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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER STH, 1910.

of the cross wall wore commenced on the morn ing of the collapse, the trench excavated for those foundations having been passed by Mr. Roso that morning. The peling down of a party wall between two old Chines?

houses

& somewhat

HOME AND CHINA AFFAIRS,

FROM OUR OWN COLHESPONDENT.}

LONDON, NOV. 16th. CHINA'S FINANCIAL POSITION.

The duancial position of China has been brought prominently before the publin this wook by reason of the projected. large loan by America. A fortnight ago several city finan alers expressed grave doubts whether Amerion would tooomplish the deal, and it was shortly

the Empire should take the lead in a rovement for giving the full benefit of l'ritish administ- tion to the more distant portions of the King's dominions, which have contributed in ne small onure to the capital's prosperity. The late King Edward tock a keen interest in anything pertaining to war on disease, and it is certainly fitting that the development of our tropical possessions shall be carried out with as little cost as possible in human life and vital energs. In days gone by the heavy death toll was vaguely attributed to "the climate." but medical and

Extrusion Company is likely to be followed by similar concerns in other facta of the world.

RUBBER TELEGRAMS:

Sir John Wolfo Barry, who presided over) the recent half-yearly.mectin of this Company, attributed the increased business to the remarkable development that had taken place in the rabber industry. While receipts had inorosted, expences had also risen, and Sir John mentioned that owing to the jucremed cost of living in the Far East, and particularly in the Straits Settlements, the Company had found it

INQUIRY AT THE MAGISTRACY.

risky pro- An inquiry into the cause of death of the six

coeding, and had to be done with all dus Chinese who wore killed in the collapso which occurred at Nos. 13, 15,-and-17, Aberdeos Streof,

precaution to the safety of the people engaged. on the 28th November was opened before Mr.

LJr. Bowloy thought the attention of the jurors E. B. Halifax, sitting a coroner, and a jury, would probably be concentrated on the question at the Magistracy yesterday afternoon.

the P. B. L. Bowley, Crown Solicitor, to whether proper precautions were taken in appeared on behalf of the Crow. He informed order to carry out this risky operation without afterwards reported that Chins could not find scientific men sow know differently. Lori neccesary to increase substantially the remÚNORA», the jurors that they were preserk te ingaire into danger to foor limb. The jurors would hear her way to agree to some of the American Northcote refers to the astonishing, resultation of the staff in that region in order to meet a sad accident which necurred at 1.30 o'clock to how the two-houses, 13 and 15, ware shored up, sonditions. Meetinga took place; however, in in saving human Hte in connection with malaria, fairly the new conditions that hnd arisen. The! as anytime on Novumber 25th, and which what inspections were made previous to the London between representatives of Brith yellow fever and sleeping sickness, and quotes staff of other companies will, no doubt, appreciate rowatted in the death of is Chinese persons-shoring up, and generally how the work was French, Gorman and American funncial two towns in the Federated Malay States where this fact, one mati, a barber, of thenge of 45, three marrial conducted. They would have before them groups, who came to a mutual agreement for the deaths from malarin had dropped from 368 women and two childron. The inquiry was held certificato signed by Mr. Rage, in accordance; co-operation and participation in regar-to in 1901, the year when remedial measures | with the provisions of the Building Ordinance, Chinese Government loans. The agreement is were comme coed, to 45 in 1905. It is possible under the Ordinance for the abolition of a certo the effect that the premises were able to hear far-reaching, for it not only provides for the that a King Edward VII. Tropical Research oner: his Worship was sitting with the powers of a coroner, and this was practically a coroner's the strain of the alteration. They would also | £10,000,000 loan required by Chind for Man Fund will be störted. inquest to ascertain the cause of death. Mr. Hear the ovidosco of Mr. Perkins, of the Build churia developments and other purposes, but Bon by said he appeared in order to assist his ag Authority office, and some of the overseeze also for future Bonnial operations in China.

It seems that the Amoriesn foauciers op Worship aut the jurors as far as possible in to the effect that they inspected the buildings. macortaining the facts and surrounding circum. må saw no reason to think that the wall between proached the European pancial groups, and arrangements have now settled definitely testration, and the United Staten contingent will that they should havo arrived at an important stances of this sad calamity, and he would 15 and 17 was in a dangerona stato."

international understanding in regarded with endeavour to render all the assistance he could

satisfaction in Govorniment circles. Once the in arriving at the true facts of the caso.

The

a

Medical evidence was adducot as to the came of danth of the six Chinese, the police gave

nhant the collapse.

The heuring was adjourned..

SHIPPING NOTES.

On Saturday, November 26th, there were nine- toon steamore in the harbour of Dairen, the whole quay líns inside the baslu boing occupied.

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discussion was very brief, and it is felt on all sides that a cause of friction has been removed. The English financial papers consid. or that it represents a victory for American interests, who have made no secret of their desire to assist in the financing of Manoharia. The natural inference is that henceforward leading American financial groups will partici pate more largely in any borrowing proposals which may be put forward by the Chinese Government.

FINANCIAL REFORM.

The question of monetary reform in China la also engaging as much attention in America as in London. Across the Atlantio this chapter. of finance is looked upon as an event of world- wide importance, which, if carried out success fally, may profoundly affect the monetary systems, and largely influence the commerce of America and Europe.

THE CORONATION.

With the fixing of June 22nd for the Coronation the Committee responsible for the

work, and the Earl Marshal has lensed a band some suite of apartments in Cleveland Row, Pall Mall, where a large staff is already busily namely, the position that is to be complet by the Queen Mother in the procession and at the Im remony in the Abbey, Not for a period of two hundred and fifty years has the Mother of the Sovereign, herself a Queen, Hired to see the Coronation of her son, and moreover the times of the Stuarts were fallof trouble and afford no comparison with our own. It is impossible to follow precedent in this instance. The Corena. tion Committee are discussing the matter, whịch is likely to be settled by King George in consultation with the Queen Mother.

It is felt that the day has been well chosen,

because it coincides with that on which Queen Victoria celebrated her Diamond Jubileo. An other happy comparison is that the Coronation, with its Oath of Accession, will, for the first

six persons who met their deaths by the schident evidence on to the recovery of the bodies, and men of money sat down to deliberate calmly the employed, A novel point has to be decided, more all compiers of ligue No: 17, berdeon tants of the collapsed houses told the jury

officer, Strost; and the evidence of ASANAY

understood, who examined the bodies would he un bo to the affect that each of the persous diod of suffocation; that was to say, they were buried in the ruins of the house and suffocated. Mr. Bowley thought the jury would have nodiMculty in ascertaining the primary cause of death, but they

would probably wish to go further than that and to inquire into the cir

Hitherto the agency of the China-Merchants cumstances surrounding thie accidunt; and to 'find out whether in their opinion muy blame nt. N. Co; at Yingkow (Nowokwang) has been tached to any person corrected with these build. given to the firm of Bush Brothers, at a commais ings, and so on. The collapse occurred very sion of 5 per cent. on the general receipt of freight suddenly, without any previous warning, and and passage money, amounting to some few thou there wore a large number of the tents in sand dollars per year. It is now understood says, a northern contemporary, that the contract No. 17, while a large number of workmen were working in the adjoining houses. Fortunately, for this agency will expire next spring and the the greater part of these people escaped with China Morchants has received instructions from their lives, but six were buried in the the Tachuan Pu to appoint the Bank of Core As soon a tho callipas occurred rounications at Yingkow as its agent instead. A constable on duty in the street called The commission to be given the Babk will be up the Central Pollo Station. The fire the same, brigado tarned out with great promptitudo, and assisted by a gang of easilary coolies under the charge of the Sanitary Department, the police and poolles did all in their power to extricato the living and take out the bodies of the dead, working at great risk to their own lives, but fort- unately no accident occurred. In order to ar zive at the history of this accident it was neces- sary to cousidur the three losses, Nos. 13, 15 and 17, Aberdeen Strout. Mr. Howley laid before his Worship and the jurors a plan of these konser, rud stated that as far as could be ascertained they

zirs.

While on the subject of finance I may men tion that British investors are apparently still willing to entrust their capital with the Chiness Government, the lesue of £1,110,000 fivo por

A fire broke out last math in the bunker cent. Tientsin-Fukow Railway bonds being coal of the Russian steamer Russin at Copan largely over-mbscribed this week, This present hagen. and the coal had to be discharged into issue was for three millions, and the remaining lighters. The Russia is owned by the Russian portion was offered in Germany. Judging East Asiatis Company; and is a vessel of 8.339 from the prospectas averything was done to tons, built in 1938, and valued at £104,396. She make the security waterlight, hit at the same time provincial revenues are not so comfortable is laid up for alterations to cabins,

Fuller information received from Rio de Janeiro concerning the loss of the steamer Fully off Piza on October 21 statos that the were of considerable age; in fact, their age was versol struck a submerged roof with such force anch that the Building Authority was unable to that she sack instantly. Fally ifty passengers find out when they were orcaled. He thought it were drowned, but how mug of the craw was safe to say they were built between twenty, perished is not known. It is probable that fifty of them lost their lives, thus and thirty years nga. They were ordinary forty Chinesatenement homes, cach four storeys, built making a total daith roll of about one hundred, of blue briek, and hid iron verandahs over Many of the passengers, it is stated, were Aberdeen Strook Fach house belonged to a English. different owner, In Beptember of this year;

an inspector in the departmout of the Building

ON

The Shichilo maru, a sailing vessel, which

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WILSHMEN AND THE CORONATION, Already Welshmen in Hongkong and the Far East, Australin, and the world generally base announced their intention of returning to their nativo laud to join the ro joicinge at this investiture of the Princo- of Wales at Carnarvon next July. The visitors will include mon prominent in Colonial admojal,

be a inrce one. Bookings at the Carnarvon hotels have already commenced,

PROBABLE TOUE BY KING GEORGE." There was a significant phrase in the Duke of Connaught's speech at the opening of the Union Parliament in South Africa, which may maah much, or little. It has boon fakon hold of, however, to mean that King George may set a make an Empire tour. precedent and The Duke of Connaught, in renting the ragrotted his Majesty's King's speech,

tour is without precodout, so the British Empire absonco "for the present" While a Kingly.

of to-day is without precedent, and in influential cirolos it is admitted that a royal visit to South Africa is not beyond the bonds of possibility

Really, one enn see no reason why the King

should not visit his, dominions over the sess, especially as it bos Income customary to pay extended visits to the continert, King George, too, has a natural levo for travel, and so one day Hongkong residents may have the pleasure of welcoming his Majesty in person.

PERSONA), TARAGRAPHS.

HEAD ONE MASS OF

RUNNING ECZEMA

Took Every Hair Off A Pild Sight. Kept Someone Night and Day to Prevent His Scratching. After Second Application of Cuti- cura Ointment, Itching Stopped, Now Has Lovely Skin and Hair

Thanks to Cuticura Remedies.

"I have much pleasure in enclostar „photograph of baby by which you will ess

that the troon of t left.

took everyÐ KER off bla.hend; andy

up.

He beesre

apit might, and kept some one high ord doz to prevent hig from scratching himself and making it 1ked. The docter attended him for shout Liprem months and gave us ointments and medicines which dk bim no good. Then we turned. to patent ointments, Sille result. We telt Jaunti until we gent 6-8 curo by the Cultrurs temedies. Then we carefully✨ applied Cutleura Oinement, After the second application the thing stoppedis: He made Do further attempts to crately and in week he was un, the high rond to recovery. We cantime with Cutlera Koep, and Offk- ment, and in about five weeks there, wBI BO 'trace of rozvina. He has lovely skin and e beautilus head of her, thanks to Cuticura Soap Cutura Ointment (ed) Hrs, 11. A. Morgann, 28, Pwll 81, Landore, Bo. Wules March 20, 1910.

Bold throughout the world. Depate: Lon- don, 27, Charterhouse 94.: Lenran, Ltd. Cape Town. etc.: B... Faxl. Calcutta: 0.... Peter Drug & Chem. Carp.,Sols Props, Buston,

MAPPIN

& WEBB

(1908) LIMITED,

LONDON,

HAVE APPOINTED

timo for centuries, be free of all discord. The new eath closets long standing religious controversy. Thear that an enterpris fag ateamship, line is making arrangements.

A wedding of interest to the Far East took whereby Hindus will be able to-travel to the place at St. Georgo's, Hanover Square, a fow Coronation without breach of their religions and

days DUTO, when John Arthur Cogbill esto observancos.

Somorville, Major, Royal Sussex Regt, younger Bon of the late Lt.-Col, Somerville, of Drislave, Co. Cork, married Vora Cooper, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Anton Key, of Southwick Place, WATCH MAKERS. Hyde Park,

THE IMPERIAL CONFERENCE.

No precise data has yet been selected for the Imporini Conference, but it is cortis to take place sufficiently near to the date of the Corona- tion to cable the Premiers to attend both great lilstorical events on the one visit. In 1907 the Imperial Conference met on April 14th and con

a backing for a loan as a mortgage on a profit-tiated deliberating until May 15th. Following earning railway or a lien on Customs,

the precedent of that year it is anticipated that

TIDET.

London about the middle of May, and the most-

Prince Leopold, second son of Princess Houry of Battenburg, loft Loudon last Thursday on board the &#. Omrah on a six-months tour_ round the world. His immediate objective is Australia, but a visit to Hongkong is stated to

Sir Arthur Nicolson, Permanent Under

CHS. J. GAUPP & CO.,

JEWELLERS & OPTICIANS.

ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS,

CHATER ROAD,

Secretary for Foreign Affaire, and Sir T. Vezey Strong, Lord Mayor of London, have been TO BE THEIR appointed members of the Committee cu Orimial Studies,

There have been three interesting lectures the Premiers and their colleagues will arrive in be included in the itinerary. the last few days regarding hati allarings will be continuet until a dato very close Six Francis Younghushand, who led the famions expolition into Tibet in 1904, addressed the pou the Coronation. No matter what may members of the Central Asian Society on happen in the interval in politics the Conference "Our position in Tibet," concoming which bell take place, with the Prime Minister, whoever is not at all satisfied. Sir Franois is not a babe may ho, for its president.. liever in the Yellow Parii; rather, he thinks the Chiness have much more reason to fear a white peril, but the rongh, taotless handling of the Lamas, and movements of Chinese troops, have

HUGE FORTUNES.

Mr. Isaac Roavos, late Commander in the THE ALLEGED SPISS AT BORKUM. P. & O, Stes Navigation Company; 'died lest The identity of the Englishmen, Messrs. week at Acton in bis 78th year. Brandon and Trouch, arrested in the summer at Borkum es a charge of espionage has now been di-closed. They are Lioutenant Vivian Tronoh, FL.I. Mr. Brandon is the son of Mr. Brandon, of Oakbrook, Hammersmith, and Brother of Mr. Jocelyn Brandos, LC.C. It is

TWO MEN LEAVE £19,000,000.

The estates have now been re-sworn of Mr. forme leaving close upon £11,000,000, and the estates amount to the large sum of

Mr.

COAL REPRESENTATIVES.

..

A Very Large Stock, the Finest

over seen in the Colony ha

just arrived.

TROPHIES

Charles Morrison, of Harley-street, W. SUNDRY SILVER WARE

Fore-stract

Warehouse

died

Co

91 years.

Authority, neting under statutory powers, inspéc. left Awashims, Kagawa profecture, in the latter mettled the North-East Frontier of Tadis Brandon, R.N., and Captain Bernard Frederick

d those houses, and cine to the conclusion that part of October on a training cruise couve In endeavoring to make Tibet a province of theparty wall butween 13 and 15 wasina dangerous twelve students of the Awashima Marine China, the Chinose had displayed a marked osadition. Notices were accordingly given to School, of Kagawa prefecture, duly passed absence of friendly relations with our officers. the respective owners of 13 and 15, each of Shimonoseki Straits for the Ispan Son On and the Chinese officials at present flooding the of peculiar interest to note that he is one of the Charles Morrison and Mr. Alfred Beit, the SPORTING CUPS AND whois presumably had a half interest in the the 6th November the ressel called at Nagobam,country exhibited strong anti-British pro twelve Jows, who have offcially declared Jatter £8,000,000. The duties alone on theso) party wall, to pali down that wall and recon. Shimano prefecture, but since her departure pensities. Sir Francis's opinion is that if the themselves as such, holding commissione in the twe ntruot it: At the time the inspector of the from that place nothing has been heard of her. Chinose officials would show themzoires ready Navy. The only Jewial officer in the Navy | £5,000,000. Building Authority mado the inspection in It is feared that she was caught in the violent September No. 15 was vacaat, 13 was partially gale experienced recently on the Japan Sea and to co-operate with Britain, and treat the holding higher rank than Lieutenant is Captain of Coleman-street, E.C., of Basildon Park, Gor- vacant, but 17 was occupied and continued to be foundered. Applications have been made by the Tibetans sensibly and reasonably, we wand have H. E. Blumberg, R.M.L.I. The imprisoned ing, and of the Isle of Islay, Scotland, and of PRINCES PLATE

May 5, 1909, at the age of occupied until the time of the collapse Marine School to the police along the Japar 20 objection to the ingrosso of Chinese influence, officer bulongs to the game family as Mrs. the

Bea coast asking that a search be instituted for bet as things are going now, it looks very Lewis Waller and Mrs. Clement Scott The His estate was orignally sworn for probato in CUTLERY

of £6,666,666.13 40 accused are to be tried attired in uniform, which June, at the record figure of likely as though there is mo trouble nhɛnd, 15 appeared to wher of

And PERBIAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROBLEMS. with be something of a shock to the Gorman as far as at present can be ascertained," takon rassonably prompt action. Directly the missing-vousel he received the notice is instructed

The ND.L steamer Prins Sigismund, Majer G. M. Sykes, the noted explorer, whodge, as there is no record of a Jew haring it has now been re sworn as of the valus of FANCY LEATHER GOODS.

figures of £4,270,00, and possibly the tale of his recently returned from his sixth journey in entered the German Navy. Captain Franch is £1,936,666 139 4d, an increase on the previous Persin has been helping the Royal Geographical the son of a high official of the L. and N: W. fortune is not yet completo.

On the figures of this zo-sworn valuation the Society to solve some of the archaeological Railway and comes of the Irish family of which problems of that histerio lend. Major Sykes Lord Ashtown is the head. The trial will existe duty alone amonuts to £1,640,500, and it in the form of various death dation, i.., estate was unable to identify the ancient capital of commence at Leipzig, on December 10th, before would appear that the total lesy of the Exchequer

& Ball, duty

legacy duty, succassion duty, and settle- Alexander, but the city of Darius was located on judges, and Mesars Ball satisfactorily. The site of the ancient city of solicitors, tive retained two eminent German ment estate duty on the property passing at Mr. Morrison's death will probably amount to about. £2,000,000, Nishapur was also discovered, and this is in barristers for the defence. teresting from the fact that Omar Khayyam Hved here during the zenith of its prosperity.

The

13 and 15.

have

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of

FROM INDIA TO SIBERNIA.

The Name

MAPPIN &

18

WEBB

GUARANTEE or QUALITY,

Beaffolding contractor to shore up the two houses which arrived at Kobo on the 22rd November The contractor was informed from Australia, via porte, brought to Japan four that the party wall was to be pulled down and Chinese who were rescued in the Straits of rebuilt, and was instructed to pat in the neces

Formosa. Coming up from Hongkong sory sary stores for that work. He put rows of Chius bad weather was experienced, and one day the fire poles on each floor of the two houses, so ar

stenmur only made 96 miles. It was daring the the ranged as to carry the whole of

very severe gals that the Chinese were ship weight of the floors and the roofs

wrecked, says the Japan Chronicle, and when

THE CROWN PRINCE OF GERMANY.

Mr. Alfred Beit, or 26, Park-isue, W., and of those two houses. The next step which sighted by the Prine Sigismund they

The German Crown Prince and Crowa Messrs. Wernher, Belt & Co., of London- the owner had to take was to engage the serwere in a pitiablo condition. The unfor vices of an authorised arelitoot to prepares pia tunate men had found it almost impossible

Princess are now safely on their way to Ceylon, wall Buildings, died July 16, 1906, at the age of public A remarkable journey soress Asia from India from which country the latter will return 53 yours, leaving about £2,000,000 for and give notice to the Building Authority of

owing to the big seas to aling to their craft

for the development of communication in Africa, Without that plan and the proposed works.

which had capsized, so in their desperation they to Siberis has boon accomplished by Lieutenant straight to Germany. It is untlemtood that thoses, of which £1,200,000 was left to trustoes notice any building operations would have been made holes in the bottom through which osch P. T. Etherton, who travelled some 4,000 miles, journey is being undertaken in accordance with including the Caps to Cairo Railway and Cape illegal. Mr. L. A. Rosa, authorised architect, man thrait a leg, in order to obtain a Ermer Occupying a whole year, and undertaken chiefly the Prince's own wishes, and the Nationalist to Chiro telegraph system, His estate was was instructed to do the needful, and he pre-hold. Big waves were washing over the wreck from a love of sport and travel, it was not Press is looking forward to the royal visit to the vera pot long after his death at £3,000,000, "as been re-sworn at what is presumably the

THE JAPANESE NAVY. pared a plan showing, the patting down and when the German steamer came in sight, and unattended with hardships and dangers. Start- Far East as an great which will lead eldst to far at present can be ascertained," but it has

6 Os 5d. European rebuilding of this well, and vent it in to the after soms dificulty all four men were safely ing in March, 1909. from Lansdowns in the the German name and increase German prestige finst figure of £8,049,616

AEORGANISED THIS MONTH, Mr. Boit's estate for purposes of death doties Building Authority. That plan was subsequently got on board. They were handed over to the Himalayas, Lieutenant Etherton travelled vid in lands where, hitherto, other

The.

and the estate daty payable in respect thereof withdrawn and another substituted.

Kashmir, the Gilgit Valley and Hunza to the countries have had a mazepoly. The visits came under Sir William Harcourt's Act of 1894,

from the 1st inst, a change was to be intro Chinese Consul in Koba

Famira Thence through Chinese Turkistan to Poking and Tokyo are regarded as of amounts to £543,969: Some £2,500,000 of his duced, says the Japan Gazette, to the organiza Building Authority looked at the second plan

Mongolia and Siberia to Nove Nicholerek, a great importance in this respect, for it is property pays legs y duty at the rate of 10 par tion of the First, Second and Third Standing and notice, came to the conclusion that the pa

cent,, and on the balance 3 per cent, would be were in order, and acknowleged the

Beit died

severed ather warships in the Squadron were to be OWHAIN of

about £1,050,000. Had Mr. plan on October 31st. The

Porg

13 and 15 then entered into a contract through the agency of Mr. Rose, who prepared a contract with a Chinesa firm of building con- tractors. The contract provided for the pulling down of the party and oroas walls, and their robuilding for a certain prios; it provided alte that the Chiness contractor should be respon- sible for the shoring up of the buildings during the alterations, but as the jurors had already heard, the shoring up had bean done previous to this contract. The contract work had to be car ried out under the supervision and to the satisfaction of Mr. Boss, and as soon as the

WEATHER REPORT

A depression has appeared over the N., part of the Son of Japan, and a second area of low: Press new provably approaching Manchuria from the Westward

the

The anti-oyaloaio area, which appears to have decreased in intensity, is still central over continent to the North of the Yantze valley the N. past of the China Sea.

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

доп

rate.

which

An Inspection is Solicited.

Hongkong, 1st December, 1910.

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station on the Trans-Siberian railway. Lieu not too much to say that the policy of the Yellow payable, making the total Exchequer lovy on hig Squadrons of Japan. The battleship Mikasa and On the 7th at 12.10 p.m.The barometer hasteunt Etherton disposes of tho popular ides Peril, which some years ago bulked so largely fallers generally, particularly over N. Chins and that the Pamirs are a tableland. He says they in the imagination of the Kaiser, has given way subsequent to April 1909, his state would have placed on the reserve list and replaced by others, Japan

comprise a succession of leads formed by the to a more practical appreciation of the actual had to pay about £1,208,000 estate duty, while The formation of the three now Squadrons is se

the total duties would have amounted to about follows: whale detritus which has accumulated through state of affairs in the Far Eset

£1,300,000, or an increase under Mr. Lloyd George's scheme of about £750,000, sa compared gene, a mighty moss of lofty, high-pitched DEFFURED TELEGRAMA. ridges and gables, with valleys, hollows, or

It appears that the Far East, as well as with the old

The value of the estate

PERBed on the leads between, desolate and treeless, with s Australasis, is to benefit by the proposed climato noted for its severity. The Pamirs hadeferred" telegrams. It is recognised that the death of the Duke of Westminster in 1899 Charles Morrison and Mr. Beit, The Duke of Strong monsoon will continue to prevail over attracted attention from the political and sport | code system is not suitable to the requirementsed that of sither of the rich estates of Mr. ing point of view, but their military valus is a of all classes of the community, so that were Westminster, however, was only terent for life. His fa reduced tariff introduced for messages in plain of the great properties, worth probably more negligiblo qasctity, b

than fourtoon millions, which passed ou language the volume of business would, in all death. Mr. Morris's is probably the largest FIND EDWARD MEMORIALS

“of which anyone Lord Northcote in a letter to the Lord Mayor probability, fully make up for the reduction in estato in this country of London urges that no more appropriate the tariff. The proposal of the Postmaster absolute disposal. He inherited from he millions which he left represent a little less memorial to King Edward could ba 1roposed General has been agreed to in principle by the father, in 1857, million, and the eleven than the establishment of a fund to carry on leading cable companies and the details are now than the sam to which his original inheritance and extend the work of research into tropical being worked out. The general opinion is that of one million would have accumulated with Mr. Eeit's fortune of eight millions was much disesse Lord Northcote has spent several years the broad-minded policy adopted in this matter compound interest at the rate of 5 per cant. Boath coast of Chins between as No. 2. he thinks it sppropriate that the metropolis of cable companies, and the example of the Eastern Morrison.

Hongkong and Hainan...

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

N. & N.E. winds, contract was signed the work proceeded with Hongkong & Neighbourhood fresh alendy, cloudy soms rain, NE winds, strong

reasonable despatch. The walls were pulled down, the old foundations were taken up,

Formom Channel

FIRST SQUADUos.

FAME.

CLASS,

TONNAGE,

Fatsuma battleship.

19,360

Hisen

12,750

15300

Kashima... Toukuba cruiser

16,400

13,750

14620

Zone

4,085

·SECOND `SQUADEON.

has had

Nisshin

cruiser

7,700

Kasuga Idavmi

7.299

2,950

"

Chihaya despatch-boat...

1,250

THIRD SQUADRON,

Akitsushima Tenshima

...cruiser......

3,150

3,365

620 gunboatin

Sumida Bushims

126

ROAPETALI

tranches were dng, and just before the collapse South coast of China between Same as No. 1 in the tropics in the service of his country, and will be productive of excellent results to the more rapidly accumulated than that of Mr.

thenewfoundationof thenew party wall had being

completed, and the wall itself was three or four feet above the ground level. The foundations

Hongkong and Lamooks.