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A BOLICITOR'S ALLEGED DEFALCATIONS. Owing to the alleged dafalcations of Charles Cheston, a London solialtor, Lord Amherst bas

lost £250,000, partly in trast

in trust money.

OXFORD UNIVERSITY FUND. The fund being raised for the University of Oxford in response to the appeal made by Lord Curzon ameantail at the end of last month to

£133,000,

THE CURE OF CANCER.

Professor Laurent, of the University of Brussels, claims to have cured 57 cases of cancer by his method of injecting concentrated for maldehyde.

A LITTLE ENGLAND AGITATION,

One hundred and fifty Liberal members of the House of Commons have appealed to the Prime Minister, Mr. Asquith, not to maintain the military and naval establishments on a scale not necessitated by the exigencies of the situation.

FALAL, WILLIAM TELL TRICK,

Madame Clementine, while attempting the William Tull trick in the Middlesex Music Hall, London, fired a ballet into the head of her asletant, Lee, sad kdled him. The woman has been arrested.

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PENNY-A-WORD CABLES,

The Duke of Connaught, Field Marshal Lord Roberts, Sir Joseph Ward (Premier of New Zealand), Mr. Andrew Carnegie, and any members of the House of Commons have sent messages to Mr. Henniker Heaton warmly supporting his scheme for universal penny-a- word cables,

TEAIN ROBHERY IN SIDERIA.

A sensational mail train robbery was reported in Europe a month ago from Easteru Siberia, where a bad of robbers attacked the Biberian meil train in the province of Transbaikalia, and secured 250,000 roubles. Three members of the robber band were killed during the fight they had with the mail escort.

UNIVERSAL, FREE TRADE.

In an article published in the December number of the Century Magazine, of New York, Mr. Andrew Carnegie suggests that the time has now come for the United States Congress to introduce & tariff for revenue instead of the tariff for protection. He argues that protection is justified in new countries, and that it is the only policy available for Canada and Australia

THE CULLINAN DIAMOND, Over 100 flawless brilliante have been cut from the Cullinan diamond, the Transvaalia gift to the King. One of the stones weighs 516 carats, and another weighs 309 carats. The great diamond was formally presented to His Majesty at Windsor last month. Experts on seeing the catting and the blue and white colours of the stone valued it at £1,000,000,

THE LONDON MEMORIALĖTO CAPTAIN COOK.

REMARKABLE CO-PARTNERSHIP

SOHEME.SK

BHITBUILDER AND WOREMEN ́ AS PARTNEES.

w concerned.

Philippine prodnata is essential to the develop. ment of any commeres between the islands and America which wonkl in any way compensate us for the cost of their administration.

PLAGUE AMONG RATS AT

SHANGHAI.

be taken in con.

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NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

THE P. & O. 5. N. Co.'s Steamer

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FROM BOMBAY, COLOMBO AND

STRAITS,

vessel are hereby informed that their goods are

Consigneos of Cargo by the above-named- being landed and placed AT THEIR RISK in the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company's Gadoras at Kowloon where sach Consignment will be sorted out Mark by Marke and delivery can be obtained as soon as tho Goods are landed.

This vessol bringa on Cargo:--

From London; &a., ex ́s.s. “ Viatoris." From Australiu ex s.s. " Moldavia, From Fordin Galar B. I. 8, N, &

P. B. N. Co's Stoomers. Optional Goods will be landed here miless instructions are given to the contrary within 6 hours.

will be subject to ret.

Goods not cleared by the 31st inst., a6 4‹P.Mu

No Fire Jasarsace will be effected by mes in any a whatever.

Sir Christopher Furness, M.P., addressed meeting of trade union representatives änd working men of the Hartlepools, at the Grand, Theatre, West Hartlepool, on the 14th ultimo,

'The announcement made in to-day's "Munici and dealt with his proposal to enter into stopal Gazette" anys the N.C. Daily News of the partnership scheme with the trade unions for 24th inst, that plague exits in Shanghai among carrying on his works, thus proventing the die the rodent population is of grave moment, location of business by means of strikes. The although there is no occasion for undue alarm. building was crowded to its utmost capacity, and From the statistics giron by Dr. Stanley it is it was estimated that there were some 8000 clear that the presence of the disease has been present, Councillor Liddell presided.

discovered before any sorious mortality among Sir Christopher Furness, in the course of his rats has boon observed, and we may hope, speech, said that the difioulties in the ship therefero. that precautionary measures will building trade had been so acute and harassing result in preventing the area jufooted from ns to osuse that industry to be placed among

increasing. The steps those to be avoided by men of enterprise. He junction with the public to deal with the rejoiced that this deplorable and melancholy outbreak are enumerated in the Health Officer's situation was in the way of being rapidly

the dispelled by means of the expedient he had lsid report: they include insonlation and before them at the conference. They had organization of brigados to destroy rats and to render, as far as possible, houses and agreed by an overwhelming majority to try the drains rat-proof. Apart from these measures scheme for twelve months, the design of which it is to be praannted that the Health Department was to avoid those irritating ingredients of will consider the advisability of systematic dis- friction and waste which had played so large infection, which, in other centras has been a part in the past in radncing both earnings and dealing with an outbreak of plague. Experience hararding the putinuance of the industry has shown that the policy of picking out and altogether, so far as the port of the Hartlepools dealing with infected blocks or circumscribed Danayed packages must be left in the areas in a town generally results in spreading Godowns for oxunination by the Consignan's Recalling his two proposa's, Bir Christopher the infection over a wider area, as the rats at am the Company's representative at an appointed Furness said that he offered to sell the works once begin to move away from the disinfecting hour. All alains must be presented within teu outright to the trade unions at a price to be fixed by arbitration; or to take the employee ratione. A systematic cleansing scheme in a day of the steamer's arrival hore after which into partnership on conditions providing the aiderable obstacles, even if the work be confined be admitted after the goals have left the,

town of the proportions of Shanghai presents coute they cannot be recognised. No olaims will widest facilities for cordial co-operation as well to the Hongkow district; but in the outbreak of Godowns. as for a probability of increased recompense

a few years ago in South Africa it was success- to industry. He assured them, not withstand fully carried out in Port Elizabeths with a popula ing their rejection of the, first proposal and the comments made upon it in the Press, tion of 33,000, and in East London with 25,000 inhabitants. The work entails an organized that it was serionaly meant. On the second plan of oalapsign and must last over several proposal the burden of criticism which had been directed against the scheme was that the months. As the systematic disinfestion of the workmen would only be interested financially proceeds, operators are left behind to keep the ama under superveillance with a view to in s moderate degrea. The answer on that

the prompt detection of any return of rats or point was irreproachable, It could be no fault rekindling of infection. In the case of Shanghai of the governing proprietors that small amounts it has to be remembered that a liberal expondi- in investments produced only small amounts

ture of money at this stage may save the com- interest. The administrative partners were prepared to psy by way of interest on the work is satisfactory to outlay at a later date. It ig feature that the Council has men's investments nearly double the sum they lost no time in making the situation known, would receive from the Post-oke Savings and the straightforward tone of Dr. Stanley's Bank. In view of the necessary allows memorandum should convince the public that which must be set aside for depreciation, their interests in this matter are in safe hands improvements, and reserve, he was satisfied that in a few years the co-partners would find that provided they co-operate whole heartedly in the their shares had become materially onhanood in precautionary messures. valus, After all, the best dividend was not pounds, shillings, and pence, but personal posse and individual freedom from worry,

DREAMS AND LOTTERIES.

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E. A HEWETT, Superintendent.

Hongkong, 24th December, 1903.

"BEN" LINE OF STEAMERS.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

8.8. BENVORLICH." FROM MIDDLESBRO, ANTWERP, LONDON AND STRAITS.

CONSIGNEE3 of Cargo ara hereby in-

formed that all Goods are being in lod at their risk into the hazardous and/or extra hazarded Godowns of the Hongkong aad Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Ltd., whence and/or from the wharves delivery may be obtained.

No Claims will be almitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 1st Jan., will be subject" to rent.

All Claims against the Steamer must be pre- Sented to the Undersigned on or before the 7th Jan. or they will not be recognized.

Should they again get into controversies on topics of supreme importance which they could not settle by their own counsels, they ploged themselves mutually to take such ontroversies to an impartial tribuus of arbitration sad to abide by the result without a squirm. With such a provision occupying a prominent place in their trente of pesce, granted that the condi- tions of trade were anything like what The Executive of the British Empire League they had been in the past, he could not conceive has appointed a Committee, including Mr. Her why there should not be before the bert Samunt (Parliamentary Under-Secretary company an avenns of prosperity as good for the Home Oce), Lord Blyth, Sir Johu Aas to best of its kind to the country Cookburn, Admiral Sir Edmund Fremantle, With the works conncil in being he was full of Sir Westley Percival, and Sir Frederick Young, hope that no occasion would arise for a resort to to promote the erection in London of a memorial the supreme court of reference. Whatever had to Captain Cook.

boon the criticism of the scheme the works conncil was outside of it, as the ides embodied in it had been the subject of the most responsive sympathy and commendation. The works con cil would be a body in which all the parties to the federation of interests in the works would dad a common ground for meeting on an equal footing. There was scarcely a single subject of interest in connection with the yards which would not come up for discas sien at that pouncil. They had also arranged that in the matter of hours, wages, price lists. the position of the works should be determined by the customs raling outside of the works to which trade unionism either willingly or under compulsion had given its assent. Thus, while there would be neither strike par lockout in "the"

TÍTSU HIŠNI GOSHI KAISHA. works, they would automatically adopt whatever facts might determine to be the general custom

Provision (MITSU `BISHI CO.) of the district from time to time, would niso be made for the engouragement and COAL DEPARTMENT. protection of men who might devise ohanges in systems of working, developments in inchinery, or improvements in ship construction generally,

A good story is reported from Tarin. Rosa Tirone, a domestic servant in the employ of Dr. Cocilo, a distinguished lawyer and ex-member of Parliament, dreamt that she was at a well draw ing water. Suddenly her doad sweetheart apxamined on the 3 lat inst., at 11.4. peared and said to her: "I remember thy love, and want to reward thee for it. Put these numbers in the Royal lottery. Thon shalt win." He then gave Tirone cortain numbers, which she used in the manner anggested, and induced her mistress to take a chancs alea. The result was astonishing. Foar of the numbers were drawn and Firon won £14,440 while her mistress, who had wagered aanstler sum, gained" £1,200.

to be left in the Godowns, where they will be All broken, chufed, and damagad (sada ara

ARE CHRISTMAS-BOXES BRIDES? The expontive committee of the Seorat Commissions and Bribery Prevention League iseneda cireular on Christmas-boxes in view of the approach of Christmas. The league warned.] the public that while the status of Christmas boxes is rather indefinite under the Prevention of Corruption Act, there is undoubtedly grave risk in giving a present to an employee without first bringing the fast to the attention of the employer.

THE BEJECTION OF THE, LICENSING BILL.

The voting, in the House of Lords on the motion for the second reading of the Licensing Bill was Ayes, 96: noes, 272. The majority was exclusively Comervative, while the minority included the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Archbishop of York, 11 bishops, Lord Balfour of Burleigh, the Earl of Carlisle, Earl De La Warr, Viscount Beher, Viscount Falmouth, the Erlof Lytton, Viscount Cobbon, Viscount Milner, Lord Ritchie, aúd nine other Conservatives.

The Lord hancellor, admitting that the Government's Bill was dead, declared that the result was a victory for the lignor trade gover the community and of wrong ever right. Nevertheless, the time trould come when the State would recame the power to revias licenses unfettered by any rosted interalta:

Bishop Ingram states that the Archbishop of Canterbury is willing, if the Government will permit him, to introduce a new Licensing Ell embodying the temporazite proposals of the Bill just rejected by the Lords.

PEKING SYNDICATE CAPITAL REORGANIZATION,

Apparently, remarks a London contemporary the committee of representatives of each class of Paking Syndicate shares appointed as long ago as February lasts and the directors have early reached the and of their Alekberdtidna" in

regard

;

THE DEFENCE OF SUDIG AND

MANILA BAYS.

A dispatch to an American newspaper states that the War Department reports that excellent the om- progress has been made in completing placements of the defences of Babi bay and Manila bay. The Nary Departinent has been co-operating with the War Department, and the engineers of the Army and Navy lare been working together in mounting twenty 6-inch guns, four 4.7-inch guns, four 4inch guns and ten 6-pounders on commanding pointe at the entrance to the bay These are autoilut to protect Olongapo from any attack from sea, except one made by heavy vessels In consider able force. The floating dry dock Dewey is moored at Olongapo, where it is in efficient depth of water, close to the beach and naval station. There is no similar place where it could be moored in Manila bay. The dock has

to the reorganization of the capital It will be cd for fifty-six dockings since its arrival

at Olongapo July 10, 1906. interesting to see in what respects the scheme

as formasted differs from Mr. Torr's proposala, Briefly, Mr. Torr's, scheme proposed that the which war to be the basis of the negotiations. THE PHILIPPINES AND THE SUGAR

од.

pitel should be divided into $1,210,000 af shares.

.

TARIFF,

Naturally all the Italian newspapers reporteil the event, abont which a considerable fuss was made. Still more startling, however, was the sequal. On reading the name Tirons in the papers, the police remembered that the young woman had several accounts open with justico. She had, in fact, had four sentences prenounced against her, amounting to a total of five years pensi servitude for theft and swindling Bo, amidst the glory of interviews and the happiness of riches, she was arrested.

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It is suggested from Washington that while AS SUPPLIED TO THE HOUSE OF Intter to receive three times the dividend declared no change in the duties on sugay is to be 1the “A” One “A” share was to be allotted expected, there may be an agreement to admit for each Shansi share, 30,000 "B" shares to free froin the Philippines a strictly limited. holders of the Ordinary in satisfaction of their quantity of raw sugar. There would seem, says claim to receive £40,000 in dividend before the | the San Francisco Chronicle, no reason why we Deferred get anything, and of the remaining should not admit free whatever

the Philppines 300,000-B stares 150,000 were to be allotted can produce. During the last fiscal rear

of to the Ordinary, 120,000 to the Deferred, and our imports of sugar all kinds were 30,000 to the directors,

4,391,839 975 pounds, or 2,195,900 Our domestic product in addition in the same year was but 656,627 tons. Both our imports and our production are steady increas ing year by year, as is also our per capita con- sumption and our population.

INDENTED SKULL

REMARKABLY EFFECTS OF BLOW

ON THE HEAD.

torin

Daughter, an Anglo-Chinese. Bo mance, by Chin. J.-H. Haldómbe 22,--200 SKETCH OF THE WEST DIVEE 0:25 PLAN OF VICTORIA -

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If all the sugar which the Philippines can In Mr. Justion Lawranen's Court in the produce were admitted free and all shippod 10,750

King's Bench Di fision tize other day, a doctor this country, the only effect it would have upon 0.5 describing the result of injury to the skall of anybody would be the loosening of the grip of 0.75 Thames lightermnu named William Augustus the sugar trust on the sugar market. It is not 0.50 Pinks, aged 45, said he was suffering from likely that it would do that for a long time, for S. indentailors on his aknil

to envelop the Philippine product. It together and that his eyes, he would collapse. If would doubtless make the trust some bother. If, asid one doctor, ha were to put his fest tentacles would soon manage to extend its friends were to tell him of some event that they but as between the anger trast and the had witameed, Finks would afterwards relate with the Filipinos. So long as we import from Filipinos publio santiment would certainly be

Pinks claimed damages for the injuries somewhere anch enormous quantities of sugar, against the, Colonial Wharves Limited,

ed and there is no kvason which will satisfy any U XTRA COPIES of Duty Press are on called evidence to show that while engaged in impartial man why we should not get some of it

ssie daily at the following stores KOWLOON BOOK STALL, Ferry Wharf Thames, in October of last year, he was atrak Philippines is by no means unlimited With

unloading mahogany logs from a ship in the from the Philippines. Messrs. H. BUTTONJEE & SONS, Kow on the tide of the head by a hook that flew

The territory adapted to sugar culture in the r up loon Store, No, 36, Elgi Root Loss, HUNG CHEONG, Elgin Road

Consequence of the breaking of a rope to which every encouragement which free access to this Mr. AH YAU, Hongkong Ferry Wharf Stall.

it was attached.

market could give it would be impossible for The fory awarded him £500 damages, and Philippine sugar to impair the profits of any judgment was entered for the amount.

domestic producer And the importation of

AVID CORSAR & SONS NOTICE TO HOWLOON RESIDENTS the incident as if he had witnessed it himsel

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