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Int ntation.

LIMITED.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH TUESDAY MAY 3 1910

of Treaty bas heen detected and denounced, only to be again' attempted a few months later. There must be Consulates in which the "Prepared opium licence besides being a nuisance to harassed officials has be- come a hardy supual among the archives. S WATSON & CO., it cannot be more than a few months ago that it was stopped in Canton for the "severalth" time by the British Consul General, and we are now to have the whole wretched business all over again. They, the officials respousible, believe that with deter mination and perseverance they can get the better of the British sooner or later, and generally rather sooner than later. Their latest impudent and bare-faced attempt to evade their Treaty obligations and deride Our just rights has been made with a cun- ning to which we are well accustomed, and yer with an open, naked cynicism very hard to endure patiently: The Head Bureau for

(STABLISHED A.D. 1841.

_MANUFACTURERS OF

FIGHT CLASS

AERATED

WATERS

THIS SEASON'S PRICES:

Soda Walerie

60

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Soda Water (Bombay bottles)

Potash, Sehz,B. P. Seda 60

Lemonade....

*......05

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Tonic Water

.........75

Lithia Water..

가

Ginger Ale

.........75.

Sarsaparilla

***75

Orange Champagno

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Lemon Squash

75

75

14

Raspberiyade

·SPECIALITIE-

the Suppression of Opium in the whole

Province of Kwang-tung have issued notification to all dealers in raw opium,

MJETING of the Legislative Council will ba held on Thursday, 5th lustant,

la war, when the laws which usually regulate human life are silent, the fate of the convicted spy is relentless and swift!

morning charged with stealing a box of clath Even in times when the laws of peace ruled A WOMAN of the unfortunate class was thin. or seemed to rule all cise, the captured spying, a pair of gold bangles and a gold finger ting has before now discovered that no earthly from another women at Shek-tong-tsui. The law stood between him and the vengeance woman was awarded six weeks' hard labour of the grave, or, more dreadful still, of the tomb of the living, the perpetual prison, the ceaselessly clanking chain, the semi-darkness of the convict's mioc.........Sinister rumours have always been curreat about Russian activity in obtaining secret information by any means and, on the other haud, in punish ing with extreme severity like attempts by others to discover that which the Northern Bear keeps concealed in his most private

cavor.

Great armed Powers like France and Germany, Austria and Italy, each knowing well that its own Intelligence Department is not incapable of utilizing basely obtained

THE Hon, Treasurer of the Alice. Memorial and Affiliated Hospitals begs to acknowledge with, thanks the following donations to the fands of the Hospitals:-

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D, W. Craddock

SEVENTEEN men appeared in the Palice Court this morning in connection with a gambling raid executed at 79, Second Street. The keeper was faed $50 while the gamblers were each mulcted in the sum of $4. A sum of $14 which was found on the person of the keeper at the time the raid was executed was ordered to be

col fiscated.

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BUY SCOUTS FOR HONGKONG.

'A FEİDER FÖR. THE VOLUNTEERS,

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(Special to the "Hongking Telegraph."}" When one reads the Homs papers and gets to realise the important factor that General dan-Powell is proving to be in Empire de-

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fence, one living out here can 'hot but bogin to wonder that the system of training of boys by the heroic soldier who fought so well in the Boer War has not been adopted in Hongkong. We in this Colony have to deplora the fact that the Volunteers as regards strength of rank and file are not op to the standard that one would expect. Year after your the inspecting General, while extolling the discipline and good work of the carps, has to say always a final word of regret that, the ranks oro 10 this and theit aumber so few. 16: respect of its Volunteer Corps, Hongkong compares very unfavourably with its neigh bours In Calcutta and Bombay, là Colombo, the Volunteering spirit is strong ; la Singapore

less true that

information, while disavowing the procurer THE Anti Opium Commissioners, anys a Chi and the Straits Settlements generally it is no

of it, are liable to acute attacks of nervous dread of spies in their midst. A harmless photographer with a maula for

especially to one named Kwong Wing-picture postcards on an Italian frontier Those will report from time to time to the case in our Colony. Even in Shanghai, with

en and another named K, On-tai that' PER Doz.they intend to levy a tax on prepared has been known to find himself in serious 50 Centopium by issuing licences and permits, and danger of rigorous and long continued in that, after inquiry, they find that since the carceration, and only escaped on strong enforcement of the purchase of unprepared, proof being afforded of the simplicity of his. opium under the permit system during the mind and the innocence of his mania. Not 10th month of last year Kwang Wing-yuen long ago even saber-sided old England got has been doing most of the business in quite school-girlislý and "jumpy" for a time foreign raw opium among the dealers, while about German waiters in Loadou who had Ki On-ai (and we must note this wall has done their military service, German bicyclists taken the lead in selling native raw opium. and picnickers in Essex, and a possibly ima The Bureau knowing, the above mentioned ginary air-ships alleged to have visited our two to be wealthy and honest merchant have shores by night, using a' searchlight. The considered them fit to be specially selected recent success of the Japanese while driving for the duty of collecting the new tax. All the Russians back in their advance on Far dealers in raw opium are warned quietly to Bastero Asia io organizing perfect means wait for the issue of a notification appoint of obtaining and concealing information, ing a date to collect the taxes, in question, while exciting deserved 'wonder and praise Another notification by this enterprising at the time, has also provoked au un casi Bureau has appointed the date, the ghness very similar to that which we have instant, and unblushingly anounces referred to as occasionally, Breaking out id that having telegraphed to the Ministry Europe. A short while ag two Japanese of Finance on the matter they have received alleged spies were caught in Corregidor forts a reply sanctioning a trial being made with near Manila. The Americans and Australians the scheme." They instruct all the raw

will hardly allow a man who has black hair opium dealers to examine the permits and to go as near as "telephoto lens distance

Sione Ginger Beer .......89 Cent.. Dry Ginger Ale... Pints $; plus 60 Lima Fruit Chain

pigne....... Pin's $i; Splits fio

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Houles will be charged for at the Rate of levy a tax on each licence according to the to a battery. Now here al. Lyemuo a

nose report, propose to draw up now regulations and entrust the opium probibition to the local Gaverament Councils in the different provinces. authorities on the circumstances of the pro bibition as enforced by them, and it is expected that they will be better able to achieve success' than the officials:

GREATER INTEREST' is manifested in the Volunteer corps than is the its commopolitan crowd that make up the European population, the Volunteers are in the

ascendant. The same remark can safely be applied to far Tientsin, where the voluntary | soldiers did excellent service during the Boxer

THE third-class coast defence boat Hiyising which was recently condemned, was sold by auction at Maizuru on the 21st ultime, when the hammer fell to a purchate by Mr. Nakajima Kitaro, & ingichant of Maizuru, who offered Y57,220 for the vessel. The thiyet was built in 1877 in England. She is a composite vasst of wood" and iron, is 331 feet in length and 41 feet in width, with a tonoage uf 2,284,

DURING 1909 ao fewer that big,000 emigrants of both sexes left European Russia by the Sborias Railway, while 68,ond went out to Siberia on lost in search of new homes beyond the Urals: Doring the same year only $2,000 emigrants returned to Russia from Siberia, and of these 56,700 returned to remain in Rustis, Great efforts are now being made to colonize the immense region lying beyond Lake Baikal and the Russige bank of the Amurtiver, WITH reference to the suggestion recently raade by Prince Taat Hata at the Kowlow should be abolished in Chinese e q1.tle excep: on state ceremonials, a Chinese telegram says not be bastily abolished on ordinary occasions, but rather that this long-standing form thould be abolished at the same time as the clange to foreign costume and the cutting off of the queue

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The main point is that incentive has to be given to the youths of Hongkong to ranke them desirous of preparing themselves, in a military sease, for the worst that can ensue le the matter of defending the territory in which they live and have their being. It is not at all impro- bable that General, Baden-Powell will, ie bis forthcoming tour for the furtherance of his patriotic projects, pay a passing visit to Hongaong; and possibly his coming will result in the raising of a corps of Boy Scouts in this Colony. His activities at Home have met with the most marked suc- cess and the Boy Scouts are now a

POWER IN THE LAND,

The writer bas never had the privilege of meeting General Baden-Powell, but has had the pleasure of being the guest of his kingman, Sir Francis Powell, at his beautiful home in Argyleshire, and the latter, 'alihough be bas devoted his gifts to art and not to soldiering, shares with him in bis keen military sensibilities and the need of national defence. General resigned from the Army in order that he may dovete bis entire energies to the cause of the Boy Scouts. That he will not suffer in con, sequence is certain, and it is also a foregone coclusion that his efforts in the Colonies will prove as successful as they have been in England.

SHANGHAI RACES,

FIRST DAY'S RESULTS.

The postponed Shanghai Spring Racer.com- menced to-day and will be continued to-morrow and Thursday."--

Following are the results received up to the me of going to press :---

SUBSCRIPTION GRIFFIN Plate-Thren quar ter mile.

Halley's Comet (Moller) Portrush (Paulsen)......................... Raven (Wailleumiar).................................àu Time: m. 39 1/5 180. Record time: 1 m, 274 sec; CRITERION STAKES,—Oao mila.

Marbles (Aldartos)..................................................I Orcas (Rome) Fabulus (Mollar)....................... Time am. II sec."

output

Record time a m. oz) sec.

GRIFFIN PLATE.—Three quarter mile. “

• Minitral (Alderton)..................

Rubber Klog (Burkill)

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Pekla (Orighton)............... Time: m. 35 4/5sek. Record tima: im, 27.3/$180.

HONGKONG-BUILT LIGHTER,

SALVAGE CLAIM SEITLED,

The lighter that was built by the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Co, Ld, to the order of the Quartermaster'i Department at Manila and which was picked up at sea several months. ago by the British steamer Tangur, has been ordered to be sold by Judge Crossfield of Maui'a,

The lighter was towed, by the Tangur to Manila. Nothing was found aboard of the lighter and fishermen are believed to have looted avery king,

The Captain of the Tungur will come into about 40 per cents of the price that is received for the lighter, and the balance will go to the Usion Insurance Society of Canton, Ld, whó accepted a risk on the lighter on her journey south. The lighter is anchored in Manila Bay

HONGKONG'S RIVAL.

So, per duen and credited in full on being weight of the opium bought. Stress is laid stranger has been caught sketching views that another Prince is of opinion that it should Baden-Powell, as is generally known, has now the commercial centre as well,” said Mr. R. A..

returned in good condition,

A. S. WATSON & CO., pretences of the nursery, by the

LIMITED,

HONGKONG and KOWLOON

Hongkong, 30th April 19 a

NOTRUE..

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which include furtifications. He dressed in a monk's garb resembling a Chinese, get-up, but when arrested on

on obedience, while one is curiously re- minded of some of the conventional pretences of the Chinese theatre, or the transparent

ground forbidden to all persons except remark: It should be understood that the those specially concerned in guarding new taxation affects smokers only and con-

Hie Majesty's batteries, he was found to templates no injury to those trading in raw

be a Japanese. For unlawfully sketching opium." Dealers in raw opium are harshlyforts or defences at Lycman he was con- threatened against evading the monopoly, demined to undergo a sentence of six the confiscation of a dealer's licence and the weeks hard labour. If he were a mere

after constitutional government has been en forced.

**MANILA SHIPPING CENTRE OF THE ORIENT."

"Manila is the shipping centre of the Orient, and the time is not far distant when it will be McGrath, president of the United States Shoe Co., of New York and Manila, to a representa- tive of the Cablenewa American on 28th ult, la support of the foregoing assertion he pointed to the immenas cargoes of merchandise coming into the islands and the equally large cargoes of hemp being taken away on the return voy.

We sote that a movement is on foot for start.ages, and to the disposition of the transporta Trusting a cops of Boy Scouts in the Malay States, tion companies to send their steamera to. Manila to get their shara in om ever-increasing- The Pirak Lioneer remarks:——

freight and passenger business.

ONE of the "trust" companies advertised in the papers is the Rubber Stare and Finance, with a capital of £700,000,

The main object is to acquire from Mr Neith Fraser Arbuthnot blocks of shares fó

Why should not Boy Scouts be started in Malaya? They are now quite familiar objects in England on any oturday afternoon and it

Mr. McGrah has just returned from a trip

to the Chica coast where he has been in the

closing-up of his shop being included in a' stray artist, as he alleged, making sketches mielas intended for publication penalty which it is declared will not be leni-of unpicturesque hillsides, for exhibition, tras; 6,000 Sumatra Consolidated; 8,000 is quite evident that they have come to stay. interests of his company. To quote him for

"The HONGKONG TELEGRAPT" should b addressed to.The Eaiver, 1, Ice House Road, should be accompanied by the Writer's Nams and - Addromu.

Grdia sy business communications should be adderesé

in The Manager,, ..

The Haltor will not mundertaxe in be responsible f any rejected MP3, nor to return any Contrination.

'SUBSCRIPTION BATER UN ADVANCRY

#86 por Aussiḥ, - WEEKLY--$13 per minum

The rates pst queiran de proportions

Bubscriptions for any perial lose than one month will be charged sa for a full month.

ent. A touch of Gilbertian farce is added by this sentence will deter him in future the gentle regrets of the Bureau at the uncon

from allowing his hobby to induce querable modesty and retiring disposition im to include British batteries in his of Ki On-tai, who, we noted, had taken the drawings: If the latter be the premediat. lead in selling native raw opium, and haded work of a serious spy, it does not been originally entrusted with the work in company with that great importer of foreign raw opium, Kwang. Wing-yuen. Ki On-tai has personally represented his own

unsuitability and unworthiness for a respon sibility which he feels to be too great and in portant for him, and being unwilling in lake

follow that because the culprit is a Japanese futject they were made for the Japanese Government. The fellow's paymaster may have been anybody, or as yet, while awaiting the highest bidder, nobody. In any case his arrest shows that our gunners do not sleep at their posts, and that we need be

280,000 including 200,000 United Suma

Singapore Para Rubbers (at B2/6); 12,000 Linggis (at 52/6); 8,000 Selangor Rubber Co's. (at 70'); 10,500 Sumatra ara; 13,000 Vallambrosus (45/6); and 5,000 Patalings (59)

A case of sugar smuggling on a large scale has been discovered in Nagasaki prelecture... A Nagasaki dispatch to the Olaka Mainich reports that a man named Yoshida Iwalato, aged 35, of Kagoshima prefecture, bas been smuggling suger from Karea since 1998, the first brought the sugar to samacra, in Nishi- Sonoki district, Nagasaki prefecture, and Nagasaki, Hakata, Wakamatsu, and Osta. The total quantity of sugar smuggled is estimated to smonat to no less than 5,000 bags. The smuggling was discovered by a Customs In- spector a few days ago whilst 400 bags weŋe

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* 1 foend the merchants in Hongkong and vic.mily ready to place orders not only for shous of American manufacture, but for the product of

The daily sanca in delivered free when the address is no arduous a task on himself, has begged to wader no apprehension as to the vigilance hence sent it to Kagoshima, Karatsu, Yobuko, taught that it is better to play the game tban la: Hongkong of from ten to twaive days, that.

accessible to monger Peak subscribers can bave their copie delivered at their residences without any extra charge. On coples sent by post an additional $1.80 per quarter is charged for postage The posinge on the weekly laue to any part of the

world is 30 cents per quarter.

be relieved of it. The gentle Bureau repeat tedly urged and advised and encouraged the timid Ki On-tai, the leading importer of the native raw drug, but he was firor in persisting in his refusal, so the Board notifies

and efficiency of the wardens of our de fences.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

tungie Cople, Dally, ten cents. Weskly, cody that as he has withdrawn, Kwang Wing-yuco. DR. and Mrs, locif left for Japan,'on a short being landed at Kamaura. It is alleged, says

„dve cent» (for cash only).

The Hongkong Gelegraph

HONGKONG, Tursday, May 3, 1910.

THE OLD GAME, “

who does most of the business in foreign raw opium shall take the sole responsibility for this important business. It is hard to comment on the stony impudence of these | notifications." A smile at the ingenuous sanction of the new tax by the Finance Ministry as a trial of the project" becomes a frown when we recall its repeated trials and repeated condemnation.

SJYNIKVOGS | EAS.

When the Yuonanfu correspondent of the North China Daily News remarked that he saw opium growing freely at Hweilichow bis utterance was at least as entitled to courtesy

The intelligence departments of the War and credence as that of any other traveller Offices and Admiralties of every nation are. and observer whether journalist or mission naturally constantly watching their neigh ary, clerical or lay. But the fact of this bours and endeavouring to discover their gentleman having merely reported what his secrets. The agents of these departments, eyes had seen has excited from ibe l'eking when described as military or naval áttachée aily. ♪ews-which really ought to know at Embassies.or Legations are treated with

holiday, to-day.

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the message, that the smuggler engages over 100 assistants, He has been living in a prio. AGAIN there are no afterations in the rubber cely style, and kept concubines at various quotations to-day.

THE English Mail of the 2nd April has been, delivered in London.

Colomno is în jostal a system of wireless tele- graphy at an early date.

Two fodian watchmen were fined $; ach at

the Magistracy this morning for sleeping while

on duty at Yau-ma-tî,.

places in Kyushu..

A FIK-TWIG DISPUTE. LITIGATION. BETWEEN FIREWOOD dealer

returs of money paid to the defendant as a de- posit on the 7th February last. Mr. C. Wilson appeared for the plaintifs and Mr. W. E. L. Shenton was for the defendants.

But few people have anything but a very vague idea of the aims and objects of this movémoot originally initiated by General Sir R. Baden Powell. So many think the General's idea is elber to amuse the boy or make every boy a our Manila, factory. I was not able to clos soldier; what he aims at is to make every boy any business for the latter, however, owing to

good citizen. Be prepared is the motto of

the fact that at the present time' we have large The retail the Boy Scout. He is tought to take as his orders awaiting soufacture. pattern the backwoodsman and explorer or to

business there is slower at present time than use a better simile for this country the planter it has been for years, and the merchants esem and miser, all of whom have to depend on their to think they have a special grievance against own resources and be prepared for all kinds of the shipping companies who are sending their accidents. A Boy Scout is taught to be tell. ships directly to Manila Jastead of transbippleg reliant and not dependent on others. He is their passengers at Hongkong. The lay-over look on at it. At home the organisation of our people are still forced to make on the: those Scouts who are not connected with any bomeward trip to the Pacific Coast, seams more existing organisation for boys is as follows: obnoxious to me that ever. The spectacle of The smallest unit is the patrel, commanded dozens of Mauilans wasting a week, while an by oe of the boys themselves. Several patrols American steamer which is making the bulk. make up. a Troop, commanded by a Scout of its modey out of the Manila trade spanda, master, who must be over 18 years of age. All thousands of dolars in' repairs and suppilas which could be had just as well in Manila, tw the Troops in a certain area are responsible to a local committee, formed of the Scoutmasters.not a pleasing one. to the average Manila and gentlemen interested in work amongst boys business man. and in scouting generally. The committee, in

"I think we should look into the matter of tarp, is responsible to headquarters. Red tape preparing for docking our abips in Mauila is avoided as far as possible, and the utmost instead of reading them to Chion, even to the freedom and independence is allowed the vari- Į granitog'ol a small subsidy, should it be neces mus Troops. Esch Troop can have its own particular beadquartets and work in its own way, provided always that it is on the lines the official band-book, laid down in People sometimes ask whether it is

It has fus: as religious movement,

AND GOVERNMENT CONTRACTOR. Before Ms. Justice Hartland, Acting Puishe Judge, in the Summary Court this morning, the Fu Wing firm, of 174, Des Voux Road Cup tal, firewood dealers, sued the Wing Mas firm, of No. 9, Chater St.eet, Kennedy Town, much religion as the Scoutmasters like A BALLOON ascending from Bitterfeld (Ger

to put into it. The General recognises contractors, to recover the sum of $.00, for a many) was struck.br lightning. The four

that character cannot be built up without re aeronauts in it were killed.

ligion, but the amount of it and the particular form it should take is left to the ludividual Troop. Thus you can have Troops attached to a particular church' and Included in the

undenominational Troops, Jewish Troops, and VO OD, If a boy is keen and energetic, he has opportabities given him for learning a sumber of things, which cannot fail to be of use to him in after life, Apart from learning to keep his eyes open and' 'be prepared-in itself no mall achievement-he cau x badges for ambulat.co werk, signalling, cycling, map read.

THE total output of the Chinese Engineering nd Mining Company's three mines for the

saty. We bave cheap and competent labour which could be utilized and three hundred passengers from one of our large steamers patronizing our new hotel while the steamer is: being overhauled would in itself be a big thing for Mauila,

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better the sneering assertion that writers in courtesy by the Governments to which they week ending 19th April amounted to 25.458 78 fendants was for $100, alleged to have regular parochial organisation; you can bave' 'heat and plague‡ stories told by the officers of

10,177.56 tops.

News of a fatal accident comes from the Qarry Bay Shipyard. It appears that while a

Hongkong and elsewhere in South China are accredited, are permitted to accompany tons and the sales, during the period, to have been hired to hoodwink the world, so the manoeuvres of their forces in time of crazy are British opium traders over an at peace and share as spectators their "interests tempi to protect their evil trade. Abuse is not and their hazards in time of war. That these argument; it may embitter antagonists and privileges do not include liberty to inspect amuse disinterested onlookers, but serves.00 and examine secret plans and fortifications, filter was engaged in sharpening a certain tool purpose except perhaps to indicate an at- carefully guarded preparations for surprising on an emery wheel, the koife split and the titude of mind from the observation of which an enemy and the like, is only reasonable, unfortunate man who killed instantaneously. may be inferred certain circumstances, au thé and with tact and discretion no harm need degree of sincerity of the reviler or the value be done to the cause of peace or the interest

Mr. Wilson said that the claim against the de

'been a deposit which was made under the following circumstances. The plain- tiff Cheong Chuo, who was a paitser is the paint fi firm, inad: a3 arrangement with the defendant whereby the inter was to supply the plaiouff with certai Br-twig The arrangement fell throu h, a trees bei supplied; as a result of ▾ hich the present acti n arose for the recovery of the money whi h was, and drawing, seamanship, bugling, and for knowledge of the stars, or of engineering, or a handed over to the defendant as a dope it.

foreign language.

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· Poi only would a schrine based on the above fines be a valuable assis'ance to our Volun. teers, but it would keep our bɔya out of mischief mod give them a taste of discipline, with that essential dath of romance in it that would prove to be a most salutary element in the training of the youth of the Colony,

A CHINAMAN was fined $4 at the Magistracy of other arguments unuttered and abandoned of a nation in war, by cordial good feeling and would like to see heavier penalties inflicted for this morning for plucking" live 'sparrows. We by one who after all, has little save abuse to reciprocity betweek its officers and those of this lehuman practice, which is unfortunately. rely on... However sincere or insincere other civilized peoples. But occasionally for too common among some Chinext. #Chiña" (what is "China" In this connec- racial jealousy" or mistrust or individual tlon-the officials?) may be in the anti-oplum greed or ambition, may lead even accredited A WOMAN who had spent the night at a Brest crusade, one other thing her Provincial official agente into employment of bare tools, opium den in the company of some naval Governments are not. They are not honest and underground burrowing into other peo-officers died on est ult, in a hospital. Though in keeping Treaty faith. They are not ple's secrets. The still mysterious Dreyfus accustomed to the drog, she had taken six stright. Again and again havo. they tried case, not to mention other sad Intrigues, plum, pills. In extreme suffering she was under all sorts of pretexts to extablish prove that in some men who are either more conveyed to the hospital and died an hour afterwards. The police have opened an in- new taxes and monopolies under var or far less than patriots, the thirst for useful quiry, and a formidable acandal is expected, lous pretences and various names, but Information in so burning that they will especially as not long ago, a sighteen-year-old Judgment, was given for the plaintiffs with be stablished in the Malay States dod at boweres cunningly disguised the broach stoop to the lowest depthe to- obtula it, „ girl died la precisely similar circumstances.

Mr. Shenton admitted receiving the mossy bot said it was paid on account of an existing previous debt.'

The plaintiff's evidence having been taken, and further testimony having been given, bis Lordship entered judgment for the defendants with costs.

Immediately after the bearing," of the above action, the Wing Man. Company, of No. 9, SAYS the: Politigus Indo-CAtrofia:-A_new Chater Street, sued the Fo Wing firm to re bank, formed by the aid of capital obtained cover the sum of $3093, being amount of from the Straits Chipsic, is abortly to be open- balance due for goods sold and delivered, ed at Hongkong. Agencies will afterwards

Baugtak

"The attitude of the Hongkong people towards the Philippines seems to be very much changed for the better, owing lot lieve to a closer acquaintance with or pea plo. I heard very little knocking walls over there, I met some tourists and others who have been scaled away from our shows by the usual

the large European liners. The last German Lloyd liner leaving Hongkong for Suez carried 135 passengers from the Philippines and I be lieve that if this matter were properly taken op with the shipping companion they could be: shown wherein it is to their interest to put a stop to such misrepresentations,"

My McGrath is very much pleased with the

prospects for trade for his company, on the

China coast, and with his usual foresight is getting into touch with the markets which will keep his company's factories in the front rank,

TYPHOON WARNING.

The lolograms quoted belów kaya bean re- ceived from the Manila Observatory at the

American Consulate General 1-4

Macils, May 2, 1919, 5 p.m.. Cyclone or Typhoon, East of the Palaw Islands moving W. or W. N. W.

Manila, May 3:310, 9'a‚m, Cyclone or Typhoon oskr or over the Palaw Islands, moving W¢N W,