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THE PROBLEM OF FIREPROOFING-CHAME- LEON FISHES-THE DEL'S MIGRATION TO THE SEAMSKICAN BIRDS. IN ENGLAND-- ANESTHETIC HAIRDRESSING THE ELECTRIC

THE SAME TO-DAY AS IN 1743.

150 YEARS.

IMITATIONS.

SOLE AGENTS IN HONGKONG:

human and other Cyclopean monsters result from an excess of magnesium salts in the mother's blood:

BHOVEL-CHEMISTRY OF ONE-EYED MON- Paris, sterilizes the water of the Marne River

STERS-OZORIZED WATER A TWENTIETH. CENTURY. FORSTL.

Late inquiries in Europe make it evident tluk aporfort method for making wond and textiles uninflammable is yet to-be found. bat many fire- prooflug substances have been used, the most common being phosphates, thagstates, borites and particularly ammonineal salts, boric acid, chlorides of calcium, agussium and zinv, and silicate of sodim. Studying the effect on Ussues, Lochtin, a German chemist, has found that profurence should be given to sulphate of ammonia, phosphate of ammonia, chlorides of ammonia and zinc, alam, boras, boric acid, and a precipitate of aluminate of sodium known as atumin. The first three and al min gave the best results. The ammoniacal sults, volatilizing under hont, form completely incombustible mixtures with the combustible. gases, and the same is true of chlorides of calcinin, magnesium and zine, bat the notion of alumin is purely mechanical. Some sults often tried--such as phosphates of lime and magnesia, tungstate of ammonia, and sulphate of magnesia -have little effect. Others actually increase combustibility, and these include, acoviding to

The new ozonizing plant at St. Maur, near at a cost of somewhat less than five cents thousand feet Ozone generators of the Sie- mens type are operated by a high-tension alternating oircuit, obtained by transforming the enxreat of a 110-volt alternator, which is driven by 44 horse-power steam engine. No trace of nitrous oxide or other harmful product from the apparatus can be found in the steri- lized water. The great advantage of ozone as a purifier is that it adds to the water only oxygen, and this aids in soration.

The works if a lady's watch, with a German silver chaia. form the nuique fossil reported by D. J. Maloney from St. Kilda, in the Hebrides They were completely encased in recent gaulstone, formed of bench sand consolidated with liure and somewhat iron staized, and the movement has been recognized as of a type first madu twenty years ago.

JAPAN-BRITISH EXHIBITION.

FREIGHT AND PASSENGER FACILITIES.

The in connootion

A.CHINESE BANK'S NOTE ISSUE,

In reply to the questions put by the Kiangsti Provincial Council regarding the Yu, Nẵng Bank, the Viceroy of the Liangkiang writes that up to the end of the 8th moon the hood office of the Bank has issued notes to the amount of $190,360 and the branches 31,835,063, making a total of $2,028,423; that the notes are of three valuos-81, $5 and $10-and that the bank has notes and 84,437,000 worth of Mexican dollar had printed £6.554.700 worth of dragon dollar noter, of which 33,169,700 and $2,075,000 worth, respectively, have already been num- bered and chopped for circulation and the As to whether there is any limit to the amount remainder is now being unibored and chopped. of notes issued; his Excellency says that no limit was fixed originally, but it has since been fixed at 10,000,000. The notes are issued for circulation in accordance with the state of the money market. With regard to the regulations recently issued by the Board of Finance for the restriction of the issue of bank notes, the over-issus of bank notes and to ensure the object of these regulations is to restrict the banks issuing notes having an adequate ready. money reserve to meet them on presentation: therefore the Ya-Ning Bank having sa amplo reserve fund to meet its liabilities proposes to continuo circulating its notes nutil the Bosed issues bank notes, According to the

FCCLA daily reports, the head offici puts about 3200,000 worth of notes in circulation a day and bas a ready money reserve of not less than Tasis- 100,000, which is more than 40 par cont; of the vaine the notes, and the brauchos issue about $1,800,000 worth of notes a month and have also per a realy moner reserve of more than 40 cont of their value, and all the said notos are to the remaining 60 per cent. of their value. Bosides the rarions Yamens and Customs meet emergencies-Shanghai Times.

LANE, CRAWFORD & CO., s, inghits postphites with Transportation Commitcom on whion secured by leats to other banks, acrtgages, etc.,

And from ALL WINE MERCHANTS (52 silicates, and arbonates, of ziur, line and the Dake of Norfolk presides, is regarded as

magnesia, and feiróns alphates, French che auspices of such an undertaking. It consists of always have about Tasks 1,443.000 in cash to

MARTIN'S

YAPIOL & STEEL

EPILLS

-A Tranch Hemady for slijpmugularikian Thousands of ladist kiways knop box of Marine the house, both the fret

of any repolarity of the Hyalom imely dose may bé edm listared. Those wS..

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SINGON & CO.

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TRON, STEEL, METAL and HARD- WARE MERCHANTS. Wholesale and Retail Ironmongers Pig Iron and General Store- Foundry Coke Importers. keepers and Shipchandlers. Nos. 35 & 37, HING LOONG STREET, (2nd Street, west. of Contra)

[583 Market) Telephone No. 515.

MITSU BISHI DOCKYARD AND ENGINE WORKS.

NAGASAKI, A

CODE WORD: "DOCK," A.1, A.B.C., and Engineering Code Used NEW DOCK NOW OPEN. DOCK No: 3.

Extreme Length........

Length

Blocks

Width of Entrance on Top

Width of Entrance on Bottom...

Water on Bleoke at Spring Tide

DOCK No. L

Extreme Length

Length on Blocks"

Width of Entrance on Tap

Width of Entrance on Bottom

Water on Blocks at Spring Tide

DOCK No. 2.

Extreme Longth...

Width of Entrance on Top

Length on Blooks

Width of Entrance on Bottom... Water on Blocks at Spring Tide

PATENT SLIP.

Suitable for vessels up to 1,000.

722 feet.

714

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523 feet. 513.

371 feet:

350

66

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being the strongest ever formed under the mints note, however, that silicate of soda has the Chairmen. Deputy-Chairmen, and Managers len successfully used. The Paris Fire Com. of all the principal railway companies in the

THE PRICE OF OPIUM. United Kingdom. As the result of their recent missioners recommend steeping textiles in a

deliberations the public will be interested to learn

The advance in the price of opium which was ten per cent, solution of phosphate of ammonia. that the Japan-British Exhibition is to be and, while many processes are in actual use, adroated by all the railway companies on the reportet at the Government sales in Calcutta, samo liberal basis regarding passenger rates early in October, continued for some time vn- recent tendency has been to return to ammonisen! salts for treating wood by injection under and freights for exhibits as were the Franco- checked, says an Indian paper. During the ai Shepherd's Bush, the Paris Exhibition week ending the 16th October Benares opium 1900. the Chicage World's Fair and the reached the high figure of Rs. 1,635, but dropped Exhibition at St. Logis

again to Ra. 1.595; while the Behar drag touche Several of the great railway companies have a 1,626, and Man fell to Rs. 1,587. The already decided to place exceptionally fine ex-selling prices on the 6th had been Rs. 1,549 and libits in the Machinery Hall, where magnificent Rs. 1,533, respectively. There were similar rises cxamples of electrical, mechanical, and civiliu Malwa opium at Bombay, and reports from engineering are to be shown on an even more Hongkong and Shanghai showed that the mar imposing scale than at the Franco-British he was Erm. The Government of Indin hee benefitted materially by the sudden strange in Exhibition.

rates, and it will be interesting to note the prices paid at the November official sales.

pressure.

Curious colour changes of various tropical fishes from the Bermudas have been made in the New York Aquarium. Under excitement, some of them can pass instantly from a uniformly dark colour to u banded dark and white aspect, then to four other phases of change, including a uniformly creamy while one.

A Swedish investigation shows that most five-year-old ools collect at the mouths of rivers entering the Gottland and Boiten lakes, remain ing 5 to 7 years, after which they seek the Atlantic to spawn, going in the Kattegat, Skagarack and North Sea.

One of the most interesting of Amarican col onies was established a for months ago at Guildford, in Surrey, where Old England has heen solicitously guarding it. Early in the spring seventeen specimens of the American robin (Merula migratoria) were imported, and, after a few weeks in an open-air aviary, most of them were liberated about the middle of Juue The birds at once mated and began nest building in the trees.

The colony now includes between forty and fifty old and young robins, and these are being closely watched, in the hope that liberal foeding may overcome their migratory instinct, and prevent them from flying away and becoming hopelessly scattered on the approach of cold weather. Their cheery note interpreted as "Kill'em, cure em, give en physic "—has endeared them to the human neighbours about their new home.

Asa volatile grease-romover, quickly leaving the hair quite dry, an effective substance was found by hairdressers -some years ago in ether bensine or other light hydrocarbon. Such materials, however, proved exceedingly danger ons ou account of their inflammability; boing even able to ignition by electric sparks from 'the hair. Á volatile grease.solvent legs able to take fire was found in carbon tetrachlorida, but this has brought a new danger, as it has

In view of the increased traffic brought by the Sunny South Exhibit" in the Health and Pleasure Resorts Section of the lust exhibition - an increase of no fear than 41,000 to the various places shown-most of the railway com. panies represented on the Committee have decided to suppert similar themes next year for the places on their respective line.

It was also decided to arrange special gala days for the different great contres of commerce and industry in the United Kingdom, such as Liverpool, Nottingham, Manchester, Bristol, Lood Birmingham, Glasgow, Bradford and Newcastle-on Tyne. On these occasions the Mayor and Corporation of esel. visiting com- munity will be the guests of the Committee of

Exhibition. the Japan-British

Special gala days will also be held in the prinsipal Japanese fes. celebration of tivals; and from all over the country to come to the people will be able Exhibition on these occasions on terms as advantageons as those offered during the France-British Exhibition.

Altogether the Dake of Norfolk has been highly gratified by the enthusiasm shown in all quarters with regard to next year's great enter price at Shepherd's Bush, the success of which is already assured

It may be added that the Transportation Committee referred to is composed as follows Sir Charles Bine Renshaw, Bart., Sir James King, Bart, and Mr Guy Calthrop (Caledoniar Railway); Mr C.S Dennis (Cambrian Railways), Mr Alfred.Aslett, (Furness Railway); Mr Pu trick T. Caird, Sir James Bell, Burt, and Mr. David Cooper (Glasgow and South-Western Rail- way); Sir Alexander Henderson, Mr. William Pardon Viccairs, and Mr. Sam Fay (Great Con- Lord Cland Join Hamilton, ard tral Railway); Mr J. F. Gooday (Great Eastern Railway): Sir David Stewart, Mr. Andrew Bain, and Mr. Geo. Davidson (Graat North of Scotland Rail- way); Sir Lesley C. Probyn, and Mr. Oliver R. H. Bary (Great Northern Railway); Viscount Churchill, G.C.V.O., and Mr. James C. Inglis (Great Western Railway); Mr. William Whitelaw Highland Railway); Mr. Win. Shaw Wright, and Mr. Edward Watkin Armytage, Bart. Mr. E. B. Fieldeu and Mr. J. A. F. Aspinall Lancashire and Yorkshire Eailway): Earl of Bessborough. (London, Brighton and South Coast Railway): Lord Stalbridge, Ho Cha Napier Law. renea, and Mr. T. Rao (London and Nurth. Western Railway) Mr. Hugh W. Drummond and Bir Charles J. Owens (London and South | Wastern Railway); Sir U. B. Bright McLaren sad Mr. R. H. Solbie: (Metropolitan Railway): Mr. Guy Granet (Midland Railway); The Earl of Dalkeith and Mr. W. Fulton Jackson (North British Railway); Mr. A. Kaye Butterworth (North Eastern Railway); Mr. H. Cosmo 0.. Bonsor and Mr. Vincent W. Hill (South Eas tern and Chatham Railway),

THE WORKS are well equipped with anesthetic effects that in cases of weak heart and Barnsley Railway): Sir George

APPLI

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LATEST PLANTS and ANCES

BUILDING undertake to REPAIRING SHIPS, ENGINES, BOILERS; And also ELECTRICAL WORK.

and

A LARGE STOCK of MATERIALS ir always kept on hand.

The COMPANY has the powerful steamer "OURA-MARU" (712 tons, 700 LH.P.) specially built for SALVAGE PURPOSES equipped with necessary gear, always ready

1580 Bhort Notion.

NOTICES TO CONSIGNEES

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. THE P. & Q. S. N. Co.'s Steamer

"HIMALAYA,"

FROM BOMBAY, COLOMBO AND

STRAITS.

Consignees of Cargo by the above-named Vessel are hereby informed that their Goods are being landed and placed AT THEIR RIS in the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company's Godewas at Kowloon, where each will be sorted out. Mark by Mark consignmont and delivery can be obtained as soon as the Goods are lauded.

This vessel brings on Cargo

have proved fatal. A rocont death from this cause leads a medical anthority to declare that soap and distilled water serve quite as well as a dry wash.

The conversion of the steam shovel into this electric shovel is a somewhat unexpected evolu tion, but two 120 ton muclines used in limestone quarrying by a Chicago firm have the hoisting and the digging movement controlled by separate Sir Ernest Paget, Mr. H. Tylston Hodgson and motors of 200 and 80 horse-power, respectively. Each motor has an automatic magnetic switch controller, protecting against varying load, and giving great, accuracy of operation. A reel in the cab carries a feed 'cable, which can be connected to a fixed conductor at any convenient place, and the machine is moval by its own power. Fower operators are necessary than for the steam shovel, while there is important gain in the dropping of water and fol.

The curious discovery was made not long ago that Cyclepean monsters abnormal creatures having one eye in the centre of the forehead are not always due to inherited tendencies, but are more likely to be produced by environmont, and chemical or mechanits influences. Those monstera occur in human mammals, as well as Frean London, &c., eras." Malwa" and in other species. It has boon found that in

Marmora

certain wximal the abnormal-development is From Australin, ex .." China." From Persian Gulf, ex B. I. 8. N. and always produced by definite ckorical ngants, and the notion of lithiau gires both the abnormal B. & P. S. N. Co/s. Steamers. Optional dolls will be handed here unless instructions are given to the contrary within Goods not cleared by the 1st Dec., at 4 F.SI., will be subject to rent.

6 hours.

No Fire Insurance will be affected

by me in any case whatever.

Damaged packages must be left in the Go- downs for examination by the Consignee's and the Company's representative at an appointed hour. All claims must be presented within ten days of the steamer's arrival here, after which date they cannot be recognised. No claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns.

EA HEWETT, Buperintendent

Hongkong, 25th November, 1909.

LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS.

The I.G.M. str. Kleis! left Shanghai on the 28th inst., at 7 .m., and may be expected here 'to-day at 11 a.m.

The Bank Line-str. Ocamo arrived at Victoria on the 25th inst.

The Bank Line str. Suveric sailed from the,

hams on the 12th prox Sound on the 24th instant, and is due at Yoko-

The Bank Line str. Aymeric loft Yokohama on the 26th inst, and is due at Hongkong en or about the 5th prox

The P. & O. atr. ficilia left Singapore for this port on the 231h inst., at 6.30a.m., and is dus here on the 4th prox., at about noon.

WEATHER REPORT.

The Hongkong Observatory yesterday insned the following report-

On the 29th at 12.05 p.m.-The barometer has fallen over W. Japan and at Viadvostok owing to a depression which is approaching the neighbourhood of the latter station from the Westward,

Pressure is increasing over S. China and it is high apparently over the Upper Yangtze valley.

The monsoon will freshen again in the Formosa Channel and the N. part of the Chins Ses.

Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 10a.m. to-day, 0.00 inches.

The forecast for the 24 hours ending at noon to-day is as follows:

N. winds, Hongkong & Neighbourhood freshering: fine Formosa Channel

South coast of China botwood

Hongkong and Lamooks. Į South coast of Chins between Hongkong and Hsinso.....

if

PROMISE

N.E. winds, freshening, Same as No. 1

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They are high-class and absolutely safe securities, payable to bearer, issued by the various Governments and Nunicipalities of Europe; they are redeemable at periodical trawings, either with Cash Prominns varying from £40 to £40,000, er, at the very least, at their full nominal value. EASY PAYMENTS.

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"PRINZESS ALICE

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LINERS:

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ON MARCH 23RD.

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9,000

ON APRIL 6TH.

Capt. 0. PAHNUE.

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SOUTH MANCHURIA RAILWAY CO,

SHORTEST AND QUICKEST ROUTE BETWEEN

THE FAB EAST AND EUROPE, VIA Dairen.

WINTER SCHEDULE.

(EFFECTIVE FROM OCT. 28TH, 1909). THRICE WEEKLY EXPRESS TRAIN SERVICE, composed of excellently equipped Sleeping, Dining and let class Caru, operated between Dairea and Changchun in connection with the Trans-Siberian Express Trains and with the Dairen-Shanghai Direct Steamer. Service by the 9.8. "KOER MARU" and "SAIXIO MARU" (2,877 tons ench) NORTH-BOUND. as follows:-

1.20 p.m.

11

Monday

Leave Shanghai (Stenor) Arrive--Daires

LN

12.00 a.m.

Thursday Saturday Bunday

Saturday or Sunday

Monday or Tuesday

Tuesday Friday

Ar Mukden

Same as No. 1.

Liv. Ar.

+1

Changchun

9.49 p.. 10.10 p.m

5.30 am.

Wednesday Saturday

Lv.

(Russian Train)*

6.30 ..

Ar.

-Harbin

Connecting at Harbin with

SOUTH-BOUND. Connecting at Harbin with

Blate

Wagon-Lite for Express for

M'oncow. Moscow.

State Express for St. Pet'g..

Leave-Harbin Arrive-Changchun (

(Russian Train)* 11.25 R.m.

Tiemlay

State Ex- State press from Express from

St. Fat'g

Moscow.

Thursday

Wagon-Lita from Moscow

Saturday

L

Ar. -Makden

9.40 p.m. 10.00 p.m. 5.08 a.m. 5.20 a.m.

19

Friday Sunday

Ar -Daicon

3.00 p.m.

IV.

(Steamer)

Sunday

Ar.

-Ehanghai (

Friday

Tuesday

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There is an old axiom to the olfact that what everybody. saya suust-bo -tran Cortainly it in generally safe to follow the crowd. Its fastinct is ùrently right, mod In the mattor of common aliments you may proditably pay bood to the opialen of the majority which in times of slekness puts its faith in the officacy of Beecham's Pitts Nor has that trust deen misplaced. An annual sale of 6,000,000 bozes proves The universality of the belled to the value of

BEECHAMS PILLS

Many preparaNóng, miscafted Tomedion- clan taposibilities. They could not reasonably make good much that is claimed for them. No swaggerated state- mments ars put forward respecting Beeckun's Pitia. The steady demand for thort-year after year-proves that those whe have stood of them have found that they wrought those cares that they are announced to effect. No other medicine Ja sa generally and uniformly successful in giving strength to the stomach-correct- Ing the digestiva system, and regulating the liver, kidneys, and bowels, and the uso of Beaches's Pilis will prova to your perfect safnction that they.

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AUTOMATIC BROWNING POCKET PISTOLS.

The Shire Line str. Cardiganshire left Singapore for Hongkong on the 27th inst, ut daylight, and day be expected here, or or about the 4th prox. urin larva reported by Herbst and the

The MM. str. Polynesien, with the French, abnormal frog ombryo described by Morgan Mail of the 7th inst. and mails from London The first vertebrate Cyclopean mouster produced on the 6th inst., left Singapore on the 29th arrive here on or about Monday morning the artificially by choruical means not long ago inst. at 6 am., via Saigon, and is expected to With resulted from C. R. Stockard's use of wagnesium 6th prox., and will leave for Shanghai and on a marine fish (Fundulus heteroclitas). In Jas P.R.sts. Empress of China arrived at

on the same afternoon. sea water containing an excess of magnesium Vancouver on the 26th instant, at 6 8.73. chloride, fifty per cent of the Fandalus eggs The N.Y.K. str. Tango Maru (American develop into Cyclopoan fry, and these even Line) left Tokohama for this port direct, on the strong and vigorous, and show no lessening of 29th instant, and is expected here on the 5th D visual power. The one eye is due to arrested prox

The

The N.Y.K. str. Ceylon Maru (Bombay Line) development, although the brain and other left Bombay for this port via Singapore on the organs develop normally. The observations 28th instant, and is expected here on the 19th have led to a noval theory, and suggest that pros.

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•Russian Train Time is 23 minutes earlier than S. M. R. Time.

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