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Intimation.

LIMITED.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY AUGUST 12. 1910

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tie Chios Sugor Refiving Co., Ld, are paying an interim dividend of five dollars per share. THE receipts of subber at Para for first half of July were 1,750 tons, including 1,000 tons held up at Mapsor

THE Canadian Government has introduced a Combine Investigation Act similar to the Aur ran Anti-Trust Act. -

rights by Sir James Brooke in 1849. Under his rule the conditions of life in that part of Borneo were vastly improved and today there is no better administered a tract in all the dominions that owe allegiance to the British flag. The present Rajah, H.. H. S. WATSON & CO., Sir Charles Johuson Brooke, G...., is a nephew of the first Rajab, Sarawak was mado

British Protectorate in 1881. Then there is the case of Robert Louis Sevenson, the crowned King of the Hawaiian Islands, who now lies sepulchredA KENTUCKY Baptist minister, who was under on à summit of the Samoan mountains that suspension, attempted to re-enter bis pa'pit, he loved an well. While in life K. L. Steven and lo a struggle with his substitute, had his son had more say in the administration of throat cut and died. the island government-thian was possessed in the course of an action In the Summary by the Head Chief himself. And as every Court this morning, it was mentioned that the one knows, R.L S., as he liked to style him-rate of interest charged by a certain money self, was a mad of shy and modest tempera lender was 60 per cent, ment whose last desire would have been the assumption of arbitrary dominion over a territory or a people. Yet so great was the estimation in which that gentle.nature of his

ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841.

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS.

WATSON'S

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VERY OLD LIQUEUR

SCOTCH

WHISKY

A Blond of the Finest Pure Malt

Whiskies distilled in Scotland

Canton River "Pool.”

EXTENSION OF AGREEMENT. "NEW FREIGHT" *FOOL" LIKELY TO BE

INSTITUTED.)

Qur readers will remember that early in Jane we published exclusive Information con- coins the formation of a "pool" by the owases of British, foreign and Chipete steamers irading on the Canton River, At that time wo stated that the agreement then signed by the interested owners was merely a tentative compact susceptible of renewal at the ter mination of what may be termed a trial raw, if It wase found that the workings under the prac visional arrangements were satisfactory to all concerned. That agreement was made to cover a period of three months. The term which the agreement covered is now about to lapse and we learn thit all the parties" in- Is the Summary Court this morning, P.terested in the matter express the Fickford sued Messrs. Palmer and Turner, architects, to recover the sum of $1.50. Top case was adjourned for a week.

Tute auction sale of Sections E. F. and G. of Marice Lot No. 116, together with the mensuages thereon respectively, and belog re- spectively Nos. 5. 3 and 1, Stone Nu'lab Lane, has been withdraws.

was held by the native Chief that they could THE Chinese Community of Singapore are not even undertake the making of a new starting a weekly paper which will be known road without consulting him as to the ad-as the Wakiy Swx. The journal will be pub vitability of the route proposed. Any one lished in English, and will deal with local and who visite Samoa at the present day cannot general news, but be struck by the many improvements effected for the public good under the kind- ly ere of Robert Louis Stevenson. In the Cocos Islands, again, we meet with another instance of a Britisher unaided setting up a government of his own in splendid isolation.

REVIER wires from Lisbon that Captain True, the Cocos Islands are now incorporat

Beltram and Lieutenant Solano Almeida fought ed in the Straits Settlements but before be

a duel, with platols as the result of a private iug put under British profection in the quarrel. At the third shot Liguladant Almeida '80's they were ruled independently by the | was wounded in the hand and fainted, original King Clunies Ross and his Tux Indo-China government has decided upoo descendants for more than half a century.euablishing wireless telegraph stations between The late "Superintendent," as the title now Saigon and Hansi in Tonkios distance of goes, was studying cagineering in Glasgow about 940 miles. The postal department, with when he was recalled to assist his father, the help of specialia's, will take the work in John George Clunies Ross, in the adminis band. - tration of the islands. In 1907 the seclusion of the coral group was broken by the cable Robert Porter &0.8 and the establishment on the islands of a

Or

GENUINE AGE

AND,

FINE MELLOW FLAVOUR.

BULL DOG

BRAND

GUINNESS' STOUT in PINTS and SPLITS.

staff to work it, but in their remoteness from civilisation "they, still remain a little world apart. Money is unknown, and the parchment notes of George Clunies Ross remain the sole medium of exchange. In spite of the absence of police and soldiery, perfect order prevails and crime is a rare

thing Sydney Clunies Ross, great-grandson of the original King of the Cocos, now holds sway. Then there is the case of the Friendly Islands, whose present population are mostly descendants of the Bounty crew.

A. S. WATSON & CO., The form of government existant in that

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ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS. Hongkong, 7th July, 1915

I be Hongtong

elegraph

HONGKONG, FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1910,

ISLAND KINGS.

The death of George Clunies Ross, the "King of the Cocas," calls to mind nume. rous instances that have occurred in the

LIU Lai Kopg and In Kwai, accountant and taitor, respectively, of 178, Shanghai Street, Yau-mali, were charged before Mr. J. R. Wood at the Magistracy - this morning with setting fire to the Cheong Wo shop at Yau-ma-i with retent to defrard Messrs. Meyerink and Com. paay, the local agents of the Liverpool, London and Globe Insurance Company of the sum of $5,500 on the 8: inst. The case was remanded. Inspector Macdonald prosecuted,

BOILER ADRIFT.

PASSED BY 5.6, "GLEKOGLE.". The is. Qlinogle, which arrived from Sloga pore to-day, rep aris strong monsoon, with her

DTMOST SATISFACTION.

with the results attained. From interviews that a representativo has bad with various Chỉ trading to Gantos, it is to be gathered that the nese gentlemen interested in the river steamers provisional agreement is on the point of being ratifled and that it will be extended to cover a period of one year fami September rext,

The ratification involves certain slight modi-

ficationy whilst retaining essentially the main provisions and stipulations of the original

deed. From reliabla sources, we learn that the alteration to be made refer principally to the distribution of the profit earnings on Chinese passenger farca-though on this point our re- presentative has not been able to obtain ab- solata verification. The three months'

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EXPERIMENTAL" WORKING

bat resulted in a mora equable distribution of the fare profits, which should serve to ensure faiter conditions all round, so that the smallest steamer concerned in the worklog of the pool will enjoy the same advantages, proportionately tiba parienger fares earned, as do the larger and baiter equipped British and foreign vessels

We understand that the seamers that are affected under the new combine are the Kin- shan and Falkas, of which the Canion and Macao Steamboat Company and Mess, But

field and Swire are the joint owɔein; the French boats al Braw and Charles Hardouin, of the Messageries "Cantonnaises, enjoying a subsidy from the I rench Government; Kwong

Ng and Kwong Sai, of which that popular Chinero gentlemi, Mr. Chau Siu-ki, is the general manager; the Hoi Twag and flai Ming; and the San Lheung-aide boats in all, being inclusive of every steamer presently trading of the Hongkong Canton tus, with the exception of the Hengshan and Honam, We have heard ▲ renewal of

THE RUMOUR

that a Chinese-cum-Japanese combination is likely to cater loto competition on the Canton

ALLEGED DETENTION OF GOODS.

JURY CASE MENTIONED BEFORE THE PUISER JUDGE.

A CONTRACIOR'S CLAIM.

APPLICATION FOR PLEADINGS ÁT TRE: SUMMARY COURT.

Before Mr. Justice Haxeland, Acting Pulsne Before Mr. Justice Héialand, Acțing Puisne Judge, lo the Summary Court this morning, Judge, in the Summary Court this morning, Lam Woo, contractor, sued J. Uaker to recover Donald Harvey sued the Robinson Piano Com- the sum of Si,cza, being amount due for work pany, Limited, to recover the sum of $500, is done and material supplied. Mr, F. P. Bett, damages for an alleged detection of rode be of Messrs, Brutton and Hett, appeared for the longing to the plaintiff Mr. Leu. d'Indaplaintiff and Mr. H. W. Looker, of Messn. appeared on behalf of Mr. P. Sydenham Dixes, Descon, Looker and Dancon, represented the of Mr. R. A. Harding's office, as representing defondant.

Mr. Looker-I would ask your Lordship to the plaintiff and Mr. F. Paget Hett, of Messrs.

make an order for pleadings, Bration and Hett, was for the defendout.

Mr. Het ask for pleadings.

Mr. Almada--Yes, my, Lord, pleadings and an order for a jury.

Mr. Hett-I don't know anything about the application for a jury,

Mr. Almada-Those are my instructions. The claim is for damigai for wrongful detention of certain articles.

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Mr. Hett-This question of a jury bas just been sprung on me.

His Lordship-The question can be settled after the pleadings have been filed.

Mesirs. Almada sod Helt (in chorus)-As your Lordship plasses..

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IN AID OF THE POOR.

CHARITABLE. APPROPRIATIONS. [From Our Own Correspondent]

Canton, 11th August,

At a meeting held yesterday at ibs Oi Yuk Charitable lasiitation the Committee of the Flood Relief Funds agreed to the appropilation of a sum of twenty-five thousand taals from the reserve funds towards the funds for the extension of cheap tice distribution in Canton. The Taotal for the Development of Native Industries, Chan Mong Tiang, has also been approached by the committees of the charitable lostitutions to grant a furiber sum of 5,000 trels from the Government treasury in aid of the relief measures for the benefit of the people,

FIGBONS AS BIG AS, TURKEYS.

UNDEVELOPED DUTCH NEW GUINEA. "There are pigeons there as large as tur. keys. That's one thing you can get, fine pigeon choeling-even if you're a bad shot!"

Mr. G. Shortridge, the member of the British Moseum's zoplogical expedition in Dutch New Guluea, who is now in Sydney, added a little to what he had already told The Daily Tels. graph. "Of course," be said, "They don't fly like on ordinary pigeon-more like a ben. We had great sport with them, And there are free-climbing kangaroot, like those you have In North Queensland, and butterfes Gia crore." Mr. Shortridge added that there were also mosquitoes--he did not say how large,

"The Dutch haven't touched the country,"

secluded group is said to be arcadian c'ear weather. The vessel pasted a Cornlab trade route for both passengers and freigid be. "There are pot many roads in Brithab

in its simplicity and beneficence, and, there, again, there is recognised King, whose name, however, we know not. On Singapore istaud there lives a remarkable personage who claims kingship, or some thing akin to it over a certain portion of the

foreshore on the Tanjong Katong side. This

bailer, apparently intact, at: 8,50 am, on the "ith inst., in Lat. 5*34′ N, and Long' uG" 51"

'WOUL AND SHEEP IN JAPAN..

THE AUSTRALIAN TRADE,

recluse in known as Prince Tzar and claims treation to a report which has been received special trade. The combine is strong enough wild rubber, and all sorts of tropical plants.

A be of the Russian blood royal. Perhaps some may remember that his consort, who was then known as Countess Ezar, made-a melodramatic appearance in the Parisian courts of justice three or four years ago in connection with a big jewellery transaction. The Prince has repeatedly beca summoned by the Chinese proprietor for illegal posses. Bastern Archipelago of Britishers who have sion of his tiny kingdom, but he positively established themselves a tone time or another refuses to budge and defends his own as sovereign rulers over an isolated island or

case in court whenever necessary. In island groups. It is not so very many year the recent Colowan affair we saw how

go that King O'Keefe of the Caroline

Generalissimo Leung of the pirate baud had ceased to visit Hongkong periodically. Kingset up a lawless kingdom of his own on that

The Mlolster for Avriculture desires to draw Mr. J. 3. attor, Commercial Commissi oner for New .outh Wales in the East, regard ing the prospects of this State's trade will japan in sheep and wool,

the antives are lazy. They live on sage and

$4.

Mr. Hett-I'm quite ready to supply my friend with pleadings,

The case was adjourned.

CANTON OPIUM SMOKERS,

RENEWAL OF LICENCES.

(From Our Own Correspondent.]

„Canton, 11th August."" The annual renewal of the opium smoking permits, which are in the form of wooden

boards, will take place from the 1st day of the 'gih moon, · In the city of Canton the number of such wooden board permits issued by the Aut!-Opium Association to opiùm smokers last - year was 36,800, while pp to the present there are about only, 20,000" applicanis "who have been registared at the Association for the res newal of their permits this year.

From these figures it will be seen that probis bition against opium smoking has been attended with excellent results in Canton. With a view to he more rigorous enforcement of the anti-apiam regulations, the members of the Association have submitted a suggestion to the officials that oplam smoking permits, now in the form of

wooden boards; should be changed to tin plates j'i or if wooden boarda are to be retained, their size should be increased to 3 feat by 5 feet each for the coming year, in order that the holders of thess permits may not conceal the ether in their pockets or do them up in wrappers when going to buy oplum.

NEW E, AND A, LINER,

LAUNCH OF THE "ST. ALBANS,”

At high water on the roth May Messrs. Wort man, Clark, and Co.,Ltd., Velfast, launch- ed from their South Yard a new sizämer, de» signed and boilt for the Estero and Australian Steamship Company, Ltd., London. The now, Yousel has been named St. Albans, and le 381ft. in length, with a gross tonnage of about 4,500, and she will trade between Australia and the

East. Accommodation for about 65 first-class

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passengers is provided for la commodious state-rooms, arranged for one and two persons, on the bridge and upper dicks, and for 36 second-class passengers lo large four-berth. rooms at the after-end of the bridge space. The first-class public rooms Include spacious and well-lighted dining saloon, a tastefully furnished drawing-room, and a com.. ariable smoke-room. The second-class past. agers are provided with comfortably-furnish- ed dining saloon, leunge, and smoke-room, Accommodation for European steerage passen- gars has been arranged in the poop space, and Chinese steerage on the main deck forward. j

As the vessel is intended for service in tro pical climates, special attention has been given to the ventilation of the pisstager accommoda. tion throughout the vessel. The Catgo space is

divided into four holds, and one of these han

baen insulated and prepared for the carriage. af frozen meat, while the tween deck, space over this hold has also been insulated, and fitted up for mest and frolt cargoss and parish- able stores. For the preservation of these s cargoes and stores a plant, of refrigerating' machinery bas boon installed. Each of the

but we have what we consider reliable informa- tion to the effect that suck a rumode is with. New Guinen, but in Dutch New Guiaen there are none. I haven't been to, the iwa Dutch out substance. Indeed, we have sufficient knowledge of the business acumen of our settlements, at Fac Fac and Merauke, but they Japanese friends to doubt that such competi-ars only villages, with a few soldiers, just to show the territory is Dutch Nearly all the tion will ever be instituted.

The capital represented by the signatory par-rountry we have seen so far is under water, or ties to the new combina is so great as to render at least marshy. If you leave one tiver you fatile any attempt at encroachment on this strike another.", There are tigo palms, and to withstand almost Any opposition. Another But to develop the country you would want a factor tending to discourage new opposition Dutch New Guinea the pupulation is thin, and thick population, like there is in Java, In against the combine is that, in effect, all export carge from Canton,-ie, merchandise ab pped fish and hunting. The women hunt as well as The report was asked for in 'connection with from that large centre of trade for expari to

the men. The women do pretty well all the an article that appeared in the columns of a Europe and America is booked by the Euro- weekly newspaper published in Sydney regard. pran-owned lines of steamers. Oaths British work. I think the men are the laz'est men i ing this question, and which seemed to indi- company, as a maiter fact, the directorate ever saw. They don't do anything at all. When cate that America was well so the front in this composed of merchants who control practical" came up they would sit in front of their matter. The statements in the article referred ly the entire export trade in Canton whatbers and stare at us all day long.

"Our carri rs are Moluccaus, We have a to regarding the amount of wool and woollen goods annually imported, iplo Japan are adcargo, the greater part of the mat trade, or the with us, all our food as well as the rest of our

as regards the valuable and more payable silk good many, beca se we had to carry.eva yibing holds is furnished with a large batchway, sult- mitted, but the repeat shows that, with the ex-chow-chow cargo, as miscellaneous freight outfit. Now and then we'd shoot a pigeon ception of small importations not exceeding | is designated,

1,000 in value, the whole of the wool import

or a wallaby, bui yo- cant depend on booting, SHIPPED AT CANTON O'Keefe was a very worthy man. When his rocky island, where he defied law and ed comes from Austrália, England, and Europe, for export to the Contjoent or to the United The palives are no good as carriers. They are triple expansion enginns, having all the most.

while in the manufactured-rantorials-the-bufk-States. On the other hand, we have-it-on-in-all right when you first strike a village, but as of the importations came from England, disputable authority that the import freight from soon as the novelty has worse, and to have part manufactured from Australian wool, France, and Germany, and are for the most Hongkong to Canton in similarly controlled by dane all the trade they want, they won't do any the river lloes already existant. Many of the thing. We paid them in colored cloth and A18-heads. When a native gett ao sehead As an illustration of those facts, it is poicted Chinese merchants here are part 'owners, and

to hollow out their lo, canoes with sharpened total importations of wool to japan equalled panies whose steamers ply to Canion, £315,048 69, Australia's share amounting to

from the present combine, which, as has already 119,336, and this latter amount is £31,587 45

bean stated in these colomas, applies solely to more than the value of the total impons for the passenger fares, it jis understood the Chinese companies have under consideration a proposal year 1909.

to institute a freight i pool.”.

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stones, And we brought a lot of colored vesta They were great on them, but a vest wouldn't be worth quite as much ́as an axe-bead. The criers break up, easily out of their own cona. iry; they get sore foot, and all sorts of things, But though they are so lexy, the tribes'wo came

ably equipped with stoom' winches, denicks, and other appliances necessary for expediti- ously handling general cargo.

The propelling machinery consists of a set of

modera improvements and suxiliaries, and sop”” plied with steam from four single-ended steal cylindrical multitubular Boilers, worklog under forceddraught. The vessel bas bacnbuilt under

and fulfils the requirement of the British Board of Trade.

CHINESE IN THE STRAI?3.

HONGKONG ARRANGEMENT GIVES GOOD RESULTS.

The annual report of Mr. O, J. Szonder,,

trade with Japan isoara very firm basis, and It is therefore apparent thất Australia's wool as the Commercial Commissioner says; "No proposed freight "pool" does not in any way cross have been peaceful enough. I believe secretary for Chinese Affairs, has been pub-

to posterity. There he lived and ruled tone will be left unturned in keeping the re

little schooner with her cargo of cupra came authority and whence he made periodical sweeping into our Harbour there was no descents upon the surrounding territory and salute fired from the fort such as his royal passing shipping. Leung, of course, hardly designation might have demanded; and if comes within purview of this article, which he did not pay an official call on His Ex-was intended to deal only with the Europeans out that during the first quarter of this year the directors as well, of the Chinese shipping com- he thinks his fortune's made, because they have special survey for the highest clars in Lloyd's.. cellency the Governor when visiting Hong who had set up kingdom of one kind or an- kong, he at any rate never failed to "make other in the East. But it lors a sort of things, lively for his friends during his corrotary to the occupation of Green Island sojourns in the port. King O'Keefe was by Chinese pirates in the early days, of our lavishly, open-handed He was generally Colony. These desperadoes lived under the credited with immense wealth as the result undisputed rule of an Englishman, whose of his administration of and operations in name, however, has not been handed down the Caroline Islands, but although he was, the possessor' of valuable property, his for tung, he has himself assured us, was very much over-estimated. However, in this garrulous world, especially when a halo of romance overhangs a

personage as in the case of King O'Keefe of the Carolined, the imagination of the bar rator of a strange life history is prone to wander into the realms of pure fancy: When King O'Keefe's little schooner left Hongkong for the last time and disappeared 'for ever in a typhoon there were many friends in Hongkong who mourned over his fate.

his subjects for some years, it is said, sources of this country prominently sefore the before the approach of a squad of Bri-Japanese."

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of Sutter points out that the proposal to establish article, would probably mest with disaster, as sheep farms in Japan, also referred to in the the absence of natural grassor, so plentiful in Australia, would be a great obstacle in the way of success.

It should, perhaps, be explained that this

concern the British and foreign companies 'but 'aime soly at a protective working arrangement in the interests of the Chives as operating on the Canton River. According to information received by us, this combine is intended to combat the

PROSPECTIVE' COMPETITION'

tish gunboats drove him from his domlaion. In dealing with the sheep themselves, Mr It may be within the recollection some readers that about ten years ago two Australian brothers took up arbitrary possession of.a little-known valley in the neighbourhood of So-koa-poo in Hongkong They had spent most of their lives in the Some three years ago the Japanese Govern.lora controverted by another contributor in the Australian bush and could not abide to live ment gave the matter their consideration, but in the town. So they assumed a tract of so far pathing has scaulted but a Japaonic ground, built themselves a shack, delved a student who visited Australia for the purpose garden, and lived the simple life. So far as of obtaining information on this question, is now lectaring in Japan on the virtues of

the Dutch have bad some trouble at Merauke..||lished and shows that the total number of But the tribes have different languages and immigrants from China in 1909 was 151,953, don't mix with one another macb, we some may be walika and others peaceful,

"The real work o oar exp"ĺtion w_n't be. gio until we get to our final base or operations, got 40 mi es up the r ver now. Then we shall up al the foot of the Snow Mountains. Wo bava

strike across more of the flat martly cuntry for another so miles or so en twird. That won't bring us sear Iritish territory; these moan alas are in, about the middle of Dutch teritory,

the lowest number for the last in years, and 1,700 below the figure for 1508—2" decrease" ol ja per cent. The decrease in 1908 was attributed to the Imposition of 14 and 10 days” quarantine during the second and third quartere likely to ensue upon the opening of the Kow

he says, can only be attributed to trade depres of the year. The continued decrease in 1909; Icon Canton Railway. This is fubject which

sion on this side and to good harvest in Oblas. a special contributor to our columas dealt with

The arrivals in Penang numbered 43,352, a. at considerable length some time ago, and

decrease of 8-6 per cent, below the number in kams of bis statements and assertions were in

1908. The number of unpaid patsingers, Le. of persons who obtain free pastages, to the columns of the fiorgione Telegraph.

Colony in consideration of entering into con- foreign and Chinese combine, we have insituj

To go back to the question of the British,

tracts for service on arrival in the Colony, was 13,379, a faster decrease of 275 or 16 per cent — ed inquiries with special reference to the

The proportion of unpaid passengers to total optimistic opinion expressed by Mr. Robiet

number of adult male immigranti romained the Shewan, Chairman of the Hongkong, Canton and Macao Steamboat Co. Ltd, at the

same as in 1908. Ofthese unpaid passengers zx,- tatives and friends; 239 were raturand to Chinis 1 gth instant. On that occasiop, Már. Shewan re- thore in North Queensland No, we don't be. 24 wate dismissed in Singapore: 210 absconded marked- may say the current half yaar tlieve there's much chance of finding any of the on landing or from de; o ́s, and nius died: "Thera has opened bucouragingly and i trust when wa meet again we shall be able to show an im- big animals extinct in Ace ralia. There may werb 371 immigrants remaining in depola on with the Hongking Givamment, by which so provement on the result of the past six months' be fossils, of comme We shall like to find the 31 Decen bir, çog beinargement working."

them but it's not at all likely. We don't go at ival from jk te ly recrgisrol hire 31 am in for stuffing the skins-wo dry them. They nepad paiso gar unlea ke can pray Dusly ste will be stored in the museum (ɔ- reference; wa" know?orged his indib edanas before then want them to fast bundreds of years,

Srgis rar General, engkang, has continued, zo w, rk with good remismAR

"We are making only a zalo-ical collection. tality we have no eclogist with us, because there may be all sorts y f metals. You can see plenty of coppar striking op. We expect to

Yet the manner of his death was just of that we know they were never disturbed in theit | Australian wool as compared with that of other half-yearly meeting. of the Campany on the find new birds el paradiro, and animals like 627 signed contr«cis: 974 worn rudonmed by se

kind that was worthy of that big-hearted, roting, sea-loving man. King O'Keefe had his residence on Yap ai the western extremity of the Carolines, which, by the way, are

non-righteous occupation of the lead. Those two "Kings of So-kon poo," as they were nick-naged by the fow who were aware of

the existence of their primitive domicile, have now gone from their place of abode and in all probability have sought again the utter seclusion which to them was so desirable and, which the bush alone affords. 20

about thirty in number and lie to the Fast of the Philippines. The group is rarely visited nowadays by navigators. Of the Easter Island Kings, the greatest, of course, in Rajal Brooke of Sarawak, who exacts royal honours from the fort at Singapore Wa notice that our evening contemporary when his yacht steams into the Harbour reprints an article entitled "In Rubber Lands The story of Sarawak is too well known to used the Planters Life" and credits li 10 The Asian, recounting here, but it is full of romance and The said article was specially written for, and never loses faterest. Originally, the terri- uppuared oziginally Ip, this columor of the Lacy of Batawak wai acquired with sovareign | Hongkong Tüagraph.

countries.

It is at the same ti'su i 1¿fested that there is at mech 1 kelihood of sheep being importal into lapas for killing purposes, and that apless the Coverament of thatcanatry can be induced to lower the duties on frozen profuc 1 the fade in that direction must also remain dorment

No doubt cao, therefore, exist'as to Aura. lla's position regarding this matter, and if for sher evidence is required reference to Mr. Suitor's anal report for the past six years (Bulletins Nos, 2, 10, 29, 18, 36, and confus forwarded) will furnish farther detalls. These bulletins may be obtained from the Director of the Immigration and Tourist Bureau Muutin place, Sydney,

--To chia! c'asies of tabṛus for which 2014 trac & wars s'goed word i-Minces: 7 dasiingili 'céltürst, laboarır, $,835, gumival maskalke

It may be safely assumed that upon the new basis for distribution of profits there are likely to be increased earnings upon parusoger fates the partier signatory to the pool" agreement. ́af between 20,and 25 per cent, net for each of

17 bo vai ves pot any old clothes they get to` In the case of the companies owning steamers likely wrap it round his hand,"

queer uses. If yêu gies a man a coat bo'fi vary of larger tonnage such an increase in by no means to be despited. Whether or not our fortained uptifanother six months have prased, silver shield, valus 100 galasas, for, the bast best bao, mechanic and artisa forecast is likely to prove correct cannot be . THE India. Rubber Journal Ja piesenting a taburagOMBEWYCTR:SIM when the balance sheets ofthe steamabip com sample of Plantation Para rubber shows at the tie and shop cooles 115); al'oră, î panies will have been published and their son intemational Rubber and Allied Frides, 239 and misgillfuscus ser; a tota reports placed in the hands of ebarokoldara. - Exhib{{{que