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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH TUESDAY AUGUST

LOCAL AND GENERAL

TMa Love your country, tell the truth,, and don't dawdle," were the words with which the Eat of Cromer summed up his advice to the Leys schoolboys at the annual speech dayı ba

THE factory, established at Hatayong (a gis seng producing centre) by the Korain Ginseng Monopoly Office, bas commenced operations.

Y220,000,

New Typhoon Shelter.

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TWITTED WITH INCONSISTENCY GOVERNOR'S UNDERTAKING REGARDING THE

LIGHT DUER.

from Government; Kandi, would," on the xi- sumption that they tolal cost amount of $1,500,000 and wor

expended sch

years, resalt in

1908

Tho Typhoon.

SECRETARY OF STATE'S TELEGRAM.

H.B. the Governor from the Secretary of The following telegram was received by

State for the Colonies

Your telegram, goth July, news of ty phoon, received with great regret by H.M.'s

Its constraction cost the Korean Government Secretary with an advance copy of a session period of 75 years, His Excellency propor Government, who desire me to convey to

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JAPANESE manufacturers are turning out a new sort of hat, made of wood. It should be popa lar in Euglend, where, a contemporary un-. kindly remarks, there are so many heads made of the same material...

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We have been favoured by the Colonial paper which will be laid before the Legislative, Council on the 6th inst. It relates to the new typhoon shelter and the proposed temporary increase in light dues,

community at Hongkong sincere sympathy at this second disaster within two years."

year doring penodol a debt to Bank by the shipping interest of a bum of $657,785, (assuming that the half cept entra dua would prażuce a sum of $15,000 per Annum) to cracel this debt with continued pay ments of $40,000 per annum would involve the continuance of the ex'in half cent for a farther

in lieu of this that advances should be made by the Crowd Agents from the Colony's reserves at 4 per cantum to meet the yearly deficits With the proposed increase of the fight dues The whole series of the correspondence bato 2 cents, the amount paid by the shipping from time to time appeared in these columns interest would be $30,000 and the debt remain The Government's reply to the letter from the Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, dateding to be extinguished by the shipping interest IT has been defolialy decided to transport the the 3rd ult., be not, however, appeared in at the end of the 5 years construction period remains of Crosby Hall from the City, and re-print. We reproduce below the Colonial would be $191,308 which at 13 same rate of

rect the ball at More's Garden, Chelsea Em Secretary's very interesting letter. It reads: cents would be extingished in about 5 years bankment,; where I will form part of the

Colonial Secretary's Office,

It is, therefore, calculated that the lemporary in" University Hall scheme.

Create in the Li,lit Dues would extend över a Hongkong, 23th July, 1908,

total period of elevon year. “His Excellency Sir-I am direcial to ackeowledge receipt of concuss in your view that the funds for the PIKE Roma Moyesil is a datigbifal new single your letter of 3rd lastant with its enclosures, construction of the shelter should be kept rose from China. The colour is very excep-relative to the construction of a typhoon shelter separata egrely from current revenue and has and the means of raising funds for the work,, A sovereign remedy immediately relieves the anal, and of a ruby red tone, much more

intense in the opening flowers. The blossoms. Your committes urge that a new shelter is recommended to the Secretary of Blate in this ire about two inches across, and the petals of unnecessary and that Causeway Bay by auff very firm texture.

** His Excellency is at the same time prepared cient for all purposes. The Government is to give the assurance that the Government has somewhat at a loss to understand this change no latration of Contiuning the proposed in of opinion on the part of the committee of heade to light dues after the cost of the cost will be shared equally by the funds of the typhoon refuge has bead mei, and that this

Colony and the produce of the additional cant light dues," "It must, however, be clearly under. | works will be completed in a fortnight's time.

lood that Bis Excellency cannot bind himself or bis successors in office not to again increase | light dues should urgent occasion arise, but is such a care a new resolution would be pro posed to the Legislative Council, and the matter would be considered on its own matiti.

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A NEW barrister was anen in the Supreme Court, this morning. The gentleman to whom We refer is Mr. D. MeNot, of the firm of Hanson, McNeil and Jones, of Shanghai. Mr.

McNeil, as will be seen from a report is another column, is in the Colony in the laterent of a cartain firm who is suing in the Supreme Court to recover iba sum of $150,00 %

AN Indian bricklayer, who sometimes acis ai cook, in the service of the Kowloon-Canton Railway, was sentenced to three months' hard. labour by Mr. J. II. Kemp, in the Police Court, this morning, for assaulting a Chinese women at Yau-ma-ti on Sunday. He had also to pay $10 compensation for damage done to her clothing. Inspector McHardy prosecuted.

ACCORDING to the Mainichi, many ship owners neglected to keep their vessels in full repair during the depression in the shipping business. or exposed them to damage by employing in competant, officers and crews. Conrequently many orders for repairs are now being placed, with the result that both the Kawasaki and Mitsubishi Bockyards have of late, been very busy after a long period of dütnews.

A CASE, which will, perhaps, have interesting results, is fixed to be heard in the Police Court, on Friday next. The parties concerned are

A. S. WATSON & CO., aku Singh, a syce of the. Kowloon: Stables

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THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY,

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Hongkong, 4th August, igol.

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(defendant) and H. H. Watson, of 10. Robin son Road, Kowloon (the complainant). The charge against the Indian is that of assault, Mr. E. Davidios, of Messrs. Hastings and Hast- fogu, will appear for the defence.

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he Hongkong Gelegraph health. It was finally decided to telegraph to

Hongkong, TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1908,

OPIUM IN SHANGHAI.

CLOSING OF THE HOUSES,,

A PEKİNO di spa'ch states that Prince Ching 133 and Grand Secretary Chang Chib-tudg were called into the Palace on the morning of the 28th altimo to consult with the Empress Dow. ager with reference of H... the Emperor's

the Governors of Chekiang and Anhui to send up to Peking the foremost physicians in their respective provinces to give what sid they can to alleviate the sufferings of the Imperial Pa- tical,

Inasmuch as Police reports submitted indi. cate that the closing of one-quarter" of the

Chamber in view of their letter of the tóth

of July, 1904, in which the provision of an

additional shelter either at Mong Kok Tsui or

in

Cheung Sha Wan was strongly advocated. A

convenience of reference together with copy of copy of the letter

question is appended for a letter from the Typhoon Relief Committee dated the 25th of March, 197, in which that Commitee endorsed the proposal for a shelter at Mong-koksul. I append a list of the Dames of the committee in question.on which the Chamber of Commerce was strongly repre- sented. It is to be noticed that Mr. W. J. Gresion and Mr. D. R. Law representing two of the largest shipping firms, which now dis- sent from the proposal, were on the Commit- tec. To make the record complete I am also to appand the repons (dot prated] of the Public Works Committee who considered and reported on this question in 1905 and 1937.

3. Judging by the speeches of unofficial mambers of Council in September last, and by ather expressions of public opsion it would Chimber is not shared by the community out- seem that the view now put forward by the side the shipping interents. His Excellency on the occasion referred to endorsed the pledge given by his predecessor that Gaverament would undertake the provision of an additional shelter without delay, and the regrettable, delay which bas a'randy occurred is due to circum. stances, as will be explained, over which the Government has had little or no control.

sense.

4. Assuming, therefore, that the large majority of the community of Hongkong conrider that a

"F..H. MAY, Colonial Secretary.

Canton Plague Hospital.

HONGKONG REFUGEES

PERCENTAGE OF RECOVERIES. The following correspondance.Lelative to tas treatment of plague patients' at the Fong Pin Hospital, Canton, was laid before the Sanitary Board this afternoon tha

Sanitary Department, Hongkong, 6th June, 1908, Sir-1 have the bonour to inform you that at the last meeting of the Sanitary Board, Mr. Shelion Hooper drew the attention of the Pre- sident to the attached paragraphs from the local Press on the subject of the treatment at the Fong Pis Hospital, Cinton, of pingue refugenu from Hongkong, and he further requested ubat Inquiries be made through the Government as to the correctness of these statamente, and more especially as to the alleged high percent- age of recoveries, mutta

DAMAGE TO 1 HE RAILWAY.

[WORK IN THE TUNNEL DELAVED.

A correspondeat writing from Shatia under: yesterday's data makes the following observa tions regarding the damage done to the rail- way by the typhoon. His letter reads-The recent typhoon has done more dainage to the Kowloon Canton Railway pirperty at Bhalin than was previously stated. The compressor (2) I would, therefore, request that B.D.M. and dynamos are at a standstill owing to the Consul at Canton be asked to make inquirier! roof of the shops being blown off and the pro-On the face of the figures given it would up greas of the works in the tunnel has not been pear that the cases treated car wardly be all resumed since the typhoon. The "Miners," caus" of "bubanic plague. The Tong Wa *** | the bungalow occupied by the railway staff, on | Plague Hozplial in Hongkong li`in clove

| the hill opposite the tunnel, had the roof of the | munication with the Cantor Chinese Hospital verandah at the sear som sixty feet long, taken and adopts the best Chiness treatment, and it off and blown across a guich about two hundred should be expected that their percentage of and fifty yards wide. A similar disaster befell recoveries should be no less than that a conlies are employed to repair the various the refuges patients have an sighty miles the roof of the Tallway office. Hundreds of Canton, especially considering the fact that damages and it is anticipated that the repair steamer foureby before they can reach

place of treatment.-I have, etc,

The Secretary, Hongkong General Chamber of

Commerce,

[Enclosur..]

Typhoon Relief Fund Committee,

Sir Paul Chater, KL, CN.D., (chairman), Me, H. E. R. Hunter, (hog, Ireasurer), Lon. Mr. B. A. Blewett, (Hon. Secretary), Hon. Mr. Hon. Dr. Ho Kai, M.B. G., C.M.G., Hos. MT, W. J. Gresson, Hon. Mr. A. W. Brewin, Wei Yak, Hon, Capt. L. &. W. Barnes-Law rence, Messrs. E. A.. Irving, Fudy Wa Chun, Lay. Chu Pak, Tang Chi Ngong, Ho Kom Tong, Francisco Tie Yat, D. R. faw, A. G. Wood, D. Nissim, A. J. Raymond. 11. N. Mody, A Haupt, N. A. Sichs, E., Goets and A. Babington...

A YARN DISPUTE.

In the Supreme Court, this morning, Lai Yu Che, trading as the Wing Yu firm, of 165, Des Vaux Road Central, brought an fiction against the Wing Men firm and Ng Ping Yu, one of the partners, of 53, Jervois Street, to recover the sum of $46.40, being damages for alleged breach of contract, and for interest and godown rent in respect of a number of bales of Japan ese yard.

the provision of an additional typhoon shelter CLAIM FOR ALLEGED BREACH OF CONTRICT, is an urgent and par,mount necastity, the first mtter to be antifed was its location and cost, Prolonged investigation into these two ques| tions has been responsible for the greater pari of the delay which his takes place, and feality was at last reached on the report of the Fublic Works Committee of the Legislative Council (No. 1 of 1908). It was, then decided on the reports of experts that the best site was at Mong Kok Tsui, and that the scheme proposed by Mr. Boulion at as climated cost of 11The plaintiff was represented by Mr. Regi- Excellency does not propose to reopen this the defence. million dollars should be undertaken. His bald Harding, and Mr. P. S. Dixon acted for discussion, which would merely result in fur- ther delay.

5. Adverting now to your remarks regarding the deepening of Causeway Bay, i am to inform you that a lender has already been accepted for deepening the southern portion of

C. Mcl. MESSER. Secretary

To further" augment, the bindrancer 10 the works, a majority of the European staff has taken ill with fever and the outlook for a speedy The Honourable Mr. F. H. May, C.M.G., completion of the tunnel is not so promising

Colonial: Secretary. as was at first anticipated.

"YING KING'S" ANCHOR CHAIN. " An anchor chain, which is believed to belong to the steamer Ying King, has been recovered by the police. The chain was found in the poression of a fiberman, who was charged before Mr. J. R. Wood, at the Police Court, this moming. His Worship found him not guilty of the charge of unlawful possession and discharged him.'

MORE BODIES RECOVERED, "~

From a report which was received from Tai O; New Territory, today, we tain that ten more dead bodies were picked up and Luried by the foreshore, and some flating in the bay. the police. The bodies were found, some of

'OFFICIAL FIGURES..........

· The official figures of the number of persons drawsed or missing in the typhoon, as com- piled by Chief Tospector Baker, are given below. The number also includes those who lost their lives in the Ying King dis

mater. It will be seen from the list that the two European passengers who were' on board the ill-fated steamer when she founder, edare classed among the missing, figures up to date are as follows:-

Drowned.

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66

The

Killed in collapses Missing our euukaun 312 (including two Europtani) Injured

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THE "SCHUYLKILL” At manila,

Government House, 19th June, 1908. Sir, I bave the bonour to enclose extracti from the Chin's Afail of the 19th instant and tho Hongkong Telegraph of the same date to which the Sanitary Board bas levited my attention, and to inquire whether these statements, mora especially as to the alleged high percentage of recoveries, are correct,

(2).It would appear prima facie that the cases treated can hardly ha alleases of bubonia plague, for, as the Tung Wa Plague Hospital in Hongkong is in close communication, with the Cauton Chinese Hospital, and adopts the beat Chiness treatment, it should be expected that their percentage of recoveries would be po Is than that at Canton, especially in vine of the fact that the refugee patients have an eighty miles' steamer Journey before they can reach their place of treatment-1: have, atc

MARIAGE. D; LUGARD. "H. B. M. Contul, Canton,

H. B. M. Consulate General, Canton, 3rd July, 1908. Sir,In reply to your Excellency's despatch No. 111, dated June zgth, on the subject of the alleged large percentage of recoveries of plague patients treated in the Fong Pin Hospital at Canton, I have the bonour to close copy of a letter from Dr. Swan, the Medical Suparintan. dent of the American Hospital here, reporting, the results of a recent viilt to the. Fong Pin Hospital,

Dr. Davenport, Medical Officer to this Con The Manila Timer, of stat ull, safe:-sulate General whose attention I called to the Schuylkill, Captain Anderson, which went inscy's despatch under acknowledgment, in The Standard Oil Company's steamer newspaper cuttings enclosed in your Excel· ashore in Hongkong harbour in the typhoon forms me that, in his opinion, the explanation which swept over the British colony last Mon of the discrepancy between the percentage of day night add was refloated the next day, cures in the Hongkong and Canton hospitalà is to be found lo the fact that a number of the arrived in Manila Bay this morning, none the

casen treated at the Canton ipstilution are in• worse for her experience,

correctly diagnosed, and that the patients. Kro not suffering from plague at all ag

para

An aged coolle, Wan Yar Sun, fifty-six years of age, who has been in the Eabit for weeks past of disturbing the occupiers of a house in Lower Lascar Row by rapping at the door number of licensed opium-houses has been during the night, and scaning away when there carried to completion without difficulty or dis was a response, was caught fast night. The turbance, it appears to the Council dearable to people had complained to the police of the proceed with the second quarter in sufficient nuisance and a watch' was kept, which put an time to provide data whereon, the community end to the old, maa's fun. He was charged may base its final decision in this matter at the in the Police Court, this morning, and ordered below low water of ordinary spring tides and sold on the 21st November of that year, at clock on Monday afternoon and we had left of the slendo, jumps to the conclusion.

to pay a fine of $5, or go to guol for a fostnight, The fine was paid

Annual Meeting of Ratepayers in March, 1909, To this end, therefore, it is decided to bring this further measure into effacing te amber by the asme process of drawing lots and with the same notice to the Concerned Saturday, October 3, at a do'clock-p.m., is fixed for the drawing, which will be conducted as on the previous occasion in the Maloo Market,

·FRANCE AND CHINA,

The Freuch have agreed to take action against the Chinese rebels on the boundaries of Kwangtong, Kwangsi, Yuoper and Anpam, who may escape into French territory, under the following regulations

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WONG NIING, a widow, residing in the coolie quarters of the Cotton Mills, at Causeway Bay, was charged in the Police Coars, this morning, with failing to notify the police, within a certain time; of the death of her child. It appears that on Sunday the accused's child, Fung Chuk, became ill and died soon afterwards. Death was due to malarial fever, which was not known until the police wore notified and a poll morti n

beld. Soon after the child's death the mother took steps to bury the body, but was stopped by the police. Accused pleaded guilty. The Court considered that the woman was ignorant of what she was doing, and discharged her.

(1) The suspected parsons shall be preyent... ed from going into the interior of Annam...... A FIGHT occurred at a place a short distance

(3) Chinese detectives on obtaining a licence from the French may proceed to the interior for the purpose of discovering the hiding places of such persons,

(2) The cost of arresting these persons shall ¦ from the 'port of Amoy os iba 28th ultimo. It' be paid by the Chinese Government..

appears that there are two factions in the large clan of Wu in that vicinity and a dispute bad risen concerning a piece of debateable land ich both factions claimed to be the owners. Matters finally culminated on the 28th' ultimo (4) When hiding places are discovered French in a pitched battle between the classmen which soldiers will proceed, on report being lodged, | resulted in the killing of nearly thirty men, to capturo,the rebate:

bosoum being divided. There were besides [{5},The Chinese, shall remain within their double that number in wounded and as the re- boundaries.

sult was a drawn battle it is fair to assume that there will be another battle in the near future. Strange to say the authorities have not idter fered, "

(6) Chinese soldier passing the boundaries in pursuit of rebels shall hand over their arms. to the French until the latter have soldiers ont to capture the rebels.

(7) Captured rebels shall be taken before the French court before being handed over to the Chiness authorities,

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The particulars of the claim, as outlined by Mr. Harding, were that on the 14th July, 1927, the plaintiff sold to the defend- suis len, beles of yarn, delivery to be taken within sixty days. Some time in October the defendants took delivery of five bules, leaving five the Causeway Bay Shelter to a depth of 1 fastbiles is the plaintiff's godown, which the latter time when the price of yarn hd depreciated work will commence on this at once.

considerably in the Colony. The para plaintiff originally purchased for $141 per balo, but when he sold the five bales all he could get was $114 per bale, so that he lost over he transac too. About the 8th or gth July of this year, the defendants wrote to plaintiff calling for the delivery of the yarn. What the plaintiff was claiming was the difference in the price of the yarn, godown expenses and interest.

6. The next question at issue is the means by which the funds required for the new typhoon shelter are to be raised in this connection am to point out that the quotation given in your letter under reply from a despatch received from Mr. Chamberlain when Secretary of State for the Colonies does not convey as accurate. Idea of the views expressed by him. In the last paragraph of the despatch referred to he

wrote:

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* 1 desire to add that, if at any time hereafter urgent necessity should arise for increasing the general revenue, I should be prepared to con sider any proposal for again raising the ship. ping dues, as I have no reason to think that the present charge has borne very hardly as the shipping interests,"

At this stage Mr. Justice Gomperor's attention: was called to the fact that the dalendants had paid $1.93 iain Court as part payment for the godown rent for the yarn.

Mr. Gompertz-If you are not at fault why have you paid money into Court.

Mr. Dizon remarked that the money paid

In describing the storm, Second Officer Un derword said it was so dark at the time that it was impossible to see one's hand brid before the ayes. Mr. Underwood narrates the story as follows:-

* During the prevalence of the 'epidemic in Hongkong, a Chinaman contracting 'malaria or other fevers, which are often accom The steamer was ready for sea at four panied by high temperature and swelling theinter barbour and were anchored near Green that he has caught the plague. He at once Inland with a lighter alongside just completing zakes ship for Can'os, where he is met the loading of cargo, Abist noon typhoon signals were hoisted indicating that a typhoon on arrival by the agents of tig Foog Fin was blowing S. E. of Hongkong more than goo Hospital, by whom he is conveyed to that boisted denoting that the typhoon was then found that the man is not suffering from miles away at 5 o'clock red „signals were | Institution, in a few days' time, it is probably. three hundred miles off but coming dead on bubonic plague and he is dismissed, the case for the port.

anchors were holding well and to make all as a cure --I have, etc.,

"This warning gave us time to sen that our doubtless being entered in the hospital register

deck fittings snug. At to p.m. things begap

(54), HARRY H. Fex, te bum and wo, all know that we were in for more than, the ordinary blow. The glass fell to 36 20. Sheets of rain that out everything and shes of lightning lit

op the will up and we began to prepare for the rounding barbour with Inid effect. Steam was

worst," The wind at, ten 'o'clock · was blow.

Bur.

Acting Consu-General, The Medical Missionary Society's

Hospital, Day Canton, July:and, 1958,

Dear Mr. Hull,~I have delayed replying to

ing from the Nonb, and between midnight your favour, enclosing note of, inquiry from

7. In all the circumstances the Governor bales which bis clients hid taken delivery of, od then suddenly shifted to the S. E, striking visit the nativa Fong Pin Hospital in the Northu

and which had been kept for them for fifty daya, ang

on our starboard quarter and unfortunately

taking the vessel's head off the direction of the west suburbs of the city. This I have done to- - anchor-chains, so that steam power order the day. I have not been able to elicit any

circumstances was of no avail.

Mr. Compers-Did you get notice before the yarn was sold.

Mr. Dizon No. Evidence was then heard.

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"The ship being now exposed broadsideal information, I had a talk with one of on to the fory of the typhoon we began to feel the four nativo physicians in charge. He told her dragging. We had a full scops of chain. me they had about forty cases of plaane in the which was soon paid out but our big 6,000 ton hospital at the present time, nod, that about steamer was just whirled along as if she had

been a small giver boat, To stand on deck fifly per cent of their cases recovered. He was impossible, especially weighed as we were especially emphasized, what be considered tha with oil skins, so wa had to crawl on all fours | great importance of giving an astringent rather, to attend to business. We dragged along for than clearing out the bowel. Aside from that too, eventually coming up to the sandy beach ment. I am of the belief that a good many quite two miles and in remarkably short time there appeared to be to special line of freat. of Chunchus Island and, as good fuck had it, on cates this year are of a milder type than for a sandy beach

with the advice of the Executive Council de- cided that the proposed temporary incresas in light dues was a reasonabla: one for the pur Pote proposed, and that pas experience showed that it would not injuriously affect the port His Excellency bas, however, road with interest the facts you adduce to show that the condi tions of the present day are pot identical with CHOLERA AT HANKOW, those of the past and that in your view the experience of the past may prove to some Hankow papers record the deaths from extent fallacious when applied to the condilera of two foreigners on July 25 and one on tions of to-day. He proposes therefore to July 26. Mr. Shearme, chief officer of the limit the temporary increase to 2 cents instead C.N.S. Xian who had bean so inmate of the THE war on rats and other verniin is to begin deepening Causeway Bay from the special ing from an internal complaint was suddenly hoisted at once and the steamer came off with this year which made a complete recovery

al aj confs per ton,, and to exclude the cost of Roman Catholic Hospital for some time sufere quick time. Sigoats for a tug were Ag of the mortality in this diseases have "Our re flowing was eccomplished in romarke metly, and that fact may account for any Jess-

of personally known or treated several cares" in real earnest on O 1. Os ibat date the fund towards which the additional dúos are to seized with cholera at 9 p.m. and died at very little trouble as the weather had calmed ・may add That the native bospital people Society of the Destonin of Vermiu; of which | ba devoted.

1 am. The other death was that of the Rev. down, and we had suffered no injury to the told me they were receiving serem! cases, tách (8) Natives of Aunum will not be allowed to Sir James Crichton Brawee is president, will & His Excellency is not prepared to ralie Padre A. Chiarelli, who had been in hose ball. Faur hours after taking the anchorage day, of chofers, evidently the true form of this receive any Chinese unless the latter ate pro-initiate competitions among all the existing a load for this work in view of the fact that pital for five days suffering from. ■ bigt again we were ready to leave for Manila and dread disease. While I do not know of any vided with a licenco-Chincer, Public Opinion.

sparrow and sat clubs, which they hope to or- inclosive of the Lone of 1907 the Colony bas fever. He Contrec od cholera at Almost the called that same evening,j)

|| locality, whaté it is at present in apidem le form) I think the number of cases is increasing this ganise into one body. The club which kills, already raised a sum of £1.485,733 for zailway | same time as Mr. Shearme, and died

DISINTERNATIONAL RECIPROCITIES, VALUE the greatest number of rate in 11 months will construction and other purposes. The interests shortly afterwards, He was poly 33 years of

past week, on ALLEGED POACHING AFFRATeive a prize of to gainess, and there will be and sinking funds on these loans will probably age and had been stationed in Hankow seven Kwang provinces, has sent two members of him of beri-berl were in the native hospital that

H. E. Chang 18a-chun, Viceroy of the Two bill was informed that hundred and ibisty cases.

two other prizes of five and bree guincas. Ta roach 19 per centum of the Colonial 'revenue years, during which he had donesplendid work staff to Hongkong to make lequiries as: to the being nearly half of their total number of addition, there will be offered 50 prizes of one and in these circumstances no additional loan in the causs of clintity. The deceased was a extent of the disastrous typhoon which swept patients. ASSE Tokio, Joly so.. guinea each to individuals who can prove big is feasible, nor would it meet with the concur native of Venice-Os July 26, Mr. Komention of his Excellency to memorialius the quiries in regard to plague and its treatment. over that Colony the other day, as it is the in-] 3. From time to time I have, mada spēcīși în. The six members of the crew of the alleged "bage? For the country clubs there will be rence of the Secretary of State. The proposal Secretary of the German Consulate, died Mr. Throns on the subject and ask for a contribu but have discovered nothing of importance poaching vessel, Miye Maru, who have been offered, five prizes of to guineas each and to of your committee to borrow from a local Bask :Komn and his wife were taken to hospital a los in aid of the sufferers from the typh "alther in nomber of sentenced to death by a Russian Court-martial, prizes of five guinear each for the is clubs pro- at 6 per centum as an overdrat whatever, fond! week before, both suffering from chows, Mes. This is apparently, das to the Contribu are appealing...... The Japanese contend that the||viding the largest #bag, in life estimated that are required to meet the excess of expenditure: Korn succumbed

130/00 which was sent thirothera Ratalans arrested the Miys Mars outside the champing club should show a be byer the conual Busakam burritorial waar-N, C. D. News, 10,000 KRIS.

APPEAL FROM DEATH SENTENCE.