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THE GERMAN CHANCELLOR, Count von Bülow, received the newly-appointed Chinese Minister, Yin-Chang, on 6th ulto, and on the succeeding day Choel Hun Min, the newly- Appointed Korean Minister.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1902.

Engineers, died on 3rd ult, in London at the age of sixty-five. He entered the Anny in 1856, and served throughout the campaign of 1860 in North China, being present at the actions of Sinbo and Tangku, the storm and capture of the Taku forts, and the surrender of Peking. For his services he received the medal with two clasps.

A CURIOUS CUSTOM, known as "Hand- | MAJOR-GENERAL FEIME, late Royal setting the Orchard," is observed, says a cor respondent, in some of the remote parts of Devonshire every Christinas Eve. The squire, with his family, friends, and tenants, proceeds to the orchard, one of the party bearing a hot BOUND FOR THE FAR EAST:-The total cake and some cider as an offering to the sumber of men despatched to the Far East principal trees. The cake is placed in a fork from Odessa, Sevastopol, and Theodosia dur- of the tree, over which the cider is poured; ing December was 4900, besides a large and during the ceremony guns and pistols are quantity of Government stores. Further large fired by the men. The women shout, "Bear, drafts will be sent out from the Black Sea dur-bear, apples and pears enow; barnfuls, bagfuls, ing this and next month. During 1921 some sackfuls. Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah!" And 30,000 men were despatched to the Far East, this is the twentieth century ! and a like number will be sent in 1902. We have no figures of the number of men returned. ORDER OF WHITE ELEPHANT -The head of the Biology Department of the Bultler H.K. S. B. R. A, was greatly appreciated. The

Guscle notifies that the King has been pleased to give and grant unto Mr. Francis Henry Giles, Director of the Department of Revenue, Slain, His Majesty's Royal Licence and Authority that he may accept and wear the Insignia of the Third Class of the Order of the White Elephant, conferred upon him by his Majesty the King of Siam in recognition of valuable services rendered by him to his Majesty.

AN ENGLISH TREASURY OFFICIAL was nice sent over to Dublin' to inquire into the expenditure of fuel in the courts. He was received politely by the late Lord Morris, the famous Irish law lord and wit, who said he would put him in communication with the pro- per person, and rung the bell. When the elderly female who acted as court-keeper appeared, he remarked as he left the room: "Mary, this is the young man that's come about the coals."

THE COMING MAN-Professor Bruner, the

University, makes suine startling predictions concerning the coming man. He says: Human beings in distant centuries will be a ice of brainy four-toed giants. The brain will

remarkably developed, and the body wonder- fully enlarged. The coming man will lose some of his ribs, his vermilonn appendix, and his little loos. He will live much longer. Com. municable diseases will be under complete con- trol. Insects which carry disease will be exter.. minated. Thought-saving machinery will relieve the future man of the present routine of brainwork, Memory will be of imniense range, but less acule regarding useless details The sex offuture man will be predeterminable. Fora time one sex will predominate, then another."

BRITAIN'S COALA Royal Commission has been appoined to inquire into the question of the coal supplies of the United Kingdom. More than thirty years have passed since the last Commission on this subject reported, and much has happened to lead to the questioning STONEHENGE :-Mr. William Gowland, of their conclusions. What this country has to F.R.S, whose recent excavations at Stone-fear is not the complete exhaustion of our coal hengo have contributed more to the history of measures, but the failure of the richer seams,

which will mean inevitably that British coal will become expensive to mine, and that our vast industrial system, which is dependent up-- on a 'cheap fuel supply, will be handicapped in the fierce competition of the nations. Already coal is being produced in Pennyslvania much cheaper than in England, and in the future our position must be expected to grow steadily worse. It is doubtful if anything can be done to meet the danger, but there is wisdom in

ascertaining the precise facts.

that erection than those of all his predecessors, is perhaps the great living European authority on japanese metal work. He organised the Japanese Mint for the Government of that country, and devoted his leisure to systematic research into the local arts and archaelogy. Jiis explorations of the early grave mound in Japan yielded results of the highest importance. ANOTHER FIRE, the seventh this month, broke out shortly before seven o'clock last evening in the two-storey tenement at No. 6, Chinese Street. The Fire Brigade, under THE ELIXIR OF LIFE:-Two eminent Acting Chief Inspector G. Kemp, turned out | physiologists of Chicago, Professor Loeb and promptly and prevented the flames from spread-Dr. Matthews, have elaborated a theory of per- ing. The ground flat, which was occupied as a medicine shop, and the first story, used as a dwelling house by the owners of the shop were partially destroyed. The ground floor was insured with the Mitsui Bussan Kaisha for $1,000.

ADMIRAL SIR EDWARD SOUTHWELL

SOTHEBY, K.C.D., died en 6ils utt., in his 89th year. He entered the Navy in 1826, and his record of active service dates back to 1840, when he served in the Dido during the opera tions on the coast of Syria. He commanded the Racehorse during the disturbances in China. It was, however, in the Indian Mutiny that the gallant admiral won his highest honours and d stinctions. For i6 months he was in charge of a naval brigade, and his exploits found men-

tion in no fewer than 13 Gazelles.

MANY PEOPLE are availing themselves of the opportunity afforded to hear some really good music. The attendance on the Parade Ground yesterday afternoon, was much larger than usual and the playing of the Hongkong Regimental Band and the pipe band of the Officer Administering the Goverment and Lady Gascoigne were among those present,

CORRESPONDENCE,

{We do not necessarily endoms the opinions expressed by Correspondents in this column.]

THE MERCANTILE MARINE. TO THE EDITOR or the Honalong Telegraph,”

DEAR SIR,-1 was surprised to read in your

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Notices of Firms.

``MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA,

HONGKONG; BRANCH."',

NOTICE OF REMOVAL. WE have. This Day REMOVED DINOS, Ice House Street,

1

New Premises in PRINCE'S BUILDINGS,

MITSUI BUSSÄN KAISHA. Hongkong, 12th February, 1902

[184d

24, BANK BUILDINGS. HAVE This Day established myself at the COMMISSION AGENT under the Style of

above Address as MERCHANT and JORGE & CO.

F. J. V. JORGE. Hongkong, at February, 1902.

Intimations.

Ν Ο Τ Ι Ο Ε.

[14te

NOTICE is tus compradore

OTICE is hereby given that HỘ U TIN

and that no business can be arranged by him on our behalf. Also that no business can be arranged on our behalf by his son HO KWAN SOON or any other of his suns.

All Outstanding Accounts due to us in Hongkong and in Canton should be paid here

to us direct.

ABDODLALLY EBRAHIM & CO. ..[166d. Hongkong, 6th February, 1902.

NOTICE.

ATILE MARINE OFFICERS will be GENERAL MEETING' of MERCAN- held at the CONNAUGHT HOUSE HOTEL, TO. MORROW, the 14th February, at 8.30 r.m.

All Officers that are able are requested to attend,

SECRETARY, Southern Rise Committee. Hongkong, 12th February, 1952.

[185d

HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK- ING CORPORATION.

Entitations.

At every turn,

day and night, you hear the en- thusiastic praise of some one who is competent to judge and prefers

RAINIER

BEER

to all others--the whole world has it and likes it.

SOLE AGENTS :

A. S. WATSON & Co.,

LIMITED,

THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY.

Hongkong, 13th December, 1901.

[19

INCANDESCENT GAS LIGHT.

last night's issue headed, Mercantile Marine that the various Shipping Companies seemed to treat the officers' application for an increase of salary as absurd. But the officers are putting a different light upon the subject and I much fear, before it is settled the owners will do the same. I am very surprised to hear that the owners seem to class their officers with Jups. It would seem strange, to see Jars in our steamers, while at the present time we are helping to command their steamers, but the owners I fear would very soon want the British officer back with all his little faults. It does not seem to me that the demands made by the officers are any way out of place or exorbitant. Nor are they any better paid than people NTARY HALF YEARLY MEETING THE INVENTORS holding inferior positions on shore.

Yours truly,

A RESIDENT. Hongkong, February 13th, 1902.

PACIFIC LINERS RACING.

TOWARDS THE EAST.

OTICE is hereby given that the ORDIN

of the SHAREHOLDERS in this Corporation will be held at the CITY HALL, Hongkong, on SATURDAY, the 15th day of February, at Noon, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Court of Directors together with a State- ment of Accounts to 31st December, 1901.

By Order of the Court of Directors,

T. JACKSON,

Chief Manager. Hongkong, 28th January, roox.

frizd

The San Francisco Call of the gth ulto. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK- contains the following:-

ING CORPORATION.

Two mail boats sailed yesterday, one with Honolulu as her final destination, the other to stop there. While ostensibly neither is trying to make Honolulu first, still the first vessel there will have a record. The captain of the America Maru, which sailed at 1 p.m., had orders to make regular time, while the captain of the Alameda, which sailed at 2 p.m., was ordered not to out-do his schedule speed and bum no more coal than necessary. It was a question of owner versus master and engineer all along the line. On the America Maru the captain was fold that if he raced he would lose his position. The Alameda's captain and chief engineer were told that every pound of coal tliey burned over the regulation allowance would be charged up against them and that the company was abso-

vous energy which promises to excite as much controversy as the Biliteral Cipher of Francis Bacon. In effect these gentlemen contend that nerve action is simply the alternate gelatifying and liquefying of nerve matter. The beating of one's heart, for instance, is accomplished, not by any direct pulling of cerebral strings, but by a succession of electric discharges which tum the nerve substance from broth into jelly and from jelly back into broth again. The theory, it must be admitted, does not greatly simplify the problem of life, but its authors con- tend that nervous tension, being simply nerve gelatification, can be controlled by artificial means. Professor Loeb claims that he has al-lutely against racing. ready succeeded in indefinitely prolonging the life of unfertilised eggs of the sea urchin; and if the eggs of the sea urchin can be kept alive by his Elixir Vitæ, why not the ova of creatures higher in the scale of life-why not the creatures themselves?

NOTICE is hereby given that the portion 9540]

TERS of SHARES of the Corporation.

will be CLOSED from SATURDAY, the 1st to the 15th day of February, (both Days in- clusive) during which period no Transfer of Shares can be registered.

By Order of the Court of Directors,

T. JACKSON,'

Chief Manager. Hongkong, 28th January, 1002. THE HONGKONG ROPE MANUFAC-

TURING CO., LIMITED,

i8d

HE EIGHTH ORDINARY ANNUAL TESTING OF SHAREHOLDERS in the Company will be held in the COMPANY'S OFFICES, No. 14. Des Voeux Road, Victoria, on MONDAY, the 17th February, 1902, at of Accounts and the Report of the General LA.M., for the purpose of receiving Statement Managers for the year ending 31st December, 1901, declaring a Dividend and electing a Consulting Committee and Auditors.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 12th to 17th February, both Days inclusive.

SHEWAN, TOMES & Co.,

General Managers.

{'43d Hongkong, 1st February, 1902, HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA DOCK: COMPANY, LIMITED." NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

ORDINARY YEARLY *MEETING

In spite of all these orders the America Maru went out through the Ileads like a while streak, while the Alameda followed her at fulf speed an hour later on "a hind chase." Chief Engineer Horgan of the Alamida and Chief Engineer Thomson of the America Maru have explicit orders to run on schedule time, but the betting is 2 to 1 that every man in the fireroom of the Alameda and American Maru

working like a beaver to make time on the THE SHAREHOLDERS will be held in

is

run to Honololu.

The America Maru has little to gain in the

THE CHINA CONSULAR SERVICE The Civil Service Commissioners announce that an open competitive examination will be held in London in' April for at least six student CHANGING LONDON-During the past interpreterships in His Majesty's Consular year great changes have taken place in London, Service in China, Candidates must be between and even greater ones are being prepared for 18 and 24 years of age, of sound constitution, coming twelve months. The most important possessed of good sight, and physically quali.work has been the pulling down of the north fied for service in tropical climates. Forms of side of the Strand from the Gaiety Theatre to application for admission to the examination St. Mary-le-Strand Church, and a little further, as she can carry neither passengers nor enst the destruction of Holywell-street, one of may be obtained on application to the Secre- tary, Civil Service Commission, Westminster. the oldest links with the past in that part of London, Indeed, it is quite possible that from DE WET IS NOTORIOUS for his hairs- breadth escapes, and when the history of the which is fast disappearing beneath the house the windows of the old "Rising Sun" inn, South African war comes to be written the breaker's pick, the inhabitants saw Queen Eli- story of the part taken by De Wet will be most zabeth go in state to St. Paul's after the defeat capital reading. His latest little escapade of of the Armada, as 300 years later their succes- escaping from the British troops surrounding rors saw Queen Victoria go to Wren's Cathed him mixed up in a stampeding herd of cattle ral on the occasion of her Jubilee. In the reads more like a page from one of Fennimore Strand, too, the new front of the Hotel Cecil Cooper's romances than as a plain statement

has grown up, and funther west in Cockspur. of twentieth century fact. Despite the many

street a new building has replaced the old acts of brutality laid at De Wel's door, one

houses opposite the end of the Haymarket. cannot help but admire the man for his pluck, With the New Year the north-westhem corner daring and ready-witted resources upon every

of the Green Park will be shorn off in the at Dccasion."

on that station.

"

freight from San Francisco to the Hawaijan Islands. She is the crack flier of the Toye Kisen Kaisha line and can reel off her thirteen knots day in and day out without any troubles. has to stop at Honolulu, and that is why she On account of the "stopover" privileges she

calls at that port. The Alameda, however, is the mail steamship and that is her only part of i call. The latter has been refited and re- modeled and is now a fast ship, but Captain. Going says it means instant dismissal to make more than the regular time: Nevertheless

there's a race on.

CANTON TO HANKOW RAILWAY

the OFFICES, of the Company, Queen's Build- ings, New Praya, on MONDAY, the 24th February, 1902, at 12 o'clock. NOON, for the tors and the Statement of Accounts to the 31st purpose of receiving the Report of the Direc- December, 1901

will be CLOSED from 10th to 24th February, The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company both Days inclusive.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

THOS. I. ROSE, Secretary, Hongkong, 31st January, 1902. [130d

THE CHINA-BORNEO COMPANY, LIMITED.

-NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDEKS. "HE THIRD ORDINARY YEARLY the above Company will be held at the OFFICE of the Company, No. 4, Queen's Buildings, on SATURDAY, the 1st of March, 1902, at iz

Report of the Manager and Consulting Com- o'clock (NOON), to receive a statement of accounts to 31st December, 1901, and the mittee and to elect a Consulting Committee and Auditor.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company I be CLOSED from 15th instant, to 1st

J. WHEELEY, Manager. Hongkong, 12th February, 1902 (186d HONGKONG FIRE. INSURANCE CO,

March, both Days inclusive.

LIMITED.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS, THE THIRTY-THIRD

ORDINARY

tempt to lessen the crush in Piccadilly, while Chronicle zays-An American truck line, A Washington despatch to the San Francise THE CENTURION, first-class battle.bip late the block in the City at London Bridge will be from Canton to Hankow, China-the long flagship on the China station, is being refitted partially done away with by placing a new cherished dream of many promoters-is at last at Portsmonth, and provided with an improved footpath on supports outside the present bridge. to be realised through the business daring and armament in readiness for another commission. THE COCKROACH PEST-In a report to enterprise of a few New Yorkers backed by the The dockyard officials have not yet received the United States Department of Agriculture, millions of August Belmont. In less than three an official intimation as to her distination, but Mr. W. R. Beattie describes the plan used for years Chinese will be able to enjoy the luxury it is conisdered propbable that she will fly the freeing a botanical laboratory from a plague of of American dining and sleeping cars between Alag of the successor of the Vice-President, F. cockroaches and other insect pests. The agent the cities of Canton and Hankow, a distance Bedford, Commander-in-Chief on the North used was hydrocyanic acid gas, liberated by of 750 miles. The great road will traverse a American and West Indies station. Admiral the action of dilute sulphuric acid on potassium beautiful country, inhabited by twice as many Bedford, at the expiration of his term of com-cyanide, about 1.T grain of the latter being people as are in the United States. The total mand in May, will return to England in the used per cubic foot of the building. The sul amount of business for the first year, it is ANNUAL MEETING of SHARE- Crescent, first-class cruiser, at present flagship phuric acid was placed in glass jars, above each estimated, will exceed $50,000,000. The New HOLDERS in the above Company, will be of which was fixed a pulley, A line passing | York" promoters of the road made the an-

held at the OrrICES of the Company, Pedders Street, on THURSDAY, the 6th day of March, "FOR CONSUMPTIVES ——The British | over this pulley carried the packet of cyanide, nouncement to-day of the organisation of a

1992, at 12.30 F.M., to receive a Statement of Medical Journal states that a sum of about which could thus be lowered into the acid from company-which is to build the road' under the Accounts to 31st December, 1901, and the £200,000 has been placed at the disposal of the exterior of the building. All outside open-title of the American China Development Com-Report of the General Managers, and to_elect the King by a philanthropist who, for the ings were closed as far as possible, and the pany. William Barclay Parsons, chief engineer Consulting Committee and Auditors,

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company present, does not wish his name to be made cyanide being lowered loto the acid, the build of the Rapid Transit Road for the city of New will be. CLOSED from the 20th instant, to the public, and that the King has directed the ing was left to itself for three hours which York, is president of the company. The directh March, bath Day inclusive, money to be devoted to the erection of a experience has shown to be a sufficiently long tors are August Belmont, Fierre Mali, a `mem- sanatorium for tuberculous patients in England, time. The insects leave their biding places as ber of the importing firm of Henry W. Ti- Mall The sanatorium is to accommodate 100 the fumes reach them and die on the floor, & Co.; Frederick W, Whiteside, lawyer, patients, and to be thoroughly equipped in where they can be swept up next morning. Mr. Charles A. Whittier and Colonel Albert Thys every respect. To carry but this purpose, His Benttie suggests that the method may prove and Joseph de Volder of Brussels, The com Majesty has appointed an advisory committee useful elsewhere, nad may possibly by adopted pany will negotiate $42,500,000 of per § cent. of leading medical scientists, and has sanctioned in the case of dwelling houses; but in view of fifty-year bonds issued by the Chinese Govern- the expenditure of 800 in prizes for the best the exceedingly dangerous nature of the agent ment. All the capital has been deposited with essays and plans, for the constraction of the used, the method is evidently one for experts J. F. Morgan & Co. The agents of the com projected sanatorium. Tre Daily Mail learns only. Should a human being or a domestic pany will leave for China: immediately, and that the donor of this noble gift is Sir Ernest animal inhale the gas, the results would be construction will begin in'a few cionths. Cassel,

fatal

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