RANDOM REFLECTIONS.
When one is speakin
THE HONGKONG DAILY PE
suggests boasting the al formula for starting disaster as the outerme of the bragging was Acek wood I am reminded of this by the story told of a man who on the ferry wharf st Kowloon was dilling on the alrerness of h silver walking stick He hadn't finished talking dog, which carried in its month his handsome when the bruto dropped the stick, which fell between the planks and was lost to sight in the water beneath. The owner's face was a study.
Who said the East never changes? London vicar has just received e donation from Bism in aid of his mission work, and the gift is socompanied with a very pious hops. The irony of it! Asia nontributing to the reformation of darkest London!!
The Courts have been the centre of local interest during the week, and the roports of the
JANTORS
The selection of VAB.CA open races of the Canton place, and the following crow
tom premier sporting club of
Senior Fours: 1. A. Salusis (st Forber, B. Boll, J. A. S. Alren and H Potley (cox.)
da
Junior Four: &. I. Carroll (stroke),
the takón
MONDAY FEBRUARY 7TH, 1910.
operty, the foreign treder not being allowed the larpeyer; his revenues are closel Bocompany it. Bishop Price omullsg with however, by contries of tradition and by the PS dated September 18, sting that the democratio instincts of the people, which are Kucheng magistrat was maintaiming his oppo. sation to the sale of oplan in any part of the county and had apprehended three dealers who Candiregarded this prohibition.
SPECIALISTS IN
Bozs, C. A. Rodrigues, E. W. Sayer and while he doubt there are differoneed of opinion monition, the ila, alia depend upon the HIGH CLASS
So far as 1 san gather, this feature of the proceedings have afforded very spioy reading at General Election just concluded at Home J. Carroll (cox.). times. They almost make one wish to be barrister, so as to have the liberty of saying things about people who take opposite sides
to us.
Had a stranger entered the Supreme Court on Wednesday when the Paiene Judge was declaring from the bench that he could not take four to three, but he could take five to two, ho might have been excused had he thought from the sporting parlance that he had stopped into the midst of some Tattersall Club, which was dis cussing probabilities for the forthcoming races. But, of course, the delusion would not have con- tinued long
China New Year has already cast its shadow apon the Colony. All Chinese in business are striving hard to strike a good balance, thieve are busier than ever trying to raise the wind, and households are being conducted on make shift lines, us the domestics hare either gone or are preparing for their holiday visit to the country, and the substitute, who is mostly an incompetent, blundars daily through his pidgin.
Oar French neighbours in Indo-China have taken to football, and onenalmal matches are
played at Haiphong. I as that the news papers down there set out the teams in proper sporting journalistic style, and Haiphong is fortunato in the possession of a goalkeeper with It makes one the British name of Roberta
been the decline of the heckler, Scotland was the home of the political heckler, and the young parliamentary candidate who emerged triumph antly from his first heckling had reason to feel proud of himself. Heckling was an art which was cultivated particularly in the raidlands of Scotland, bab it looks as if the serious question. ing which distinguished a former generation is giving place to rude and senseless interruptions, political ques It may be that the advent of the suffragettes is responsible for this decline tioning,
RODERICK FANDOM
LOCAL SPORT. RESULTS AT A GLANCE,
WHIRLD FOOTBALL. King Alfred, 2, B.G.A,, nil
LEAGUE.
Baily
Second Division.
B." 3 B.0.0. nil LEAGUE CRICKET. Folles, 216. Kowloon, 105. Telegraphs, 110 for 2 Crigengower, B3.
wickets. B.G.A. 70 for 5 wickets. Civil Service 60.
BO OTHER CRICKET. Kowloon 82; Kent; 62 runs.
FOOTBALL.
ZING. ALFEED **:*. I.G.A.
There was a large attendance at Happy Valley on Baturday to witness this match, wish was played on the ground of the Hongkong Football Clab. Bafore hostilities were com menced, it was considered na sary wit for the gunners who have had such a successful season in Hongkong, but the men of the flagship resident team were compelled to fall took to
THE FORTHCOMING RACES.
TRAINING NOTES.
Now that we are practically within a week of the sanual racce it is possible to form sameiden of the penies which are likely to be the favourites
BEODES
PIANOS
BY THE
LEADING MAKERS.
wont to assert themselves feroibly wherever ROBINSON PIANO those traditions are disturbed. On the other hail, bis oficial career depends upon the regu
CO. LTD. Iarity and milelency of his remittances, to the The Primate wrote to Sir E. Groy an gher authorities, so that, despite his ability J. November 9, enclosing a copy of Bishop Price's to keep the Board of Finance in ignoranoo (of whials that Board pathetically complains) the memorandum, and ssying — WI been in correspondenos with amount of “arrears upon which he may vou. some of those who represent the various furs is a matter for nies calculation. Every C. A. suti-oplam societies or organizations, and, post, in fact, is in the nature of a dignified upon the details of the subject, everyono human equation and many other inconstant seems to be in agreement in thinking that I qualitice, Bearing these facta in mind aid Bentor Pairs: L. A. Musa, J. AN. Alves
Indeed, I think it was with that view that agitation in regard to foreign loans is the and H. W: Petley (cox.). */
reasonable man of considerable experforce both inanes, the difficulties of the situation, and the Junior Fairs A. II. Carroll, C. Ada Hot Bishop Price sent it to res Bishop Price is a question of centralised as opposed to provincial
in Japan and China, and I think his testimony keenness of the struggle, will be appreciated. is of seal importance. I should be grateful i, Ever since the Great Rebellion, one aspect, and W. J. Carroll (cox.),
at your convenience, I might have a short con of provincial autonomy and its growing versation with you upon the subject. Noone is steevi likas, her attracted the attention more conscious that I of the difleulties which of diplomats and economists, and the futile surround the question, but we seem to have efforts of generations of treaty-makers testify reached point at which there is danger that to the foot that these problems of Chinese England may be thwarting a genuine and finance, deep-rooted in osuses as ancient as the determined wish on the part of the Chinese race, are not to be solved by any simple panacea to bring the evil, so for as possible, from Western text-books, And the Chinose Government of to-day, confrented on the ans Bir Edward Gruy
Grey replied on November 22 that hand by the increasing protests of trade- he was in conealtation on the subject with the hungry Powers, on the other by the insistent India Office, whose views he whhod to hare glamour of the nationalist movement within before answering the points raised by Bishop is borders, and on all sides by urgent lack of Price, and on December 15 he addressed to the funds, is adopting its traditional tactics. To the Archbishop the following lotter:
Powers it appeals yet once again, to ccept ita Foreign Offee, Dec. 15th, 1909, old threadbare asurances of kin stolition in My dear Archbishop —I have now received return for an immediate increase in the import a to the Government: monopoly reply from the India Office in regard to the tariff, to agres incident at Kucheng in the matter of opium for the sale of opium because of its benevolent suppression about which you wrote to me inspirations to increase, in fact, anil at all costa, the Central Government's visible revecines. your letter of the 9th ultimo,
Ne official report has se yet been received To the provinces it promises anything and from his Majesty Minister at Feking on the everything a Parliament, Budget, education, mcident in question, co that a final judgment on reforms financial, administrative, and judicial, the case must be for the present reserved. Lord all to be carried out (if the people continus to Morley is, however, inclined to think that in deserve them within nine years. The inner overruling the orders of the local officials of the policy of the Government, and especially of the Kucheng district the Chinese Board of Foochow Manobu party, is undoubtedly one of ingressing not necessarily within the cognisance of Bishop locking intelligent initiative, organisation, and
definite purpose, and in many of the provinces may have had before it certain facts which were contralization, but it is a half-hearted polioy Price.
of notably, Chekiang, Anhui, and Kuangtang
next week.
There are 105 pontes entered from 44 afables The largest stables are:- Mr. Buzey with 12 ponies, Mr. Ellis Radoorie and Mr. John Feal, 10 och Mr. Ottsty, 3; Mr. F. B. Marshall, 7 and Mr. Dryasdust, 6.
For the Derby there aratwenty-throb entries. Bo forse the training has gone the indications are that the race is likely to be won by one of Mr. Marshall's four. All of them have made good tims. Fig Tree (Vida up) on Saturday morning did the mile and a half in 3.25, last quarter 32.1, which is so far the best time made over the Dorby course during the training, but Mr. John Pool's Meynell (Johnstone up) covered the distance in 3.26. Mr. Elis Kadoorie's Rubber Chief is also likely to prove strong competitor. Mr. Moller will ride for
to wa
which the Bishop desires to see relaxed, though the town
It is understood that the treaty provisions
JUST UNPACKED:
BRINSMEAD
WERNER
RACHALS
KRAUSS.
INSPECTION INVITED.
Mr. Kadoorie's stable. What the Bowes are the protect foreign opinia while in transit, respecting are treated with scant tions, which is not the case at present. At mile to reads "lo coup d'envoi sera dona showed up in their old form, and the premier likely to do it is difficult at present to say; their from the port to Its destination in the interior: As regards national finance, the provinces, at the capital are characterized by deceit and
trois heures et domis précises" How different to our "kick off at 3.30 prompt." 1 By and bys why shouldn't we see interport competitions with bar Gallio friends from the South ?
I noticed the other day a paragraph in the D.P. to the effect that the Sanitary Depart ment had got most of the sanitary staff to suspend their other operations for a fortnight and devote that time to rat catching, I don't mean that the inspectors have to enjoy them. selves by what is known as a good old-fashioned rat hunt here, there, and verywhere, but amply that they were engaged visiting houses and in. dading the inmates to use rat poison, Opinion may be divided as to the advisability of employ. ing poison, and in view of that it is interesting to note that the London County Council has appointed an officis rat esteher who has just
of the mastoh
second place. The game was keenly contested, but the soldiers stood no chance with their more skilful opponents, and Was n popular one,
Final! "King Alfred, 2; B.G.A, 0.
BUFFA
B.Q.C
In the second division of the League the
Buffs "B"tep mot the BO.C. at Causeway Bay. The boys played a sterling game as usual, but the soldiers were too strong, and won by three goals to nil
LEAGUE CRICKET.
POLICE 1, KOWLOON,
This match was played on the Kowloon Cricket Club Ground at King's Park, Kow- loan, and resulted in a win for the Police Boores and analyses were
1. Ogg, b Kirwin
POLICE
T. H. King, & Brewer
W. N. Edwarda, not cut
Q. A. Woodcock, e Bunbury, b Brawn
W. Kert, o Bunbury, b Brwn
larded a challange to capture 1000 rate in thres. Bell, & McKenzie, b Brown
nighta. He says that anybody can kill rate, but few can catch them like That is his speciality, but he won't declare the means by which he does this, and even that it is a family Besset which has been in the family for three generadone,
England, or at any rate her legislators, hes been moved at length to rid herself of the reproach under which she lay from her ineanitary method of taking the oath Kissing the book had long been recognised as full of dangers, bat not until this year has another form been provided. Henceforward, unless a witness pre- fern-the old style, the oath will be administered by the witness taking the Bible in his right hand and raising his hand and repeating the words: "I swear by Almighty God that the evidence I shall give to the Court (sad jury) touching the matters in question shall be the truth, the wholetruth, and nothing but the truth.” When i Hongkong going to follow ruit and abchish the insanitary form? If kissing the book is pronounced dangerous in England, it is certainly much more so in a place like this, where the masses do not have the same standard of cleanliness and ideas on tresting disease are not quite in accordance with Western medical
science.
The Manila Carnival is now in full swing and the Pearl of the Orient is given over to fun and frols for ten days. A Manila newspaper finds it difficult to do justice to the occasion in ordin- ary English, or rather American, and expresses itself in verse as follows under the caption, “Oh,
the Carnival now is on!!-
John Mehan is the nam
Who manages the show,
He calls his bright young men about
To tell him all they know..
He takes their best fleas out
And rubs them up a hit,
Till every single one of them. Will make a separate kit,
Chorus
Oh, the Carnival now is on! The hands begin to play And every ademn-featured ourS
Had better keep away.
The cowboys from Fort McKinley,
As those who havs sem it tell,
Have got apa wild west hippodrome.
That is going to takelike well,
"It I wore the long-faced gents,
Td ran like the devili red.
A. C. Langley, not out any an
W. Pits, Kirwin, b Brewer.
J. Carrather, 5, H. Kerr and
MaLounan did not bat.
W. T. Brower
Total
Bowling Analysis,
w. Kirwinnin
W. L. Wenner.
A. Ú. Brawa
T. Sutton
Lions. Barbary
KOWLOON
J. H. Moad, Pitt, be
T. Button, o King, b Ker ima
W. T. Brewer, o Pitt, b Ball
J. P. Roblasen, b MoLeraan...
A. O. Bras, e King, b MoLenDAN
D. B. McKemsle, o and b'Kerr
W. I Weaser, & Bell
W. Kirwin, c and b Kerr..
Lieut. Bunbury, o Ogg, & Kar W.T. Else, bot eat
H. Bear, Langley
Total
Bowling Azad
J. H. Kerr...
1. H. King denne E. Meleban 6. Bell
ohances do not appear too rosy. Real Bose is, perhaps, the best of the bunch for the Derby distance, and this pony did the mils and a half on Saturday in 3.29, Mr. Buckill, who will ride the Roses, is expected town to-morrow, and another week a training may do something to upset present estimates. Mr. Dryades Sorosis, which Mr. Lawrence is now riding, promises to make a good showing in the race.
**
The following ponies galloped over the Derby course (11 miles) on Saturday- Fig Tree 34, 107.2, 142, 2.19, 263, 3.25.1
Last quarter 32.1.
Last quarter 34.4. Silverton: 37, 110, 1,43,3, 218, 2.53.1,
Inst quarter 34.4.
Meynell: 35, 1.C8.2, 1.24.3, 2.16.1, 251.1, 3.26
20
Bead Rosa: 36.2. 1.12, 1.47.1, 222, 2.553,
Last quarter 33.2.
328 329,
present the relations between the provinces and cognisant of all national and provincial, transac-
and prevent differential taxation from being all events, are firmly united in a common policy distrust; consequently, the Board is kept in
subject is its definite objection to any further the common good the retail trade.
We, the Government Connell, have the fol imposed on it, do not otherwise interfere with The salient feature of provincial opinion on the ignorance. Mutual allowances must be made for movement in the direction of centralization except when accompanied by definite and bind-lowing observations to make with regard to ang arrangements for allocating: a proportion the scheme of the Hoard the phases and waste of the present provincial of all receipts to provincial uses. And while methods are flagrant, it is impossible to deny ganization of the Metropolitan Boards affords that the equally wasteful inefficiency and disor mitself no small measure of justification for local government aspirations.
hops for the sale of foreign opium, or to res
THE SOBBION LOAN QUESTION Under thess conditions, the importance of the question of foreign loans is self-evident. So
should control the raising and repayment of 1. With regard to the proposal that said Board - foreign lean, it is to be observed that foreign and therefore should be under the control of the loans may either beneft or injure the country. Board, so that mistakes may be avoided. But inasmuch as these matters are connected with
international relations, the Board of Foreign Affairs must be duly notified of them in advance. We endorse the policy recommended-ic, that should be under the sole control of the Board of Finance. Whenever board or a province desires to negotiate a foreign loan it should henceforth the negotiation of foreign leans
notify this Board, in whose name the said loan authorized, the money borrowed shall pass should be raised. And when the loan has been through the hands of the Board of Finance. The and the fixing of the loan period shall be left entirely to the Board of Finance
Maple Tree, 363, 1.11, 1.43, 2.23.3, 2.58.3, 3. For the pari pasan reduction of the native So far, however it has sait pledging of revenues to be used in repayment
Last quarter 51.2.
Among the subscription grifins the following may be singled out as likely to give a god Locount of themselves during the meeting Mr. Kadoorle's Walnut Tree, M., Hough's Cadrow's Fame, Massrs Stabb and Muray Stewart's Cobalt, Mr. Pirio's Man-Man, Grezson's Blackmore Vale, Mr. Johnstone's Younger Brother, Captain Mitchell Taybris Tomahawk and Mr. Burer's Warrior Boss One or two of Mr. Ottery's slso are developing
16
well
- TELEGRAPES AND DODWELLS' 0.0. Y. CRAIGENGONES COCO TA
This League Match we played on Saturday afternoon on the Hongkong Cricket Club graphs and Dodwell's CC by 8 wickets and 27
“E. GREY,
CHINA'S INDEBTEDNESS.
PEKING AND THE PROVINCES.
FROM THE "TIMES” SHANGHAI CORRESPONDENT.)
to
of
If the board or province concerned desires to treat directly with a foreign lander their action abell be limited to the discussion and fixing conditions, and it must be the Board of Finance which finally concludes the agreement and receives the lands. It shall under a circum stances be permitted for the provinces or other boards to have direct dealings with foreig nations in the raising of lower but in every instance the Board of Finance shall frst com manicats witli and consult the Bosad of Foreign Affairs in order that due precautions may be exerefeed.
The Central Government's policy is clear equally clear the determination of the provinces to oppose it.
"In previous enser of a somewhat similar character his Majesty Government have not questioned the right of the Chinese Government to regulate as it thinks at the licensing of retail faint or prohibit the consumption of opium Canton, where ringent regulations of this among the population. Thus in Nanking and kind are in force, the aotion of his Majesty's Minister has been limited to seeing that they are not need to create monopolies or foreign to discriminate unfairly against opium, and do not interfere with the wholesale trade in foreign opium between Chinese dealers
upon the Imperial guarnated as an essential Government has recognized the equitable mature condition for loans, and so long as the Central of these requirements, apart from any special Government maintaine non-responsibility (pro- and importing firms. The Imperial Chiness long as the European money markets insist obligations that may arise from treaties, and claimed by Edigt in 1898) for say debts con any other view would hardly be teable, so long
sanction, it is clear that Peking possesses the production of opiusi in Ohine itself tracted by the provinces without Imperial
exceeds the amount imported and an exists between the two Governments powerful argument for increased centralism be good purpose. Given the statermanship cultivation and the foreign import. The Ku to apply sound political economy to the coun- chong incident may prove on further inquiry to try needs, and development of the principles be capable of explanation on one or other of wk have worked so satisfactorily in the case the above-mentioned grounds-Yours sincerely, of the Foreign Customs, there exists no valid rasson to prevent foreign leane being raised under conditious beneficial alike to the Imperial “Ezehequer and to provincial interests, allotting to each its representation and share of profits in the undertakings for which the loans are raised For ten years, however, the question has been fought without producing any signs of a medus vivendi, Poking sternly forbinding the provincial authorities to horran on In recent article on Chinese Revere and the security of their local revenues, and the Taustion I have shown that the Central Gor provinces maiting in violent agitation at the ernment's visible income, as stated in the returns first sign of any borrowing by the Metropolitan The gallops this week take place on Tuesday of the Board of Finance, practically amounts to Boards and the actual result to-day sa stale little more than what is requited for the service mate Readers of The Times familiar with the
285 NERD FOL CAUTION, of the Foreign Debt and the needs of the history of the Shanghal-Ningpo Railway Loan As regards the security of loana made to sumised up in a word Thursday and Saturday,
Court, its Manchu pensioners, and frontier and other similar episodes are sware that the China, the matter may. VOLUNTEER SERGEANTS DINNER defences. For such administration as the agitadon organized by the provincial officials it depends solely upon the continued suthority country boats beyond the limits of the and gentry on these occasions, although conduct and solvency of the Central Government The The Sergeants of the Volunteer Corps held Metropolitan Frefecture, for its military and ed from the anti-foreign platform in order to collateral security Introduced into loan agree e dinner at headquarters on Saturday Hight al foros, famine and flood relief, police, attract popular sympathy, is in reality intended mente in the form of mortgages on the property education, and dispensation of justice, the to fores the hand of the Central Government or the earnings of railways and other enterprises, which was attended by some 60 or 70 persons provinces support themselves and each other, and to obtain the use of the lean fanils for the while waitable as leverage and an indication of country in provinces independent alike of the Peking vested rights, conld not be realized except by Among others present vera: Colonel Chapman, What this administration costs the vast arms Boards authority and of any form of control in fordible massures in the arent of the Imperial Major Macdonald. Captains Thompson, and the waste anil abuses created by the
of officials and underlings that prey upon the the interests of foreign bondholders. The com Government making defanit, while the alloca mert, Wood and Craik, Tleutenants Marbrayilers and traders can only be surmised; the plote success attained by the agitation of tion of Hhin and other provincial revenue is concession to foreign methods of finance of no Northcote, Kerastt, Andrews and Rees & foreigner sees but a part of the reenlis in the Kiangsu and Cheklang (in violation of the splendid musical programme was arranged, and poverty of the masses, in the parlons state of the Central Government's agreement with a Briti k praction value, in the last resort, inlass the to a point where any saggestion of on behalf of the bondholders. The sola security during a jolly dinner numerous toasts were Empire's pancial and fiscal arragerenta in Company) hus stimulated the enthusiasm of the country were to be cocupied and administered for a loan at the capital is sufficient for Chinese loans, since the foreige Custome the people's persistent clamour for reform.
revenues become fally hypothosted, depends Government's to. As matter stans, the urgeat need for fins to sadelal reorganization is clearly recognized by the Censorate at Poking with warnings and denun- therefore upon the Chinese
Central Government and by the educated class cistions. That the provinces are by no means ability to meet its obligations; and its present throughout the country, a witness many opposed to foreign capital per se, is evident, high credit is obiefly due to the fact that, in memorials and ediote (since 1902; equally ad- however, from their unremitting endeavours spice of wars, rebellions and the shrinkage mitted in the necessity of introducing foreign to obtain it without reference to Peking. of silver, it has never yet failed to do so. Bat, espital for the development of railways, mines, There is scarcely provincial bureau of rail- I have shown in a former article, Chino is local industries, and other potential sources of ways and mines throughout the Empire that not paying her way commercially, the amount national wealth. But at this point thers comes had not instituted irresponsible and unpractical of her foreign debt approximates unpleasantly into play one of the most distinctive factors in negotiations with a view to borrowing from to the total of the Central Government's visible The Archbishop of Canterbury has authorised Chinese politics-viz., that deraporatie quality abroad the fands which they are unable to revenues; the cozufey is in a transition state, its administration the one thing needful- Professor Caldecott to mais public some core of the people which produces something closely obtain from their own countrymen,
in peril of change; and of genuine reform in spondence which has passed between his Grace approximating to provincial autonomy It has ATTIFULE OF THE CENTRAL, GOVERNMENT. And Sir Edward Grey in regard to a memo been the persistent (though not unnatural) Such being the sotuel situation, it is to be there, as yet, no serasiga. As matters stand random from Bishop Price of Fühkien, dated error of Enropesa diplomsey for the gut 50 expected that, as the country's handial neces new leane raised under precise stipulations and that the Chinese Beard of years to samme, and to force upon the Govers sities became more acute, a solution will be found safeguards for their honest and eficient or September 9. alleging
culated to increase the nation's wealth and Faceliow has been induced to overrule the orders ment if China a centralination of authority in the form of compromise, or series of compenditure on remunerativa enterprises and cala of the local officials of the Aucheng district far outrary to all the instincts and tradition promines, between the capital and the provis thus to provide improved security for futars
horrorings Pe
per contra
losas which fail to the suppression of all oplam shops in the bdinty
Already there are signs, as witness a memorial At the instance, it is alleged, of the gont of
by the lata Chang Chill tang, that the Central Government is disposed to recognise a certain insist upon these safeguards must farther Messrs. Jardine, Matheson, and Lost Foghor
the interests of Loreign Invertors. Many to whom the chief local opiam merchant had BATUBE OF THE STRUGGLE measure of local participation in the benefit of jeoparding the nation's finances and eventually Az antler of fact, whatever policies and enterprises Finansed with foreign loans, so long the enlightened oficials, and writers in the appealed, the British Consul being of opinion
Peking is directly represented in their that the anti opium movement in Kuching practices remain constant in China's foreigu not sincere, and alaining that the prohibition and internal affaire are the results in the form management. The lack of any continuity in Fress, recognizing this to be the truth, deprecate finsrcial by the local official of the sale of foreign opium of a somewhat unstable equilibrium) of the the polley of the Metropolitan Boards and their all borrowing abroad until some real progress was contine is treaty
perennial struggle between Fuking and the internal dissensions postitate, however, serious has been offerted in administrative reform i but Bishop Price states that he zote to Mere providees No better example of these rastit factors in the problem while their present per cooneric pressure in Chian and
ef thus pont Jardine, Matheson's goal, reviewing the cirooni ha, given then the actuatiau created by sonnel is not of quality to encourage optimism. competition in Europe (to say nothing of enmatances of the case, but received from him the question of foreign loans, which for the put It ki true that ases the accession of the political france), will not permit of thus
It is for this reason that the policy sad pro only brief reply to the effect thist, as the three years has commanded a greater share of Legent, the poling financial centralization poning the question. matter was a purely commercial one, and had the public attention than say feature of the has been emphasized in numerous edicts, and been fully dealt with by the British and Chinese national movement. The struggle which has an attempt has been made to consolidate ceedings of the Chinese Government deserve Governments, he was not at liberty to enter inte been steadily maintained on this question still authority in the hands of Duke Tani Tase and the closest attention, for either Chins must any diseassion on the subject Bishop:
uparate aruds, Bufios if Lapy that change would appear to have been made on instal diffinities of the most serions kind. he reports very favourably, upon the entities to explain its fell pinnance would his colleagues of the Board of Finenes, but the vorige at her hors in order of Lace
ignorance an
and vibe, and much upon the foreign, invertor of the Kucheng gentry to suppress the epium Lus provincial, madadin, that is to say, the personal rather tans administrative grounds, Mach espands upon her receiving, and accept vice in the county, the first one to raise fand amicis he holds bis authority from the Threas for the Board" procedings and memorials are ing, the necessary warning and disinterested
nowledge of existing conditions. adjust the frances Fallation, Ungme revenue, deplores the effect produced by these nece
are clear-vis the question of foreigh loan. incidents, though, after getting the opinions of his post faut bien que sal, so to saLLERY
the same amor the demands of the Central The following in taxes from a memorial by the LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS. of those best qualified to interpret the
sent of local public opinion, and of his Government Council, approved by edict be in obliged to admit that it doen
6, a problem which he wolves scoording contrary to treaty that the
gencies of the situation on lines of the opium should be prohibited by On the other hand, he states tast anti-opitum people rely upon a clas
Ground and resulted in a win for the Tala honoured, among others being the offices its obsofie eurrenay and traile-barriers, and is the Grand Council Boards, and
runs, Boares
* ORÄIGENGOVIE, CO,
G. A. Hancock, b Shields
H. Petersen, b Shields
W. H. Virzash bbialds
F. F. Lommart, and b Olivar -
J.D. Moria, b Oliver.
B. A. Carvalho, o May, Olber
A. Rose, run ont
L. Lammert, b Oliver
P. Currie, o Oliver, b
I, Happ, ant ozt
A. Hail wars, b Shields
Extras
Total
2.E: IL-OliveË UNI MA
C. F. Bhields...
A. H. Young star
8
TELEGRAPHS AND DODWELIA” C.0
W. Waterhouse, o Lammert,
W. Manning, h Lammert
A H. Young, not out
* EA, G. May, not out...
Total
E. G. Oliver, E. G. Barrett, S. B. Carlit, E. E. H. Oliver, B. B. Battle, C.-T. Hone. and C. E. Shields, did not bat.
G. A. Banisock
P. Currie waar
L. Lammert
A. Hatliwach
OTHER CRICKET,
110
KOWLOON EXS, ENTRE
This match was played at the Happy Valley For the fellow who said that they warus't fanny on Saturday when. Kowloon won by 82 to 62 Was certainly out of his head.
Chorus
Oh, the Carnival now is on, ete.
PEDESTRIANTEM
The waiking match promoted by the Lus tano Becreation Club took place, youterday afternoon when entries were fewer than
The effosion reminds me of Cowper's famous Burstofore. The course was as formerly stated,
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and the race proved an easy thing for the Winner. The first three men home were
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visitors, which were suitably responded Throughout, the dinner was a great success, was immensely enjoyed by all present.
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The T. X. K. 5. Chiyo Mars arrived at San Francisco on The 3rd inst
The O. & M. sis. Zafine left Manila on the 5th inst, and leans bere to-day si 6 pm
TAY LG.M. Friss Eitel Friedrich left Shadicked on the 21th insi, st 6 pm, and may
spected berl to-morrow at daylight.
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