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MIDNIGHT WRECK OF A-LINER:

LOSS OF SIX LIVES,

CASTAWAYS' ESCAPE UP A CLIFF. Homeward bound through blinding log and heavy sea, the British steamer nada in vessel of 8,124 tons gross) drove ashore and became a total wreck on the Mizen Head (south of Ireland) yesterday (December 22nd).

The captain, the stewardess, and four of the crew were droward. The remainder of the sixty-five persons on board were flung upqur iba rocks.

The wreck occurred soon after midnight From then, until eight o'clock the survivors clung desperately to the rocks, unable to move, and with the waves close upon them..

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY JANUARY 30, 1909.

CHINESE NEW CLOTHES "DAY,

COPIUM IN INDIA.

COMMERCIAL.

WERKLY SHARE REPORT. Reviewing the share business for the week, Messrs. E. S. Kadoorie & Co. write on the 291a lust, sm

Although business has not been very active, stocks · show an improvement and Hongkong Banks in particular have been in good demand...

With less emotion, but more curiosity, wo

Writing of poppy culture and opium mano“ approach each successive Chinese New Year facture ip India, the American Consul-General Day in the same spirit as we do our own first of Calcutta says that diep pinugbing is prac of the year. That is upless dollar-bousing, tired for the poppy, which is not the case with place-finding, or sports do not make us indiffer any other crop grown in India; the same kind ent to the customs and feeling of the people of plough is used now as was in vogue con- who are se largely of our Colonial life, if not tories ago. It is a rudely-constructed imple-several “so deeply in it as some would wish. What wo|ment with one handio, a shaft, and the share co most commonly is some interruption of beam. The fast is usually made of the babal ordinary busineer, much brightness and colour tree, because it is tough. A long painted pieca Banks-Hongkong and Shanghal Bankı in the streets, and, surprise of surprises, the of the iron in attached to the share beam to have been in good demand and a considerable faithful tukang ayer neglecting to sweep the protect the wood, and to enable the plough to business has taken pluca as high as Spoo and a house but. What we always hear in the sink more deeply into the ground. This few more shares might be placed at this price. appeal for wages la advance—some time in "plough is drawn by two bullocks. The laud Marion Fosurances. Cantons have ruled advances that the tailor can, have sufficient is then harrowed, and it is ready for irrigation,weiker with sellers st. 519. Unions have ad- time" to make the new clothes that are indis.. which is accomplished by drawing water from Vanced to 5310, at which rate buyers prevail. Yaagtsres are, a shade easier, and sales are pensable on the first day of the first moon of the your; the demand for the payment of all

reported in the North at 5182) dues to Chinese tradesmen, before the ebd of the year; and the certain hops expressed that things will look up after the Chinese New Year" What we 'don't alwayi appre clato is, the reason why at this particular season the Chinaman does so many things The vessel (which came from Galveston, out of the usual course of his life.. Now Texas) had encountered fog and rough weather the simplest explanatioo;", and the most satle- for the previous eight days and observation byfying to those that can be content with it the sun had been impossible. Some anxiety is that it is the custom. "Ole custom" and appears to have been felt as to her exact posi. the Malay "adat" is the faith in the past tion, and the captain and first officer were on the bridga when the shock came.

At length a few men working upon a new signal slation sighted the castaways. Ropes were lowered and all were hauled up the rocks, "The"frada" struck the rocks half, an hour after midnight. The spot where she went ashore has been the scene of some twenty pre vious wrecks. A fog signal station is now being erected there.

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Shipping-China and Manila continue on offer at Sig. Douglases are in favour ni the improved rate of 515. There are further buyers of Hongkong, Canton and Macio Stammboste al Sigh, but none aré obtainable at the rate. It is notified that at the forthcoming meeting of shareholders the Directors of this Company will recommend the following appropriation o

Co-day's Advertisements.

HARBOUR MASTER'S DEPARTMENT, IT is hereby notified that information has

been received from the Military Authors ties that GUN PRACTICE will be carried out

* under :-

Oa THURSDAY FRIDAY, MONDAY and TUESDAY, the 4th, 5th, 8th and 9th February From Lyamus F.C. in a North-Easterly direction, at ranges up to 6,000 yards, commencing at 3 P.M., and finishing

ALTÖ P.M.

If the weather is unfavourable on any of the following day, "above","dates," "practice will take place on the

All ships, junks and other vetrols are to keep clear of the ranges.

BASIL TAYLOR,

Commander, RN,

Harbour Master, &c.

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Honokọng, aqth January, 1909., NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, BREMEN, IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LÍNE NOTICE TO-CONSIGNEES. THE Steamship.

"PRINZ REGENT LUITPOLD,"

of Opium, Tremurs and Valuables, are belag landed and stored at their risk into the hazardous and for extra hazardous Godowns of the Hong. kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Com. pasy, Limited, at Kowloon, and West Point Godowns, whence delivery may be obtained; ·

No Claims will be admitted after the Goods. bave left the Godowns, and all Gooda, romals. ing, undelivered after the 6th of February, will be subject to rent.

to be left in the Godowns, where they will be All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods are

examined on the 6th of February, at gne A.M.

All Claims must reach or before the reth of February, 1989, or they will not be recognized.

No Fire Insurance will be affected. Bill of Lading will be countersigned by the Undersigned.

NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD.

MELCHERS & Co., General Agents.

Hongkong, 30th January, 1009

Public Companies.

THE CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN AND MORTGAGE COMPANY, LIMITED":

MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS in "HE TWELFTH ORDINARY ANNUAL

the Company will be held at the OFFICES of the Company, St.George's Building, No.6, Con naught Read, en SATURDAY, 6th February 1909, at 11.30 AM., for the purpose of receiving

Statement of Accounts and the Report of the December, 1958, declaring Dividend and Gagaral Manager for the year ending 31st electing a Consulting Committee and Auditors, will be CLOSED from MONDAY, the Ist The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company February, until SATURDAY,, the 6th Febru ary, 1909, both days inclusive, hyres

SHEWAN TOWIE A CÓ General Managers. Hongkong, aib January, 1909...

HONGKONG, CANTON AND MAÇAO STEAMBOAT COMPANY, LIMITED,

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

THE

EIGHTY-FIFTH ORDINARY HALF-YEARLY," MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS in the Company, will ba held at the Office of the Company, Hotel Mansions, on TUESDAY, the 9th February, at 12 o'clock Noon, for the purpose of receiving a Report of the Directors, declaring a Dividend, alecting Auditor

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 25th January to the 9th February, both days inclusives

By Order of the Board of Directors,

W. E. CLARKE,

Secretary, Hongkong, 18th January, 1909.

THE KOWLOON LAND AND BUILDING. COMPANY, LIMITED."

NOTICE in bereby given that the TWEN

TIETH ORDINARY MEETING or SHAREHOLDERS-in this Company will be ings, on TUESDAY, the 9th February, 1909, held at the Company's Offices, Victoria, Build-

at Ez o'clock Noon, for the purpose of receiv ing the Report of the Directors, together with Statement of Accounts for the year ending 318t December, 1908;

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well, with two bullocks, and running it through a sluice to the land. The patch of land, from one-third, to two-thirds of an acre, is sor-

Fire Insurances-China Fires have ruled rounded by an embankment, which defines the steady at $106, Hongkong Fires are firmer at boundary, helps the water for inundation, and || $130, after sales at the rate. serves on pathways.” One well cap be made to serve twenty to thirty farms of one " beegak,”: that is, ons-third of an acro in extent. There are thousands of these wells throughout India used for irrigation in growing every kind of crop. They are comparatively cheap and con- venient, as the farmers dig and equip the wells, and bread the bullocks themselves, so that well that covers a multitude of practices, some irrigation is the cheapest. Moreover, the Go-Dividend of Sit por shard; $15,000 be written having arrived, Consigness of Cargo are hereby confirming the appointment of Directors; and | harmless and easy to carry out, others" ea verment can impose so tax for the water, as is. of book value of steamers, wharves and pro-informed that their Goods, with the exception In a few minutes the engines om warflood-tailing inconvenience and cut. Probably at done when it is supplied from Government parties; $20,000 bs placed to credit of deprecia ́ed and the captain gave orders to get out the bed rock most of the practices spring from the tanks or reservoirs, or from canals. There aretion and insurance fund; $20,000 be placed to boals. The fatter, were useless in the broken universal motives of placate the evil and drive 25,500,000 acres of land in India irrigated by the credit of Special Repairs Fund; and the water, and the casisways started to scramble it away, and woo, the good. The belief in all.

well and private irrigation. The poppy seed is balance of $10,397, 30be carried forward to New hors. Escaping the waves, they yet had to powerful evil being commoner than that ip all mixed with sand, so that it will not be sown too Account. Shell Transposta are weaker at 45/- face a terrible experience, having only a bare powerful good, the first thing to be done to,en- thickly, and one-third of the mixture is scat-

Star Ferries, old and new, ara in demand at footing on the rocks. Here they clung in the sute a happy year is to do nothing that willtered over the prepared ground and the other quotations, dark, afraid to move, until the dawn çame.

excite the asimosity of the maligaast spirits two-thirds held for future sowing on the same

Refineries-China Sugars have improved to About eight o'clock they were seen by, the A great part of Chinese folk-lure consists of soil. The farmer then gives the ground a Stig at which rate they are wanted. Lazons men working at the erection of the new fog the study of good or ill-luck attached to days watering. When the soil is dried out to tome

continue quiel al 518 In the North Perak signal station. The workern let down ropes or seasons. It is a universal factor in every-extent, he again ploughs the land, but not so Sugars are reported sold at Tie, 100, and hauled them up the side of the precipitous day life because so much is printed, and can deeply as at first; harrows, and then sows áo, Nining.-There are further sollers of Raubs rocks, From that point to the top of the cliff be read to or by the lowest classes. In other third of the mixture of sand and poppy at 588. Chinese Engineerings are unchanged. the castoways scaled the ladders used in con.. Europe an Old Moore's almanack, or Zadkiel's, seed which is treated as the first third. Then Docks, Wharves, and Godowas-Kowloos nection with the works.

represent the chief efforts in the way of follows the sowing of the last third, and similar Wharfs have again been done to some extent. Assembled at the top, in safely at last, they foretelling, luck or evil. In China. every treatment. Three pounds of poppy send will the market closing' a little wankör with nollers took a roll-csil, and found, Captain Roberts, book-stall has its dozens of books dealing with sow a "beegab." In a few days the seeds at Si5 Whampoa Docks are steady at $92. Miss Maxwell, the stewardess, and the sailor superstitions of this kind, which are perpetu-sprout and send up rich groom shoots. Then It is officially notified that subject to audit the Mathews, Deacon, Connell, and Keich mistated, and promulgated to an extraordinary way comes the particular work of thinning out the Directors of this Company will recommend at ing. The body of Connell was recovered in amid the millions. la China the court astro-sprouts. To accomplish this, the women and the forthcoming meeting of shareholders, a the evening by coastguards,-

logers are omnipotent in fixing lucky day for children crawl alos, much in the same way as

dividend of 8% $;pir share, pána S21,000 10 The crew had miraculous escapes and about ceremonies and bothing can be done without is done in weeding and thinning sugar beets, special account; write $18,000 of Cosmopoli ten were injured. Every kladnens was shown reference to them. The phrase constantly ac

In about thirteen weeks the fields are in a

tau Docks and floating plant, and carry for- them by Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, an Irish engi- curs: "So and so being a lucky day, the Em- beautiful white bloom, for the white poppy is the ward about $184.000, Shanghai Docks are on meer and his wife, and the men under his peror will proceed; &c," The first element is one richest in opium, and women and children offer in the North at Tis. 76 Hongkow What's have been sold at the improved rate of Tis. 155.

few years ago, by which it was made an offence charge. All were afterwards cared for by the recurring period-the seventh day, the are set to work gathering the beads. They are Messrs. F. McCarthy and Co., of Crookhaven, seventh month; ibes multiples of Teven, the carefully packed in baskets, and later made into Lands, Hotels and Buildings-Anglo-French for any person to impart opium except for book and will be forwarded to Liverpool.

14th, 181b, and 35th days after a death, for

*rotis," which look like bread cakes, eight or

Lands have advanced to Tis. ras, but there are fidemedicinal purposes, has proved to ban dead instance. While we Europeans saddle Fiten poppy heads being baked in one cake. The

sellers at the rate.. Hongkong Hotels, after letter owing to the extensive amount of smug. IRADE PROSPECTS IN JAPAN. day as the unlucky day of the week, they cakes are reduced to powder and afterwards sales at Soo, hava fanhor inquiries. Hong-ling that has been carried on at unguarded

have selected a number in each month as mixed with the liquid opium in the factory, kogg Lands are wanted at 589, ex the final parts of the coastline. Large seizures of the drug HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA DOCK The following editorial appears in a recent unlucky, following the precedent of (or set When the crop of poppy hands is gathered, work dividend of $3 per share, paid on the 281b have been made from time to time, and these istan of the Bombay Garelle :-The 'sudden ting it to) Egypt, fodia, and Assyria. The begins in the opiam "kothi," which is a shed inse-West Points are:quoted 514 vr the fins!" According, however, to the last mail from

have been destroyed. by order of the Customs.. depression in trade which affected the whales, 8th, 13th, 20th and 25th day of the made of bamboos and thatched with grase, dividend of $2 per share paid on the 26th at Melbourne, a recent seizure of 3,500 1, worth of Cause it found the country sucked into a whirl is for certain things the day of luck. You may tied in a bundle, and laid aside, for juice to

Directors of this Company have declared a pool of mad speculation, Bank failures were on this date, iû almon 'asy year (1) make reli-

ooze out during the night. The juice thus obfiaal dividend of 6% Tle. 3, and a bonus of been issued by the Federal Government that numerous and the lessoos taught so siero thatgious vows; (2) put on full dress; (3) make arloed is carefully scooped up and preserved Tis. 2 for the half year ending 31st December. this and all future seizures shall be sold to both mercbaris and the public have become, frangements for weddings or get married; (4) in an earthen jar. A poppy head will stand

druggists at the market valus. anything, over-cautious. Little by little con- pay calls; (5) order new clothes of commencs fidence is returning, but the movement is ex new bouses; (6) enter iplo new commercial from five to six puncturings, which are made overy other day, by which time the head has ceedingly slow, and it is forecasted that years enterprises; (7) collect accounts; (8) commence yielded all the juice that will oore out. The must elapse before a return can be made to any of the agricultural operations-all with heads are then broken off and the stalks made the state existing before speculation worked fair chance of success. The Chinese "first bavne. There are signs that the feading foot has certain features similar to that of the into bundles, for both the heads and stalks are Siuncial and commercial firms are taking Barbarians over the Border.g, drisk with sold to Government. After the crop has been

sound view that it is better to re your friend'; and be careful whom you sob first thus gathered and put into marketable shape Borneos have been effected at Sri and more daily newspaper by a woman'named Mrs.

the Government officer comes into the neigh bourhood, and sends word that he is ready to test, weigh, and pay for the opium produced. The old factory at Pains is one of the largest factories in Bengal, as well as one of the oldest. Here the crude apium is agato tested and then Rakes are then used in stirring and in equalising put into large vats, which are slightly heated.

OPIUM SMUGGLING IN AUSTRALIA,

The Oplum Prohibition Act, which came into force is the Commonwealth of Australia a

The REGISTER of SHARES of the Com -pany will ba CLOSED from WEDNESDAY," the 3rd February, to TUESDAY, "the" gth February (both days inclusive), during which period no transfer of Shares can be registered.:-

By Order of the Board of Directors,

A. SHELTON HOOPER, Secretary to the Hongkong Laud Invest- ment and Agency Company, Ltd. Agents for The Kowloon, Land und

Building Company, Ltd. Hongkong, 27th January, 1999.

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world came especially heavily on Japan, be-mooth are very lucky. But New Year's day The heads are pasctured with four needles Shanghai Lande ara quiet at Th. 120, Theopium in not to be destroyed, and an order bay or SHAREHOLDERS will be held in

very

Enver slowly and thoroughly than to make too Rreat haste festa false step should cause an other period of depression. Que significant feature is that the American entente bad practically no effect on the markets, though Fracasso Bonds and other countries are since become a more active buyer

(a Buddhist priest is most ill-foreboding). The first words heard in the year affect the fortune of the bearer. (to Lincolnshire it is arranged that a first foot shall repeat a lucky rhyme). The Chidese women go out secretly and listen sentence heard is held to contain a prediction, to persons talking in the street, and the first

fol'nwing the example. The explanation of good or bad, of the listener's luck for the ensu the French purchases is probably to be founding year.

Catton Mila-Ewes have risen to Ti, 86. Internationals are quoted Tis. 7o buyers, Lau Kung Mows, Th. So nominal, and Soychees Tls. 280 sellers, according to latest Shanghai circular to band,

Miscellaneous. Further sales of China

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WOMAN'S PROGRESS IN CHINA.

A NEWSPAPER FOR THE FAIR SEX. Of the many signs of progress in Ching, says the Strails Echa, one of the most interesting and unique is the editing and publishing of a

can be placed at the rate. China Providenis Chang, a native of Peking. After marriage, to aro obtainable at Sro, after sales. Green is a Chinese official, says the Sunday at Home, land Cements have again changed hands to asha spent several years in Central China, large extent and may be had at 591. Hong where she learned much about the condition kong Ropes have risen to 5251, at which price of the people; and subsequently, upɔn the buyers prevail. Small sales of Steam Land death of her husband, returned sace more to

ads. Sumantras are inquired for in the dries are reported at $56. Langkats are easier her native city in North China. at Tis. 850, at which rain shares have changed

Nonh at Thu, 17,

Exchange-The Bank's selling rate on Los- don in 1/9-1/16 on demand. The T/T. rate on Shanghai is 74.

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Meanwhile, Mrs. Chang's mind bad become

COMPANY, LIMITED.""

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

HE ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING

the Offices of the Company, Qacea's Buildings, New Praya, on MONDAY, the zand February, 1909, at 12 o'clock noon, for the purpose of Statement of Accounts to the grit December, receiving the report of the Directors and the

1908.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 8th to the 22nd February, both days inclusive.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

THOS. 1. ROSE, Secretary. Hongkong, 27th January, 1009.

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Notices of Firms.

NOTIOR

intent on the progress of her country, and like-M from our Employment, Coates to sign

wise convinced that development was largely possible by the removal of prejudice and superstition, and also through the uplifting of

kar sex, shà còurageously decided to start a daily newspaper for women called the Prking Woman's Nawr, which, on its own lines, in without a rival in the whole world. Upon the appearance of the paper it is said that even educated Peking looked on with mild surprise.

the fluid preparatory to its being boiled, and the ló a growing disieclination in France to invest The use of crackers is commonly explained powdered pads put in to thicken it. When the mass is of the proper thickness it is taken out in Germany and Japan offers a good substitute, as driving away evil spirits. They are charts If this attitude of French capitalists should pure and simple and imitate the crackling of and put into earthen moulds, where it remains Then it in cortique, the latroduction of French funds in bimboo, which plant has great force in attract-natil it becomes quite hard. to Japan will be vastly facilitated, the enormous, ing good spirits and driving away bad. A rod queered into the shape of balls the size of wealth of the Republic belog well known. As of green bamboo is carried at funerals by near. small apples. These bails are dead in the sub, and afterwards stored away in, a room, on might be expected, the increased demand ly' related mourners, and is called the dog dri shelves one above the other. When it is ready for Japanese Bonds abroad bas favourably ing rod, being efficacious in keeping away affected the market in Japan and prices show spirits who might stop the way of the departed.pack is chests, s native climbs from tier to En dpward tendency. During November, the Burding bamboos drive away the malignant tier forty feet above the cement floor, and export al. Japanese Bonds to England alone devils called Shan. sino; if bambos is incondrops ball after ball, in quick succession, reached abbal 200,000, and a number of venicut, and does not always crackle, try crack. these being caught by a native below have been fixed by the Stock Brokers' Associa vigorous, healthy men, China must have.cor

evil

Jarge orders have been received from France ers-"devil bim no savee; allee pams bamboo." until all the 'shelves ara empty.

and Americs. 'Commerce, however, is little affected by the larger call for Bonds and several of the larger compisoles are writing down their capital. The end of the year saw at least one large failure in the Imperial Petroleum Com- pany which in 1907 decreased its capital by Bearly half after a short life with a capital of one million Yen. The place where one might expect a brighter outlook offers no sucourage ment. The financial writer.of a Koba journal says that it is very long since the country's zrade with China entered such a dull stage, awing in the first place to the boycott set up to South China and the Fall of silver. Fieding it disadvantageous to carry on transactions with Chloeso merchants in Japaò alone, the japan" ese mszíne products merchants have made

Near the

The Chinese have one other trait in common opium factory is a saw mill, where the wood is with Europease as their New Year: they freely cut in proper lengths and made into boxes. 'In make good resolution to do the things that these boxes the opium' is packed for shipment ought to be don't; and omit things that ought and bome consumption. The odour of opium not to be done. "The last glass-teetotaller arising from the factory can be detected a long way off, and 'a visitor to the factory will soon next year" has a Chinese counterpart, made under very similar circumstances, namely, realise a sense of drowsiness, as if he had taken when the first footing battle is foally emptied dose of laudanum.. and the greyness of the morn begins to show. Well, well; good resolutions made with the last of the old year, or with the dawn of the new, may they not lack efficacy, either for the Chinese or for others.

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A TWO-HEADHD. CHILD.

Member, Medical Association, Naraingunge Babu Radha Bailey Paul, L. R. C. P., Hony, (Dacca) writes to a Calcutta daily:-A female child aged 4 months, daughter of Madru Nath THE JUHORİ OPIUM FARM.

of village Babdi, thana Naraingunge, was ad- mitted into the Victoria Hospital, Naraingunge, A short time ago, we stated that the Jobore:| on 25-12-08 with an overgrowth from the buck efforts to start a direct export business. 7 hey Opium and Spirit Farm was held by the Singa. which resembled a second hand, with asked the Miteni Bussan Kaisha för assistance, pare Opium Farmers and lost. heavily. The impression ours, nose, and hair thereon. The and the Kaisha agreed to let its branch at farmers asked for a reduction, but the Jabara shape of the fleshy part was like that of an Hongkong deal with their goods. Besides, Mr. Government refused to grant a reduction suffi.apple. The stem, was about 4 inches in length. Adachi and Mr. Ito, marine producte exporters cient to cover the expenses, and ́took over the The weight of the girl is 8lbs, and that of the at Yokobama, and Mr. Kobayashi, a drug ex- farm, and worked it on the Jobore Government's growth was lb. 1-5 oz. The history of the child parer there, have tried direct export, entering account. The new arrangements wore tried for is that it was so from its very birth. The cate into a contract with the Onishi Shotcu at Hong a few months, but silil the farm did not pay, was taken up by Dr. H.G. H. Munrowd and kony. The results so far, are said to have been and the Johore Government have now asked | Q. H. A. Upendra-Chandra Chuckerbotty, who yely good. As is always the cass, the ship. ballding Industry is suffering, but, as we have the farmers to work the farm again at a lower very successfully operated on it. The child is pointed out on several occasiour, the bounty rest. This rent is now pui at $77,500. per much better now and thorn is every hope of its system has had a very bad effect on-Japanese "month, which is $10,000 less than the old rent. being completely cured very shortly, skipbuilding bý securing a large fleet of expen It is considered satisfactory that the old

ira boats chiefly designed for speed instead of arrangements have been reverted to, as it is "The King" or, "King Edward"! The building with a view to the profitable carriage always well for the Jphore and Singapore former is, undoubledly, the correct form. For of cargo. The effects of the system warp pat nat to anyone who cared to examine the condi. farms to be in the same hands-Stralis Times, & pot inconsiderable portion of the warld there tions, and little sympathy, therefore, need be

is but one King."The King stands at the falt for those who are now suffering from a THK: Chinote Press has addressed a joint peti-head of the cficial Army and Navy Lins, Mr. reaction from a foolist and greedy policy. tion to the Ministry of the Interior praying for President says: " Gentleman, the King'!" when „„Generally speaking, the prospects of the com- lug year if not brilliant aro, sill, not black and

pardon to Pêng Yi-chung and Tang Chi hin, be proposes the regulation toast. King Ed. The opening of the Diet and publication of the ex-Editors in Peking, who were ordered home ward" now savours of that regrettable familiars "Government policy of vetrenchment which is and placed under official surveillance for offend. lty which priots "Prince Eddy," and Mrs. promised may have a greatly revivifylog affect. | log the Government

Jack," and " Mer, Willio," and so forth,

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Dividends Payable-Hongkong & Wham pos Docks, foal of $4 for 1908, payable on the aand February. Hongkong, Canton and Macao Steamboats, foal of $1 for 1908, pay able on the gth February. Hongkong and Shanghai Banks, dividend and bonus of £3. 51-. Shanghai Lands dividend and bonus of Tis. 5. Forward Seulements. The following dates tion of Hongkong for Forward Settlemente

February Settlement 26th Feb, March

11 30th March. April

25th April 31st May. 29th June.

TO-DAY'S EXCHANOR.

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4 months' sight acaínamuomal{9} America-Back T.T...... France-Bank T.T.

. Mrs. Chang forcibly argues that, if China is to challenge successfully foreign aggression, she must become strong; and in order to have respondingly strong, healthy mothers; bence,

foot-binding must go, and physical culture and hyglene have place in the schools. Further, that China's men may be the equal of other astions, women's training ought to begin in the home, supplemented by schools for girls and the establishment of lecture halls for

Women.

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-SUN SPOTS.

It is asserted with the solemnity of ADRODD- 3:10cing a new doctrine that the sun is all-import Gompany-Back T.T..................179 dictum appeared in the news columns of a 428 | ant as dominating the planetary system," This

india T.T. seseor÷100...............................................1311 highly respected daily paper, and was" said In

Do. demand Shanghai-Bank T.T. ...mome

132 reference in the recent outbreak of spots- "...74 were they "heat-spots?"on the sun's surface, japan-Batik T.T...........................81 might affect the character of the weather. On Slogapore-Bank T.T. per.H.K, S100753. and to the possibility that their enormous area java-Bank T........................76 the fath of November in northern latitudes, the 'spots were seen to be of great magnitude, the

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4 months' sight L′]0, ..............................1/9 7/16 group measuring 90,000 miles in length. days' sight San Francisco & New York..439 17th. Many of this set disappeared, but 6 months' sight. L/C, ........1/9 9/16 They spread out to 160,000 miles by the

4 months' night 30 days' sight Sydney & Melbourne....9 11/16 quite visible to the naked eye. The bus! [441] by the 19th' others 'developed and were

Prime 3.25 | consequences of those phenomena are bril ................3.27, lisnt auroral, displays, magnetic plorma aud 1,1.84 ́similar atmospheric diversions, but up to the

17th of November, nothing special bad result ed although astronomers had extended the period in which they might be looked for by 2,11,37 || half a wask. The great disturbance in the ran itself and its ravived activity as indicated, if wa mast believe those who ought to know, by the appearance of apote on its surface, come at imegular intervals, though expected about every eleven years, and must mean a great deal to astronomers, even if they do not work much change in the atmosphere for ordinary sorri». torisin, who contemplate or ignche with com mendable indifference the outbreak of any natuber of spots on their only sem.

NOVEMBER exhibited some improvement in the external demand for British rails, the ax ports for the mouth being valued at £219,644, at contpared with €171,652 in November 1907, and £264,379 in November 1996. This was principally attribuitable to an improved demand in Argentina, which took British rails in Novam bor to the vius of 2,100, as compared with

24925 and 615,for respectively

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