesterday. It appears

to be wing slowly towards W.N.W at present

The high sure area covers E. Japan. Bad weather will continue to prevail over the Eastern See.

* Fresh N,W. to 8.W. winde may be expected in the Formoss Channel and the N part of the China Bea..

The report of the Directors for presentation to the shareholders at the seventh annual general meeting to be held at the Astor House Hotel on Thursday, reads

Gentlemen, The Directors beg to submit their report and audited statement of accounts, to 30th June, 1908,

1907.

"THE TOXICITY OF TOBACCO SMOKE."

A KOREAN GAOL STORY.

broke out near the roof. Why should other Japan Chronicle saya-Mr. Yang Ki-Tak, the druge be found, and not e vestige of 800 catties paipal witness in the Bethell case, was arrest of heavy wooden chunks packed in boxes?ed some time ago on a charge of malversation Again if this shipment be followed from Hong in connection with the Korean National Debt

aka wood and not Garrco wood as sluimed.

were

of

means or other the dispatch is rather

vague on

commodities,

Exports to Formosa

Hk. Th. 132,018

116,081 91,550

JAPAN AND MK,WU TING FANG.

The New York Herald claims to have sent a

frank

the

indizerotion over ised

diplomatist.

taot

the

Hongkong rainfall. for the 24 hours ending quite a proportion of the poisonous gas carbon sorted, but is graded here. Even then Mr. to the home from whic Proceded to return to raise Mexicans, Kwangtung, yan, and grage situation. Unless Mr. We explicitly.

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bring about Kivilar toxic effects,

Mr.

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