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pany's three mines for the week ending, 244li faly amounted to 26:239.10 tons and the salon during the period to 24,191.90 tons,
and not being," but as "doing and not
Chinese Engineering & Mining Co., Ltd., doing"-acting, often with a great spinforms us that the total output of the Con pearance of energy, in a certain direction with an effective result in exactly the oppo site. One of the earliest illustrations we hand of this kind of action was in the aboli- tion of Barrier, dues supposed to be effected by the Tientsin Treaty. All the difficulties on this subject were considered to bave been eettled by the payment by the merchant of an extra half Import duty at the port of import; but as soon as the imports got into Chinese hands, on came the old Transit dues in one form or another just as before. Tois was protested against until commercial
Shanghai papers report that Mr. A. Oppen heim-Gerard, chief shipping clerk of the Standard Oil Co. has committed suicide by shooting himself in the head with a revolver up the Socchew Creek. The body, was recoversi by the River Police and conveyed to the Mortuary. The deceased had been very nervous the past few days.
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THE FINAL TEST MATCH.
ENGLAND V. AUSTRALIA,
LONDON, August 10th. The Fifth Test Match was com- monced at the Oval yesterday in the presence of upwards of 30,000
The cotton exports showed an increase of £523,717; wool, £374,633 and other yarns and textiles £245,250.
THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CHINA AND JAPAN.
arment mean to look on quietly and do nothing while wo suffer these heavy lossen. It is true that in the past we owe little to those who sit in high places, for commencing with those old sailing ship captains and merchants who refised to quit the port when ordered to do so by the sapient government of that day, who wanted to abandon it, down to the prezent, we have usually had to look after ourselves and take carS LONDON, August 10th. of ourselves in a crisis, bat although the The conflict between China and Colony has been made by trade and built mp by trailure like ourselves, still we pay our. Japan is regarded in St. Petersburg taxes and have a right to expect something in. as disquieting.
return from those who receive the money. In
It is stated that Russia is en-business there are few word things than a dishonoured signature, but in this case the deavouring both at Tokyo and at Government is not only dishonouring its bills, Peking to secure a peaceful solution but is notually allowing the superscription of of the difficulty. The feature
a company in China, tho China and Great spectators. The Australians won the Western Silk Manufacturing Company, Ltd toss and compiled 325. Half the capital of £1,000,0 has been of the innings was the splendid all already promised by Chinose. The Directors in Chius are:-is Excellency Sheng Tan Ho, round batting of Bardsley, who ran up H.E. Cha Pasan (chairman of directors), and a score of 136 before he was dismissed. Messrs. Yang Sing-tse, Chang Teo-ying, and
The English team had scored 41 at Ting-Chia-heu. Mr. Mackintosh will be, the
a cost of two wickets when stumps managing director.
wore drawn.
nien and diplomatists got tired of protesting, and in this way the Chinese succeeded, HIS EXCELLENCY THEOVERNOR. maré auo, in abolishing the dies sufficiently to get a part of the paid in commutation to the Imperial Authorities at Peking through the Customs, while leaving the Províncial Authorities pretty well a free and to lory the old likin exactiona as before, Lo touch the same way the deares from time to timefulminated against Opium from Peking bad the effect of enabling the Promotes a healthy action of the skin, counter provincial and local officials to obtain larger quiry into charges of misconduct preferred
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ayments for permitting them to be evaded rofesshing and invigorating to the system the othing was really done towards removing the evil, which, for all tie talk on the subject, went on unchecked, if not actually encouraged, though, it is fair to admit, some kind of bond file effort has been inade of late. More recently the promised improvements in the currency, and
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forms an illustration of this. The Chinese Government always declared they were an impossibility, that the absolutely insurmoun table-the Feng Shui, the rights of the Provincial Authorities, the inland taxes, the impossible; and yet they have now beau introduced, although in some cases not up
the most satisfactory footing. It is wonderful how obstacles disappeared when the measure became recognised by the officials as advantageous. Possibly the day will come when the same happy change will take place in regard to currency, finance and other matters of interual administration; but as yet it must be acknowledged that time seeme far distant.
Yesterday at the Magistracy a Japanese restaurant keeper in Pottinger Street was fined by Mr. Hazelaod $250 for selling beer and saké without a licence.
Mr. Th. H. Lyle, H. B. M. Conmal at Chiong- mal, is proceeding home on leave, Mr. T. F. Carlisle, H. B. M. Consul at Hanoi, is also shortly going home on leave.
Two cases of matching from the person on the street wers dealt with at the Magistracy yesterday, and sentence of six works imprison ment and four hours in the stocks was passed
in each case,
The American cruiser Rainbow was brought into Hongkong yesterday morning by the blue fannel steamer Antilochus, which towed her from off Amoy, the erniser's main boiler having been damaged. The usual salute was fired on entering the port.
Peuce held at the Magistracy yesterday after At a meeting of His Majesty's Justices of the
transfer to him of the Cafe Weismann licence noon the application of H Ekhardt for the from C. Fiedler was granted air, F. A Hazeland presided, the other Justices present being Messrs. J. H. Wood, C. D. Melbourne and R. H. A. Craig.
INTERPORT CRICKET.
BINGAPORE TO VISIT BONGKONG.
will tell
It is with considerable satisfaction, saya the- Singapore Free Press, that we are able to stato that the interport ticket matches will this year be revived, though it is perhaps wrong to speak of revival, since the last match was played in to Hongkong where it met and defeated both 1904. In that year a Straits' team went away Shanghai and Hongkong, Barrett and Reog good being the heroes of the two games.
many of the eleven which went away then are
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Carr took five wickets for 146 runs;
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Spooner
MacLaren
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7
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Rhodes, not out Fry, not out...
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PREVIOUS GAMES.
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COMPANY MEETING.
THE HONGKONG, CANTON, AND MACAO STEAMBOAT CO., LTD.
The ordinary half-yourly mooting of share holders in this Company was held at the office of the Company at noon yesterday.
our Sovereign to be dishonoured on their coins. Incidentally, they are throwing away what used to be a line source of revenue, but that is a small matter to thong, which can be easily remedied by slapping auther tax or two on us poor Issachars. We all know, or at least we have the word of a great loan for believing, that the world is governed with very little wisdora, and an we do not look for much wisdom or courage --or foresight from those in authority over us; but even so, granting all that, the apathy and supineness they show in a matter so sotionsly and so prejudicially affooting the interests of the whole community is amazing and astounding even for them. (Applause.) The Secretary has reminded me of another point. Ship- ping people know well that fares and freights cannot be raised as we like, but are governed by competition It all comes to this that if the Government did its duty we should out bo
Mr. R. Showan presided, and there were also prosent Messrs. F. A. Gomes, J. Bandow, W. Helas, C. R. Lontmann, H. E. Tomkins, C. E. Anton, H. A. Siobs, R. Fuhrmann (directors), W, E. Clarks (secretary), J. M. Machado, A H. M. da Silva, W. N. Fleming, J. Berin- doagne and others.
The SECRETARY read the notics enlling the meeting, and
their proper valus by six to ten 'per cont.
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A RICH SILVER MINE IN KWANGSI
The CHAIRMAN said-The report and state-forced to receive coins that are worth less than ment of acconat having been in your hands for the usual period, we will, with your permission, tako them as road. It is with feelings of great pleasure that your directors present you with what must be considered very satisfactory figures for the half-year's working, and we trust that the proposed appropriations of funds will meet with your approval. The net earn. ings of steamers and the amount at credit of Froft and Less Account are largest for any corresponding period since 1933, and the grose caringe exceed those of any similar period in
The
the history of the Company. The result now laid before you has been attained under severo competition, and increased charges of over $40,000, in consequence of low exchange, increased light does and Jos in exchange of subsidiary coins, as compared with the corresponding period of last year. total loss by subsidiary coinage amounted to $29,539.64 for the period under review. You will notice the very substantial' increase of $79,446.25 in investments in public companies, since the last report. This inernase is due to further investment of $39,607.75, and the ap preciation of values over depreciation amounting
It is reported that the Tionpingshan silver mine in Kueihsien, Kwangsi, is one of the richsal mines in that province, and Intely Tactais Huang Hsi-chu'an and Lin Shih-chi accompanied Mr. Yong, mining engineer, and others interested, to inspect it. Mr. Yung is a son of the well-known Dr. Yang Wing, who took over the early Chinese Government- students to the United States. Ho hae expressed.
tigh opinion of the richness of the mine, como across. According to his statement, from ten to fifteen ounces (Chinese) of pure silver which, he says, is one of a kind net sitoo
may be obtained from a picul of ore, and with 300 miners working a day, some 20,000, ounces of siver may be extracted from 100 tons of ore. The mining area is very-ex- tensive and about twenty lodes have been
discovered.
is shown to the credit of the Fluctuation reclamation scheme in the dret named city,- Account All the values of our-investments N. C. Daily News.
THE HONEST, RROKER. quotations current at the close of the half year, f Business being very alack during June the opportunity was taken to replace the defective paddle shaft of the steamer Honam by the new shaft recently received from England. All the
How AMERICA WOULD GAIN BY A GREAT WAR.
A syndicate called the Chen Has Co. has been formed, the principal interests in which are taken by wealthy Chinese in foreign colonies. The mining machinery has arrived and the staff bas bogan to sink the shafts. Facilities such as tramways and steamers are under consideration and will be put into operation. The chief pro- moter of the syndicate lately arrived in the socuring mining rights in the Linknei, still available, though a bowler of Rees' stamp 1st Test England Won by 10 wkts.
capital of Kwangi with the intention of well as a Australia
9 wkts. to $39,838.50. A similar amount of 339,838.50 Haingan and Zungning districts, and a bateman of Barrett's are not to be 2nd,,
Australia
126 runs. 3rd easily found, but it should be possible to send orey a possibly stronger all round eleven Ba as to arrive in Hong. kong in time to play a series of zaniches in THE BRIBERY SCANDALS Sluaghai will be met and it is also hoped that the beginning of November. Hongkong and
IN JAPAN. an eleven from Japanese ports will be able to attend. The local eleven will probably leave by a fortnight in Hongkong. Perak and Selangor one mail and come back by the next, giving about that Penug will find it impossible to contribute imposed on officials of the Japan have both promised support, but it is possible to the eleven. It is rather curious to note that Sugar Refinery Co., for bribery Rid ever since the shocking Bokhara accident, all that maths hare heer played in Hongkong corruption, has been heard, and the have won. It is quite impossible to form any sentences confirmed except in the opinion of possible results this time as the constitution of the eleven is entirely in the dark, but the match at Penang next week should give a useful line, coming after the local tournament.
THE IMPERIAL INSTITUTE MURDERS.
and on each occasion the Straits' representatives
'That is the
sentence of death
TOKYO, August 10th.
Judge Wilhelm Schwarze, a member of the Beichstag and the Prussian Diet, has given the Berlin correspondent of the New York Herald, (Paris edition) some striking comments on his appeared in Der Tay,
The Appeal against the sentences Vessels of the fleet are now in good working article, "The American Peril," which recently
cases of two minor officials, whose sentences have been quashed.
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AUSTRIA MEDIATING.
LONDON, August 9th. Austria, at the request of Greece, has intervened at Constantinople in favour of peace, pointing out the dangers of warlike complications between Turkey and Greece.
CONCILIATORY ATTITUDE OF
GREECE.
LONDON, August 10th. The reply of Greece to the Porte's
calling for special comment, but should any order, I do not think of anything else shareholder require any further information I America in the cue of a war between Grout
shall have pleasure in answering any question,
No questions were asked, and the CHAIRMAN proposed the adoption of the report and accounts
presented.
Mr. FLEMING-I beg to second, and I think that the management and shareholders are to be congratulated on the report and accounts presented.
...The motion was carried unanimously,
The appointment of Messrs. J. W. Bandow and C. E. Anton to the directorate was confirm ed on the motion of Mr. FLEMING, seconded by Mr. MACHADO,
On the motion of Mr. BILVA, seconded by Mr. BEEINDOAGUE, Mesere, C. R. Lensmann and H. E. Tomkins were re-elected directors. Gourdin and W. P. Poite, were re-appointed on The retiring auditors, Mesars, A. O'D.
the motion of Mr. BILVA, seconded by Mr.
MACHADO.
a
Yes," he said, "the peril would come from Britain
and Germany." When asked if he meant that the United States would pitch into the fight for one side or the other, he replied:--
"Not at all, but the United States would be the winner, and no matter whether Germany won the light or whether England won it, the United States would win much more. I mean that the aggressive and commercially mercenary spirit of the United States would take its advantage.
The American people are first and fore most commercial. In the event of trouble between Germany and Britain the American tradesmen would lay aside sentiment and take every commercial advantage. We should lose. and England would lose.
My article in Der Tag was not a challenge to the American people, but a cry of alarm for our own-and for those of England if they wish to liston, I say Look out for the eagle is watching.
Germany would win because of her gue graphical position, affording superiority is
movements and manœuvres.
for the maintenance of peace," continued Herr Up to the present armaments are necessary Schwarzo, "but in theory I am for peace by arbitration.
The people will continue to pay taxes for war purposes so long as they aro convinced of the necessity But to come back to the original point, that of warning the German and English
which is stronger than any other power. peoples that if they fight they will lose the American people I meas the almighty dollar, spoils to the American people. When I may
ד!
BURNS GRANDCHILD DEAD.
TENDED IN CHILDHOOD. BY THE FOET'S WIDOW, The eldest direct descendant of Robert Burns
THE KURDERER'S "JUSTIFICATION." At the Police Court proceedings Madar Lal Dhingra, the Indian student who murdered Sir Curzon Wyllie and Dr. Lalcace, maite the following statement:-"I do not want simply to prove the justice of my deed. to my anything in defence of myself, but myself, no English law Court has got any As for authority to arrest and detain ma in prison, or pass sentence of death on me. reason I did not have any counsel to defend me "And.I maintain that if it is patriotic in an Englishman to fight against the if they were to occupy this country, it is much
Gerzbazu
The CHAIRMAN-That is all the business, more justifiable and patriotic in my cGES
gentlemen. I am pleased to be able to conclude to fight against the English. I hold the
by telling you that dividend warrants are pay 80 millions of Indian people in the last 50 years, English people responsible for this murder of
able on application. Fefore me separate there and they are also responsible for taking away
is just one item in the accounts I should like to £100,000,000 every year from India to this
refer to. The oceant put before you is a very country. I also hold them responsible for the countrymen, who did just the same as the liest and closest relations with Turkey great deal of its goodness you are indebted to hanging and deportation of my patriotic Note' asserts a desire for the friend good one, but palmam qui meruit ferat, and on
that principle I am bound to adrait that for English people here are advising their country to India and gets, say, 100 men to do. And the Englishman who goes out and points to the enthusiasm with the unwearied care and vigilance of your Faret simply means that he passes
which the Grecian people has wel-ary, Mr. Clarke. I verily believe he eats and drinks and sleeps and dreams all the time, on a thousand of my poor countrymen, because comed the new régime in Turkey. £100 which the Englishman spends mostly on these thousand people could easily live on this.
thinking of his Company and your inter The Government of Greece trusts eats; before one eye he sees the brond shining his frivolities and pleasures.
and Exponese sheets over which he sometimes Hutchinson had reached the advanced before the other lies entspread the Portage Bill Mrs. Sarah Eliza Maitland Tombs Baras age of 87 groans aloud. You could not have a better plenal James Glencairn Burns, and her family years. She was the daughter of the late Lieut.. secretary or a man more devoted to your are now the only Hneal descendants of the
post loves to pore over his accounts and analyse and only fire days old, and was sent home to Dum. November 2, 1821. She lost her mother when compare them; there is one item which I fries, where she was tended by her grandmother, am sure he is ashamed of, and for which the widow of the post. During this period she LONDON, August 9th.
I too would bingh if I know how. That sat for the famous picture everywhere known to butchers, especially in the is the item of $29,589.65, loss
stalents of Baras na "Bonny Jean and her- on gab.
Grand daughter neighbourhoods, have found sidiary coinage. That is a pretty confe
25 she was married to Dr. sion for the Chairman of a Company to have Berkeley Westropp Hutchinson, a native of Ballinasloe, Ireland. A terrible misfortune pany in a British Colony to have to bear. At testia, for they lost their children by death on that rate of loss, $56,000 per annm, we shall the ship. In Victoria and New South Water -hare lost in less than five years over a quarter when one on and three daughters still survive however, ether children were born to them of of a million of dollars. This may seen a small **** Mr. Robert Burns Hutchinson (Dow sum to the rich sud prosperous Govern farming in British Columbia), Mrs. Annie Vin- ment of Hongkong, bat it is a very cant Burns Scott (widow of a landed proprietor serious charge on a Company like this- near Adelaide), Mrs Violet Burns Cowring and wo are not the only Company that (wife of the principal of St. Bede's College, suffers and I cannot believe that the Gov. Burns Hutchinson.
Eastbourne), and Miss Margaret Constancy
has just died at Cheltenham.
Ir is somewhat interesting to note that new word for rather a freak use of an old word) has of late come into vogue, which admirably describes the ways of dealing of Chinese officials. The term "Chinoiserie," which was formerly used to describe the complicated patterns upon certain Chinese ornaments, has now been adopted as descriptive of the peculiar ways" of the Chinese official, and, by adapta tion, to similar methods when followed by Europeans. A resent writer not innptly applies it to GLADSTONE's celebrated Home Rule Bill, which certainly could via with anything that the Chinese can do in keeping the word of promise to our ears and denying it to our hopes. Chisesery-ic tmoslate the word is a very apt term for expressing
The Supreme Court of the Philippine Islets the wonderful kind of action on the part of has approved the deportation of Ly Chuau, Chinese officials with which those who have Chinaman convicted for the third time of the is polluting our sacred load. I am surprised at been long resident in Chiun are so painfully illegal use of spium. It was shown in the trial the terrible hypocrisy They pose as the cham- PREJUDICE AGAINST CHINESE interests, but with all his care and, much, as baM Hutchinson was born in Bengal on familiar, but which it is extremely difficult that he not only used the drug for himself but of the English
paopla. that he traded in it and the fnot that he was __to_explain_with_anything like accuracy exploiter of the vice
pions of oppressed humanity-the pooples of the Congo and the people of Russia when there is was taken into con terrible oppression and horrible atrocities com- We all know what is meant, but it is not so sideration by the supreme tribaual in sustaining misted in India, for example, the killing of two easy to say in what Chinssery essentially the sentence of the lower court,
millions of people every year and the outraging consists. It is something like the terms
of our women. In case this country is occupied
The "good" and "bad,' which even the great General of the Philippine Islands, has announc-
Mr. Cameron Forbes, Acting Governar by Germans, and the Englishrian, not bearing poorer
to seo the Germans walking with the insolence of conquerors in the streets of London, goes: Company, at a recent meeting in London, agresdie held as a patriot by the people of this country, to acept the franchise for the extension of the then certainly I am prepared to work for the Manila Railroad Company weten in the Islada emancipation of my Motherland. Whatever else I have to say is in the paper before the of Luzon, retiring their bonds and accepting Court. I make this statment, not because 1 guarantas by the insular government of four wish to plead for mercy or anything of that por vent. per annum on the invested capital tence me to death, for in that case the vengeance kind. I wish that English people should sou- conditional on the extension of the line into of my countrymen will be all the more keen. I Albay, into the summer capital, and along the put forward this statement to show the justice imports amounts to £8,547,573, and now dvoks in the city of Manila,
of my onse to the outside world, and especially in the exports to £1,781,515.、 to our sympathizers in America and Germany,
">
Just as the Germans have no right to that a frank understanding with re-river with his boats running up and down, and occupy this country, so the English people have gard to Crete will dissipate misunder justifiable on our part to kill the Englishman who standings between the two Powers. no right to occupy India, and it is perfectly
the farce, and the mockery
and
PORK.
age
DR. JOHNSON did not altempt to define,ed that the stockholders of the Manila Railroad kills one or two Germans, and that English the Chinese pork, recently imported, to make, and a nice burden for a British Conorertook them when they emigrated to Aus
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contenting himself simply with saying that good." was "not bad," and "bad" “noi god"—definitions which ertainly do not carry you very far. Pos-ibly come help may bo obtained from the Buddhiste iden of
Nirvana," which has been defined as "being and not being." In a similar way Chinosery" may be defined, not as being
unsaleable owing to public prejudice.
TRADE IMPROVING.
LONDON, August 9th.-
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