Entination.
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH THURSDAY JUNE
IN THE POLICE FORCE.
Rumours have gained currency within the past few days concoming the occurrence of what is described as organised Insubordination amongst the Indian Contingent of the local Police Force. This is not the first occasion upon which the Sikhs have proved troublesome and showed their powers of combination. The last fostance of serious disaffection occurred a good many years ago, when a batch of new recruit refused to sign the pay sheets on the ground that they had been brought from India under false pretences so far as their rate of pay was concerned. That revolt ogalost constituted authority was very effectively checked by sum mary departmental action,
here shall gain enormously. A prosper traint of trade, are au fuimical to French an Indian Insubordination ous neighbour is just what we want. We they ard to other foreign, Interestu.." They want him and we want his reciprocity in are usually "gleg at the aptak " and deaing business. The French are not anything like that a certain course of action is an uppro as bad as we were accustomed to see them filable to themselves as it hoppressive to painted a few years ago. They are far from others they are not slow to move with the A. S. WATSON & CO., being a nation of spendthrift fire-eating times. In 1905 certain laws were made soldiers, seeking for territories to conquer affecting Life Insurance Companies belong. and loot. There is much profit, yea verily,ing to Foreign Nationalities, doing business mauy shekels of silver, if aot of gold, to be in Frencli territories. With a view to safe obtained by doing busitess with these very guarding the interests of the insured the worthy men of Tongking.. Sentimentality laws were made almost impossibly strict, always has much to deplore in this dieap British Insurance companies were expected pointing world, and therefore Scutimentality to tie up large capital sums as "guarantees" WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS. must bewall the lost deal of a beautiful Burma and other difficult and oppressive rules were China railway tapping the boundless resourlaid down. In 1997 the Government of ces of Vio-nan and Szechuan, and providing Indo-China began to enforce theis regula agunlimited outlet for our Indian trade. That ions, and the China Mutual Insurance Co. slight knowledge of geography which noliody suffered under them ao badly that it was at ever gets at school but which comes to one last decided to withdraw the agency from the afterwards in odd bits by looking at maps French Colonies there, and to cease to un in one's office or by intelligently remember derwrite new risks. After receiving a petition ing paragraphs in the newspapur, is apt to from the agent of the Company, however, 18 60 1.55 mislead quite the cleverest of us sometimes, protesting against, the uselessness and res On the map a railway from Burma into trictiveness of the rules, the Chamber of Yunnan looks very practicable. Already Commerce at Hanoi, after giving the matter the frontier is approached on two points, its most serious consideration, has, on being
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Canton River Tråde,
THE STEAMBOAT."" FOOL":
AGREEMENT SIGNED THIS AFTERNOON."
In our last; issue; we stated that, woɛ waru
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NA MOTION:TO/REVERBE/JUDGMENTS. Before Sir Francis Piggott, Chief®] and Me Justice Hassland, Acting |Judge, sitting us a Full Court this
Mr. M. W. Slade, KC, mo
moved the
in receipt of Information from a thoroughly reliable source that the formation of a ment in the action in which Thomas. pool" among the various steamboat com-Mitchell sted John Lemmp, architect, pantes running steamore in the Canton River damages for alleged criminal Conversation trade was practically an accomplished fact, his wife on the point of law raided Negollations had been in progren for some pellant on the 9th June, 1909, and that the considerabla time past, and at last all the judgment in the action given on the 7th Sep companion had arrived at a basis of agreement fumber, 1909 may be reverend or wailed sud the interests concerned. We said yesterday 8th December, 1905, may be reversed of varied which was considered to be satisfactory to all that the judgment given lu the action on the
by the contracting parties at an early date, Pur. and that the coats of that application and in that we understood the "pool" would be signed and that judgment ba epterad for the appellant
"ppellant and Mr. C. G. Alabaster, losiectad by Mr. D. V. Steavenson, of Mesars, Deacon, Looker and Deacon, was far the respondent.
In the present case, the cause of the disblog our ir quiries furtherto-day surrepresenta. the Court below may be paid by the respondent affection among the Sikhs is of a different tive has learned froman unimpeachable source to the plaintiff. Mr. 1, W: Slede, K. O, in- that the agreement for the river bort "com.structed by Mr. P. M. Hodgson, of Mussen, batore, but its latest phase appenri to be equally sellons. The Police authorities are reticent bios" was actually executed this afternoon. The Ewes and Harton, appeared on behalf of the regarding the affair. From such information parties to the agreement represent all the seven as can be gleased, it seems that the companies and firms now plying steamers on
* TROUBLE CÓMMENCED
the Canton river and include the British, through the arrest by an Indian constable of a fansign (Le, French) and Chinese firms. As the Chinese coalie who was rolling over the Hoogkong, Canton and Macan Steamboat Co., grass-plots in the Botanic Gardens. Some Ltd., own the biggest aggregate of tonnage other coolies attempted to get the prisoner offengaged in the river trade, it was only but sistance of their compatrior, and a fracas officered Company should exercise the ensued.
(1.80 widely apart, by British lipes. Why, not, consulted by the Government, recommended two more. Fudian constables came to the asepatuenithatthatcapitally managed and efficient which were left to the Court to decide on the
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LOCAL AND GENERAL. HE Sagga Rubber Co. has declared a dividend of jf. per share.
A CASE of plages occurred at Shau ki-wan today. The patient is a Chierman,
awer to be given is only that which one has the interests of the insured. to give to an intelligent fourth form school. boy, "Because you're a donkey." This in 3.80 not an apparently logical answer, but it is The journalist who a perfectly good one. in some financial paper at Home bursts into tearful inky floods over "our lost opport. unities" in Yunnan is simply iguurant of his subject. Obstinacy, or earnest youth with an axe to grind, may from time to time revive this childish dream of a British railway into Yunan Province. Of course, if particularly valuable deposits of some mineral much in demand, say gold, were Dozen Buifle discovered in Western Yun-ban, and if the $19.60 $1.70 Chinese Government or whatever Govern
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A CHINAMAN was fined Sfon at the Magistracy this morning for unlawfully selling opium. PETROLEUA has been discovered on the Dust Development Company's concession in Kelna ta.
THE estimate of the ludian opium revenue to the oad of May was Rs 11,550,000; the amount actually realised has been Rs 22, 57,8 50, almost period double the estimate. improbable, were to agree to such condi. tions as might make it profitable, a railroad might be built by skilled engineers provided with unlimited money, and by "piercing half- a-dozen Mont Cenis tunnels and erecting few Menai', bridges,” We quote from meinory, but it was the late E. C. Baber who said of this country where uninstructed A. S. WATSON & CO., by for building railways, that the Yun-Dan
persons bemoans our "losing opportunities
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ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS. Hongkong, 16th June, 19io
The diurbance ended up by thewhole crowd Way escorted off to the Central Police Station whare the coolies were charged with disorderly Bduct whilst they in turn charged the Indians ith assault, Insead of the charge against the Sighs being dealt with departmentally, artlets were given that it should be sent before magistrate for heating. This action, it sppešti, was strongly resented by the rest of the Indian Contingent, who considered that their colleagues were being harshly treated for having done nothing but their duty. Accordingly, they
requested the Captain Superintendent of Police
to grant them
SA HEARING
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in order to submit to him their views on the case. From all accounts the members of the party who waited on the Cap'ain Superintendent were inclined to as violent in their utterances and in the end refused to return to their quarters when ordered to do so and had to be removed in cartady,
THE gyroscope for the steam-drive Schilowsky Monorail engine revolver 2,000 times per
Later on the offsaders were brought before minute. It is calculated that one gyroscope Captain Spperintendent and were fined in afford sufficient stability for three coaches.sume ranging from S to.55 according to rank. The total output of the Chinese Engineering Two of the Sikus who had made themselves and Mining Conipacy's three mines for the particularly prominent in locuting the crowd to week ending 4th June, 1919, amounted to opposition when before the C.5P. were sea 19,148.79 tons and the sales, during the period, terced each to fourteen days' hard labour, BAD cooking is bland by Dr. Pacack, rector to 26,379, 10,
of a Manchester college, for the fact that many moo take to drink. He says, it is more im simply appalling. Auge ridges of mountains plant to teach girls how to cook that end, but in some quarters is, is hinted that the 78 at right angles to the route, with every kind of play the piano.mscoly. Maay men are gradual: last of it has, not yet been heard,
trade route was, "the worst possible route with the least conceivable trade. 1 is
disgusting difficulty, bad soil, bad everything, The prospect would delight a young and am1-
he goriler telephbitious engineer backed by unlimited capital the first woman Licentiae of the Royal College
Hongkong, THURSDAY, JUNE, 16, 1910,
OUR LOȘI OPPORTUNITIES,
ly led towards drink by bad cooking and by want of variety in their foodstuffs. Miss D. R. C. Patell, who recently becama
of Physicians, has now been admitted the first female member of the Royal College of Sur geans, Miss Patell, whose home is to lodie, intends to say in England for a few years in order to specialise in tropical medicine, with the view to obtaining the M. D. degree of the University of Loudon ie that subject
OOKRESPONDENCE.
We do not nece warlly endorse the opinions expressed by Correspondents in this column.J.
A PROTEST.
TO THE ÉDITOR or tice "Hongkong' Telegrare.”
In the meantime, the Police authorities-bavo taken stept to check the existing, disaffection
M. Slade stated that the application was against threa several judgments. Ond was given on polat raised on the pleadings of that action and the others wein two questions
verdict of the jury. The first went to the root of the whole action; the others went only to CONTROLLING INFLUENCE
the amount of damages recoverable. The first in the management of the pool." In their own. interest the smaller concerns have been wire questium was whether all the matters in In deciding to cast their lot with the pioneer pute in the action had already bocu finally de Company instead of persisting in pursuing a cided in another action which had been tried micidal policy of competition la the lower deck re judicata Plalatiff appealed against the fare which spells rain to certale of the smaller judgment because the result of the format concerns and possible @pancial diasser to others, action did not affid defence lo" the last It is a well-known fact that the Hoogkong, Can action. With bl Lordship's judgment, res top and Macao Steamboat Co. are in a position judicata in the main Counsel most respectfully of being able to maintain so equable divid agreed but he thought if his Lordship followed end out of their splendid accumulated to out the reasoning in the judgment with a better serves, thanks to the cautious policy pur appreciation of what the result of the previous sued by past administrations, having in view action was, he would come to the conclusion the possibility, since realised, of prospective that the matters bad been finally concluded competition. So that with the large serve between the parties by the respondent, of the funds at their disposal and consequently a long | former action. There was very little indeed fu purse, the Company coo, If it so suited the his Lordship's judgment which would not be management, wage a warfare that will ulti- cordially accepted by all parties but his Lord- mately starve off the under-capitalized con- ship's conclusion was arrived at under. • ceras or those having a working capital just vary slight misapprehension, His Lordship large enough to keep them upon a hand-to- missed the effect of the previous judg month existence, For all the companies in- ment and the effect of the Declaratory Act. terested, therefore, the arrangement, definitely in order to appreciate the effect of the previous concluded this afternoon is far the best that judgment, it was oncessary to see exactly what could be-arrived at in the circumstance was done in the previous action. The sinte since it is an undeniable fact that the tonnagement of claim in the previous action sat up, or, employed in the river traffic is far is excess of past and present requirements,
A PASSENGER "POÓL", The "pool," as stated last evening, bat only to do with the Chinese steerage passengers, the
by transferring certain of the offenders to outloos tariff and cargo schedule not being stations, interchanging the interpreters and so
affected at all. The division of profits is one on. It is to be hoped that the trouble'is.at an
that concerns the steamship owners alone
MOTION NOR LEAṛB 10 APPEAL.
FULL COURT CONSIDERS APPLICATION IN
FALSE IMPRISONMENT CASE.
Before a Full Court, consisting of the Chief
Justice, Sit Francis Piggott, and Mr. Justice Moreland, Acting Puisse, uke, die Summary Court this morning, Mr. C. G. Alabaster, in-
and what the ratio is, is a matter of no public
interest. Seffice it to say, that the agreeing parties to the signad: compact will have zen 10 the terms and conditions being apportioned on an equitable basis, always having regard to the larger and prior claim of the senior Company in the trade.
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father, alleged, a number of acts of adultery- committed by the defendant with the wife of the plaintiff, who claimed damages, and to that statement of claim a defence was put, lo, first of all denying the acts complained of add- secondly raising a point of law, which was afterwards allowed to be heard before-tha trial of the action alleging the actr. Under
the modern system of pleading, facts, not
law, were pleaded, except, in one particolar in-
acce. There was a special provision under which Counsel was allowed to plead a point of law in litu of a demurrees. The demanter-was- abolished and liberty to plead allowed in place iboreof. A point of law thus plended might be sat down for trial separately. The trial of s Although in certain quarters the "pool" is ] point of law was in all respects the same as the regarded in the nature of a tentative arrange trial of a demurrer. The law in the Colony at ment likely to last for a short period of a few the time judgment had been given was that
DATE OF OPERATION,
on the
moments only, there is no reason to doubt, the acts by the defendant were exactly structed by Mr. W. E. L. Sheaton, of Messrs.,
when regard is bad to the benefits stising to samo fecting as the acts of the defendant if he Deacon, Looker and Deacon, moved for a mo
the shipping interests, that the "pool", wili || bad reduced the daughter of the plaintiff when tion for leave to appeal from a decision of Mr. Justice Hazaland in the case in which Wong remain la force for a period of twelve months, the daughter was not in plafatiffs service, Fo Ng, compradore, saad Capt. A. A. Johnson, Just enough time that will be required to Plaintiff could receive no damages even if in Master of the s.. Shui On, lo ricover the sum adjust the now tariffs, and no longer, fact he had suffered prcuniary damager Bis of $4,000 as damigen for alleged wronglot will be allowed to clapse before the Lordship had looked too much from the paint of view of the general principles of law and too arrest and falas imprisonment on the 26th New scale of fires in brought into operation February. last, and in which the jury found
'We should not be surprised to see it in fol] little from the point of view of the rights of the that no felony had been committed and award-working order by Monday next, the 20th inst. individual.
Sharabolders in the shipping companies Joining After fanber argument the, Casa was, 'ad the "pool" will have every FOLKOD to COD joored. gratulate themselves upon the improved pros pacis of their respective companies from a dividend-paying point of view.
SIR Am aware that your column hospitable as they are, are inclined to grudge their space to religious controversies o*ed the plaintiff general damages in tre sum scattered half notions about the efficacy off of Sgoo. The molios being an ex parte appll prayer or the exact amount of science and cation, the plaintiff was not represented in Christianity contained in the latest (or is it only ̧ one of the latest) secus born from ar instituted
by any Americau schoulam But there ato some matiers above mere opinion, and I claim publicity for a matter of laterest to many of the wise, as well as to many of the foolish, of the general community: Somebody, I have no nation who, bas been giving full play to his morbid imagiostion, or to Wutsa influences, still, 'by suiting, an
Court.
Mr. Alabaster ssid that that was” an appli.
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SEAMEN'S INSTITUTE
PROGRAMME OF PROCEEDINGS,
The programme of proceedings at the open- of the Seamen's Insthate op 18th inst, at 4
Reception of His Excellency the Officer Ad- ministering the Govemment by Sir H, N. Mody
A BABY SHIZED BY A LION. A trained lion which was being exhibited one denly dashed among the audience, says An an open stage at Cleveland, Tennessee, sud. | P., is on followes Express telegram, and agixad a baby out of the arms of a frantic mother, and carried it in its mouth to the rear of the stage,
and committee:
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Prayer by Rev. A. P. Crofton, Opening speech: The Bishop of Victoria, Prasectation of Institute to the Colony': Sir
Speech by H.E., the Ch Administering the Goveremant.
The infant wai bleeding on the bead and face, its forepaws as the baby, and started to lick. N. Mady... and the lion dropped it on the stage, planted
Soma spectators who wire paple striken hur the wounds.
available as a weapon, and diverted the liun's
paid up by generous shareholders. In some places the ground splits vertically and huge Bakes of earth, canying the path with them, peel away into a precipice. From Blamó to What a mania some British people have Téogyuch, indeed, a good cart road might for collecting white elephants! And how and ought to be constructed. It has been fortunate it in that some of those whose duty
made already, more or less, more on the it is to see that dear John Bull and his British side, less on the Chinese. The trade family don't hurt themselves or come to
is local. Teng-yuch will always be the distri hopeless grief with unmanageable pets, are.
buting centre for that part of the country, Ecosible enough to persuade or laugh him, but it is separated from Yung.ch'ang; the first out of adding an unreasonable number to his important town on the north eastward rond; unwieldy collection! We remember many by well nigh incredibly difficult country. projects which time and better knowledge The floor of one valley, that of the Salween, have discouraged. It is to hurt to our argut is 2,670 feet below sea level. We need not ment that the Kowloon to Canton Railway describe this country of disease and gloom, is beginning to live down former aspersions The least imaginative and sturdiest travellers on its good name. It is too soon to call it have retained unhappy impressions of it. It Hongkong's long hoped for darling, and it has been called the Valley of Death. It is would be unjust to forecast a future in which that indeed. But after painfully descending
cation for leave to appeal from a decision of Mr. Justice Haziland, delivered on the 13th it should turn out a prodigal. It must be into the deepest valleys, and crossing
Jane last, on three grounds, viz, that his Lord- admitted to have been an expensive darling mountain passes 2,000 feet above sea level,
ship was wrong in fact and in law when he so far, and to have deserved the anxiety stiff the trader on arriving at Yung Chang Fu
held that there was no case to go to the jury felt that it should speedily begin to earn its finds that he has no market there What
in respect of certain paragraphs. The action Baber wrote long ago is true still, and indeed own living. With the experience of this
was on action for false imprisonmeni; in, which enterprise before our eyes we need not more true than ever now, since the Yun-dan
"endless the plaintiff claimed damages. Practically, the cbain" or "inowball" of a peculiarly imprisonment was admited by the defoncer turn them into Any other direction when opium troubles began. The trader must seeking for a herible example wherewith to struggle on to Tuli, where if he has managed to the receiver to recite daily about the statement of defence. His Lordship allowed objectionable kind. It consists of an appeal but four grounds of jusufication were set out in point a moral for the correction of certain
to bring a few mule loads of peddlery he prayer, a copy of which is enclosed, and to mis-luformers of the public. No really for may-perhaps sell at a sufficient profit to pay pass on passing on a copy of this prayer Jary but the principal ground, whereby it was #pass it onto some one else, without fail. I only the felony justification to go to the midable engineering difficulties blocked the the expenses of his long, arduous and costly
to others, under penalty, it says, of some great all god that the plaintiff had willdily obstruct-ried away. Others se red every blog that was advance and defied the labours of the conjourney. As for pressing on to Yün-hen Fu, calamity which will surely befall the receiver structors of the British railway from here to foreign manufactures can be brought thither if he "break the chato," If, however, the lattered and molested the crew in the execution of do pass it on, and also repeats the prayer for their duty, was not allowed to go to the jury Chinese territory, No serious doubt exists with far greater case and ripidity from the oise days tunning, some great kappiness will although there was plenty of evidence offered. in the minds of many experienced business West To talk there of our lost oppor- be rouchexfed him after that time. It may be, His Lordship, held that the Station did not men that the volume of traffic on the railway tunities in our pot, building a railway it has indeed come to my knowledge, that it is apply to the Colony,
necessary to warn the wise andtheonwidengsiust may be counted on to recoup in a not heart which would cost per mile any sum this dangerous letter. Mady souls may be grie breakingly unreonable length of time, at within the experience of any Alpine or vously burt by it, especially by their believing in it, and others by its being a Scandalsim, a Trans Canadian or Andean railway engineer, stumbling block to Faith, tripper up least substanţıl part of the vast sum spent is remily to talk nonsense.. Moreover, the of saule. Iventure to puplest against the blas- ! · Residente who for a long tims have had good or it. Still, the expanses have been ́enor, mous, and the trade is still in futuro, If commerce is very small, and though it phemy, whether witting or unwitting, of this reason to complain of the public auirance latest device of, evil and to declare that neither caused by the daily congregation of stamp this is our experience with such a compare. may increase, it will hardly deserve the the Right Reverend the Bishop of Victoris, nor buying coolies at the Post Office and in Pedder tively trifling undertaking as this short line
name of anything more than local trade, the Most Reverend Monsignor Pezzoni, nor any of railway, what must be the feelings of the Our really "lost opportunities" accurred other Christian prelato could for a moment Street will be pleased to bear that this comarenance such airogiot dictation to the Al- traffic is not going to go on forever as one promoters of the Tongking-Yunnan railway? long ago. We, of course, not the French, mighty about the dispensation of His punish was almost afraid it would. It is calculated That gigantic work is now practically com ought to have annexed Tongking and meat or rewards or other of "His ways with that is two or three months more, all the plete, and is earning the gratitude of travellers Cochin China and Annam--and while we
Hongkong copper coins in circulation will have THE TRIANGLE. whom duty or curiosity attract to that uni
were about it we might have included Siam, PSThe little prayer indo Itsaif not merely been called in. For some time they have been comfortable, province, though we have not
and indeed a Chine as well, in order to harmless, but praiseworthy, scking for help coming back into the Colony by the hundred--N C. D. News
against evil and for final Malvation... The harm weight but now the supply is slackening off make a good job of it." Lost opportunii, of course, in the shrest and the promiss. yet heard of its earning anything more suba
discernibly. tical" tantial. All its profits are also in the future
ACCIDENT TO POLICR-LAUNCH,
When an and is put to the existing state of ---and we, in our confident optimism, can
BRITISH INSURANCE IN
**matiers nons will be better pleased than the seo great advantages to both British com
TONGRING,
BEACHED AT THIMSKATEUI.
Police, who have to listen to consisat complaints, matco, especially the interestsofulds Colony,
regarding their Inactivity in desling with the This morning about eight o'clock · Police and French trade, which will solibe long
One of the defects of the Latin mind la Launch No Stip charge of Lenco Sartoret nuisance whilst knowing only 100 well that delayed in making themselves agreeably that it always goca to extremes. The master Pler at Telmshatin when the strong side rau- ders. Already wo bear of a Europaan Edwards, was being awung Alongside the Police they have no power to arrest say of the offen- evident, Far from grudging the French of fact Raglish love compromiso. The ag carried har, agalog the corner of the
over them, their railway may French bo certainly do learn by past whari, kaucking hole da der Gerboard Alde sorekeepers in Pedder. Streat having given heartly, and we are happy experience, are beginning to realize that amidships near the englas-room. The launch optice of intention to quit their premises on May not unselfishly glad of them. Why many of their former regulations and Tapidly began to Ally water and bad to be beached. Sharlies on the Eust side of the "pot" uneslishly (/). Because of course we are out of date, and belog la reality in rote Piat with her decka awajh, ?
„bring",we may
man."-Yours truly,
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Leave to appeal was granted,
COOLIBS'AT THE P 0.
purs of the crowds of:
who throng the footpath and in front ofgholzzi)
attratino from the baby while ske krøper snat-, ched the infant away and drove the beast to its The baby was badly bruised and Iscerated, but is expected to recover.
UNITED SOUTH AFRICA,
A RIFT IN THE LUTE,
„London, June: in Considerable billerness", kar” been aroused
both in South Africa and England by Mr. Louis Botha's decision to oppose Sir Percy Fitzpatrick in East, Pretoria at the Union elections,
trusting the Dutch, and it is pointed out that We Botha's action, a poor ratura for the former's broadmindedness. This is the sdros discordant solo la cos nexion with the Union.
Sir Poicy Fitzpatrick has always advocated
FIGHT FON OIL TRADE OF
THE CONSUL:
One of the most learnedi and surely the wittiest of all Cossuls is Chios or anywhere. Fosco write as follownee Super K
Who is the happy Consul? What is ha Who each aspiring sob should wish to be? He who behind inhospitable door Playa liko Trafalgar founts from so 10 43. Taktë Rip Van Winkle as a typu to follow, Makes of his Consulsie Sleepy Hallow, Content to snoers his lazy hours away Sure of a pension and his monthly pay 1 So he can keep on good terms with his chief Lets meaner interests come to utter grief} Treats with smooth oil angast Legation
With winegar the public whom he'sswor Kach cars through native speciačias ba sa40, Less Confal then Protector of Chinese „Trembles at glancas-from Viceregal syari no And cowers before contemplutus Trols Fix But should mere nationala bisaid Impióre ce 1s quite the banghly personage once more Lites on ind bounty of the public's gone Yet greets that public with amo
• Wish-scow]s) that speak of anythi My pleasure
¿Danois ill-adviind invaders of
From outward signs of courtesy
CONCESSIONS IN THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO,
Lisbon, April 25-The driving of American and Russian petroleum from the General Euros
ment, has granted concession for the working marker is wald here to be the object of a British syndicate to which the Lisbon govern". of all oll deposits Portugaer Timor, Chef Keep most matterly Island of the Super group: la khe Malay Archipelagos, Kaporta as And Hold"}", practically almanakustible, abd418 accessible thai dil can be sold at a ridiculami” low price: 10 Karopean conneer25
Does little strives to maks (R) fână leads a life of callared use/ASANI
Hoch 18 the happy Coniul, such, la bast
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