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CORRESPONDENCE.

TAXATION IN HONGKONG.»

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE “HONGKONG DAILY PRESS."]

Ste-As you and Mr. Edp havs duas me the honour of criticising my letter, I trust that you will afford me space for a reply..

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, AUGUST lõTH,

A BARBAROUS PUNISHMENT. The following lot under the heading of *** A okorished sovereign right,” appears in "the;

Shanghul Times :

THE TRADE OF SWATOW

FOR '1910...

Mr. B. C.Tours, H.B.M's Consulat Swatow, states in hie

1911.

NOTES

AND --- NEWS,

has been abandoned in spite of the determination

of the promoters as expressed in the company's Crushing Companies. Of the two companies copepleit ín sit crushing one stopped

Sir, My blood cürilled when I read in your for 1910. Report on the trade of the pore business in Boptember owing to the failure of Joodenbreetstraat, in which the master spent the

issae of this morning's date that the nativo priest who murdered a colleague on the borders of this Sotalement some weeks ago is about to be axooted in the Chin City by "Chau Lung," standing on tip-toe on pik of bricks with his heal thrust through a cangue-ho will slowly din from starvation and thirst, during the

latter half of the

The year 1910 was on the whole a good your to the trade of Swatow, and had it not been that serious financial diffenities arose in the good year in lossl commercial annals. The inevitable flasucial crash which as prophesied with no uncertain voice in the 1909 Issue of these reports duly arrived in

& procene whereby~-im” · isoned in a cage, any an exceptionally, 1910 would havo marked

when its arfist was declared a bankrupt, is to be

HISTORIC home. Rembrandt's house at Amsterdam in the a native bank-referred to early in this report-most fruitful years of his artistic activity, and and is now offering its business for sale, but the

which was sold with all its art treasures in 1656, high by any 20,000) is considered to be too likely purchasers. other com- pany worked for four months during. the and showed a profit on the working but im ports from the Yangleze region affected its business,

Silver Mining-The Tang Yi silver mine

your

Mr. Edo state in Cousail that to average wealth of “ba individual in Hongtong is one eighteenth of that of in United Kingdom: I challenged that statement for a full week, if his strength holds out so long-bank-notes, which was, howorer, overally aficionoy of capital, and it is reported that the

meanwhile.

kaowa to the public, eventually brought two of

82,000,000

restored.

THE COST OF A DRESS.

property war où Mt. Edo's setimate along. [.scious ̈óf tho_weakness of my pen to adequately leading banks to failure to the amount of company has abandoned the undertakingress of £76 to Madame cost of material I

and showed that the average-wealth reckoned by I write this letter to you, Sir, pi'nfully con- kong property one-ninth, and the average express the pity & feat for this post wrotatud wealth reskoned by income (the trus test of tax. criminal or to ozoito on his holinlf the compas

of those who have le so dreadful a manner paying empacity) was at least one-third in plained his drom. Bat I do zo, air, in the Hongkong of the Home average, and that warmest hope that the few words of mine will

stir the fooliug of olber expath-an are taxest for less in proportion in our aterage powerful than myself, so that something my incomes than our friends at Home. Neither you done to presont a disgrace to civilisation boing nor, Mr. Edo bave upset my figures in the least perpetrated with the knowledge and tacit these points, although you hate both, consent of community priding itself as being unintentionally, no doubt, alwolately misrepre-earth which are banded together in the glorious fopresentative of those great ustions of the

sented my arguments.

name of Christenilor.

on

After sylug down the proposition slated above, I left the question of average health and, distusiu the relativonveight of cortaņu particular there in Hongkong and England, and showed

Is it possible, I ask, that Christian Clergy and Missionaries will sit sted in hot finding

still Shanghai forth a most eloquent ery of protest 7 Aru our Consuls, our Concil, our newspapers, our leaders, intellectual, social and military, willing

-

*pisce-goolls 504ION, CHONG

- A recently enriched builder's wife has onused great amusement in the Rue de la Paix. Bill in bard, she went round to her dressmaker and asked if he would be so kind as to make her out a detailed bill. Auxious to oblige, the dress- 'unker sent in the following account -For in time Only $5,000 is was called of the proposed capital of $50,000

the company employed £8, time spent (50 hours) £ 0, our ows-special-

* ohio", £58. Total £76. no proper experts. It is fairly evident from the above instances that the time is not rot

RAILWAY IMPROVE ENT The Great Central Railway Company bas assistance of a Unancial or technical kind. Of introduce in their London and Manchestor the two industrial enterprises which may be

terrico two entirely now trains fitted up in. the called Chinese undertakings, and which have

most luxurious fashion. · Side louvre ventilators in the been, or which bppear likely to be, carried out carriages let in a good supply of air,' but Railway was constructed ander Japanese super- successfully, in the locality, the flanchou keep out the dust, the lighting is electrical, harrocks or footstools are obtainable, and each visión and the Swalow waterworks are being

compartment is provided with buil-communica contracted by Britishesginers under a Britisition with the attendant. The construction of drm of architects.

the carriages ensures easy running with thờ mjuimum of vibration.

of the Piece goods Doing it at the time w entirely dislocated business foran fine, and it will be some months-before their disastrous effect vanishes from the part. Of the 40 native banks, raflier less than half were affected by the

wo-failuros but, the latter being more or less. trade was felt oporally. sonnested with foreign business, the effect on

PHILOBS AND NET VALUES

OF TRADE.

The said of the gross trade shows an iores the pet trade an increase of E853,477, but in over the 1909 Aguros of £824,233 ant that of senaldering this increase an appreciation of the Haihuan tael from 2s, 74d. in 1909 to 24. 8. in 1910 must be kept in mind,

FOREIGN IMPORTH.

that flar ruaking allowance for the extranoly lot ahaideful -- piece of barbarity previous year. For this increase opium and rice

high scale of rents in Hongkong the house. holder here paid a loss percentage in rates than the householder in England.

to

cagcted at our very doors without rairing vigorous hands to prevent it: Barely among the Chinese themselves, and especially Lhose of thin, Thera in Shanghai who

further ondeavoured to show that the sinty have been educated in foreign schools and in mid-China crops on account of doods.

on two particular classes of alcoholic liquors was

industrial entorproses without practical torsiga

THE PLAGUE AT SHANGHAI

BURNS GRANDSON. -To-death bus just occurred in Glasgow of Mr. James Glencairn Thomson, the last-fur- viving grandson of Robert Burns. He was the ron of the poet's daughter Elizabeth, by ber marrings with John Themspa, and was born in 1828. Hy becario a weaver like bia' father be fore him, but after the collapes of hand loom work look to calion printing. The old man's declining years were made more contfortalte by the grant of a small-Civil List Pansion/

AN INDIAN WEDDING,.........

half here what it is in the United Kingdom, and realise that the perpetration of such wantonly merchantstion of things has been the been disenvered, and also one in the Fronela interesting announcerïorit is just mado

situation in Shanghai with regard to the recurrence of plague has become more forioux Not only aro cases from the infected district outside the settlement still coming in, Int. within the settlement boundaries a case s the Chiness Public Isolation Hospital; where Concession. Further deaths have occurred in the suorors from the disease med en ruder framint, so that now the death roll bas reached at present under treatment is

live

foreign mirroundings, there must be many who that tobacco was free: (I am not anou smoker degradation to their country, a dragging of erual acts as that now about to take place is a Mr. Ede suggesta).

their untious namo in the dirt before logs Ede. illogically arguing from the parti. of all nations. cular to the general, contouds that, if rents aro In the name of humanity I appeal to you, to

the foreign residents of this Settlement, and 3 onttios (4 lbs.) thereby raising the, retail & total of fourteen and the number of persons minent figuro in the Coronation procossions, envy the cost of living must be heavy in pro especially to beery thoughtful and humano portion. That appears to me to be quite ful-- Chinese reader of your paper, on bokalf of thin lacicens: all fresh food (mest poultry, eggs, tuluulany, helpless wretch now under sentence of game, vegetables and fruit) is, I believe, actually, dost, ut in his name I pray that justice may

be tempered with inordy. eleaper here, broad in, I think, about the same,

I am, Sir, Yours, tea is cheaper, so is water,

[We have nothing to all to the foregoing

tribute to its force. The dreadful thing which

The net total value of foreign imports in 1910- was £2,603,994, an increase of £616,892 on-the.

A SERIOUS SITUATION,

Decrease of supply caused the value of opiusastead, as was hoped, of improving, the are principally responsible, rico especially no

We take the following from the N. C. Daily News of the fith inst to become abnormally inflated, while the large import of foreign rice was due to a shortage of Oy sum.-The year 1910 has been described to me by one of the leading Chinese opium as unsatisfactory. The chief factor monopoly tax, nominally on prepared opine,

of the engagement of the Maharaszfal is one towards this which originated in Canton and was forth

to a Princess of Baroda. The Maharajah with applied to Swatow The lax, which

of the King's. A.D.C.a and honorary colonel of in 1910 commenced at $7 c.20 per ball of

a British Regiment. His Highness was a pro- price of the drag sonie 15 per cent was raised

and his naine has become familiar to the public at the Chinese Now Year to $12 per ball, aud

Up to Wednesday six cases had been almitt. the murehunts therefore regard the outlook for ed to hospital, pud yesterday (Thursday, thot through his wonderful borsemanship at Hur H" ia streng ruler with 1911 as more gloomy than ever. There are no were three more. One of these three was dis. liugha, foreign doslers in opium in Swatow. Theered in an alloyway some This alleyway is active services in China ten years ago.

named Yung Ching Lia mind of his own, and a keen soldier, who saw entire business is in the lands of Chiness in the Franch merohnuts; there are 28 opium hongs or arms situated off Rue du Consulat, not far from Rue but owing to opin trade depression only 12 of Montauban, so that it is practically in the heart

oni

I am quite aware that tiuuet goods are ‘int.

HUMANITY.

rise

of

ACTIVE AT 107.

Mrs. Rebecca Clark, aged 107, the King's

Skating Riek. On her arrival Mrs. Clark in-

the meal. During its progress Mr. Percy.

the gathering sung the National Anthem Mtrs, ion; placed on her shoulders a mudsome silk shawl as a present from his daughters. When

quite clearly.

from Europe against exemption from Income been exhibiting there is very little likeli Intina opiam fell to alwut 62 per cent. of the made the subject was at once removed to hos Clark joined in, and sang most of the lines i

Thx!

I must therefore repudiats moet strongly the authorship of the talent which is Edo actually paly into my mouth, that the Dost of living here is 24 times greater than the

dost at home."

the

Uso

At the same time as the fresh subjects were brought to hospital, four of those previously. under treatment din

The first of these passed

Anax in the early morning, and was succeeded by the three others, one of The victims being a woman and the others men.

THE WOMEN'S LEVEROR.

+

INTIMATIONS

SKIN IRRITATION

MADE HER WALK

FLOOR ALL NIGHT

Came on Hands and Arms Lika Little Blisters. Was Dreadful. Would Break and Spread. Eased at Once and Quite Cured by Use of Cuticura Ontinent and Soap.- Cured Baby of Rash and Sores, Too.

"Whenever I can recommend Cuticure Boap and Ointinent, I shall be plešined to Coco, as I consider them a kauhauolil treasuIR.” My bands and arms were covered with tiny illupets which caused me great frritation and I had to walk my bedföum «tiner some- tires hit bit," Then I got a little Cuticur Ointment which adsed the irritation at once. My husband got me some Cuticata Soap and more Culicira Ointment from the chemist, Bid now 3 see nothing of the rash at all. E. think the Cutleurs Soap and intrucnt should be kept in every home)" ((Mignal)" Ms. Annie Bingly, 50, Victorin Rd., Worksop, Notts, England,” Apt. 17, 1016.

In a late letter, les. Bingly ddds. The eruption used to conie i test ee white bibiers, and the Irritation was dreadful Then they woulddrenk and eprend, but by the use of the Cticura Soap and Catment I have get quite cured. I have no rerum- mended to a friend of mine Loth the Cutlets Soap and initural for her baby, ie w entered with rash and sores trom his turthi. She is delighter with tinan, for they have cured-tier baby."

The Cutkufa Remedies are the most cc- anonical treatment for Hemaledis asul braip of inf¤žila, chidren and aditis, a table or Call- Cura Sony and a box of Cultura Olainen--- beling often sufletení, Solet throughout th word. Landon depot: 27, Chartertiouse Sup O. 8. A.. Petter frog. & Chom, Corji, Sof -Propiz, Boston, Semtler by Cation tool

an autitorit vpn treatment of gain diseases.

Chas. J. Gaupp

& Co.

Have Just Ireoived

Selection of Goods from

New

The St. Petersining correspondent of the Nes MAPPIN & WEBB,

York Herald reintes an amusing incident arising out of the Coronation celebrations in the Rusion capital. As Lady Backanan, the wife of the British Ambassador, was unable to attend the Coronation bominot, it, xxx degiled in ar—- olnde ladies from the feast. This cansol grat indignation among the files of the British colony, and they immediately set to work and originised what proved to be a very successful rival banquet, from which men frere rigorously. excluded.

ported, but peaches and pati de fois graa are eloquoat and well-timed spport that can con these are at present exclusively derated to of a large area inbabited by Chinese, and at the oldest pensioner, was present at an old people's not any moré nécessaries of life than chamfingne ont correspondent protests against has happened plum, the remaining 16 having found it same time little distant from some of the foreign Coronation dinner given in the Wood Green

necessary to add other branches of fade to thoir buildings in the Concession. A second case and birds' rest soup. I said food was free from here before and will, ac doubt, huppen here businesses in order to make a living. By this came from the International Settlement, pracdulged in a little dance. She did fall justice to. taxes, not free from tiealers profits, and I again, and no human uincy, so long as the pre-maving device none of the opium bongs can betically from the same locality as the casse

which -gare

the trouble caunot follow Mr. Ede's mental gymnastics prevent it. The competency to try and punish But unless the monopoly tax is abolished or vory

sent scheme of things endurse, can be invoked to said to have been broken by the depression. November last, It was discovered in a house in Alden,--the member of Parlament for the divi. when he sets off the increased cost of imports offenders against bur laws by her own methods

is one of China's most cherishet sovereign jority of the hongs will have to close their doors north of the Sacehow Crunk, and is adjacent to considerably rednead. it is certain that the ma- Konsul Road, a thoroughfore which ritus to the

On the discovery and in the frame of mind which she has to opium in the course of 1911. The import. of North Tibet Rox

being

hood that sho Cân bo induced

1909 import figures. A similar proportionate pital, as was done with the others. The third refrain from exorcising the smallest fraction decresce is seen in the import of pative Chinese of the day's cases came from the other side of of the most dreadful of theso jealously epium, but the prime cause of this decrease in the bonndary line, namely, Tien Bao Li; from

red privileges in deforence to foreign prohibition of cultivation. During 1910 the where the previous cases proceeded. sontiment or foreign desire. Bur bowever fint

of opium in Swatow has dwindled from a insy be, it does not lessen the propriety or force daily consumption of 11 chests a day to throw If one admits, however, that thecost of living of all our correspondent says, and we heartily chests a day. In connection with the decrons have in greater it falleg that the cost of comme his suggestion that it is the day of Lin the import of opium, it is noteworthy that ermont must be proportionately grinter.

community 10 inake some effort to prevent there is in this locality a considera lo incronso the perpetration of such a horrible eriam as the in the use of morphin, which came largely into Although Government only exists for the execution of this wretched priest in the manner

as a remedy for those anxious to give up the boueht of the governed, still tho. labourer is planet by the Chiurie oficials. would con

"Lee of opium. stitute. Let the missionaries, the Consuls, the

Although a case has broken out, or rather worthy of his hire, and ovary public servant

Piece Goods. These call for no special com-has been discovered, in the International Settle- Cogincil the foreign residents, and all who are

ment,

xcept that business was much hindered ment, there is a ray of liope in the announce regniras a, living wage, and cue of the very vosptible to sentiments of human pro- tioned. Tightness of money at the busiest -

BIDANG

by the failures of native banke, already mer expensive Longkong roofs over his heal

the native community,

unite

ment of the opinion of Dr. Cox, who has been ใน Thermis, moreover, a greater fallacy which test to

be a migration from Tien Bao Li-the and the trade suffered in consequence. lius at the foot of the whole of Mr. Eds's argue foreign Ministers or the Prince Regent. season for pleco goods made adrenoss difficult, dealing with the plague patients, that it may or who ever may be chosen by the pro- Kerosene Oil-The import of kerosene oil is infected district in Chapel. So near this place nient based on averages; he has to assume that meters of the idea as likeliest to help in.

is it, that this theory is highly probable, but over dep may be taken it will need to be taken the explanation lies in the fact that sons of there without making the fullest inquiry into land, whereas in fact it is strongly da ile

tao oil companion only fill their Swator tanks all the circumstances.

The ease from the French Concession presonta” without four of contradiation that the average error may be perpetrated whilst we aromay pass, the import returns of which giro-no: adifferanturrect. The sceno of the original out... incomo of Europeans out here, is much greater while what a commentary the awful sentence Proper clue to the business done. The appear break is so remote Erom the district where this case the haunts of their youth, had walked forty miles than it would be in Engload, and the average want so etrenuously of late on Chins's behalf. of the imports, but it is doubtful whether thing got there in the same way aa'is supposed to thing from the zig-zag tackings of a Jubelle

the

at Nanking, the

~~~ POSSIBILITIES, -

the population is homogenous here as in Eng-matter, and something may be done.. But we not so large as might reasonably. be expoated the authorities will not allow the matter to rest village, were labelled for experimental purpose

two Europeans and Asiatics, and, I assort

making up our minds how to act. But mean

-income of Asiation in Hongkong is about double that of their compatriots in their own homes,

forms upon the claims which have been put for.. that she is now sufficiently civilised to bu entrusted with jurisdiction evar foroiga real ality should therefore be abolished!}

ance of Barmah oil in the returns is noted as

a new depart no. A-Chinese agent is in charge now venture will be able to compete at all nccessfully with the older established com-

ben discovered that the sliances of its hay. have happened in the caso in the International it appear as if it were a now foous, and accord- Settlement, seem rather slender, Rather would

-And-the-proportion-of-A piutics to Europeans is dents within her contines, and that exterritori Patire Tuports-Tha net value of imports iggly the strictost precautions will have to ba !

20 to 1 in Hongkong:

Thon Mr. Ede proceeds to compare the aver age number of houses and occupants in England' and Hongkong, forgetting apparently that the artisau's hopes in England is usually a cottage. af one or two stories and in Hongkong a 4 storied tenement house; and that the legal nit

of cubic capacityhero is about the same as in London tenement konses.

NEW GOLF COURSE FOR SHANGHAI

After rather protracted negotiations, says the N. C. Daily News, au eighteen-hole golf course is at length within measurable distance of inchided within the reach of Shanghut. When the International laroition Clab, quod its

racs-course at Kiangwan, the possibilities of inks thero wore it once considered by fers, and now urrangements have

I now come to your arguments. Mr. whereby undue

of native produce, shows a decrease of £192,692 on the previous year. The diminished import of nativo rice accounts for the whole of this decrease

Beauk nud Bean Cake.—Insuficiency of rain

micas Mouth caused shortage in the bean crops, price ruled high, the average price during the year being well over $3 per picul

EXPORTS.

These show an increase in valo pror the 1909 experts of £129,278, Towards this increase

fis by far the largest contributor. ungef

and note in the first place that you doubt the the auspices of the Shanghai Golf Club | Hair. The export of human hair, to which

observed.

THE WORK OF THE HOSPITAL. Is connection with the prasent out bronk the work of the Chinese Public Isolation Hospital in North Honan Road Extension has been

"HOME, SWEET HOME." ::: To the obstinate folk who deny that boasts have souls we commend the moving history of the Crabs of Withernsea, Faye the University. Correspondent' Two crabs, caught off that with brass nambers, carried to Saltlect, an there returned to the deep. Not long after the were caught again in crab pot al their home. The soft hearted naimals, pining for

ad the crow flice--and that is quite a different

arab. They are now in the hands, or rather in the pots, of the Marino Biological Association, who will, wo hope, seu to it that their 'ollage is { made comfortable.

LAUDER AND BLACKIE.

At a special mesting of the Edinburgh Heather Club, the konorurgbanembership of the club was conferred on Mr. Barry Fauder. The nothing short of notable, From the time the lion. rucmbership was conferred on Mr: Lauder Brat case was discovered the officers of the in appreciation of his outstanding qualities na a bospital hard been hard at work, not. Soolamun. The chairman, pinning the badge only tending to the patients who have of membership on Mr. Lauder's cont, remarked been brought in, but, in looking for fresh that they had only one other hon member of the club, namely, Professor Stuart Blackis. In cases. Through their vigilance, the two cesse in the Settlement and French Concession have returning thanks. Mr. Lauder said there was no thus early come to light, euabling the authori-groator benour that could be bestowed

upon a ties of the different districts to inaugurate the man than to be taken into the bosom of his fellow countrymen. Mr. Lauder concluded by

WASP IN A LAWSUIT.

NOYEL CASE UNDER THE WORK ES' ACT.

glea

LONDON,

Comprising

SILVER CUPS

PRESENTATION PLATE,

PRINCES PLATE,

-TEA. SERVICES.

TABLE WARE,

CUTLERY,

FISH KNIVES -and- FORKS,

DRESSING CASES with

SILVER WITTINGS,

LEATHER HAND-BAGS,

and WALLETS,

RAZORS

[256

A REMARKABLE IWO-YEAR-OLD."

A-Tormal sized couple in Mount Airy,

James Adolph Cody, two years and three months SUBCRIBE FOR THE APACHE.

old, who, the Daily News declared, already eats Putting a highway robber to flight with amach as both the father and mother together. hatpin is the latest exploit of a young English. He weighs sight and a half stone is fourteen. woman in Paris, She huil been visiting friends inches round the neck, thirty-six inches round at Pasay, and was driving home in a cab about the waist, sixteen inches above the knee, and midnight, the Telegraph xtaten. As the thirteen, inches below. When not cab was crossing the Pince de l'Etoile a man for food, bo. aleera. well, sooms who was standing on the footpath finds a sign healty, and is strong enough to knook to, the cabaian to stop. The abuzan, believing children down thrice his years. For broak- that the man was acquainted with the lady, tast he eats biscuits thickly spread with bacon drew

up and

waited for him to approach. The gravy, batter, and syrup, and drinks two glasses man was an impudent apache, who asked the of milk. He grows quarrelsome if not permitted lady to hand him her purse, and threatened her a couple of enps of coffee. He relishes light re- lose her self-possession, and before the apache upper he enjoys a big plate of boiled bacon and if she did not do so. Fortunately she did not freshment between mesia, while for dinner und

was aware of it she had put her hand up to her vegetables--the whole pie if he can get it.

-MILLIONAIRE SMUGGLEES;

this will bo an accomplished fuck, The attention was drawn in the 1909 report, has need of additional taxation bøvausu (inter alia)the Commailtos of the Shanghai Golf Club has been more than doubled in 1910. This article bas pecessary steps for the public.. Colony will "save" the sum of 2400,000 spent in negotiation with the International Iteica aached the Sith place among the exports from.

The Chinese authorities of the Chapel rendering the song "There's a cot in yonder Georgia, are the embarrassed owners of a child, on the Post Offive and Law Courts in 1910. The tion Chub, and at a meeting of the members of the point of value and

their midst, and have taken steps to so what sam spent in 1910 was, according to the report of the Golf Club on the 101: inst; the recult of ed i salt firmly in fac ligaste bave establish- district, are now fully alive to the danger in the D.P.W.. $290,000; the sum in the published these negotiations was guttul in the form of Sugar calls for special mention. The value can be done. Yesterday, Dr. Cox visited the resolution to enter into an agreement with of the export (£587,137) represents, more than infected area, and the unthorities, and loading Fatimates for 1911 is 3152,800 if therefore the International Recreation Club to rent hand one-quarter of the whole of the exports. The men have called for a report from him. This there is my expenditure under this heading in suitable for a course. Mr. E. F. Mackay. Cip-inflated prices obtained in 1909 teippted farmers will be submitted immediately, and thou a con 1912, the saving" will only be $152,800, and tain of the Club, presided, and explained the to extend their cultivation of sugar, and over sultation will be held upon the steps to be taken the creation of new buildings in 1912 is prob. work of the Committee in connection with the 1,000,000 picuts were producef during the year, in the circumstances.

solome for an eighteen hele correu. Negotiatopping any previous year's record by more than ably contemplated.

tions had taken place for the leasing or purolinse 30 per cent. The large supply caused a fall ju of a part of Cough Island, but those had been prices towards the end of the year. discontinued, auf with the Kiangwan scheme. Tobacco full of cousidorably, the area of they would have a course within about forty-five cultivation having been reduced in favour of miuntas journey from the Shanghai Club. He sugar. also mentioned that a new road was in contem Shipping-Tonnage showed little variation plation to the race-course, so that in future it from the previous year, British figures remaining would be possible to drive down.

comparatively stationary. A now Chinese Line . diture out here with that in England, without to enter upon a lago with the International steamers, was startechartered. Noreen out of his employment, according to the mean that, drawn out a batpin, and buried it in his

On the proposal of Mr. Mackay, seconded by calling itself the China-Sinn Staum Navigation poisoning had met with an

P.Topbles, the Committer was empowered

Company,

with the object of coming of the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1906, arm. There is something for you!" she said,. poting with the North German Lloyd steamers es decided last month at Attleborough County as she was about to plunge it in a second time. whick engase in the coolio trafie between Court by Judge Mulligan, K. C.

The man bau enough of it, and yelled with His Honour remarked that he believed it was pain. The cabmur, having understood at last, watow and Bangkok, The effort has met with some success, and is likely to be continued. The the first instance of a wasp figuring as the whipped up lis horse and drove away. company has now been running for about year physical cause of actual litigation. and a-half.

You also bring forward the bogey of the grouter cost of living sad ignore the corso quential greater cost of government, and you distort my argument by confusing the average wealth of the individual with the relative incidence of two classes of taxes which sly constitute a quarter of the whole revenue and amount to $4 a head,

You also wish to compare the relative expen. allowing for the relative higher income of the European here, and omitting the Asiatics entire ly from your caloniation,

It appears further that you are willing to -wait until the Eastern Extension Co oroot a wireless station hero and the Chinese Govern- ment establish one on the Tratas.

Yout

Recreation Club for the purport of renting laid suitable for an eighteen-hole course, and a fur- ther resolution was carried with reference to the subscription.

On the motion of the Chairman a vote of thanks was passed to two members of the Club, Mr. II. P. Winslow and Mr. E. R. Morriss,

Honourently sharo the lethargy of the who had undertaken a great deal of the work

You

barristers,

of

of

at the

bidding

So let us all sleep (it is drowsy weather, doubt-

tors) and wait for the Home Governwoont, busy

and

China, and also between the German and Chinese Governments for a revision of the regulations governing Chinese indentured emigration te SamoL The negotiations in both cases Be proceeding slowly, -

INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS, Swatow Waterworks.--Work has now started

The curious question whether an engine. by a wasp and died from the consequent blood driver on a threshing machine who was stung accident "arising

A carefully organized conspiracy between Customs inspectors and wealthy Americans, by to the vaine of soreral millions of dollars have which jewels, Paris gowna- and oven furnituro

been smuggled into the United States during the last two years, has been disclosed. The ramifications of this conspiracy are so exten- If anything could be higher than the Farisive, the Mail anys, that the Customs. efl sienne's hat, it is her heels. The law English cials, decline to speak excepting in the vaguest heel as once or twice enjoyed a brief season's-

terms. The prosecution of several millionaires

"SANITY AND HIGH HEELS.

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The claim was against Mr. Thomas Aliday Knigration. Emigration was strong in 1910. Barton, a Norfolk farmer, by the widow and the demand for coolie labour in the Straits grandchild of the deceased engine driver, Members of Council, the learned and who had assisted the Committed by forence Settlements and vicinity being very great. Charles Ange, who had been for fifteen years. marchants, shipping superintendents to the malter.

Negotiations are on foot between the French in Mr., Burton's employment. The wasp favour in Paris, but at heart the Parisienne for fraud will depend on the ontecue as, and who appear to be content with the reply members puissed a vote of thanks to the Chairman of Chinese indentured labour in French Indo- this is remarisbly to for the appearance of Louis XV. heel. Perched thas on stills, with Leather Trust millionaire, who land imported dusterritors, who aro-supposed to represent On the motin of Mr Pilboy, the and Chines Governments for the employment sting was received ki a Amye was assisting to dearly loves to add a cabit or so to her alature, aquiry. The netirits of the Government-de

thrash his master's wheat on October 18, 201l as and she schieres it, of course, with her beloved tectives was caused by the woman friend of the the Government

that no inferation is

and The Committee for what they had done in available with yo

rogard to these matters, and sit the securing of an eighteen-hole course.

angle. impossible Silent like suubbed school

wasps his Honour quoted from the article

"la footing" 'Waspa in the new edition of the becomes impossible, and Madame seate herself £50.000 worth of jewels for her. She unde the Rt. Hon. L. V. Haroonet.

BLACK. EGGS.

"Encyclopedie Britannica. to explain the in a cab every time she starts out for a walk: a confession throwing upon him the onus of alkamuggling the jewels, and he in turn declared circumstanCUS.

That is why her boots and shoos are that he had learned the means by which it was. From that explanation he inferred that the always now. Someone has Everyone has heard of the black broth of the shooting grouse, and the Chinesa Government Spartuns over which the stidious Dionysius

Jiscovered that wasps seen on October levere female wa pa there is a close relation between the heels and possible to smuggio in valuables from a New whose lazda pre full of rebellions: lot Hos made a wry face, and was not convinced when in real earnest apon the waterworks. A British which had gone into winter quarters near the the wit. The converantion of the walker ju low the detectives discovered importations of ener and York beaker. Following on this information, kong continue a-back-number, the laughing-

to which had not a duty stock of the mercantile marine, this by word of it was enjoyable with partan cauce, firm of architects is in charge of the wheat stack hat they were aronsed and ex. heels is tits and flat-brouidic, so to speak meus valo the Pacific, till our much faunted 35,000,000 this ingredients of which in the Syracusan's works, which are being constructed by a British sporated by the motion, noise, and heat of the but she who tripa in high ones will soar to to the Government of paid a penny of tons of dust boats and other vessels rest opinion could little niter the taste. The house engineering Bem. It is expected that water thrashing machine, and that in their wrath they unexpected altitudes of epigram and parados. she brought into the United States, edite We know that great wit and insanity are near 1919, a diamond necklace valued at £15,000, Typhoon from which Weless Telegraphy The black Cayuga dnek, a South American bird.

Having also find the eggs left by the milkman jet-black.early in 1913,

dozen pairs of French gloves, the entir might have saved de

frequently lays black eggs. The black colenring scheme, which was mentioned in the previous Junie 5 of this year, he said each claim will a bare foot regime. The contact of the bare does not penetrate the shell, being due to an oily report as being in process of execution, and henceforth depend on its own facts. He found fat foot with Mother Earth is expected to bring were not inspected by the Customs officials, wato kong-Yours, &c.,

pigment which can be rubbed off. In successive which was to be carried out with only Chinese that the accident. did arise out of the employ back wondering minds to an everyday plane received brites of £20 each not to semine layings the colouring fades and disappears. capital, died in its ourly infaney, and the idealment, and awarded compensation..

and the experiment is astorally interesting.

together.at the bottom of the Brain the Grext wife would, however, probably to shocked to will be supplied to Swatow by the new company stung-Any forred to the Lord Chancellor's neighbours, and the Germans,, putting the pearl earrings at £5,000, forty costly gowns, ̈ Chengbai Swatow. Tramway Scheme-This Judgment in Kitchenham v. Johannesburg on principle in practice, are treating madness with anent being worth £30.00 Her trunks

Is it to be "always afternoon" in Hong-

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