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CANTON.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. THURSDAY, MARCH 24TH, 1910.

the struggle an oil lamp was overtorzed and some of the furniture of the place was burned. The servant reported to the Magistrate that (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

the girl had wilfully upset the lamp. Without Märck 21st. making any inquiry the official ordered her to "TO MAKE THE PUNISHMENT FIT THE CRIME." be whipped. Her hands were thrust through Chinese justice sometimes takes a comic side, two holes in a board and they securely tied and a scene on the Band a few days ago Her hands were then severely hesten with reminded ons farcibly of the "Mikado." "At e bamboo and in consequence werd arch wharf along the Bund many fish boats land lacerated and stellen. It is said that as their cargoes, and there are always newhipping board has only been lately introduced

-se a zacans of torture. assortment of beggars, unemployed, loufern and coolics on the soane. While load of fishi wAK being landed, one of these bystanders stole a fish and made off with it, but he was osptured, and together with the fish was taken to the station. Next day he was taken to the sons of the theft and chained up to a telegraph post This was done in such a way that the poor wretch was standing on the points of his towes. A large netice, setting forth his crime, was placed over his head, while hie queue was thrown over the top of his bead and hang in front of his body, and at the end of it was dangling the fish that had been stolen..

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respectively. For years only the former has

JAPAN AND MANCHURIAN RAILWAYS

and Great

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|{WRITINIE SPRCIALLY FOR THE "HONG- XONG DAILY PRESS, 1}^

February, 1910,

PROGRESS OF PEMINIUM.

NOTES AND NEWS,

THE STUDENTS' USION, Parig students have been struggling, sinoe s long time to get a Unica. something after the

CARDS MOUENING PLAYING imposlug sad palatial building now occupying

A Belgium firm În iaming playing cards with what in the eighties of last ventury formed the thoroughfare known as Le Phoe da Faro. The black border for use during the six months

public mourning for the late King Leopold. authorities here handed over to the students the RULES YOR CRATORS. The French law has just been humanised by old bledical Schools Part of the ancient the following addition which is being promulgat building was restored, and a wing added ed throughout France, so that no employer of Everything was completed when the food. employee may be ignorant of the clauses. It came along, in consequence of which the interior briefly to this effect: * The suspension of work presents a sorry appearance. The decorations by the women during the eight consentire are spoiled and the furniture damaged, and it is weeks in the period that proceder and follows estimated that sum of100,000 frances will bene confinement cannot be a cause for breaking the cossary to patt he place in order, Unfortunately,.

sppealing to that kind-hearted gentleman Mr Carnegie He might probably take compassion on Messieurs les Boudianis.

JEWISH THEATRE.

There were three: things necessary for sa after dinner speech, Admiral, Sir C. Penrose Fitzgerald deafted at the annual dinme of the Chamber of Shipping. The first was to be able to stand up, the second was to be able to apoak up, and the third, and perhaps the most import unt of all, was to be oblò toshut up,

IN PRAISE OF FOOTBALL General Baden-Powell, addressing, at Co- said he considered that football, was the best game to play. Looking on was not playing the game that was what musty, round-shouldered, no-chested, siguroitė-smoking follows, with long looks of hair falling over their foreheads, did with their time. He always regarded those who played football wall as féllówa, who dould do their duty well,

WOMAN'S OPINION OF BABRISTER,

ON TENDER

Le Theatre Juif, or Jewish Theatre, in this

boost of making money. Its spectators are a woman accused at Kent Assizes of abtain- capital is one of the very for which is able to

drawn from the 70,000 Russian, Polishing modit by false pretences was defended at German and English Jews who rode in the request of the Court by one of the jezior members of the Bar. Asked in cross-examina- In front of the Pan Yu Magistrate's Yamen manuer could such an athinda lerecopailed with esptions? ability plasd our cause; M. Fallières Paris The programmes are printedition why she had not put certain questions to one Yiddish, and the motore, we are told, are of the witnesses for the prosecution, she replied are two gater, the East and West gatea; the extní regarding Manchuria,

paid an an average about 50 franes "I have counsel appearing for me, or I should Been opened; Int when the last Magistrate 100K --In the case of the line referred to in the hon. law of the measure granting Municipal Suffra/Teek! No written ontmot exists at the Hab. simply have pulverised the witness,

to women, introduced into Parliament by derstanding, however, between actors and dever man presently." She was acquitted,

row Theatre-verbal promises suffice. An unrespect to this young gentleman (foliosting her counsel), and I believe he will be a very Dussausoy and Buisson,

wanager arista to the effect that eight days' ANCIENT CHINESE MANUSCRIPTS. notice is required on either side of a decira te The prize of £80 given by the French terminate the engagement, under pensity of Academy every year, to the one who makes a discovery or writes a treatise of the greatest pablie valus, has just been awarded to M. Pelliot, for the result of his archeological expedition in China and Chinese Tarkeston. M. Pelliot was complete library of Chinese, Tibetan, and fortunate enough to discover and acquire a Sansorit mannscripts, which were walked up in 1035. The collection comprises same. 15,000 National Library menuscripts, sud is now lodged in the Freuch

up his appointment he had them both open for the convenience of persons going into the Tamen. A new Magistrate has recently been appointed, and one of his first acts was to close up the west gate, as he was convinced that the prinsiples of Fung Shai were violated by keeping it open. Buch are the rulers of the

8) LAURKATE FORTS.

ENGLAND'S CEEDIT.

SEVERE TEETHING

RASH CURED

Spread Over Body and Face-Baby Scratched and Rubbed Till It Bled and Caused Great Pain and Agony ---First Bath with Cuticura Soap Brought Sleep Cure Followed.

MOTHER FINDS GOOD

FRIEND IN CUTICURA

"I first started waing Outloura Soap about two and a half years ago for my Httle boy, When a few months old be bad thing rash very badly. It spread all over his face and body which made him very irritable, especially at night. He used to scratch and rub un- til he bled, causing him great pabs and ngony. I tried different kinds of soap and clatments all to no purpose. I thought I would give Cuticura Soap-a trial. I bought a tablet and after my baby's frut wash with Cuticura Soap he seemed quite soothed and slept well. I applied a little Cuticura Ointment every night and after about a month's treatment with two tablets of Cuticurs Boap and one box of Catlours, Ointment there was no sign of rash on any párt of his body or face. Ever since. I have kept to Cutlours Boap and no other and hope never to be without it. You will be pleased to hear I use it for my other little boy, now eight months old, whose fon in beautiful and smooth. My husband Binda. Cutienes Soap.excellent. for shaving and doesn't find it so dry and hurd after chaving as other soaps, Cuticura Bosp leares ono so cool and refreshed. Mrs. Easily Hine, -2, Myrtle Villas, Dedfont, Midds., England, Nev. 4 and 29, 1908."

In the House of Commons on the 28th alt gi contrast by the employer for the use of her, the students have already exhausted their ventry, the North Warwickshire Boy Scouts, W. Bull (Hammersmith, Opp.) naked the Seo-service. Legal assistance will be the right of the monroes and can do nothing. What about retary for Foreign Affairs whether his Majesty's women before a Court of the first degree." The Government were aware that the proposed con- prospect certainly brightens in this country atruotion by China of an important railway in Western Manchuris and Eastern Blongella for the Feminista Ae Madame Maria Martin could not be proceeded with chiefly owing to the remarks in Ze Journal des Femmes Wo con attitude of Japan, who, after a period of protract- mence 1910 under happy auspices. Activity not possibly be accepted; and, sering that the certain extent favourable; it seriously consider ed delay, had submitted proposals which could reigns among bar adherents; the Fresa la to a nearest point of this proposed railway could not he less than 150 miles, whether his Majesty's Gov. our demands; the period of endannica and ernment were prepared to admit Japan's claim foolish ridioulo appeaza ended. Men of ex to be consulted as of right; and, if no, in what

the President of the Republic, himself de Japan treaty obligations of both

clares, fur feminism." All efforts are now Mr. Mokinnon Wood (Glasgow, Bt. Bollox), concentrated upon securing the passing inte member question, the Japanese Government expressed their readiness not to appose the pro- posed railway, p arided that they were admitted to participation in it as some compensation for the injury the line sight infiat on their own

The coming posts of France are in tribulation railway. They have now, I understand, defined their demand. Is not sware that there is M. Doumenge al primed to the plan indemnity anything inherently unreasonable in these, and sam for the literary award of the Frix it is for the Chinese Government to decide the do Rome, so that this year there might fret instance whether the conditions of the Jup

The Fell in England's Credit" is the title anese Government are acceptable or not. The be three prises offered But the Badgot deficit, The to be or not to be" of the salt monopoly original scheme for the railway in question was stands in the way, so this good intention of a striking article in Le Matin. Therain it is still continues to claim public attention. The from Chinshow to Toonsn.fn. It was subee of M. Domergue has had to be port remarked that the depreciation in the value of great balk of the people seem to be against the quently extended to Taitelhar, on the Siberian oued for the present, unless some Macenas the English fundsduring the last 15 years merits The Russian Government, have now should emerge from his solnsion, and possibly serious attention, seeing that it represente monopoly, and one of the latest mores of those Amar ? 2nd finally to Aigun on the River trying to kill the scheme is to send round intimated both to his Majesty's Government offer encouragement to some latter-day Horse, aral lesson. Le Matin concludes by observing man with circulars on which are set forth ten and to China that on economie, strategical, and whose fate otherwise will be to be born to black that Englishmen with money to invest are

political grounds, they, as well as Japan, are evils which are likely to ocour from the establish interested in the question. This contention in unseen, and waste his fragrance on the desert air/fighting shy of buying English Consols, and are sending their money to be invested abroad, obviously a reasonable one, seeing that Aigan

followThe con. ie on the Russian frontior, and that the line Mme, Sarah Bernhardt is about to add another The closing remarks are would actually cross the existing Russian rail-mals role to her répertoire, She announces the sequence of thin fact in that Great Britain, May; and the matter is, therefore, one for production of an historical drams which in which has always enjoyed the highest credit of arrangement between Russia, China, and Japan, rady met with enormous sneous in Italy, the nations ever since the days of Quen The author is a young Florentine, Signor Sem Elizabell, is now about to lose that high Benelli The play-which has bean translated place, and thus, if the English Government, by M. Joan Richspin-is called in French for Any reason whatever, found itself com Heuter's telegrame have made us sequainted La Force." The plot is taken from polled to borrow money, it would be in with the remarkable demand which has arisen | ■ Florentine novel of the 16th corlary the necessity of paying 20 per cent. more in England for shares in rubber companies by Braziai. In spite of its title it is for the money thus to be raised than it A very gloomy tragedy, though skilfully would bare had to pay in 1896, when the We quode below the headlines and the opening paragraphs of an article which ap peared in the Loudon Daily Express of the 2nd enlivened with comical incidente. Gisnette Conservative Party same into office with 411A fonsking story is related of Queen Wilheling Rear, who know that the 8.5 pm, train Inst. MELLAN MATA

Malespini, a Florentins, secretly loves the members out of the total of 670 members then

·WILD BUSH TOE FOLTUNES.

beautiful courtesan Ginerra, who is already slected" WHOLE COUNTRY PARTICIPATES IN loved by the Pisan, Neri Chiara Mantasi. The

TĂNG BIẾT: HONOPOUL

ment of the monopoly, This man also makes Speeches and there is no doubt but that he has A wonderful How of eloquence. The people lay the suus of the whole matter on to the former Viceroy

Shum, who was the first to raise the question of the monopoly, though this was several years ago,

▲ NEW BILE FACTORY,

The locality known as Kow Kong in the Nam Hol district is noted for the rearing of silk worms and the growing of mulberry trees. A native of this place has petitioned the Tastal of Industries for permission to open a large factory in the place where all kinds of silk cloth may be woven and dyed. He says he wishes to open the factory so that native material may take the place of that from outside countries. The Tactal has consented to the scheme and the company has been registered. The local offeins have also been invited to give their aid to the new enterprise

STUDENTS AND GAMBLINO.

THE RUBBER BOOM IN ENGLAND,

THE

BOOM.

“BUDBER CRAZY,"

EXCITING SCENTS ON 'CHANGE.

THE DIVINE SARAH'S NEW HOŻE,

Pisan has his rival put into smack and dipped into the cold waters of the Arno, As soon as he is free Ginzetto vown vengeance. He spreads the report that Nari has gone mad. The The boot in rubber shares which has domi-Florentines have hitherto trembled before the nated the Stock Exchange for the past few weeks is proving one of the most sensational Pisan, but their four now turns to contempt The Viceroy has just received from Peking periods that has ever been known in Tandon's They arise and bind him, sad meks & an important despatch from the Minister of financial circles. It affects have spread to laughing stock of him. Gianotte torments Education. In it he is directed to enforce every part of the country, and small investors him by telling him that he is now Ginevre's strictly the regulations drawn up for the pro-re rushing in their thousands to share in the accepted lover. The Pisan gunahes his teeth in golden possibilities which have apparently hibition of gambling by tenchers and students. opened before them.

Impotent rage, but Gianotto is not satisfied, According to the rules my teacher in a govern

Neri has a brother. Gabriello, to whom he is ment school found guilty of gambling will be

devotedly attached. Gabriello is also in love instantly dismissed, and if a graduate all his privileges as much are to be taken from him. If

with Ginevra. Gianotte has the youth enticed, only too willingly, to Ginevra's house. Then Nerl is set free; his first thought is of Ginerra a student is found gambling he will be expelled

The position was well pat by one broker whose He rushes to her house, finds her in the company the school and prohibited from entering any

owing to the boom,

The whole country robber rasy," he said, kill Ginette. Itin paly his own brother whom he "and the prices are going up and up and up kills. Thetwochief roles, Glanetto and Nori-the because people aimply will not sell. It seems as lovers are to be played by Mme, Sarah Bern- though everyone in Great Britain with a five hart and M. de Max, respectively. It may pound note wants to invest that five-poand note in rubber

prove interesting to observe that Signer Sem. Benelli, by the way, has been asked to translate

Chantecler" into Italian.

Within an amazingly short time shares have increased in value literally by millions of Pounds, while new rubber-producing companies one placed on the market at the average rate of one a day, and none of them finds any difficulty in disposing of its shares

other. This is no doubt a wise atop, but it is business has increased by leages and bounds of a lover, and stabs him mortally, thinking to

a pity that steps are not taken to do something to protect the poor soole and labourer from the effects of this vico.

A THEATRE ROW.

*

A few nights ago the gate-kespers of the Tung Hing Theatre on the Bund assaulted four soldiers who endeavoured to gain entrance to the building. It was said at the tiras that the soldiers refused to pay for a ticket. This was afterwards found to be untrue, and the gate. keepers were summoned before the Na Hoi Magistrate. They ware ordered to wear the cangue for three days and to stand in front of a Yamen in Tin Woh Hong, The manager of the theatre has since been sent for, and it is likely that he also will get into some trouble. There have been several

Buyers

Now and then a few speculators take their prets and there is a temporary lull in the rise in prices, bat the boom is chiefly the work of investors, who have bought to hold. have, so far, been in the large majority, and so great has been the demand for shares that, despite the many new Rotations, which have alone totalled in nominal capital over £5,000,000, the prices of shares have appreciated anor. money.

THE MYSTERY OF THE EAST,

OMNIBUSES IN PARIS,

*

OLERICAL PREJUDICH,

A CARNEGIE STORY,

The New York Sun last month published an amusing story about Mr. Andrew Carnegie, tolographed by its Los Angeles correspondent It appears that a man employed as a truckman on the railway at Los Angeles recently wrote to Mr. Carnogie asking for assistance on the the great stool magnate the price of his passage ground that he was the son of the man who lent to Amerion when he emigrated from Scotland, A day or two ago the truckinan received a reply from Mr. Carnegie, expressing pleasure at hear

him a pamphlet on thrift. The correspondent ing from the son of an old friend, and enclosing adds that as a result of this reply the man is ill with mortification.

QUER VAND AGED MINISTER.

Itching Devils

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raging, and fast after the Glasgow to Easton express had passed at a speed of fifty miles az hour a great tree was blown areas the rails, snapping the telegraph wires and obstrusting the line. Its fall was seen by a woman liv

from Glasgow was due in a few minutes. In saved the train. She removed her red petticoat, and racing along the Une, wared it as a danger signal and shouted her loudest. The train came into view, and it seemed that the driver wild not see the signal in time, for its speed did not slacken. At last the

driver

• moment she had made the decision which

mica's regard for one of her former Ministers, Gen. Bergansius, who once held the portfolio of war, and who is suffering from paralysis of the right side. His principal amusement consiste in Anti-clerical feeling is still very strong in watching from his sofo the passers-by in the France, and schoolmasters in particular have quiet street at The Hague in which his residence in situsted. The Queen, however, often wares to be careful not to show any clerical synd her hand to the General as she drives past. A pathies. A soboolmaster in a country district few days ago Her Majesty sent him a message. was recently forbidden to safer the church, letting him know that she would drive along the waving her red petticoat. He applied the brakes, and the trafa came to a standstil! with a jerk only a few yards from the fallen because it was found that ho had been road nogompanied by the littls Prindses Julians. At the safed time the Royal carriage drew ur

tree. attending Mase every morning. Aarbeneath the windows, and the Prinsou, with her amusing incident occurred at Istro, where mother's help, waved her hand to the aged the parish schoolmaster was reported" for Minister,

possessing a gramophone which plays nothing but clerical tumen." The airs complained of were the "Miserere" from "Il Trovatore," the Prayer from "La Toses, and Les Rameaux of one

It is considerably over a century since the French Republic was declare†, and in the year 1910 the ballot is not secret. But there is now every possibility of this reform being was before the Genord Election, due in May next. The procedure that it is pro posed to adopt is frankly somewhat laugh able, though it appear to satisfy French

ideas..

:

HOW ORDERS ARE LOST.

THE BAYPIN-WOMAN'S WEAPON OF DEFENCE... The following was telegraphed to the London Da ly Mail on March 1st by its New York correspondent:-

The Special Commissioner who is travelling

With the galleries of the chamber fillel with in the South American States for the Engineer indignant women, the Chicago City Council last has some home truths and sound adrios for the evening discussed the Ordinance on the introduc British manufacturer this week. "Not a day tion of Aldermen Fauler prohibiting the wearing goes by" (ha says), "but I am confronted with

Amid repeated interruptions and cries such evidences of the reckless and altogether income of hatpins of inordinate length facturers and merchants in dealing with cus alderman descanted on the many dangervar prehensible sinckness of certain British mand as "Doesn't your wife use long hatpins?” the tomers in this part of the world. It is not Injarice indicted upon men in crowded tramway- always a matter of ignorance either, we often care and lifts and at street corners through not it is a case of sheer carelessness and lack violent contact with hatpins a foot and a half of system which noconuts for the loss of orders long and juiting six or eight inches beyond the once a Spanish-American customer is slighted, one man who had been blinded, and taming to and the canring of offenes to customers. And brims of woman's hats. The alderman told of or his wishes are studiously disregarded, he is the gallerion exelimed: You women with the

faces." lost as much as if he were dead and buried."

silly hotpin fad ondänger all our

Boos after the speaker had resumed his seat petition of women was read by the oity clerk asking, "in the name of thousands of ladies who are obliged ocmaionally to walk home in the night-time, liberty to carry Intpins unour. tailed. We are not allowed to use revolvers," the petition read. * Hatpins are our only injans of defence. Nothing excels a stout hatpin As an effective weapon. Thousands of us, when leaving o tramway car, holda batpin in ene

Loud cheers from excited throngs of women

THE CRABLESWORTH CASE,BAN

At present the voter's halletin is folded and handed by him to the president, who places it in the arm. This system, as the writer observed last week, has given rise to all Tempus fugit Two hundred and fifty years sorts of abuse. The system it is proposal to have elapsed since the first omnibus ran in Faris. To be precise, the first of these vehicles adopt in future diffare considerably from the reimple Englisherstom. The bulletins or voting appeared on March 18, 1662, in the reign of papers will be enclosed in envelopes, so that it will Louis XIV. (the Sun King "), and was known be impossible for anyone to know how the elector by the quaint name of lärarosas à cing sóla, VF | har voted; to take his bulletin he will pass behind, mother's defence was that she had always be hand until we are safe indoors." the five son coach. In his Histoire des Carcases

The case in which Violet Charlesworth and bar mother were charged with having obtained money by false pretences at Derby was conclude ed on February 23. Mr. Justice Darling, summing up, stated that evidence showed that Mrs. Charlesworth invented the story about Violet's fortune, and inconlated Violet with the den Ass young girl Violet had been ingen ously developed by fraud upon fraud. "The llaved her daughter's story about the alleged fortme. Mr. Justice Darling sentenced Violet prisonment, but subsequently reduced the term of imprisonment to three years in each case.

is

greeted the reading of the petition. The connoil

è Cinq Sole, M. de Mommarques tells us that screen or curtain, so that no one will see The mystery of the East is indefinable, but there were three services in the French capital the bulletin ke takes, and finally a represente always maken attractive reading. Lord Ronald- keepers. The reason of their ill-conduct is said shay makes the attempt in the February number to the Luxemburg. the second from the Place present at the voting, the voter himself placing to be that the majority of the shareholders are of travel and Exploration, and if it teaches us Royal to Baint-Rock, and third from the Rue envelope in the urn! When will the PARISIAN WEARY WILLIR).” officials, and so these fellows think they have a nothing that we did not know before, be at least Montmartre to the Luxemburg. The then French learn to be practical! perfect right to assult persons if they think helps us to realize the immensity and the com- innovation did not last long, owing to the fast plexity of the physical features of Algete that the undertaking was badly managed.

14 voluptuous luxurianca of bar tropical vegeta- tion is full of a seductive appeal, the vast voids To-day there are ennibrises of every de of her limit-loss and sun-seorched westen exercise seription going in all directions in Paris, and upon the mind of man an imperious and irrasis they would not be better managed.

complaints about the violence of these gate none the less any attempt to analyze it nearly The frat went from the Porte Sainte-Antointite of cash candidate or each list will bo Charlesworth sad her mother to five years" im referred the Ordinance to a special committee.

TO GUARD THE PROHIBITED CITY,

CLAS FIGHT.

ANOTHER NAPOLEONIC RELIC.

The Army Advisory Council have notified the Viceroy that the gaard of the Prohibited City

tible command. It is here, in the infinite depths at Peking is in want of certain men of ability of the wilderness that the mind bonds before the to serve on offers. It has come to the know-incomparable magnificence of desolation and The Military Museum of the Invalides has ledge of the Connell that four natives of Kwong shrinks abashed before the overwhelming gran-

been further enriched with Napoleonic refiss. The latter include the stones which covered Tsug have recently finished a successful course dear of emptiness, of immense silence, of illimitable space. Throughout the continent from

at St. Helen. in a military saademy in Japan. The Viceroy Sentari to Tokyo, and from Colombo to the Aratie the Emperor's grave is directed to send these men to the North to as, Nitus delights to display the poon-When the solemn exhumation scane WAS fill the vacancios.

liarities and characteristics of her manifold at ensoted on the island, seventy odd years tributes to aemperlative and unexampled degree, ago, in the presence of Prince de Joinville, The most stupendous mountain

in table plains, logrotate abundance balls commanding the Frwick war Leigate La Belle hand in hand with pernry and want, immense Foule, and the English offers of the garrison, wealth rubs shoulders with the extremes of the stones were carried on board ship and poverty and indigence. The scourge of an In transported to France. They were, however, dish summer is only equalled in severity by the placed in the Arsonal at Cherbourg, and ne rigour of a Siberian winter; the awful cridity of Persia and Arabis by the Inzuriant verdure of mained there until rescued-by-M. Thomson, Indo-China, Burmah or Ceylon. The colossal the late Minister of Marine, whe ordered highland platean of Tibet, with an average their removal to the Invalides, where they are altitude of 16,000 feet, presents a geographical

Visitors freak entirely in keeping with the varied phe now the object of veneration. nomena of Asia. The apotheosis of desolation to the Military Museum cannot help noticing itself, it pours forth a wealth of life-giving the poignant contract between these bare stones,

B

¿TO TAX RACING, The proposal of M. Cochery, the Minister of Finance, to impose a tax of 10 per cent, on the price of admission to roce meetings, has aroused a storm of indignation in the French racing world. The Budget Commission has adopted the Minister's proposal. It is estimated that the new tax will bring nearly 100,000 francs a year to the State.

WEATHER REPORT.

The Hongkong Obervatory yesterday issued the following report i

In the Nam Hoi District are two villages, Lang Pan and Ng Chaen, respectively. These are inhabited by persons of the Lo and Tam aland force fight broke out between those plans and the Magistrate sent a small body of troops and put a stop to the disorder. This they were able to do, and the soldiers were driven off. Boveral persons have been killed on both sides, and the fighting is still going on. The Kwong Chow Brigadier General is now marching to the scene of strife with strong body of soldiers, and he will doubtless points so far apart as the ice-fringed shores of 20w almost black with age and weather, and the at 10 am to-day, 0.00 inches.

soon put an end to the trouble.

BEATING A GIRL. Great in tignation is being filt against the Pan Yü Hagistrate over the following case.

waters which find, an ontlet. In the ocenu st

the Yellow Sen and the torrid waters of the Indian Ocean.”

A young gid was awaiting trial on some ernment treasuries in India, and the Pioneer

There are now six milion sovereigns in Gor- frirelous charge and was locked up with those forecast that the amount of gold beld will rise

grandiose tomb of porphery in the splendid chapel. The niche reserved for the stones, with sarcophagus and pull which covered the coffin,

formerly consecrated to French willy is one of the side chapels in the old building, pensioners, and now associated with the flitary

On the 23rd at 1205 p.m.The barometer hes fallon quickly in Japan, and risen oon siderably over China.

The depression is moving Eastwards over B. Japa

A high pressure area now Hes over the Yangtze valley

Strong N. and N.E. winds may be expected in the Formoen Channel and over the northern shores of the Chinn Bes

Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ending

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THE CHANGING HABITS OF THE CHINESE.

FROM OPIUM TO ALCOHOL,

A correspondant writes to the Mine U

In January last year, saya's French contem- porary, a wealthy philanthropist of Paris, in order to test the sincerity of the large number of "out-of-works" who pretended to be anxious to get work of my work, beranged with certain tradesman to give werk to such men as applied looking rough the alte Settlements Gor- at five france a day, From February, 1909, to arament Gazette, pablished by authority, dated February, 1910, 1,215 men applied and were Singapore, January 14, 1910, Vol. 45, I stumbled offered work in this way, Of this number 930, across the following paragraph, No. 5 at page 24, after being told they were accepted, did not even in the Supplement, which contains the Straits 1908 :-~* Luuatic Asylum-6-The OCCULTENDS day, look half a day's wage, and left never of cases of alcoholic insanity among Chinees present themselves for werk; 110 worked half a Settlements medical report for the year return; 14 did one complete day's work, Three days later, 161 were still at work. Of these, 42 is increasing. Besides the ordinary forms had had enough at the end of the week. Only 36 worked a full month, although the work was not particularly hard.

RUSSIAN POLICE DOG'S TRATS.

we are having cases sent us that remain soutely maniacal from one to six weeks and then recover rapidly and thems are not cases of delirium tremens All give the history of non-addiction to alcohol, a big barst

of

Four

A correspondent of Renter's Agency writing in town, where they drank the commen trade from Veroneal says Tref," the famous police brandy to unconsciousness, and a recovery dag, was brought here from Moscow, and their senses in the lunatic asylum.

revent DALEK recovered successfully tracked down the murderer of one out of fre

of the employés on the property of Prince within ten days, and the fifth in six weeks, Vasitchikull, in the borough of Pavlovsky. On The changeable hallucinatory symptoms, the the train by which "Tref" travailed, a passenger intense fear, the nocturnal sacerbations, was robbed of a pocket-book containing over obvious signs of delirium tremens, were want £50. The services of the four footed Sherlock ing in these cases. Three had grandiose Hohnes," as he is called in the papers, were at delusions, two suffered from delusions of once called into requisition, and offer smelling persecution not strongly pronounced, one was all the passengers, Tref" went for one of them verging on dementia, and but one was in any as he left the train at the next sistion and was way violent or markedly excitable. As the eat-ring a cat. The stolen property was found brandy, they had consumed probably cost about in his possession. Hardly a week passes but is a bottle, it is possible that it contained other Bome fresh exploit of "Tref" is recorded, and poison er poisons than is usually contained in The forest for the 24 hours ending at ngon. Lebedeff initiative in fenading a training good sound sprite. What the finals of the of opium to-day is as follows

in Asia will be is yet to be learnt, Int if cheap alcohol takon its place I dread to imagine strong; fair. Formoen Channel Hongkong & Neighbourhood N&B.E.winds,

present agitation as to the consumption

Bamo se No. 1.

the results." This is interesting reading, and South court of Chins between acue as No. 1.

Wind Tamizha

is meeting with warm public recognition. establishment for police dogs in St Petersburg

WOMAN HAVES À TRAIN,

A train and its scores of passengers were doubtless the experience throughout Chins will

viciat avtant, úmilar theoh oficial.

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