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His Lordship saked how long a stay was wanted.

Mr. Blade replied three months, as they wished to consult opinion at home.

His Lordship-There is the point of special damages, which I shall take in chambers.

Mr. Slade said the jury find found against defendant on a point on which no evidence had

been offered.

Sir Henry Berkeley thought a fortnight was long enough to allow them. There was plenty of counsel in Hongkong who could advise them. Mr. Blade replied that it was a very abstruse

paint.

Eventually his Lordship allowed a fortnight's stay of exsention,

HAMBURG LETTER.

[WRITTEN SPECIALLY FOR THE “HOTĞ- KONG DAILY PRINS."]

August 5th, 1909. COUNT ZEPPELIN'S DOINGS,

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER

HOME AND CHINA AFFAIRS.⠀

(FROM OUR OWN COERESPONDENT).

LONDON, August 2nd. LÜHINESE PORK.

1909.

women it does them much harm to take feat

THE YUNNAN RAILWAY.

His Lordship said he was afraid other parties, the streets all night, not being able to find a /tion, the half-suggestion being that the they up and bite you again in a fresh place the prolongation of the Tong-King railway

several years.-

would like their services.

MACAO.

[FROM OUB CORRESPONDENT.]

THE NEW GOVERNOS,

when you least expect them.

THE BOTAL FAMILY. perial cruise in the Spring. South Africa is The Prince of Wales in to take another Im the objective, and most likely he will go on raiser. Soon it is planned to start young Prince Edward and Prince Alfred on a world tour-perhaps Princo Henry sa wall. That

THERE IS SKILL AND

OF CONSTRUCTION

IN ALL

PIANOS

WE IMPORT

BY A PARIS CORRESPONDENT OF "THE TIMES.”

The construction of the railway in YURDKU, from Haifong to Lao-Kai le being paraned energetically. The formation of the line STAMPING THEM IN EVERY WAY

164ft. in length. The railway is, in fast, nov SUPERIOR VALUE almost completed as far as Yunnan, and only three metal bridges remain unfinished, enci open for trufle for a distance of 186 miles from Lao-Kai, leaving 90 miles still to be finished to It is hoped that the entir undertaking will be ready for the early in 1916

reach Y

annan

offender to prison for a month, laking a charm land taxes, but the Government owe him thanki | able view of the teethmarks, Now what would ervices rendered at the election, and so they have happened to a man who was so obat perous are, I hosë, të reward his convertion and in prison? It would be a very different at the same rid themselves of a critic some THOROUGHNESS story. Which shows that even in our times by setting him off for the Cape. He hai chaotic age, with our man-made law. his qualities, too, is broad-minded and has The first comigment of frosem pork from the females are not so badly used, after all, courage. Whatever or such an appoint While other pronauts have been preparing China received an excellent advertisement in Now the rest of the prisoners have started a ment would produce would, daresay, be worn to cross the Channel, Count Zeppelin has made the home papers. Some of it was not intended, hunger strike. They refuse to take the food down in time by the vary British acteristics another ascent in his now airship Z. 2.,Starting but it was effective for all that. One might have given to them. The nathorities won't take the of Sir John. If he does get the job, nil from Constanz, on the Bodensee, on Saturday he apposed an important visitor was arriving, risk of endangering their health by keeping prove once more that to get a good post the best arrived in Frankfort-on-the-Main on Sunday, from the paragraphs recording the daily pro-

they are allowed to go free. It is ingenious, landing on the open space of the Ila," the aris grass of the Oriental porkers from the Chan Jong without food, so after a few days of it thing to do is to oppose the Government. tory exhibition that is now being held there. All mal to Smithfield market. As with most now and I don't think in the case of the younger along the route crowds had collooted, voniferous, things there has been a tendency to throw lycheering the huge bird as it stood north doubt on the quality of the meat. Guarded like that. But it gives the authorities lots of Mr. Belles asked that the jury be exempt forward; in Frankfort itself the concourse of people † paragraphs appeared hinting that there we trouble. These suffrageties are like mosquitoes.

•was no great that thouands of them perambulated delay in passing the Medical Officer's inspec bed. On Monday the Count resumed his flight origin, treatment and condition of the pork not all that could be Zonirod towards Cologne, passing down the vallay of the were Rhine, but unfortunataly he got no further The Daily Express, in its zeal for Tarif Befox than Remagen, between Coblenz and Benned the occasion by displaying the bold caption having encountered a violent hailstorm, against "Free Trade menus Chiness pork." Somewhat which he could make no headway, and therefore similarly several papers have pointed out that preferred to turn back. Great was the disap- the new refrigerated supplies mean opposition The successor of Seulior Rocadas will be pointment of the worthy citizens of Cologne when for the products of our own colónies, ・ The rest will be not sooner than 1911. It may be that the outskirts of Pro-Hi, the present rail-ħa

they heard the news; the roofs of the houses wars covered with eager spectators, whilst in the as one would walk round an Esquimsur if he Hongkong will come in for a call. The King, is nevertheless stronger than it was, and be stood awaiting the arrival of the Count, ready garments of his native region. So, altogether, does not take se much care of himself when to give him a most anthusiastic reseption, it was not strange that when the meat came grand ovation had been prepared by the authori- astoally to Smithfield market the salesmen hand- Imperial business is in hand as his admirers I predict a remarkable demonstration of ties, which had now to be postponed. Telegraph ling it did a brisk trade from the start, would like. If he should become ill sometime though they tell me they had to answer s and telephone clarks knew no rest that day zumber of questions and give guarantees affection in this land. He is popular every enquiries as to the progress of the airship, the to its soundhoes, Some, kad heard the where all classes love him. Why, in Hyde probable time of its arrival, being incesty tags were great razor-hacked, garbage-eating Fork the other day, I heard oven Sonalists increasing as the day wore on without its coming wine that wandered at will through the cheering him with might and main. into sight, nutil it became known that Count foul spots of the East, picking up a regular Zeppelin had been obliged to return through basaur of nastiness as they went. To these the stress of weather, but would start again next soothing answer was given that the porkers day. It was Tuesday before he got fairly on the were, in fact, carefully cured by the best farmers way again, but, ili-luck once more attended him,

in the world, on rice sud other foods splendid for he had scarcely loft Frankfort when the in flesh-forming qualities. Anyway, Sanday's shaft of the propeller broke and part of the dinner in many an English home was from far latter fall out of the machine, without, for- of China, and up to the time of writing the tunately, injuring anybody below. As a new coroners have not been called in to deal with propeller has to be ordered from Constanz it. will be a few days before the journey can be resumed.

Senhor Eduardo Marques, who is now Governor of Timor. He is exported here in the course of

of the Press touched on the new supply curiously,

An earthquake, which occurred on May 11, ne BUILT THROUGHOUT FOR

THIS CLIMATE. also to three tunnels, resulting in an unforescos caused serious damage to a bridge in masonry and

this railway has been extremely difficult, and a one time the success of the undertaking ap peared to be doubtful.

the aext fortnight. Senhor Rocadas will liare streets and open spaces of the elty donne crowd arrived in the Strand by aeroplane, oled in the I hear, is in good health, but the feeling of a delay of several weeks The sonstruction d

for Angola shortly after his successor arrives,

MORE TAXATION.

The commission appointed three years ago to take the measurements of the land occupied by each house in the dy bars presented the first instalment of their report, which suggests that twice the amount of the present revenue ought to be obtained from the taxation of this property, The Fazenda has jumped at the idea and has lost no time in imposing increased taxation, giving the owners a month in which to appeal if they dispute the assessment. The owners know that they stand little clume of success against the Fazendo. A petition will be presented prob ably to the new Governor against the new taxation. It is strange that the Government does not clearly see how taxation has throttled business and brought the Colony to its present state of decadence. Most of the gambling monopolies on which the Government has relied in recent years for a large part of its revenue have ceased to posies any value in the eyes of the people, who were formerly eager to lease them. Taxation has driven capital out of the Colony, and there is no hope for a rivival of business hers while the Government exacte

the present taxation and is evor on the look. out for ways of increasing it.

NO MONET FOR WAGES.

A NEW RAILWAY,

*

the results.

THE VISIT OF THE TAR.

THE CHINA-JAPANESE DISPUTES.

The course of the line was surreyed in 1901 and 1901. It traversed the Nam-ti valloy, passing near Meng-tar, reaching Ami-chu the 139th mile and Y-Lang-Hion at the 251 miving a total feeder 20ation at Yunnan, was adopted in 1901 and was estimated to

a length of 292 miles. The scheme

entail an outlay of £3,800,000. The transpor of the requisite materials gave rise in the re instance to serious trouble.

The

ROBINSON PIANO

CO., LTD.

MID-SCOTLAND CANAL.

'ADMIRAL SIR O. CAMPDELL'S PLEA,

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A new railway, the Tauerenbahn, which com- plates the network of Alpine lines in Austris, was opened on the 7th ult. It branches off the main lime near Salbarg, connecting that city, and commegnently the Beath of Germany, the Rhins districts and the Netherlands, with the port of Trieste by a more direct and therefore shorter route than the old one. This has given Of the employeond the Leal Senado only the rise to serious apprehensions in shipping circles atrest coolies have received their wages; the in the city, for most of the goods trafic to and others are still whistling for theirs. When are from the East has hitherto passed through they all likely to be paid? And, where is Hamburg, owing to the heavy railway rates the money coming from P. Some months ago from the interior to the Mediterranean ports; | travagance and smartness. Everybody thought¦ loch. He served in China on more than one There are 147 tarpela, with a total long commencement of the work is that a bill should

ever: Austria has favoured Hamburg in account of the low river freights. The new line altars this and makes Triesta a more convenient port, not only for the Austrian empire, but for the

Ireferred to the recessity for reducing the nambers in the pay of the Leal Senado. It does not mem that anything material has been done in that direction.

GUNG FOR THE NEW... RIVER OUNBOAT.

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FEBSONAL.

One of the old warriors who saw China service has passed away in Major-General Arthur Tul.

occasion and retired in 1885. Lately he has been living in Jersey. There he died, aged seventy-seven-

BQ

claims that the nation would acquire the follow. "In return for this guarantee and advance, he

ing rights, and arrangements would be made by which the advance would be repaid-

Most of the papers comment in regard to the The construction of the railway was definitel Antang-Mukden Railway dispate that China approved early in 1904, when the works wen has once more found Japan a "gay hard neigh. put in hand. At that date the railway from boar to live with.” But there is universal Haifong to Lao-Kai was still unfinished, an

was not expected to be ready until 1906. satisfaction at the settlement, oren though it is involved a groet increase in cost, as the materis

In the House of Commons recently reference China that has to do the climbing down all the had to be transported by wagons, berges and time. One day there will be a crisis when she mules. Another difloulty was caused by the made to the proposed Forth and Clyde sarcity of labour in the country revenditare necessary to make this canal of any use Canal, and Mr. Haldane stated: "The expon- will not olimb down-that is the opinion of a contrary to expectations, it was found to be is enormously out of proportion to the vaine to great many competent observers in Europe. very sparsely inhabited, and workmen had to be be got from it," and he added that the concin Thou Japan will have fower sympathisers than brought from places se far distant'as Cantorion was clear that the money. would be much

and Tientsin. During the month of Cretobe better spent in other directions." After the pork the visit of the Russian | thế thinks The Westminster Gazette: in

1906, and throughout the year 197, when the

Admiral Sir Tear has been the chief topic. How he goes commenting on this latest crisis, says "In work was expedited to the utmost, there was Charles Campbell in these circumstances ravowa nbont at Cowan, how his children play just whatever it does in regard to milway develop- not less than 60,000 people employed, 40,000 his plon for this new coal.

"This strategetic Eke other children, but under the loaded monts Japan will be well-advised to put homself whom were actually engaged on the construction and commercial water way," he points out, muskets of grim soldiers, and all the chit right with all the Powers that have

The capital originally estimated to be require" not to be undertaken because Admir was found to be wholly inadequate, and the cost alty experts fear that it might diminish chat of the visitor's entourage those are intereste in Manchuria, In her ONE has reached £6,600,000. In consequence of a expenditure on the Navy, I am entirely. the tit-bite that set suburban mammas crying, interact nothing could be more unfortun. arrangement made with the French Govern in agreement with my brother-officers in "Fancy that now," evor their breakfast cups. ate than an increase of the tension between ment and the colony of Indo-China, the requisits this respect, and if I thought for one moment The weather having taken a turn for the Japan and China. The best guides and most funds have been raised, and in spite of serious that the Mid-Bootland nat would in any way financial embarrassmenta no delay has been affect the amount voted as necessary for the better indeed there is a spell of real heat-the natural friends in the development of the vast caused to the works.

naval protection of the Empire, I would at once week at Cowes has been delightful, and that resources of the intter should be the Japanese,** The line is of metre gange throughout; the cease to raise voice or ase pen or make any most exclusive of clubs-the Royal Yacht

maximum gradients between Chen-Hiang and effort whatsover to further this national under- Squadron-has been gay with Society folks

Yunan are 2-5 per cent, and between Amich taking." Admiral Campbell, however, holds and Chen-Kiang they amount to 1.5 per cent that the expenditure would be an investment outdoing each other in their attempts at ex

The minimuma radius of curves is chain similar to the Suez Canal.

All that is necessary for the immediate the Tear would keep out of sight, but he paid a

of nearly 9 milse.

The altitude abors datam at the starting point at Lao-Kai is be passed through Parliament with the necessary visit to Consuelo, Duchess of Manchester, and

295ft, while at the 93rd mile, It reaches height clauses for scquiring the land, and a guarantee the partimtar friends of the Duchess ware there

of 5,5761t. From this point the line descends of the interest at 3 per cent on the required too. I am told by one of them that the Tear is A marriage in announced to take place in in the dirǝchon at Ami-oht, situated at an capital as it is called darlag ennstruction, involving a possible advance of loss than four South and West of Germany as well. It is there rather shy, nervous man, who speaks perfect Hongkong in the Autama between Mr. Walter tude of 3,406ft stains, at Chen-Kiang millions. How can this be called out of all pro Telegraphic instructions have been received for feared that it may in time become a for- English rapidly in an undertone.

John Daniel, solicitor, son of Mr. Daniel of elevation of 5:362£t, and at Chonci-Tan a heig portion to the value to be got from it by the Government from Lisbon to remit | midable rival to this port, although the Tauron.

He seemed anxious to say the right thing to Ramsgate and Busnes Ayres, and Missean altitude is 6,186ft shove datam. The rolling of 6,624ft. At the terminas, at Yunnan, ibs

£1,900, the cost of the guns that aro boing soat bahn has only a single line and the harbour everybody and then relapsed into awkward | Nithsdale, daughter of Colonel Stuart Newall, stock now actually is use consists of 51 loceme

accommodation in Trieste is at present wholly in-silence. His children bally him, for he is C.D., of Wellington, New Zealand.

tives, 105 coaches, sad 530 trucks and vans. out for the new river gunboast Macau.

adequate to cope with a sudden increase of traffic, indulgent to extremes, and he is also most

The railway already obtains an important BRITISH CAPITAL FOR TURKEY.

amount of tmfle preceding in the direction d The Chamber of Commeres has token up the must-anxious as to the welfare of his wife, who during

The appointment of Sir Henry Babington China. The passenger tiatio in 1908 included ter and addressed the State Railway Department the last few years has been much worn by the Smith lately Secretary of the General Post 51,811 Europeana and 1,476,077 native, whis in Berlin with a view to obtain a countervailing constant fears of disaster-national and per- Office) as President of the National Bank of the receipts for that year ranched approximately reduction in the rates of carriage. It is stated sonal. My informant concluded by saying, "Turkey, and the establishment of that bank

£120,000. that the authorities soom inclined to meet the is so mild that if you did not know who he was with British capital, marks a diplomatic victory wishes of the Chamber.

you would certainly believe he was an Anarchist against Germany, thought in political circles to consealing bombs beneath the savant of be of the greatest importance. The object of the bank is not competition with the banks already in Turkey, but to find means of employ- Mush anxiety prevails among all the royal.ing British capital in developing the resources ties connected with the English and Spanish of Turkey. It is a sign that financial circles fraying the cost of Lt. Shackleton's expedition t house as to the state of affairs in Spain. The Queen of Spain was much discussed at regard the new government in Turkey as the South Pole. Before that announcement was Coves. She is an lele of Wight woman, Braly settled and the country ripe for steady made the following appeared in the Londo

Daily Express

Lieutenant Bhackleton bas accepted B and people there know her characteristics development.

invitation to deliver a series of lectura in the Excellent mother though she is, it is a con

fo: Since the amassination of Sir Curson Wyllie United States. The tour will be sufficiently stant foar that she will make the situation"

the principal towns wores one day by some tactless utterance; and Dr. Lalcaca great attention has been given extensive to cover not only

A reception committee is being organised. It for she does not know what it is to guard to the condition of the Indian students in America, but will include Cannds. her tongue and her actions as one in her exalted sent to this country to study. The India includes the names of President Taft, Eal position should. Moreover, German influence Office has recently started a special barean to Grey, the Governor-General of Canada, and the Lieutenant Shackleton will leave Eng always against her, and the impatience of look after them, to see they have good accomme principal personages in the States and the Don etiquette that she always shows tends to make dation, respectable companions and so forth, land on this new voyage early in March. What her unpopular with the stiff Spanish wives of but many well-known people in touch with In is probably a record fee for the lecture platiora

dia are working now to make the social oppor is guaranteed. the dull grandees.

tavities of the studente more in keeping with

Taken

în conjuntion with the sum secre ing from his book it would appear that Some people the peenniary result of his great enter au sujoyable life in England. think these students are rich, but this is not frise would the provision of a modest

the conditions bon hitherto unknown the case usually. The average remittance from competency for life. The actuality home is about £10 a month to cover every the public, and its closure is likely to oreale thing, and the danger of late has been that they have been gathering together too much This has been bad for them, and bad for their Western training, for which thay came to

THE HABBOUR WORKS,

I have previously mid that I have very little faith in the progress of the undertaking for the improvement of the harbour. A fortnight age authority was telegraphed from here authorising the purchase of a dredger at Kinochaou, but nothing has been best of the matter since. What does it mean? What has become of the 89 contos assigned to defray the cost of dredging operations ?

A NEW FORT,

A fort is to be constructel on the hill east of the Taipa fort. The guns from the dismantled Rio Zima will be placed there.

BOLOMON'S TEMPLE TO BE REBUILT.

MASONS' TRIBOTE TO THEIR SUPPOSED FOUNDER.

Solomon's Temple is to be rebuilt in Jerusalem by the Masons of the world. The Masons of Boston, U.S.A., bave started the plan by apply. ing for the incorporation of a company to take

the matter in hand. It is an enormous under taking, and one that will cost a vast amount of money, says the Jewish World, but with the Masonic ortier behind it it is thought that it will be accomplished

LABOUR TROUDLES.

No sooner has the threatened colliers' strike in England and Scotland been settled and the revolutionary outbreak in Catalonia beau quelled

than news of frash labour troubles of o moet serious nature are being received from Brodon, where a general strike has been declared; 250,000 bands are stated to have stopped working of which in Stockholm alene 30,000, comprising the men employed in the gas, the electric and the water-works, train and cab drivers and Boavengers. The gas and electric works are being guarded by strong detachments of troops, and most of the banks bave provided their staff with revelrers, and are closing their counting honses. Many of the men are believed to dis approve of the movement, but have been forced

to join in it.

STRIKE IN THE BUILDING TRADES.

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exterion."

AFFAIES 18 SPAIN.

· THE MEIITERRANEAN COMMAND.

If the Duke of Connaught found the Media terranean Command too easy for him to con- tinue in it, what must be said of appointing Lord Kitchener to it. I suppose K. of K., like most mortal men, can stand a rest sometimes, and will need a little recuperation after his arduous term in India, but surely a sinecure

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THE INDIAN STUDENTS.

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HOW BETTAIN TREATS HER PIONEERS.

THE CASE OF LT. BRACELETON

1. Free passage for all Government ships and cargoes.

2. Complete control in time of war. 3. Sinking fund of all profit after 3 par cent. has been paid, until advance has been redeemed.

4. After the redemption the Government still to retain a portion of the profit for naval construction, or such other purposes as they may from time to time approve.

Sir Charles Campbell urges that the Mid- Scotland Ship Canal has a double strategetic

*A recent telegram informed us that the Govalne, vernment had contributed £20,000 towards de

inion.

That this was the original site of the Templo on an average, 2,531 working hours, or, say, 8.20 will speadily pall on one stench activity. England. The new movement Is erpected to Antantio expedition, will go mostreged hi

trustworthy traditions. It was bere that the what less, ie., from £70 to £90. The average the importance of the post than the Duke of more some of the shortcomings of the ar

is generally accepted, the belief being based on

second temple was built under the direction of Earn and Nehemiah, when the Jows roturned from Babylonian exile in the reign of Cyrus the Grost.

The strike in the building trades in this town continues in spite of the conciliatory Masons held that their order was founded by

attitude of the masters. How little causs for King Solomon, and, according to Masonic tradi tions, he was the first Grand Master of the orat, complaint the men have is shown by the follow The site of the temple is now occupied by sing figures taken from the wages bill of some of Mahometan mosque, called the Dome of the

the leading building firms. It appears that Rock, because it covers an enormous rock which bricklayers and house carpenters see in reeipt theMahometans believe to be the centre of the

of wages amounting to about £100 a year for, earth,

day, labourers and hod carriers inaking some-The Government, funderstand, think more of

wage of tile workers is stated to be M. 9.35, or Connaught does. There are possibilities in about 9/- a day, seventeen out of 193 employed Northern Africo all the time that demand a by one firm having received M. 3,000 during strong man near at hand to look after British the twelve months, some of them even up to interests, and they are delighted that K. of E M. 3,750, or £185. Plumbers and stators are like Barkis, is williu." As the new Com aqually well paid, making on an average about mander-in-Chief will be in China and Japan for £100 in the course of a yoor, and in many some time yet to be followed by a tour of instances more; the sarnings of locksmiths are Australis and Canads, General Sir F. Forestier somewhat higher, as are also those of potters Walker will look after the Mediterranesa for and builders of stoves.

the present. Ar Lord Kitchener is to be a LATKE. member of the Committee of Imperial Defence. Having written so far I see by the mid-day I also, it is clear the Government moans to, usa papers that Count Zeppelin left Frankfort this him to more purpose than appears at the first morning about 4 o'clock, and, taking his course glanes. across the Taunas mountains, reached the Rhine,"

There appears to be no doubt that this temple, canse of certain extensions made by King Herod, was built on the site of Solomon's Tem ple, of the first temple.

as only seventy years had elapsed since the destruction

Some other sile in Jerusalem will have to be secured from the Turkish Govern- ment before the work of building is be- gon, but that should be a comparatively simple matter. While, according to the Bible, three years were spent in preparing the materials for the building of the original temple and seven years mom in the actual construction, no such length of time should be required in the twentieth century, ell our mechanical aids.

with for constructing great edificer,

afterwards called the Herodian Temple, be

THE BUFFRAGETTES.

rangements that have hitherto prevailed.

THE KING AND TAR.

I hear that the unusual number of three drafts have book made of the discussions that took place between English and Russian statesmen at Cowes, as well as the conversations between the King and Tiar. One copy is in English, another in Ilusian and a third in French. No now subject was brought under discussion, but the programme of Anglo-Russian relations was discussed in all its bearings, with the result that a better and faller understanding has been achieved than for very many years.

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UNITED SOUTH ANDICA

a sensation in whid, indignation will ming's with amazement.

Not a penny of the proceeds of the book the lecturing tour, in themselves combining a teak almost equal in arduousness to another into Lieutenait Bhackleton's

pooket It advance to pay off the costs the expedition,

When it was planned Mr. Shackleton had at his back the financial assistance, among period when he was absolutely pledged to tls others, of a small group of Americans. At ä enterprise, and had incurred considerabe preliminary cost, there befell the financil crisis on the other side of the Atlantic which brought rulu upon a wide circle of erstwhile wealthy men. Among them were the Amariom backers of the new Antarctic expedition.

1. As a route by which to more a force of battleships, cruisers, or torpedo craft froni the Atlantic to the North Sea or vice versa, for the purpose of concentration and attack.. 2. As a means to remove wounded vessels from the "danger zone' so as to dock and repair them in the comparatively safe porte on the Clyde and in Belfast, Barrow, &, or in the proposed canal itself, twenty-one miles, from any possible gun-fire.

3. The augmentation of Rosyth to a first. class dockyard would be obviated, f from forty to flity millions! More th doable the cost of this national strategetic and commercial water way,

The principal sources of commercial revenge Bre thus briefly summarised:

1. Intercoastal ship and barge traffic, tourist and traveller traffle, &c.

2. Over twenty-five chambers of commerce, port authorities, harbonie trusts, da, have. reported in favour, giving it as their opinion that the canal would develop trade and not only develop existing trade, but would aronte commercial relations where none exist.

3. Through trafo from the Baltic and North Sea ports, including British East. Coast to the West Coast, Ireland,

ports Americs, and Canada,

4. Numerous reports have been received from British Consuls, generally to the effect that the canal would encourage direct trade between the North German and Baltic ports, Denmark, &c., and the West Coast of Eng- land and Sontland, and also" with Irish purts.

Hamburg alone estimates that over three million tons registered would pass to and fro annually for local and through purposes, giving a revenge, at the moderate charge of Is por ton registered, of over £150,00 per oñuum from one port alone.

Neither the strategetic importance nor the commercial vaino, the Admiral adds, can be considered separately. It is a combination of those two factors that point to the speedy con- struction of this national water-way. It would, in my humble estimation, have been wiser, on had they waited for the report of the Royal the part of the distinguished Admiralty experts, Commission on Canals and Water-ways, promis

In these suddenly disheartening cream- stances Mr. Shackleton approached a Londis bank, and upon his personel guarantee and that of members of his own and his wife's family, raised a loan of £20,000, by which means the great achievement was accomplished. Who will be the first Governor General of South Pole yet reached by man, the Aust

On returning from closest touch with the the United South Africa? The new office Han Legislature voted a sum of £5,000 ass near Neuwied, Froceeding down the river a The suffragettes are queer people. There will be most important one, and South contribution to the expenses of the expeditioned by the late Prime Minister in his dissolution according to the Biblical description, and in the polled him to tarn inland sgnin, so that it was violent in jail. A wardress showed the mark it. It is not unlikely that Sir John000. The British Treasury have declined him shortly after being returned to power."

denso fog in the neighbourhood of Boun cone- To reconstruct the Temple of Solomoa,

were some of them up the other day for being African circles are much concerned about New Zealand supplemented this by another speech at the Albert Hall and approanted by light of

modern discoveries of other ancient about eleven pm. before he descended on the temples, wili

Di Indeed

be a stupendous task. green prepared for the purpose in Cologne. He of teeth on her arm and the evidence showed Dickson Poynder will get the post. He is not Freemasonry has been traced back by logoad was recited by the burgomaster and the that an attendant had to be treated for kicka known in such public servico, but he has been of இக fable to the time of Noah.

military governor of the city and presented with received from these members of the gentle ser- Hirsin, King of Tyre, who helped to build two huge wreaths on behalf of the town and the They denied biting, sud said the wardrers' arm Liberals at the last election. He is not a great use to the Government by coming over to the Bolomon's Templo 3,000 years ago, is said to aeronautic society. Boonen 2 person, and to are initiated again crowded with spectators, whose enthusiastic mast have knocked against the teeth of the Parliamentarian, and he does not see eye to eye

Roofs and streets were

King Solomon into the secrets of the craft. welcome on the Count's arrival knew no bounds, struggling prisoner. The agistrate sent one with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the

ta contribute to the fand, and Lieutenant Shackleton, saddled with the responsibility for £14,000, is left to meet the charge out of lies | LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS.

the case being made known, the reproach of own PESEAFDER.

It seems improbable that, the simple Emote of The Pank Line str. Suverio sailed from leaving the explorar in the lurch will continue to for Pakow on the 2nd just. lie against this country.

The Bank Line str. Aymeric sailed from Shanghai for Moji on the 31st ult.