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VISITORS AT HOTELS.
HONGKONG HOTEL.
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WEATHER REPORT;
On the 5th at 10.15 am-Pressure his in- cressed quickly at Weilniwe, and degreased slightly to moderately at the majority of other stations; it is highest over N. China and in the Pacillo to the east of Japan.
There is no change over the Philippines; the typhoon appears to be moving slowly to N. of N.N.W
VANISHED STREET
MUSICIANS.
NO "CHEERFUL NOISES."
hearts were filled with joy. We rejoiced |greatly and all our people, by reason of the victory three days were spent in public rejoicings and sports in the Dandal (the Great Square in the Bornu capital),
When our rejoicings were finished, called my councillors together. We took THE CHILDREN'S SORROW. counsel together. We said that the sum of £9,500 which we contributed to the War There is sorrow among the children of cher in the month of Zulkaadah was not the back street. The man
with the enough, I and my councillors wore agreed Mode.ate to fresh easterly winds will prevail barrel-organ has disappeared, and the upon this. We said that we ought to make youngsters whose feet are iching to a further contribution in order to vor the north part of the China Sea,
dance and caper to his music look for strengthen our Lord the King of England, Hongkong ratutall for the 24 hours ending at him in voin. Week after week they used in order that he might eat up his enemies. 10am, to-day, 0.60 inches.
to hear him long before he reached their The Wazir, the Limen Amsami, said to street and ran to meet him as he moved The forecast for the 24 hours ending at soot their way.
me:"Oh, Shehu, although you have sent They have one to adere many cattle and sheep and Kola to the to-day in as follows +---
every inch of the dingy brown-organ soldiers it Mora, behold this is not DISTRICT
FORMCAST with the decayed mirror and the gaudy: enough."
painols. They loved the dark-skinned, Our Treasurer, Mallam Muktor, said to Haugkong & Neighbourhood winds, moder shock-headed Sicilian who trundled its There is no lack of money in the Lateinir to cloudy allong They know that he was not the Native Treasury. The taxes will be paid
brigand he looked. Had he not some shortly." (NE winds,
fresh,
times granted them the rare and pres cious privilege of turning the handle and drawing forth the music of the cylinders Best of all, they worshipped the monkey which held out its skinny fingers for their coppers and make an dlastic purse of Es mouth. Had they not often fed the ugly litch creature with scraps of bread, and the cores of apples Now" all, all are gone the METEOROLOGICAL old familiar faces, and the children miss them sorely.
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Mr & Mrs S. Wyatt
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Capt H. Trowbridge MFG. B. Waites Mr F. 8. Waller
Mr W, B. Walters
Mr C. E. Watkins
Hour.
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Humidity.
Direction.
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children
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Min E. L. Tourtellot
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2 Timerkatuzu, 'in the shado, in degree Yabraninit.
8 HUMIDITY, in parouninga of maturation,' th antzidity of air smauassed with molatore being 10%,
Á BILMOTION OF Wind, to two peinta.
soca or WD, socording to Beaufort Bonia. £ STATE OF WELTINE, b blun sky, o dataolad sload, d drissling rain, i fog, a gloomy, bai, lightning, o orerosat, passing showere, a squa, ezin, senow, thunder, wimbility, w daw (wat 7 Bar in inches, † teethe and hundredthe.
HONGKONG TIDE TABLE
Day o
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HIGH WATER
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One by one the wandering purveyors of "cheerful noises have wanished fromi the streets of London. The German band
For this reason I and my councillors divided to offer a contribution of £1,000 in thanksgiving for the victory,
We pray to God every day, that He will continue to gire victory to the King of England in all parts of the world. Stay Almighty God give him victory and life,
You, Governor Lugard, who art before us, may God lengthen your days.
Salutations.
Written on Wednesday, the 17th day of Shaaban, in the year of the Hijra 1333.
FREIGHT MARKET.
Mesura. Showman & Co., of Hong- dated kong, in their freight circular the End im, mys:-
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We reported Inst by the 18th' ultimo. During the interval under revic extreme dullness has again characterized the freigh market, only an occasional fixture here and there breaking the monotony, and pros peots for the current month are disheart- quing. The present scarcity of grain at Bangkok and especially at Saigon seriously hampering chartering operations for the purchasing markete, Hongkong in- cluded
SAIGON/HONGKONG :-Chartering business has been almost entirely absent and con- fined to those vessels employed on the re- gular run, having to work their way back to this. charters are reported at 20 cents, 15 cents As for actual business done, only throo
and 14 cents per picut, and the market closes with no father domand whatsoever. Several vessels getting free at Singapore ballast to Saigon/for have been ordered orders, and will probably be forced to pick up there whiny little is offering on the berth, pical-against 54 cents paid only in July the latest quotation being 12 cents per last. It is interesting to note the lowest and highest rates paid during this season, according to the fluctuation of the market:
January, 7/17 cents, February, 17/22 cents, Mareli, 24/40 conta, April, 34/50° cers, May, 33/16 coats, June, 34/50 cents, July, 47154 cents, August, 54/27 cents, and
which used to blare the Blue Danube" STRANGE MYSTERY OF DF. September, 24/14 cents.
MINOR,
MURDERER AS A NATIONAL DICTIONARY · MAKER.
DRAMATIC STORY.
Rice exports from 1st January to 26th August amount to 549,210 tʊas as compared with 694,072 tons during corresponding period last year, Quotation stands. September/October shipment at $5 per picul fo.b, Saigen,
for
FROM SAIGON TO PHILIPPINES →→TWO set- tlements have taken place on basis of
which appears in the current number of ports P. I. respectively.
The Strange Case of Dr. Minor,20,000 piculs at 45 cents to Cebu and 36,000 piculs at 38/40 cents to Manila opiion 2. the Strand Magazine, is a story unfolded by Mr. Hayden Church which reade like a page torn from some sensational romance.
SAIGON-JAVA has also had a further fix- ture of an outsider at the rate of 60 conts per picul for November loading.
HANDKOK ---There is still very little doing and with the present scarcity of grain the berth rate may still further decline.
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froin the street corner was the first to' ga The bancismen have laid down the saxhorn and taken up the rifle; one form of "frightfulness" has colipsed another. These were the elite of the street musi- cians At the other end of the scale was the wretched fellow who laboured mourn- ful tunes out of a tin whistle. He, too, has gone. The oneman orchestra, that amazing pluralist who contrived to play balf a dozen instruments at once, 19 heard no more. The cornet player is no Lonigor found on the kerbstone outside a public-house, tearing the air with his brazen blasts. Here and there a decrepit
The central figure is a Dr. Minor, aa old man is still to be son squatting on the pavement, grinding weird and dole American, who in 1872 was tried for the ful noisey out of an asthmatic hurdy-murder, by shooting with a revolver, of gurdy. Time has brought his revenge, a stoker employed at the Lion Brewery, The wheezy hurdy-gurdy is the original in Belvedere rond, Lambeth. The doctor @ marked and legitimate possessor of the title of had a delusion that he was
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To carry Salt from Samych Bay to Can- barrel-organ flie mechanical piano man which passes under that maing is al up- A trip to Europe was prescribed, and, ton a small vessel has found employment start and a usurper. Today it is silent, supplied with exceptioned letters of in-at 86.75 per ten,
NEWETWANG -Regular liners are quot while the genuine barrel-organ, the de troduction--including one to John Rus spised offshoot of an ancient and distinkin-he came to London and took lodging 50 cents per picul as opening rate for guished family, emits its plaintive wails ing at Tenison-street, Lambeth But he New Crop beans for cargoes of not less was unable to remove the impression that than 30,000 piouls. Reports to hand state as usual.
he was being persecuted, and he made representations to this effect to the police, who, recognising hint to be me tally, deranged, communicated with his rolatives in America.
PATHOS OF THE OLD PIANOS.
..
TRIED FOR MURDER.
NEW CROP:-Favourable weather been experienced of late for the growing crop, and the outlook is now couraging.
more en-
that a good business has been done by the regular liners to Swatow and Amoy on basis of a cents per picul Liners terms," with the usual returns to shippers. Local charterers, however, not willing to go in for such big quantities, have oventually taken up a Japanese steamer on lumpsum.
43 corks basis, the rate working out at per picul.
COAL FREIGHT.-Tonnage Moji to Hong-
wanted kong for October loading is 83.00 per top.
FIXTURE REFOUTED-Engay/Canton, SAIL TONNAGE ON THE BERTH: None.
Mesars. Snownian & Co's latest ad- vices received from London dated 27th August, 1915, are as follows:-
A year age there were 400 street piano pouring their strident notes upon the ears of London. Where are they now If you would have an answer, walk along Great Bath-street or Little Bath street, or any of the ill-named, ill-payed, In the meantime, however, he had com- and l-kept atreels which lie between mitted the murder for which he was tried Gray's Inn-road and Farringdon-road. before Lord Chief Justice Bovill.
He Here, in the jumble of narrow courts was defended by Bir (then Mr.) Edward and alleys known as Little Italy, you Clarke, and his mental state being elab will find the home of the ice-cream-mer-lished he was ordered to be detained chant and the street piano proprietor. during her Majesty's pleasure. Tuen into the dirtiest street you como
83.00 per ton. It was while under detention as a to, where tattered washing hangs on a criminal lunatic that his contributed cart-tail and chickens are pecking at the largely to the material from which the garbage, in the gutter. Over a gateway late Sir James Murray was then com- you will see on Italian name and the piling his monumental dictionary. The words piano-organ manufacturer." dramatic meeting between the two is told Behind the gate you will find the missing the following extract from the
reet-pianos, packed tightly together in article: rows like motor-cars in a garage. Some of the pianos still stand upon their barrows; the barrows of some are piled on top of the pianos. Many of them are empty shells; their inner works lie rust ing in a heap in the orncy. All is desolation and degay,
Talk to the proprietor, and he will tell you that his heart is breaking. Once he hired out 30 pianos a day aft is. 6d, or 2s, each. To-day he finds customers for four or perhaps five. The rest are here, rotting to pieces "Where are the men who used to hire them " The Italians who were of military ago. have gone to Italy. The Englishmen who were fit for the Army have enlisted, Others have found regular work and abandoned the precarious life of the itinerant musiciam The blind cannot find anybody who will go round with them. A few old people and cripples still take out pianos, and occasionally 's piano is hired for a children's picnic,. for a garden party for wounded soldiers, or for a music-hall turn, Apart from that, business is at a standstill. The pianos are mute, and soon they will be valueless save: as firewood and scrap Automatic penny-in-the-slot, pianos come along now and then from public houses for an alteration of tapes;
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but the men who are able to do that work have enlisted, and the manufacturers in
ft, in, Leeds are too busy on munitions to sup 40
ply steel pins for the music cylinders. Su the tale of trouble goes on and you ato duly sympathetic. An honest trado has been ruined, and a touch of bright- ates has been taken out of the lives of the poor. Let those who will recall the heartless adages about ill-winds.-The Mimee...
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KING.
HOW BORNU CELEBRATED THE FALL OF GARUA.
The Colonial Offico has received from Sir Frederick Lugard, Governor-Geno al of Nigeria, an intimation that the Shehu of Bornu has tendered his congratala tions on the fall of Garua in Cameroon and has of his own free will made a further contribution towards the expenses of the war.
In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
Praise be to God, Pence to His Prophet. This letter is sent by the slave of God. Abubukr Shehu of Borna, son of the Shehu Ibrahim, son of the Shehu Umar, son of the Shehr Mohaman Lamine Kanemi..
I, Shehu of Boru, established by the authority of the King of England, write to our well wisher, the representative of the King of England, Governor Lugard, Salutations, Blessing and greatness be with you.
We have received the news that God has 269-13 given victory to the King of England in the capture of the German stronghold. Whom we heard of the fall of Gurus, our
at
We confirm our last freight report of the 20th inst., and have very little change to report in the freight market generally. Business has boon diftent owing to the continued scarcity of tonnage, although enquiry is not on the large side,
Homeward freights from the East Gre firm and Philippines had to pay over 115/- to secure a September boat.
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Sir James discovered that some of the most valuable quotations that reached him, together with some of the most scholarly comments thereapon, were forwarded by a certain Dr. W. C. Minor, who wrole from Crowthorne, a small village. in Berkshire. This con
Hice charterers are also more prepared tributor's Identity puzzled Sir James more than a fritle, the more so as he to treat for tonnage, and 80/- enn soon came to realise that the Intller's secured for full French range, Lower rates knowledge of philology could not be are evidently not anticipated for a con far behind his own. So much did Sir sidorable time, as merchants are offering owners 11/8 for 12 months' time charter James esteen the mysterious Dr. Minor, in fact, that whenever he had commencing from April next, and there are three completely finished his analysis of the several enquires for one, two history of any due word he was in the years at high figures.
FALL East-Although there are one habit of sending the full notes: "con- nocted therewith to his correspondent two orders orders for Beans for September so far have been unable to in Crowthorne for his final revision, at 82/6, we which, more often than not, was pro- but have closed boats for November and secure tonnage for that month's loading. ductive of some important addition December at this rato. exceedingly illuminating criticism r other comment,
DRAMATIC MEETING. Sir James invited this unknown corres ponclent to be the guest of the University Bar a week, but this was declined, and he himself was asked to be the guest of Dr. Minor for a day or two.
After al
or
PILIPPINEA.---The steamer referred to last week as having been fixed at 110/- wak requisitioned by our Government, and char- terers have had to pay dvor 115/- to re- place her. They are also prepared to take further tonnage on this side.
RICE-Saigon charterers were very for tunate to be able to secure a steamer nt Sir James, being by this time over- 75 to Marseilles or Havm, option Dun- poweringly curious as to his corres- kirk at 78/-. We do not think they will Tow 晶 pondent's identity, promptly accepted secure any further tonnage at so the proposition, and, a few days later figure. Book train for Crowthorne.
TIME CHARTER.-These rates have been journey of a couple of hours he arrived firmly sustained, and a steamer is reported at the nearest railway station thereto, to have obtained 16/6 for six months" trad- namely, Wellington College, and was ing ineluding BN.A Transatlantic trading met by a liveried servant, who asiced has obtained tonnage at 14/-. and another if he were Dr. Murray, and on receiv steamer has been ized delivery Australla ing an affirmative answer, explained redelivery UK. for the trip home at 16/, that he came from Dr. Minor, and led the iden being to ship wood. Charterers the way to a handsome brougham are inclined to take up tonnage for long drawn by two fine horses, which was periods, and are offering rates which may be considered fairly high. For instance, a waiting near at hand. Sir James en- tered the brougham, and after a ride boat about 6/7,000 tons, 'tween decks, can of a couple of miles found himself he placed for three years certain at 91, being driven into the courtyard of a and although charterers ask for option of huge brick building of a forbidding Scandinavia, it is possible they may be able
For aix monthe" easy, appearance, as to whose character he to do without this. would not even make a surmise.
trading between States/Mediterranean, not "Have the kindness to follow me east of Pireus, France not north of said the servant, and he straighway Havre, 14, is firmly offering, and a conducted the puzzled savant up a steamer has secured 1/6 for 18 months' gloomy staircase and through a corri- transatlantic trading, including B.N.A. in reason. There are still enquiries on the dor, ushering him eventually into a well-appointed private office, at which market for steamers for White Sea rounds. a man of unmistakably official appeac- both vid States and direct from this coun- auce was sitting at a desk. The latter try. For the former, although charterers promptly arose and greeted his visitor would willingly pay: 20/-, tonnage is not with impressive politeness." Dr. forthcoming, and we fully expect they will Minor, I presume veatured the pay anything between 22/6 25/ before puzzled philologist. "No, Dr. Mur- getting an owaer willing to entertain the ray," replied the unknown; "I am net direction. With delivery and redelivery Dr. Minor, but he is here; and, mean- UK, a prompt boat could easily obtain while, I don't suppose you have the 27/6 possibly 30/- for one White Sea round, slightest idea where you are This but here, again, owners fight shy of this is Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asy-direction. lum and I am the Governor." Dr. Minker was taken to the great private sanatorium at Virginia, Waker after twenty-five years spent in Broad- moor. He is now alive and in America
"Several years ago, in the prefees to the dictionary," says Mr. Church, Bir James placed it on record that Dr. Minor sent inbetween 5,000 and 8,000 quotations,""
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