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SAWATSON & CO.

LIMITED.

ESTABLISHED AD: 1841.

AERATED WATER

MANUFACTURERS.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH TUESDAY APRIL 12 1910

one at Yaumati. In the outlying districts,

1OCAL AND GENERAL

THE Hupeh Representatives returned to- Han kow on Friday and were welcomed by a repre sentative crowd of over ten thousand people. it is stated that the Waiwopu has appointed three interpreters to serve in the foralgs Legs. tions in Peking, but the reason for such service is not stated.

VICEROY Yuu Shu-hullo in Canton, has op. proved the request of the Kwangtung Provincial Assembly strictly prohibit the sale of lottery tickets from other provinces.

such as Shaukiwao and Aberdeen, mabus! machines only are to band, whilst, of course, & NATIVE who was found in unlawful posses the big sugar-houses and dockyards possession of so taels of opium dross was this morning their own fre-extinguishing appliances foed 520 or two months' imprisonment. H There are two fire-dsats in the Harbour one stationed opposite the Master Attend ant's office and the other off Noa Police Station, and both of these are capable of deallug with fires occurring either among the shipping or on the sea front. The need for the latter form of ma- chins was enforced upon the Government by the frequency with which free took place amidst the petroleum funks that ply between godown and godown or from the storage buildings to the shipping in the Harbour and they did a wise thing #hen they ordered the construction of a powerful||A CHINAMAN was this morning fund $100 for new fire-float to cope with the danger. This keeping an opium divan at No. 6, Jubilee was built by Mesars, Bailey & Co. and en- Street. Twenty-three others were each fined gined by Merryweathers." It is just in the $40 for smoklag on the primises, process of being taken over from the builders and the results have proved satisfactory both to the constructors and to the Government. CHAM-So much for the Harbour. It is very well provided for. But as regards the city and suburbs there yet remains a very great deal to be improved upon. Immense advance has been made in the system since the coming as Firemaster of Mr. A. Laze of the Metropolitan Brigade-whose place since he went on leave a few weeks ago has been ably filled by Crown-Sergeant R Mac Donald and reforms were observable and discipline stiffened as a result, But there still remained the rift within the lule. The REFRESHING. Government were willing to expend a certain

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HONGKONG and KOWLOON, Hongkong, 2111 March, 1910-

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The HONGKONG TELEGRAF addrewed in The Editor, 1, len. Ilonae Itoed, ard should be accompanied by the Witter's Naine aid

amount of money in bringing the equip ment up to modern requirements, but were unwilling to go in for a thorough refurbish. ing of the antiquated system which was in being. Meanwhile Singapore and Shanghai

Mason motor fine engines. It was argued bas been equipping themselves with Shand and

That the typy of mac of the narrownol its streets, the crookedness and precipitous ness of its many side streets, so we remain in possession of a group of fire engines which have to be hauled by coolies to the seat of fire at a rate of about three miles an hour,

this machine, was unsuitable to

The Local Market and the Rubber Boom.

OTHER INDUSTRIES GOING A-BEGGING

THB CHIN

HIS PECULIARITIES AND VAGARIES. (Special to LadTM Hongkong, Telegraph.*) Those persons who have dwelt any length of time la China cannot have failed to get on Insight foto the quear characteristics which be

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MARICAN

Before Mr. this aftan the instance consp

·BY ALLANAN

Mr. W. E. L. Shenton prosecuted the complaisant

R. Harris defended.

`RAUD GOLD-MINING BILARES IMPROVING

As the result of several interviews which along to the Chinese Boy. Be they house Boys, he can been able to obtain with local brokers and all are marked with much the same brand. If representative of the Hongking, Telegraph has office Boys, baz Boys, or billiard room Boys, commission agents, it appears that the share is, of course, the house Boy from whom the market here is still partially paralysed except newcomer to the country gets the first shock Mr. Shenton stated that defendant in one direction that of rubber, If there is of the many, which have inevitably to follow charged with conspiring against Allaus, as a one exception to the sole prevailing after making acquaintance with his type. The result of which Alians was assaulted by im in the Raub Australian Gold Mining Boy that the writer engaged when he first came Indian named Ala Deen, who had, slace beau Company, where shares are being held to China was a treat and a revelation. I don't convicted, on the 3rd March fast ins Wyndham on to by those who know, even by those now remember how many times hey it an ad. Nt net as the complainant was fateralag home, who desire to use all their loose money in Vance of wages to go to Canton to buy his D. R. Captain stated that he was manager of rubbar.. If it in the fact, as we read in great grandfather, but the latter esteemed per D. R. Caplain and Company, 25, Hollywood the Home papers, that London is simply mad sonage must bava had as many lives as a cat. om rubber lavestmaats, it is no less true.

Road. He know the complainant, who was board. On one occasion, though, when ha, bad got ing and lodging in D. R. Captain and Com that Hongkong has followed suit. In London leave for the sall-same purpose and had gone pany, for which he paid $75 a month. He had it appears that the demand for rabber scrip is away with the assurance that his stay would be known defendant for five or six years, duilog is stated in integrams from Constantionplecies which offer it for public sale are daily Queen's Road the day afterwards. When chalat 33, Das Voux Road. He was in thi

almost bysterical. The banks and other agen-boly three days, I saw him by chance in which time the latter carried on Busin tht in a strent in ipek, Albanian brigand shot besieged by crowds of hungry investors clamor lenged upon the matter, bo confessed that he habit of seeing him- almost everydaya.. at and wounded the military commanderous for precedence of issue, timail Hakki, and killed a major who was acetylene IN HONGKONG,

He saw defendant on the 26.b Fabruary lasti‹ companying him.

4.Defendant asked witness to toll Allana to be careful and let him alood, otherwise be and if he did not do it, he would get would break his hand and take cui bla teeth other people to do it for bim. He also said that he had already "fixed" a Pathan to look after him. He told witness that he could sou for himself that Allana did not lasva biês | alone, Witness asked defendant what Allapk had dine to him and be replied that all st was still going to the Official Receiver a pince about the business of 5. E. Allana and Com pany. Witesse said he did not think that!? Allans could do anything, as the Official Receiver aiready knew everything. He further sald that he bad to go to Messra Wilkinson and Grist and also to Mr. Potter and that it had cost him $1,000 in the last four days. Witness said to iseve it alone and settle ha whole matter Witonas, knew Ala Daan, who used to work in Maricae's shop. Dafind

employment la the Hamburg-America Come aut told him that, the man had obtained

Pany. Before be obtained the last-maation" place. Witness saw Marican again on the ed employment, he worked in Mancan'at

4th of March in his shop. Witonen salds

You've got a good trap but the Pathan didn't** do well. Marican replied. Yes, the Pathan 2, old me so. He ran away. If he had come in

PRINCE. Kung, Anti-Oplum Commissioner, proposes to tour in all the provinces next montb, in order to investigate the results of the prohibition of opium smoking and plantation, and to test again suspected oplam-smoking officials, «

TELEGRAMS from Liverpool report that the railing vessel Kats Thomas, while being 'lowed steamer ard foundered in ten minutes, round Land's End, was run into by an noknown Eighteen men were drowned, an apprentice

being the sole survivor,

A WELL-INFORMED Correspondent writer to the Shanghai Time to say that he has lately made a four months' jurney through Aahai

coltivation. and Honan, is the whole course of which he did not see single poppyfield ander

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IT is stated that the Ministry of Finance st Peking bas prepared a financial statement of the country, on the basis of the returns submit

by the different provinces, and according to ficit of Tis. 20,000,000 for the Empire. this statement there is likely to be a yearly de-

in gambilog and was therefore unable to go to to reprimand him on the ganib'ing incident, his native place. It was, of course, of no us for he was a born gambler; like all the other Boys in the house, and the crowd of them were in the habit of sitting up playing games of chance the best part of each night. It was a common belief in the house, indeed, that they kept it up all night and only stopped when it was necessary to bring in the early morning coffes.

My Boy, though a good and willing worker, had some bad babits in service that were ineradic

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the same thing applies. One well-known morning, stated that it was no uso at present broker, who was interviewed by the writer this to attempt to float any new enterprite locally that did not embrace the cultivation of rubber within its programme. If that industry did &gure on the prospectus, the money was fouth coming but not otherwise. He himself had put "pa schema during the last few days which required only some $40,000 10 $50,000 to good thing and admitted to be such by bis capitalise, and, silhough it was obviously a business friends none of them would touch it on any account because they wanted all thairable. For instance, I chided him more than available capital forinvesting in the rubber fields. once for bringing in the cup of coffee with half in the same way, other local industries are if its contents spilled into the saucer. One going through a process of starvation by morning when he had been panicularly no resses of the withdrawal of capital which glectful in this respect 1 spoke to him pretty had previously been devoted to their na severely, whereupon be calmly sald Maskee tenance and development. In the opinion of and poured the offending saucerfel out on to many exparts on the robber fields-to whose the curpat. And be had no idea in this the present high rate of the market will be judge from bis impassive visage. But be was interest it is, of course, to keep up the boom- of being impudent so far as one could maintained for five or six years to come; but ast very happy in that house, for the landlady there are some Hongkong brokers who do noting bitterly to the office on more than one bad little use for him, and bo came down cry. hesitate to express the view that

pccasion complaining she had slapped his face. He had a great objection, too, against looking after the dog and easing bits fad. was apparently derogatory to his

SENSE OF DIGNITY

A CRASH

is inevitable sooner or later and that invenors will "get their fingers Burst." So far as the

That

whether the outbreak happens to be in the Tun Shanghai Taotai has lustiad a second pro- situation of the share müket äffects, Hongkong and no part of his work. He was a great lover the hands of the Pathen, he would have fized

of picnics and shooting parties and would cheerfully carry the gun or any package for ten miles on the road for the sake of a couple of days' outing in the New Territory, A

at present, the main fact to be deplored is the neglect whica is being shown towards local concerns that require capital in order that they may carry on to azy advantage.

One of the best instances that can be cited is pany, which used to bear a lot of local capital that of the Raub Australian Gold Mining Com-

This disinclination of his to have anything

central hotels in Hongkong and who had a French lady who bad apartments in one of the to do with the dog, recalls to my mind a

good, dutiful servant, but that dog was the very pretty little toy spaniel Her Boy was a

upon him was to take the little fellow uus for bele noir of his life. Part of the duties imposed

In the curly part of his servitude with her, an airing when his vivacións místrons remsin-

when he had positively refused to lead out the auimal, she so belaboured biar with her parasol la the hotel vestibule that he was glad to get out of her reach." And he never dated to incur her displeasure again, though it was apparent that be would have liked to strangle the little spaniet.

A. S. WATSON & CO., centre of the town or in such remote clamation in which he says, that since bis firs suburbs as Pokfulam`or Quarry Bay. Once proclamation prohibiting the cornering of tice LIMITED,

on the spot, nothing can be more admirable and surreptitious export abroad by treacherous than the dispatch displayed by the members michacts, the price of rice has nat fallen, of the Hongkong Fire Brigade, but it is carried on.

which fact points clearly, to cornering being He decries, such selfish action, so obvious, that when they do arrive they labour detrimentalto others, and besides instepcting the under the disadvantage of the slowness with Magistrate to arrest and punish parsons.com-behind it. which they get there. The ruling maxim of all nected, with the corner, he appeals to the con Fire Brigades is to be there before the fire has sciences of the people and exhorts them to re got ahead. This cannot be done in Hongselt their zice at moderate prices, so

gard righteousness apart from profit and le kong unless the coolis propelled engine is alleviate the difficulty of the poorer classes in replaced hy motors If it is dangerous to the public safety to employ motor fire- engines, it is equally dangerous to allow right of way to the big private motors which are to be seen any day on our narrow thoroughfares. Lorse traction for fire engines has been pronounced impractic. able in Sing pore for the reason that equines of the type necessary for this strenuous work I could not stand the climate. Horse haulage the provings of Kwangiang bas recently bean | gold ablɛired, 26 ounces; average per top, mining prospector who has been many. years

Addizem..

Unlinary Iguinem oniamaukdations should be addressed

to The Stanager..

The Editor will not undertake to be respowillier any rejected MS., nor in reture any Contribution,

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SUFECRIPTION RATES (IN ADVANCK). DAILI--156 per a WLY-13 permuten, The rates per quarter mp3 pinansom, proportional Subscriptions for any period law than one month will be charged na for a full month,

The daily base is delivered free when theinddrove it

obtaining a living.

CAMION DAY BY DAY,

SPIRITS FARM.

[From Our Own Correspondent.]

Canton, 9th April.

On being informed that the spirits farm for

accessibis to emerger, Ponk subscribers can have appears also to have been eschewed in let to a merchant named Leung Kwok Chuo thetr copies delivered at their residences without Shanghai. There they have now no less for the sum of $800,000 a year, by the Sajo any extra charge. On copios son: by pet anthan three self-propelled machines as well Hou Kuk department, the Cantonese residing tritional £1.80 per quarter te sharged for postage as two fire-boats and the Model Settlement in velbane, Australia, yesterday wired to un lado certe press to any part of the lays claim to the possession of the largest the KangiuEg Provincial Deliberative Council dingle Cople. Dally, ten cente. Wonkly, twenty motor, steam fire anglue in the world, with stating that they strongly object to the lasting

fire cents (for cash only).

of the aionopoly, unless it had been praivously a throwing capacity of 800 gallons per declared by the officials that the amount of the minute. One of the motor vehicles, revenus derived therefrom would be appro

world in 30 quarter.

BIRTH

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The selecting of Raubs particular is done with no inclination of dis paragement of many other Boogkong-fuanced mors intended to be corvayed namely, thated indoors and he d dit with very bad grace. concerns, but just as a caso, serving to point the good local money is being divaried from sub- stantial projects in order to be sunk in, at least, some very shadowy rubber enterprises emanating from Shepherd's Bush or anywhere ́etea in London.

According to the last report received by the Zalegraph, iko result of the crushing operations on the Raub Gold mines for the four weeks, ending 26th March last was as follows:-

Bukit Koman-Stone crushed, 3,457 tons; gold obtained, 1, 89 ounces; average per ton, 7.45 dwts.'

Bakit Malacca Slove, crushed, 703 tons; 45 dwis,

him all right,"

cab was adjourned.

Further evidence having been called, the

HONGKONG CHAMBER OF

COMMERCE.

THE NEW COMMITTEE.

the vacancies caused by the resignations of Messrs. D. R. Law, H.B. Tomkins, and A.

The following gentlemen were alected 18 ftl"

Babington, respectively – Mesaro. H. W. Robertson, F, H. Armstrong, G, H. Madhorst

It was also decided to ark MrBlison A Levy, of Mess. E. D. Sassoon & Co; to take 2: seat on the committee during the absence of

A POLICE PRESENTATION.

DEPARTURE OF MR. FARQUIARSON,

As a class, the Boyy one meets with in China | Mr. E. Shellim from the Colony, are very amenable, obed eat and well serving, and, once they become attached to a Euro peao, will do almost anything for him and will hardly accept dismissal from his service. A in China, all over it, told me the mber day that got very ill without any chance of a doctor's when he was camping out fax up coun'ty and

his service for years, tended him through the aid being procured, his Boy, who had been in dangerous period with, as much skill and care as buy Sister of Mercy could have danes and most certainly 'saved his life.. Nor is this an isolated instance of a Chinese Boy's devotion to the master whom he serves. Such could be multiplied almost without end, and all mai who have travelled much in China will bear In pl ces liks long! ong where Bays abound be seen at once upon what a substantial basis and are to be found in every bruse, they as a the Raub Mines stand sow. The follow ng body become a very formidable community workings dur og the past year!- table will show at a glance iba output from the | potressing both ..... For 4 weeks

last month of its sancial year, closing on the In the care of this company, February is the 28th day of the month as far as the mines are concerned. In the year 1907-08 the amouet of quar 2 cubed was 70,821 1on1 and the result ant gold produce was 12,864 ounces. In 1908. og, there were crushed 77,157 tons with 14,653 ounces of gold won. 70,508 tons of 010 wers dealt with in the in 7.09-10, again, only mills, but wo

less. on amount, of gold" was got than 14,815 onoces During 1908-1909 the net gains at £10,689 By comparison it will

On April 1, 1901, at Wnchang, the wife or put into commission early in 1906, is printed to make good in part the loss of revenue the gross profit worked out at £53.022 and out the statement.

Fav. C. W. ALLAH, Wesleyan Mission, of

100.

The Hongkong Griege cylinder petrol molor, and can travel at 20

HONGKONG, TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 19:0 BIRR FIGHTING IN HONGKONG

SEVERE PENALTIES, '..

The two men, Tam Kin and Tam` Shun, who were arrested last year for smuggling explosives from Macao to Canton, have now been sentenced to imprisonment for a term of they denied the charges brought against them. five years each by order of the Viceroy, though On the 8th Instant the two prisoners were sent to the Nambol gaol, where they are to serve their terms of imprisonment.

ending

Stopes. Tons;

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6,40

Gold.

1,067.0

517. 6.

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27. 5

5.979

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5,822

1,161.5

21,8

5.846

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5,183

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4.927

5,510

Cyanide

3,78€

1940 *1,709.1 1:1 68.8

1539 4 3,538 a

14,815.6

ORGANISATION AND POWER,

Yesterday evening sa interesting function: was held at the Police Recreation Club's quare tesat lappy Valley on the occasion of the dispar, ture from Hongkong of Mr. R. J. Farquharson, who is leaving the local Police Foice to taka up an iospecionship in the Police Force of the Federated Malay States. Mr. Faiqabarson has - served in one of the bust forces at 2 ome and daring the three years that he has bean in the Hoogkppg service he has not only dong good) (3 work as an officer bu, has made many friends both among his colleagues and among the general public. Yesterday's presentation was got up by his friends in the service and, it is needless to say that it was invested with no liftly, interpat, Chief Detective-Inspector J. W. Hanson, on behalf of the members of the Club, handed to Mr. Farquharson a fion gold albert, conveying with: the hearty wishes of all prezent, as well as

This is due to their system of guilds. Like all Chinese they bave the organising instinct very highly developed. To those guilds, al Boys who are in employment subscribe liberally and to the guilds they can confidently look for more tary asuintance whe out'ef work. The guild. too keeps its members posted up as regards getting employment when idle as well as re- friends absent, the hope that he would-fare garda the desirability of any opening that may well in Malayan Inds Mr occur. This organisation senders them a force proceeds via Singapore to Kuala to be consted with, and the influence of the guild can be used, in a very strong way in the direction of keeping up the rate of wages demanded or in boycotting any resident who has offended their sense of justice.

what is known in fire brigade circles as a by the proposed abolition of all the gambling "first aid" machine. It includes a double monopolies throughout the whole province..

· cylinder chemical fire engine, a fire escape, and'a bose tender. It is driven, by a four

to 25 miles an hour. With such an appara. tus, which can turn out instantly and travel much faster than horses, many fires can be extinguished before making much headway by means of the chemical jet alone, Not so many years ago, one could hardly Should life be in jeopardy, the escape take up one's daily newspaper without, be- can be detached in a few seconds and ing struck by the frequency with which brought into action, whilst a quantity" of serious puttreaks of fire occurred and proved hose and ordinary fire-bridge gear can disastrous. This naturally led, to a good be carried for the purpose of gel deal of discussion regarding the efficacy of ting to work from the street hydrants if De our local fire-fighting appliances; for it was cessary. The escape has four ladders, and decidedly obvious that these were inadequate extends to a total height of 6s it. There to deal with big conflagrations or rather to

are two chemical cylinders, each holding 35 keep them within such bounds as meant the gallons. They discharge through 180 ft. of least possible damage to life and property.special rubber hose, which le carried on a This public criticism caused a certain hydraulic reel, enabling a jet to be dis amount of improvement in the Fire Brigade ¦ charged with all or any portion of the hose sare in Poking bas again submitted a memorial velopment and prevented the company from friend laughed and invited me next door to onco and has now been fixed at Tis: 3,000,000

system, but that Hongkong has not kept The

MOTOR BOATS. Daring his stay in Canton last month H. E Chun Ping Chik, Commander-in-Chief of the boats are the most breful class of vejrels for Land Forces in Kwanglung, found that moter river service. H.E. Chun has therefore written to Admiral Li Chon asking him for the loss of two of his motor boats for service on the East River.

THE RECENT MUTIBY,,,

Canton, 1th April,

formed regiment in Canton, the Board of Cen- Ar a result of the reccet moliny of the newly

WANKING EXHIBITION,

step with other poils in the Hast as regards by the generation of carbonic acid gas, H. E. Yuan Shy Haun, for the alleged ausstis Its fire-extinguishing plant is a fact that goes which forces out the contents of the cylinders factory manner in which His Excellency dealt without dying.There is nothing to beat high pressure. It can be brought into with the matter, argued against the personnel of the Firenction within 15 seconds of reaching the NEW TAOTAY OF CONSTABULARY." Brigade, for no body of men could com- scene of outbreak. This is exactly the type Lan Wing Tin assumed charge of office as mand more, admiration in the performance of machine that is needed for the Hong-Tactal of Constabulary yesterday vice Troiai

their dangerous duties. The trouble kong Fire Brigade's purposes, for although: Wong Ping Yan, Is that they have had to fight the flames we have been singularly immune from seri- under the most disadvantageous circum ous fires of late there is no saying when an large assortment of articles to be sent to The Canton merchants have prepared. ■ suances, with implement which, until lately, other epidemic of fire raising may break out Nanking for the forthcoming Commercial were either ipefficient be altogether out-of. in spite of the rider-main water system, date. Since that epidemic of Bres, however,

Exbiblion to be held there this year. Speci- collected and exposed in the Pat Yap Assembly maps of the intended exhibits are row being

Hall on the new bund for inspection by the public... BEAN CEMENT, WORKE

a decided improvement has been made, ip, RETURN of visitor to the City Hall Library

the general equipment of the Brigade, which and Museum for the week ending the loth "can now fairly claim" to be able to deal with | April, 1910.

any fire which happen to break.but within

the precincts of the city There are four

fire engines in the Colboy, two stationed in Quest' Road Cental, ong'at Wauchel, and

No-Chinaso Chiness

Library Museum

249 2,3:0

| Tantal Lo Chi Lum animmed chargs of office | yasterday as mannging director, of the Canton Government Cement and Brick Works in sac catalon to Leotal Kizu fül Lin,

20, 1

25, 2

Total... 70,108

It so happened that the ex-manager of the

Raub Mines passed, through Hongkong the other day and be, was most: optimistic in his views about the future prospecis of them, As capital d be that interfered with their de lime labouring under the incubus of a heavy is well knowo, Raubs have been for a long

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Most Chinese Boys speak English after fashion--some of them very well-but, it' la

and thence will be transfered, or other of the districts into which that territory is divided. When he leit to-day on his roushward Journey Polynesien, there was a big crowd

in speaking to the master. It had often been and he west away with the best of gond, with mostly the "pidgin" language that they employ both service idea and civiliaös–tó

a matter of wonder to me where they got their from all who knew him, knowledge of “pidgin" Keglish until I got some' enlightenment recently, On visiting the house

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fant class in full cry over their oral lesson. My the tenement adjoining remialtcrut pfanleges in Peking has been reduced more than of a Chinese friend, a great hobbub areas in THR cost of the buildings for the special col

lower strata of the property. Now, fortunately of little sippers reciting wall knows household DISPATCHES from Siettia report that a balloon for the shareholders, this lecubus has been phrates and botel bar slang in pidgin with four passengers including Hert Delbrück, removed owing to the excallant returas that English after their teacher. When fully con the mines have beco-making and,, nu versant with the necessary words nad phrases a member of the Reichsing, fall Into the Balilo One scrip-owner remarked to the willer, aft the the little chape ára engaged—at nothing per Sen. Ons of the passengers was picked up output can now be devoted to the payment of month-to assist came Boy or cook in service dead and another, seriously injured while dividends. To all accounts, the mines are very and get an insight into the methods of the old other two, lacluding. Herr Delbjlich are, mien far from balog yet depleted of their auriferous hands. For a year or two their education may wonlth and what with the deeper sinking of go in this way until they are competent to fold the shaffs it in more than probable that even clothes and serve at table, whereupon they look kong, at any rate, the tendency amongst liberties with their mastered Chinese Boy is better resulle will have to be reported them out for a situation WRITING ander shareholders is to hold an, and no scrip in the served for yours, and the old Chinese Boy is those which are presented now. Is. Hongy Old servants at Homs have a way of taking Stassen Whenloch

ward freight market, te in more demand, outside of the blessed, with the sama happy character.ade although not by the figuras quoted above, showing, as they to be an old Boy in ons of our local hotals who their rubber boom, than Raubs, That there is good "Of course he remains a Boy to the end of the of Outside

do, that from month to month better bad grown too stifto, be at the bar and his reason for this upward tendancy is borne out chapter, whatever his age may ba. Thera sted various berths

output of gold are being procured from services were employed, ja billiard marking comparatively, lass quantities of ore crusted. He was generally beltanleep while theexpawai cerm Bot pass from what bus, been said about proceeding and was most impartial as to which Ranbe, there is quite roambazi of Industries, playst gotiks bangit of any soera: that of the tying up in rubber of money t locally which are fedling the "plach (present) mickt, make?/X7pon being remonstrate:

day about Ale wrong scoring he imp

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the mend