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MACAO'S RIKAL

PROPOSED TRADE MART AT WANCHAR

From Our Own Correspondet

Cantonji Taih Juns.)

A TRUE

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SA

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'OF HOW KINDNESSĄ BREPAID

For pure. Impudence commend us to that foreigner who appeared in a certain police station in the Colony last Tossday evening and begged the inspector on duly to help him from being "rooked"" an- be by a certain

put party. His appeal was, to put it may, or it milder traordinary,

"What is it you want ?" asked the inspector, Mit is a very curious thing, the foreigner began, And proceeded About three months

The Chief Justice, Sir Francis sided in, Backrapicy Jurisdiction last day forenoon. The calendar was a very amel one, only three cases to be heard, and all mostly of a trivial character

To the matter of Kwang Hang Tal, the Cfficial. Rechiver (Mr. Wakeman) applied for the forfeiture of his security 33,300 as he bad stood guarantee for two of the debtors for their appearance. Mr. Goldring, he stated, appeared Mr. Goldring said he appeared for the and, incidentally, for the debtors, fingu

The Chief Justice-You cannot say

RDAY JUNE, 20, 1908.

SUDDEN DEATH OR MP LENKE

The sudden death of Mr. R. Lemke, manager Cat Maskin Arnhold, Karberg & Co, which oc

curred shortly after noon to-day came s shuck to the business community of Shaoghal, of which deceased was, a prominent member,sid app the Chind Gusrite of Toth insta

We bears

"much of one Bit

and that it may be

more rarely pres

HK AMOR

Gederal Subbotitch, who'

oposent

of the Amur Railway, bar this to say about it p

Since the agitation atsing out of the boun- dary line between the Portuguese colony of Macao and Chinese territory in Heungshan, the "gentry of the Heungsbad district have been agitating to convert Wanchai, on the opposite side of Macao, into a trade mart with the hope that trade and commerce may be promoted and the Portuguese will not venture upon an. attempt, as it is alleged, upon further encroach ments on Wanchal.. Wish this end in view a'|| ago 'I went to live' with a friend." "At that guarantor, who bad always been in the Colony, unfortunale man, and be expired sharily after. Andikwe notice that the while,poppy grow keep a contiderable, parf" of this' army permas

time I was in pretty bad, straits.. 1 bad only St is my pocket. For three months

company has been started with capital to be raised by subscriptions. The promoter, Mr. Chan Tak Kui, and others have drawn up a paid nothing for my board and lodging. sel of regulations for the company and they nor was, I asked for payment. At the end "have submitted draft copy the regulations of the first mouth 1 spent all the money I together with a prospectus to the Viceroy fox had, and now-l-want to leave the house can

now, reported that the will Viceroy has giver his assent to the promoters have seized my property me to go they scheme and further promised to give them the* Do you mean to tell me that you want to necessary protection..."

go away from your friends after they have kept you for nothing as long?" asked the inspector. The foreigner, looking much ashamed, grunted "yes."

the officer.

CHINESE ENGINEERING AND

'MINING CO; LD.

́RUMOURS OF AN ATTEMPT AT A" * SETTLEMENT.-.

Reverting to the article in our issue of agrd of last month in which we recounted the parti- culars of the transaction of the disposal of the old Kaiping Miping Co, to the present Chi nese Engineering and Mining Co., Ed., we

for the guarantor,

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debtors. They were in Court and could be put in the box and oxamined

The Official Receiver stated that he could got examine the men as he had not seen them. The debtors were called and questioned as to why they failed to call at the Official Receiver's office. Thay stated that they had always been in the Colony,"

The Chief Justice-Why were you not her

The Government istands, to complete this that is to say for the use,

railway of wideo, vereis in 1912," that is, in four 26: Margioi.... who is a fr

years (which, owing to the climate will only yield sixteen worklog mostha), but to do so they, Mr Lemke was at his desk as usual during clever writer in the indo-Uhinese. the splits forescop, when about twelve o'clock gives, un "Z.Annas Tonkin," these opaarvations will have to employ from fifty to ons hundred be became very pale and, mentioned that be on opium sad its true provin hid wiitsmes per verst, and, as the local population Is was feeling badly.. Dr. Kieirammosed, thos

only 4 person par virsi, and it would be Mr. Lemke in the meantime lying down on Nature, which is, as some simple, post or impracticable to send out from European of. When Dr. Krieg arrived he did not at other as remarked, a good mother, has made Russia such an army of workommen as would be first consider the matur very serious, but after the plants and products of the soil to grow unt required, the only thing the Government can do several minutes a wadder change overcame the where it is beneficial that they be consumed. is to import an army of 200,000 Chinesa labour. eft from Chefoo, with the prospect of having to "wards—about half an hour after he had first"|| all over the surface of the globe, but that the incomplained of feeling unwell, opium that is extracted from te is only fit for antly, since he will need to be repaired, The exact cause of Mr. Lemkes's death has mokinen produced in warm climates, we the snow will have to be cleared away etc to Mr. Goldring said he appeared alio for the not been ascertained at this writing, but we are may conceive that" the pleasures of opiume other words the anginy whom Russian “patriozen- informed that it is probably heart failure pleasures there are have been interdicted and dreid it be put in possession of this "strale" suporiaduced by the great derrous strain to suduld remain interdicted to the man of the while the Rico,90,000 which the Duma will vote, Ric line which is directed against them. Of which deceased has lately been subjected in race. The oplugi of Asia Minor, of Smyrna thare Chinese will receive at least, balf connection with the affairs of the great business of Egypt, the opiums that are harvested that Clio will not only have come into house be managed. His firm in common with France, in the Langes and at Co,brillars only nearly all others in the Settlement, bas bad its fit for pharmaceutical uso and

peaceful possessing of a good slice of our and araucally operations considerably upset owing to the unsmokeable.

300erntory, but will have received a large VERZIndemnity into the bargain.. principal difficulty belog that large ametists of open an identical fndfydiant the same depressed, condition of trade generally, the Furthermore the effect of aksentral omam

of the tropparby later he remark

THE BEACHCOMBER. much subit dianas con and its con Asbest Padinat the Stater of Europe mõte rhaid had injurjonsza 5*)

Sheltered under the enormous roots of a direction of Messrs Arthold, Karbers And of faterdaling within their own territory, giant cocoanut palm, that had bona, tran Company's enormona operations uster, con una aftopium to those of their subjects whose the burticano di the week before, and now www.ordinary circumstanças, bath

as regards their fanctions or for other motives, lay stretched on the ground, he lay hall Chormous strain, and when in addition the pre-depend upon the will of the governments and sleep, his hare feet cooled by the waters of sent extra-ordinary frndar officulfjar hovered on their finance. The use of opium should the incoming side, that in soothing swishes over the firm's operatie was not surprising gol, is rould stem, be withdrawn from these swept higher and higher on the burning sand, to learn that his nerves and system were bo categories, any more than the use of ether or of retire allently before again mustering, it coming shattered. His physician Leveral weeks absinthe. As for the simple citizens whose liberty forces to advance on the slowly receding beach, ago advised him to take a holiday in Japan, of action cannot be hindered so long as they As a larger wave than usual covered his ankles Mr. Lemke was born in Bielfeld, Germany, their taxes and do not compromise the he stooped to roll up the legs of his trossert

laws of public safety, it is necessary, 10 have dirty pair of blue dungaree pants, which with forty one years ago... He cime to Chinx at the tha. spint of Dehya of Syracuse in order to

a singlet comprised his outfit. For the first age of twenty-one and has always followed pretend to prevent them from amusing them time he became aware of my presence, and commercial career. He became the manager selves and intoxicating themselves at their hastily rising to his feet he raised a finger of Messrs. Arnhold, Karberg & Co Bhanghai decretoo but one has never asked whether salutation and began Beg pardon Mister,

"What do you want me to do?" continued before? Why were not your addresses supplied-money, which are urgently needed are tied up in the environt of the equates braid the forth

* would like you losend a manto the house to get my belongings," came the reply

Do you want anything else?" the inspector inquired sarcastically,

All I want are my rights," from the foreigner, A spectator murmured something which sounded like "ungrateful dang," and the for. aigour was told very nicely that nothing could

be done for him. I

Last

again desire to draw attention to this matter through our columos, as we learn, since that

The reason for this curious appeal was ex- article appeared, efforts are being made to applained later. It appears that the foreigner, paint representatives approved of by all parties had obtained from his "keeper" on many interested to try and bring about settlement occasions small sums of money.

week he applied for a $10 bill, and was of all questions la dispute.

refuted. The question of leaving the bonsa then arose, with the result that the master of the house seized his belongin,s, knowing full well that it was his boarder's intention of

Before, however, expressing our views upon the desirability, or otherwise, of such a course being taken, we recapitulate, at a case for the Chinese, some of the most important points upon in our article, of 33rd julto., 40 80

dweit many of our- rosders failed to obtain `copies of our issue of that daté, viz. :-

1-One of the conditions ofthe memorandum of sale of the entire undertaking to the new, company was that the affairs of the company should be mamaked in China by a board of sharaboldars presided over by Chang Yen Mow as Director General of Minés,

These conditions were wholly disregarded.

L.

to the Court?

goods bought for Chipre customers who

bave failed to take up the cargo lo accordance

"Mr. Lemke, upon whose abopl

The debtors staled that they had seen the ex-Offcial Receiver, but not Mr. Wakeman with their contracts

Mr. Wakeman-That is trae. They did sto Mr. Kamp. I wrote them on the 6th April, but got no answer. I was told that they had left the Colony,

The guarantor was next called. The Chief Justice warned him that if on the next occasion the debtors were not in Court when they were wanted his guaranten would be forfeited. So if he wanted to save his money he would have to bring the debtors.

THE WEIRAIWBI LAND AND BUILDING CO., LD:

from which deceased bad fast rétumed..

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în

An extraordinary general meeting of share-business in 1899. For his wife, #'daughter of Rootside of Europe, the same reasoos of hygiene but I ain't had' unthin' to eat, mince yester-". he would return once mora to the house, thera Shanghal on 12th inst. Those present were: f' sympathy will be felt'in her saddan bereave to restrain the use of opium, ia aur possession castically, listening to a string of denials and® to take up his abode for another, indefinite Mesir. A. MacLeod (chairman), J. M. Young, period.

BLAPHANT BREAKS UP A TRAIN

C. W. Wrightson, E. ). Hogg, W. A. C. Platt,

ment,

U. F. Bell, H. G. W. Bayler, W. C. Murray, RUSSIAN STEAMERS. DETAINED tion, to provoke the most delicate economic shficient for a drink, if he would host present

W. Jackson, A. P. Wood, and P. F. Lavers (secretary), representing 1,158 shares.

AT NAGASAKI. - After the secretary had read the notice call- ing the meeting the chairman said :—

The Russian steamers Amur and Dnieper, At our meeting on March 12 last, I stated belonging to the Far East Steamship Company: that provided the necessary formalities could

are still detained at Nagasaki, where they were attached three months ago by the Hitakata be effected at a reasonable cast-the Directors Colllery Company of Nagasaki, on a claim races shall desire to cease to smoke it,, opium / A, B. in one of the rottenest, fabi·as ́aver would take steps to repay to the shareholders.

Yacoo. According to a Nagasaki dispatch, of the two steamers have no means to purchase against coal supplied amoqating to about all remittances having stopped, the captains provisions for the crew and have appealed to

The Russian Consul at Nagasaki has sent a Vladivostok urging that a remittance should be sent without delay,

COLLISION ON BANGKOK RAILWAY,

The Siam Observer, of 5th inst., says-We regret to have to record a serious accident on the Royal State Railways, by which two un were injured, one of whom is not expected to recover. It seems that between 7:15 and fortunate persons lost their lives and several

7.30 o'clock last evening, the usual heavy coming at a good speed between Chien- 3-The new company, owing to its enor goods train from Ban Phaji to'Bangkok was | cept to neglect the dependency (hear, bear Lite Russian Embassy in Tokyo for assistance, body will take a pips the loss, and that wili paanikins, and asked hios: to look at it as tho our article of 23rd May) could only, pay in the grak Noi and Chiengrak. At kilomelre 43,7.) has been rend to you, It,will be borne in telegram to the owners of the, steamers · at

from Bangkok there is a slight curve in the line and while rounding this the train dashed into a large wild elephant which was straying on the lins. The train, being an exceptionally heavy one, was drawn by two engines, in charge of Messrs. Ferdinands and

was next to the second engine, and 26 loaded goods trucks. It was a very dark night, and nothing whatever was seen of the elephant until the mirchief was done. The train was passenger train having gone on some two hours before,

JPANESE CASTAWAYS ́AT

YOKOHAMA,'

RESCUED BY A BRAZILIAN TRAINING 'BHIP,

PRBY in expociation of honoamble treatment | travelling at the usual speed, the last down masih' for debentures of every description Julp on the 3rd instant, brought twenty Japan | it appears that the malediction cast upon Act and with his thumb on the rule we went

developing the Company's interests at Weihai. wei, and as it appears certain that successive the funds which have been kept in reserve for

British Ministries have no definite policy, ex we now ask you to adopt 'the resolution that mind that the daissued capital of the Com pany will be available if at any time scope is offered for the profitable idyasiment of capital.. With regard to the means which we have of making this, return 'I may mention that we hold debentures te the par

at a discount they stand in our bonks at Tis. 19,400. We have in anticipation of this res solution being passed and availing ourselver of the demand which bas existed during the last realized pearly all these debentures at a pro- mium, of which the average is over one' shares which were issued. will require Tis cent. To return five tasis a share on 3.674

these legal formalities with the assistance, of our friend Mr. Platt at a very reasonable Ggure (hear, bear), we shall have quite enough money to pay back these Tiz. 5 pi capital and still have a small credit balance to the good. I really think, gentlemen, that in the interests of shareholders it is the very best thing we can do. It is no use keeping a lot of money in debentures which half of the shareholders 'do not benefit by at present, and, as I have said before if at any time there should be a prospect of Weihaiwei being developed in any way we bave still a large amount of upcalled capital which may be available for this purpose. With these few remarks I bag, to propose the following resolution:-

ese castaways." Thais Japanese are the mem-

When we arrived at Aden, Ned Panter brought out a copy of the Merchant Shipping

"I never beard of such a thing before," said aft demanding to see the shipping master

ship with English hooligans instead of honest Dutchmen of well behaved Chinese, but the Skipper knew better than refuse, though he swore all round and abused us and our families back to the Gest generation as a scab eaten dirty lot with a sea lawyer at our head, and we marched ashota Dext day. A mild looking

2. The entire undertaking (including good-- will) was sold by the Chinese to the promoters of the new concern in exchange for £375,000 worth of shares in the new company, the pro- moters re-selling the concern immediately afterwards to the new C. E. M. Co., Ld., for £1,000,000, mous expenses of management, etc., (párti culars of which were set forth very clearly in

most flourishing years of its existenca, a divide end of 15% per annum. The old company, if it had been retained by the Chinese by raising a Ioan lastoad of selling to the foreigasr, could, at the present time, have been paying 40 to sp.

4-It was obvious that the company had Lawrence, aud consisted of aguard's vau, which value of Tls. 20,000, but as we bought these taken a form that way never intended by Chang You Mow when be entrusted full power to the agent of the promoters of the new com. and an honest compliance with the conditions agreed upon..

With these facts batore us, we venture to predict that the appointment of representatives first engine mounted on the top of the elephant The force of the impact was terrific. The approved of all parties, entrusted to try and and crushed it and then plunged over the, am-18,370, so that as we hope to put through all Shisucka prefecture, The schooner lafi Shj. body can pretend to have studied, in the the chief mate, "that's tha, worst of mancing = bring about a settlement, although done with bankment into the borrow-pit about 2 metres the very best intentions, can only result in a

from the side of the line, while the second was *deadlock unless these representatives are capsized and fall across the ling. The break propared to agree on the main question, which, van was smashed into a shapeless mass and 13 in our opinion, is the only honourable setile.

of the wagons behind it, were derailed, six of ment that can be arrived at, viz:-

them being telescoped. Most of them were That they insist upon the terms of the more or less seriously damaged; while the line memorandum being genuinely put into force was torn up for several yards" Fortunately, and that adequate compensation be given. A

both the drivers stuck to their engines We consider it our duty as Chinese in the and so managed to escape with a few interesis of our country to do our best to keep minor bruises and buras; the driver of the first this matter clearly before the notice of our engine found himself lying on the paddy fields readers and we trust our endeavours will not but a Siamese, oiler of the first engine named have been in vain.

Nai Cham, who tried to jump off, was caught among the debris and killed. Another man, a brakesman named Chin Plang, was killed at his brake and was thrown against the hot fire box of the second engine, it being a matter of great difficulty to extricate the body, which was fearfully mangled. The guard of the train had his arm broken. Another brakesman, Nai Lee, was very badly hurt, the handle of the brake gear which he was standing being driven through bis ribs. "He was brought dowü to the Bangrak Hospital, where he now lies in a critical state. Of the other seven members of the train staff, some received minor injuries

If the mining company will not come to terms on the main question, then, we feel sure, that British prestige in China will suffer, but we have every confidence that the British Gov erament when thoroughly acquainted with the facts will not tolerate such a very palpable "in-" Justice, bat will insist upon an honourable' sel- tlement,—Okinė Public Opinion,

TRADE IN BANGKOK.

and are to-day being treated at the Police Hospital.

› The driver walked to Chiangrak Noi station' and despatched a wire about the accident to Bangkok when two light engines with a break down gang under charge of Mr. Giertz, Chief

"That the capital of the Company be re. duced from Tis." 250,000, divided into 10,000 shares of Tis. 25 each, to Tis. 202,000, divided into 103,0co shares of Tis, 20 each, and that such reduction be effected by returning to the holders of the 3674 sbares that have been issued paid up capital to the extent of Tles per share sed by reducing the nominal amount of all the shares from Tis, 25 to Tis, 20 each.

Mr. E. J. Hogg seconded, and on being put to the meeting the resolution was carried un- aqimously.

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OPIUM SMOKING.

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The Ministry of War appears to be honest in its efforts to suppress opium smoking among the rank and file of the Luchan troops in Pek-

It is by no means an unusual thing in Bang- kok, as elsewhere, to hear complaints from business men as to slackness of trade, but ap parently the complaints have never been ap..

The Chairman then 'said that the necessary parently so well based as they are at present,

steps would be taken to carry out the resolation, especially la the matter of imports,' says the

but before that could be done they must call a Siam Obierver. At any rate "absolutely no

confirmatory meeting in about thirty days, more. business" is the general cry of the principal Mechanical Engineer, R. R. D., were at once

This, the Chairman said, concluded the busi import merchants, while for the most part the

sent to the scene of it. According to an eye-ness of the meeting and he thanked those exporters have it that despite a certain amount-

Witness the scene of the accident beggared present for their attendance. of business being carried on malters bave to description. A lot of the leading.trucks were be run so fice as to reduce profits to filled with slabs of firewood and this was

for wanishing point. Many reasons are given the existing condition of affairs, each of which thrown upwards and forward, covering the probably is more or less correct, but it would wreck of the engines and elephant. It is ex- appear that the main one is the reflex of the tremely fortunate that it did not catch fire as, Practical stagnation in trade which so affected had it done so, the damage done would have been far greater. A considerable amount of Hongkong and Singapore at the beginning damage was done to the line, which will take of the year and which has not yet been entirely gat over... here are additional local again. Meanwhile, passengers on both the at least three days to put into proper repair causes for the present commercial stringency, Korat and Paknampho lines are being trap ons of, which is no doubt the uncertainty which existed, as to the continuity of the shipped from one train to the other past the fixity of exchange, which has now been got traffic for several days.

scene of the accident. There will be no goods over, while the other is not unusual at this timeThis, it may be noted, is the second accident of year just before the Budget Report makes of the kind which has happened daring the its appearance. At this period of the year present year, an elephant having been killed there is a general tendency, not only of Govern

by a train near Lopburi on February 20th, al- ment Departments but of many others whose though on that occasion but slight damage business to no small extent is contingent upon resulted, except to the elephant, which was the demands of the Departments for the com- killed. Had it been a passenger train yester ing twelve months, to keep as close as possible day in place of a goods ons the loss of life in the matter of expenditure beyond that abso- would probably have been terrible. lately necessary. This, pot oppaturally, makes itself felt in all surrounding directions until the extrema ontskirts are reached. Trade gone rally languishes bere somewhat in May June, and Joly and picks up again during the period lasting from August until the next Chinese New Year, when ita current becomes loggish.The good rice crops of this year over more than two thirds of the rice-growing districts of the kingdom have, of course, doas much towards preventing the stagnation from ever arriving

agalo

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It is estimated that the amount of loss to the railway will be over ticals do,cos. The ma chinary of the engines had not been yet examined and, if they are badly damaged, the loss will be still heavier.

HONGKONG VOLUNTEER RE- SERVE ASSOCIATION,

MAY CUPBO

WATER 'RETURN,

os to interdict it to Europeans inhabiting these, prolestations ending up with "elp me, Gord

Motioning him to be seated, I promised torrid climates; or above all, by, that interdic problem, and to compromiss and destroy theme what had brought him into his present financial equilibrium of the colonial possessionsplight, adding I was no old wife or temperance

worker to be gulled by his patter." of Europe la Asia...

Well, I'll tell you the truth,” he said. "My The reform of an age-long, hablude can only be accomplished with the universal po name, at leastaways one of them, is Bill Kent, pular consent. The day when the yellow and under that I shipped from Liverpool as

Liverpool Irishmen and you can guess what the intervention of authority. But smoke that means, and be Old Man a Scottie from the governments would do well to renounce will disappear of its own accord, and without chested the underwriters. The firemen were

tow races do not at all wish to stop smoking Aberdeen awn. On the fourth day out the fo'cale hands took up the beastly grab in their their revenues and to proscribe opium. No

mortified refuse of the slaughter house, but ha be all to the benefit of smuggling,. Ja mate

In the special case of Indo-China, the opium curse us up hill and down dale for the lasient farm (regie) brings in annually 17,000,000 cam, declaring the food was according to the francs to the Budget. If the state suppresses Board of Trade regulations, and winding up this farm, and free trade, it will lose 17 millions, with "You'll get your whack and you'll get usa It will be constrained to spend oibar millions mair. The boatswain, a monkey faced old Rea dog, asked if we had brought our footmen to maintain a' considerable corps of custom house officials over more than two million kilo abord, and why we had left behind our French metres of frontiers, all composed of mountains chof. So getting no satisfaction more than and forests. And the native will continue to scalding the cook's face in throwing the muck smoke just the same as ever. As a result the at him, we all swore to desert the first oppor The Brazilian training ship Benjamin Con. moral advantage will not be attained, and the tunity giant, which arrived at Yokohams from Hosofoancial advantage will be lost.

And over and above that double injury,

of yo tons, owned by Kawasaki Haisaburo, of Europe where it was pronounced. For no- bers of the crew of the flokys Maru, a schodoer opium must not pass the frontiers of that

zuoka in January last for the purpose of taking Far East, the effects of opium. The most.com. birds on Facific island named Carpeny (7) scientious of absorvers and some medical men They landed on the island with 25 bags of rice, have taken the trouble to analyse the forty: and remained there until February 24th fast, seven alkaloids of opium, and to isolate the Then they removed to Wake Island, wad the morphins, and after one dosage, to call opium schooner felt for home promising to come back a morphinic poison. That might be true for in a month. Nothing was heard of the schooner-the-opium-that-ons-eats. It is false for the Hindoo gentleman-spoke quite nicely to us, from that date, sad the castaways had to face opium that one smokes. For in order toying animal food should be used sparingly the prospect of death from starvation. For smoke it is necessary to bring the morsel of and dhall, rice, ghee, and such like was more tunately, however, the men sighted a warship opium to a best of about 305 degrees Now, suitable in warm weather, and then we were passing the island, and signalled for assistance, morphine is decomposed at 250 degrees, in told to return to the ship and an official would The vessel-the Benjamin Constant-espanded order to yield, like the other alkaloids, the probe sent to examine into our complaints.

In the afternoon" to the appeal and brought them safely back to ducts of the "pyridic series," of which, no one

tout Europesa “comes yet has been able to make the analysis, nor in aboard, and was met by the Old Man nearly Japan.

consequence, to determine the toxicity. But Shaking his hand off at the elbow just for all the smokers of twenty years' standing have deter world as if he wore a long, lost brother, and mined themselvestbocffects of so long a custom,

down ibay goes to the cabin. Then we hearm Level and storage of water in reservoirs contracted and continued in the Far East.

the steward called and a popping of corks. on the 1st June,

They have recognised in opium a preserva- After a little he comes up and as we were all tive against cholers, dysentery, pneumonia, standing in order tells us that from all be can CITY AND HILL DISTRICT WATER WORKS.

a powerful aid against, muscular and -cere- hear the food is of excellent quality and tasted LEVEL.

bral fatiguo, of, to put it completely, ap | quite nice. “Oh it did, did it ?” cries 6° Ned 1908, Tylamaverflow

f14, 21" below

53 to below energy-saving food (un aliment d'iparene). Penter, "Well here's some more of it for you Opium exalte the individualism. And through to try" and he halda out a plece of newspaper Overflow

Its agency the man of action excites his ardour, under the gent's nose into which the scraps : TytamBye- 161 below

34' 11" below the politician gives keenness to his will, the over from the dinner had been gathered, wash... overflow

Overflow

artist expands his dream, and the thinker bar The smell was terrific, and the stout party fall **** 71" below. liavos that he can attain the truth

back against the sail and began to cat over the "overflow:2 This is what may be said of the Europeans side, then he makes a bolt down the ladder into aria" below - who smoke opium in that region where nature his boat, getting slobbered over with the con overflow, has made it grow. As to this antives, opium tents of the paper thrown after him by Nediu 218 below has entered into their customs, even into the The Skipper swore we had disgraced his ship.

necessities of the yellow race to a much greater and committed an assault on a Governmeal extent than in the West can be said of tobacco officer for which there were mil sorts of dreadint or alcohol, · Opium is at once, to-day, the penalics, but, wa bears no more about it and 1908

stimulas of the educated, the amuser of the things were better for some days,, 'a' lot 7,5,200,000

idle, the distraction of the toilers, the comfort | of stuff being chucked over the side. "But 696,000

of the wearied, the soother to sleep of pains | there were other bits of unpleasantness" such 181,399,000 and worries. It is upon the couch prepared as the mate's Babit of calling out the 22,200,000 within all dwellings that the judge Ends the watch at odd times, and all hands on deck 8,09,900 formula' adequate to the law and the penalty when there were at no necessity, and so I

appropriate to the crime; that the post un made up my mind to bali first opportunity. rolls a anbile conception in barmonious Weall expected a spell on shore at Singapore, language; that persons in private life fied calm which is one of the best places in the world to and drive away the cares of business; that the de a long snooze and sponge in, though: 1 boar,✨ philosopher attains to that happy indifference | 'it's not beatly so good as it used to be. Here gallons||which in the fittest of all terrestrial systems. It you can feed with a Chow on less than two- is there that anxieties fade away, that pains penco a day, and have a real live lubricant for vanish. It is there that the fugitive bandit a penny. Then the roads round the hotels are forgets his bleeding feet and bis deplorable | a gold mine, not to say anything of afternoon gallons|exilo; that the sick grasp at a fresh hope of trips to see the ladies at Tauglin, where a renewed haulib, she prisoners learn to resign starving wife and family at home, is always a quire the fearless contempt of death. Euro- themselves to their gaol; and the dying se good chow works

peans: know well that opium alone can open closed lips, and make domb consciences speak: biggande in the blue and odorous smoke-spirals will The return of consumption is subject to come the expansions of confidences, and the The return of error owing to the difficulty of accurate meantimacies of friendship. And the smoking surement whilst the extension works at Albany room is an instrument of political investigation Filter Beds are in progress.

As much as it provides either an intellectual or simply a sensual distraction. Whether it be under silken mosquito nets and on rare, akius, within a dwelling, sombre and silent, in a hall payed with marble and 6lled with ivories Fortunately, I sighted a sampan tied estera and fine carvings; whether it be on a simple with Chiaste asleep in it, and getting my plain woven mat in a pleasant isolated house bundle together, I slid down the rope, : Qasi In the midst of the luxuriant plants of the open of the stokers saw me and in a trice also got ou country i or whether it be on the bed of hard | board. Seleing the ogre wa made for, lind, coarse plank in a little tra-house, at the cross- kleking at the Chow who began to boller out. ing of dusty roads, onder à dilapidated roof It was some time before warowa boat put of through which the burning rays of the sun from the ship in pursuit, our mates havior no may, pass, amidst the shouting of coolles and great desire to bare

Tytam In-

termediate

Pokfalum

1907.

[ 3′6′′ below

overflow Wong-nai-{ _2_z1" below"

“chung."{overflow

"overflow

STORAGE GALLONE,

1907, Tylam

274,975,000 5,013,000 Tytam Byowash.... Tytsmlatarmediate ***** Pokfulam

$8,420,000 Wong-nai-chung · · 37,553,000

bertesten

136,100

16.8

·Total 163,950,000 287,566,000 on An attillery Lieutenant of the 6th Divison District during the month of May.

Consumption of water in the City and Hill of Luchon in the Nanyuan Park nearly lost his

1907 1908 head when it was discovered that he was smok- | Consumption 133,188,000 743,580,000

g some days ago. He was caught red-handed Estimated)

population by General Wang Ying chiab, Assistant Com mander-in-Chief of the 1st, 3rd, 5th and 6th | Consumption" direct control of the War Ministry) in a Chinese Divisions in North China (with are under the eating houses but ultimately he was taken back from the execution ground and dismissed upon the intercession of the whole body of officers officer received 60s blows on his back from of Division. Before his diamisal the unfortunate leather whip as a warning to others.

206,760,

per head per

43.4 dayumii.

17th May, and constant supply in all Intermittent supply by Rider mains up ill districts to the end of the month 1907,

Constant supply in all districts during May

KOWLOON WATER WORKS.

*1907.

1908. ay 3 below Overflow

Kowloon Gravita- ?tion-Reservoir...

STORAGE/GALLOMBĄ,7 1907.4-1908,

***

Besides this, General Wang has also dis covered through his private detectives that the madivo bank Fisintal, which has dealings with the various Divisions, bas special opium smoking room for the use of officers of the 1st and 6th Divisions. This matter is now in the hands of General Tich Liang, President of the Ministry of War. In order to carry out the anti-opium campaign in the 1 uchun force as effectively as possible, fresh orders" hava been fasued by Prince Ching as Comp troller-General of the War. Ministry, making Kowloon Gravita-

plus insupa à criminal act among soldiersion Reservoir,116,500,000 gallons at a critical stage and it must be remembered. The competition for the three cups offered and all officials who are in the employ of the Consumption of water in Kowloon during the that the prosperity evoked by a good rice-season by the Hon. Mr. F. H. May, CM.0, was various military. Divisions. "He has ordered | month of May e does not make itself generally fall, except completed on Sunday last. The terms were that smoker, of the perpicions diam, either tes to the original cultivatora, till many months that the competition shopid extend over habitual or not, will be summarily decapitated:|| Consumption. 18,681,000 23,361,000 gallons

It may be safely sdsumed therefore that ||'aix months, from Japuary (D; Jang, 30, when caught - On account of tbls strong action. there is

the four best monthly (a nt, Ministry one

Estimate about in the present commercial stringency, staro yards) of each competitor to be manders-in-Chief,, down to the humblest "bich in doa to patural economic causes,? One counted, "The compatiters were divided into: Soldier dare smoke opinni, feature of it has born, that thom have been up thren classée “A” from scratch to 3 Handicap, meni, OVER

those #B from (107% C" from 6iupwards, "The is not affected have

at the present mo

hoiri barracks. But there

the order of anti-oplum military man in the varicon

Eatin

81,000

However the orders were ♬ no leave ashore,”. and we discharged in the roads, from which: we hungrily eyed the town blazing with lights and thought of all the goody Foodies behind it.” We had about finished discharging when we heard that the ship was bound for Rangoon to load, rice for Naples, po welcomo nowa ni there the banks have a down on sailember, 40 any baving ran up country and became the husbands, of Burmese ladies, having a real good time. TINA

dirty swab o

1008 the turmoil of the public markets the drug Woll, we reached the point, and struct

plays its continuous and preponderatt part and, hiding in soconut plantation all niger And in the pipetal ivory or of tortoise abell | hed when I woke up I found circled with goldy in which the artistic taste of ) i freman það mads aff wit the masderin finds gratification,, opium sheds 3 wire worth a lot, ad kuo forth pa all'energy of body, the universil come i wares if I deserted

of the heart, the keen clearsin of the 126 the wing che soul, and the triple gift that alone way!

геро

'humanity kappye dhi forgetfali

“ULUKE WUDawson and

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