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different billiard tables, Tala ploomy apuit.ffic out in the public
notarlangi aga the Jobora used to be
mantis called a club, and here the billederen men who spand theię daya la work west in te evening to shaka, or throw dice for drinks. Orals they do not do so, and re mala lonely io their even gloomier quatters. For here there are no wide verandahs, no cool shaden Rim, shackle floors and lesky roofs, doors that won't shut and window) that Jimb, are the marks of meat houses occupied by Eur peas. The mativa houses need so description. The mon- galtors are the lords of the air, while rats take
bling hobser for
Europe'ns just as they were for Chizasó
do set for moment deload or even upho'd the gimbling habit, but the fact remains that Johore was the favourite place of Sunday re- sont for Singapore inhabitants. Then one day it so happened that a Government servant was known 15 vis,t the fantan tables occasional sly was found to Have bozo 'making free with the finds that paised through his hands official. ly. And so, os account of this one defaulter, all Europeans were debarred from visiting the Baming tables, which are no mate harmful there than they are in Macao ́or Maco, pra- vided that a man her money in bis pocket and
marry on this termite asten floor. There are shops where a man can buy anything he needs. Ha in forced to send to the nearest large centre of tride, say Hongkong, for evan 2 pair of shoes or some socke. lt a woman be forced to live
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THE Repablicas dag in Portugal seumi to bi matter of dispute. Reuter wirad- that the colours are gread nad bus. But the colours on that hoisted by the Portuguese craints. Parco de Goma at Batavia were green and red. colours were vertical, the red being the one alongside the maste
A SPECIAL" telegram to the Nerikten Timis states that the Viceroy of Nanking bay la: structed the Commissioner of Foreign Affairs, the Shanghai. Total and the Chinnie Chamber of Commerce to come to an undemanding with the Borgkong and Shanghai Backlog Corporation, that the loan of two million taule is borrowed by and to be returned by the Chi
ess merchantslan
A REMARKABLE stamping machine kdown as the "Deam,” which is now on view in London, will w'ihin 'an har affix automatically nearly.
la such a plács, Heaven help her, for aba cam:f is fjollib enough to risk tha an' of 12. An Ave thousand postaga siamp; to as many edi other case that was brought to our notice colopes, at the same time perforating the stamp cently was that of a cutain police officer who
with, the user's mirk, registering the value of had the temsily to marry a Ohinese wife and the stamp'usod, and the total number of letters who accordingly in view of the axlating re- stamped. The type allows the use of fire dif gulations: was compelled, to retira from the forent values of stamps, Service. What objection there may be to a En- ropean marrying a Chiness woman it is father Bardiodiacover. Fromancial point of viewthere
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On a Saturday, when Princes-street, and cross ing at the west end was fraught with dangat 40, American visitor, the Edinburgh Dispatch
-procure nothing thats European wonko mänis, got even the kind of cotton thread she uses to saw on her husband's buttons fil For the to do this herself, as no amaha are tabu kad, Dr, lot the poor man go butt:mless. She cinnsteven get a pair of shoe-laces, let alone a box of hair pias. She cannot get "books and me," she caonot get evos a ribbon to tie up her hair with, any more than she can get a coalscasts bat of ay be opinionative variance, but surely it tells, sanntered up to a resident and said “Ex- a babblosskirt; - "Happy husband some will cught be left to each individual British subject cure me, sir, but where is the busy part of the murmur. Bai do, sy we, not happy busband scrive in a Far Eastern Colony to marry city?' and when the reply came," Well, I should say you're just about at it," "So," drawled the tall, but rather lockless and ill-fired man hom he ple ses without by danger of pen-American, "I thought I was in the country For all these things, exceptand oven th's ex-alisation. We know perfectly well that in the Theo, correcting himself he explained, "Least ception is doubtful-will have to B stat fer, at 4rmy married men as preferred, because for wiye, I thought this might be the suburba."
soma reato or other known only to the execu `hue expense, fróm Hiras or from Hongkong.
tive the bachelors are not considered to be If this place be fortunate, or unfortunato, thars
such good fighters as their arried brethren whose lot a irrevocably cast with the regiment We do not think that ..ch a stigmatisation is permisible'; yat ni the same time it as bean
THE case against Chan Kat Tea for larceny of cheques amounting to $10,35 from Com- minder C. W. Beckwith, R.N., was continued before Mr. Halifax atthe Magistracy this morn. ing. Mr. Reader Harris, from the firm of Mesurs, Wilkinson and Grist, appeared for the defend-
oro perhaps five ladies le it. These being divi. ded; equal two cliques and a half, and each thinks itself Society, and each lady is sure she is the chief lady in the port. If you wish to go for a walk in this place you musige ja themadras grizat our bachelor soldiers of the ligeant. The case was dismissed on the ground
evanlag, for to the daytime it is too hot, - As you lap from your door you put your foot in a pool of slime.. The local piga helped to make cha You can walk for quite a plesiaal dis- iance on a path way vario i'with á saliction "of by-products of pig and buffito. Add to this the dangers which ara avar-present among a
liasofficiency of evidence Oban Cheun, tele. phone messenger af the Matbiur Ofice, was sentenced to two months hard labor la con- nection with the same case.
who lerve to make up the defensive forces in the olosy. "Is this cass to which werafes, officer in qudition who's the terrible audacity to marry whom he liked-arall sousible men 'do- was recooded on to another Government DoWn (N. C. Daily News) are informed by the General Agent of tao Maatschappij tot Mija- "partment in which this stringent regulation Bosch-in Landbouwexploitatio in Lingkat, dees not exist, with the renait that he is draw that he has received a telegram from the Estate semi-bartarous population, without efficient ing now just about double the salary that the informing him that oil has been struck at hole police, or indeed any, and where the sole companions who jolied with him are entitled No. 93. The prosont daily output from this means of protection is perhaps that if a Chin much for Gwernmental service uno: well in 480 tons, which is more than all the others walls together. The Director wish to can military officer in command of alen troops
point out that it is quite possible that "this some miles away., Motoover, there laun fertigo
untpat may not be maintaised and therefore hospital, and the only medical thin var.
farther information will be sent to shareholders worked missionary doctor some hour distance
in about a fortnight,
maits "If we go up to higher circles we find this peculiar fact, ikajaa official, say, Sir Henry May cannot go. Home as Colonial Secretary with his passage paid, ost cap any member of
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ETHIRD DAY'S REAULTS.
The following are the remalis of the remain- Ing events in connection with the last day of the Shanghai Autumn Mesting after we had gone to press yesterday s
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Magistrac this-moining 3 Inspector Macdonald of Yaumali prosecuted three tim pan women for being in illegal p
215 | quantity of dynamite. The Hof was discoverne in buckets which had bean fiind up with
THE CONSOLATION. CUP.
Cherry Treo (Vida)...mni » cumai Lamerion (Johrstone): ................. Worcester (Laurence) 3 Time s km. 40-4/5 set.
THE CHAMPION SWEEPSTAKES 1ð milo,
Persimmon Tren (Vida),... Squire McCalper (Luurance)
· Cecile Rose (á. Burkill) ....... Time: im. 57,1/5 'heck={}}}
TRE JOCKEY. Cue, Savaa Ferlongs,
Cleric (levers)..... Valbalia (Delgarno) Arbatum (Lindsay) sanity Timan 1m 48 2/5 ROCK-
NEWS FROM THE NORTH;
· REORGANISATION OF THE ARMY,
Tramlated from tho Native Press ]{y} It is reported that the President Yan Chaug intoads to consult with the Army Advisory Council to draw up fresh regulations for the new troops in the various provinces...
THE FINANCIAL STRASS IN SILANDĦAL, The Board of Fisaoce kara jeceived a million dollars in cash, which will be sent in three separate consigaments on board one of the China Navigation Company'ssinamers to sive the financial situation in Shangbai.
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INSTRUCTION TO TARTAR-GENERAL The Tarist-General Tink-Linog, of Nanking, has been letracted by the Frince Regent to reorgains, the Baoner Troops. It is reported that as soon as Tick-Liang arrives at Nanking. he will be ordered to proceed to the other provinces to investigate important private affales
'FOREIGN LOANS.
The Govatnor of Kwongsi intends to obtain a foreign 100. The goatry of that place bave cabled to the Obeng Yea at feking to raise a strong opposition,
IMPENDING VISIT OF GERMAN CROWN
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The Cabinet Minister #. & Na-Tung iptonde to request the Throne to appoint Presideng Yim Chanz to be the Spreial Boydy to receive the German Crawa Prince is co-operation with, the President of the Board of Foreign
off Now our paint is this tin such a place dir. the Civil Service or mba na the Savitary Board THE many filende of Captain WAW. Greene | Affairs.
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Commander of T. K. K steamer Chips Mari douth of his wife as Sao Francisco on the a 3rd wilt leato with deep of the news of the
ult M, Greene, who was the youngest daughter of the late Mr and Mrs. Gez; Booth,
PRINCE REGENTS RESIDENCE. The construction of the residence of the
hot oms and was very cooningly coul
One woman was fined $50 and the other $75 aach
The dynamilo is employed for the killing of fish and is anillegal practice that the fisherfolk, have not been slow to adopt.,
It is no so very long ago that a Europeas got "one of big bands blown off, whilst putting
dynamite catidge into the water from 6 tam pan for the purpose of malog
When the cartridge explodas under water the fish is the immediate neighb generally killed and, rising
ba ostly retrieved. At the same tima ii'is a danger gamaip play
ALLBGED THEFT OF DIAMONDS
THE GAGE STREET CASE.
Before Kr. E. R, Halifax Flest Police Magiace irate, this altera son, Miss Harsl. Lynn was charges by Miss Doris Matlowo with alleged larceny of three diamonds, valued at $1,650, the property of the complainint ........ Mr. Brutton,. from the firm of Messrs. Bratton and Hett, apposted for the compliant and Mr. W. E. L beaton, of Messrs. Descon Looker and Deacon, was for the defence. The cath was further remanded to Thursday next at ipme pending the receipt of the Government Analyst's report in respect of certain a ticles, and tha calling of some expert evidence.
RECEPȚION AT JAPANESH
CONSULATE.
AN ARTISTIC SCENE.
in all, müstein of antiulc decoration: the. Japanésa min supreme. Nothing could have been more effective than the colour scheme of the Japanese Consula e and his groundı il yese terday afternoon's reception In honour of Hu Japanese Majesty'a birthday. The miniic of the band seemed to complate a perfect entertaiá ment What was really charming to the eys, what really pleased and will linger is the memories of those who were present, were the sxquisite drenes of the Japanese ladiju, who fa heir own costuma lout fadescribable chaim to the scous, - Mix, Fœnatsu, was in bus, so were the majority of the ladies, and some wore dresses of that tender dove colour which to bas comes the dainty and dignified attitude of Japsss: gentlewomen. The aniforms, mili- lary and naval, at many officers of all ranks contrasted with the sombra black conta and all |hats ambɔg the guests, who were most cordially received by Mr. Fonata, whose hospitable
staff. In other Departments, however, all the plojes Relatii receiving foll-pay, or half employé loave ofther paid or
pay in the care may be during their sejoura la Burepo. If it were becessary, we could cite a (a poor rssideats bers have all the reconaries, few more jostancertreding to show the uz faiz
and with care, masy of the comfort of life.aess of governmen'al methods In the case of 4 erinmunicates intended for pabilestion in Our experience, however, is that the poor do Public servants, but perhips enough h⋅s been delicate health; but recent reports give boller Council staling that the Preissant of the United | or "sunsite.orer a cloud? Can of the most
ppt grumble as much as their richer neigh said to show the necessity for prompt and efficiews and showed that the change seemed to be
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LOCAL AND GENERAL.
THE Government Council has memorialised the Throne to order the Senate to discuss next year's Badget in view of the fact that the various Provinces show a deficit totalling to a sum of overitis 48,000,000,
bour. Here we have one of the best paved and best lit towas in the world, with a police, which, krowl as we may, does undoubtedly protect life and property.. Hera as áll life's decencies. Hoje ara splendid shops, equal to any in the Ers, whose you can buy simost SUBSCRIPTION BATKS (IN ADVANCE) anything you like in absson, from a Princses Dalur-$86 per anunni.
frock in the latest *Piok fan". Hardaro doći tors who will tell you'when not ta laks quiniaeg tabloids because they can supply you with A COOLIE was acolenced at the Police Court this morning to two months' hard labour and "z:mething just, Rood", and, waikisk, pro-six buts' stacks for the larceny of zoo hemp
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Prince Regent was complated on the 28. ult. the total cost being Govog tals, W. E Na- Tang has been appointed to furalsh the house, old residents of Yojohama, removed to SaúIMMIGRATION DYE-LAWS IN UNITED STATES.
rancisco early this spring. For some time
H, H. Chang Yim Tong, the Chinesa Minis- prior to her removal Mas. Greens was in very for to Washington, has cabled to the Grand States will abolish the bye-laws relating to the Chinese immigrants.
beneficial. To Captain Greene, who is now in Hongkong, the sympathy of many friends, will be extended in his bereavement."
CHINA'S PARLIAMENT.
efforts were ably scconded by his Vice-Consul
and Interpreter. The daylight fire-works warn - troly wonderful. Fired from a petked high into tha nir rose a bomb, which on exploding would turn out to be the British and Japiousé flags floating in the air together, or a "digon larato" basutiful was the "butterflies and willow.
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The bugcifics were, marvellously realistic. ↑ We hɔya Lever seen any daylight dra-works lą It is reported that a memorial for the early equal there. The graceful custom of present» establishment of a parliament has bien pre log evp y lady with a souvenir if the occasion A DEEPLY touching story comes from Odessa sented to the Throne by the Cabinet Ministers,
was as usual obuurved, and some of those wa of a girl lost and found. Two years ago, thard The Prince Regent stated that a disappeared the seventesa rear old daughter be held in private audience tooderdw. kent venirs indeed of the character ric and charm meeting will saw were extremely pretty-sod will prove son of a well-to-do family la Krashobrod in the year the pew Grand Secretuint will be establog reception given in His Imperial Japanese government of Lublin, A few days ago, the listed and Parliament will most for the first Majesty's honour by Me, and Mrs. Funatate, mother of the lost child paid a visit to the di-time in the jib year of £ug Tung, trict of Yahrmarka. There, near the church- door, she, gave aims to a blind girl, saying, 'Pray for my child, my dear, whom l-lost two years ago. She is certainly dead. The blind
glal bad scarcely heard the lady's volce before
HARMSTON'S CIRCUS.
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HONGKONG, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1910,
OUR MANY MERCIES.
"What a horrible place Hongkong in, and
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where you can go a really good cup of coffee Road West and sold at Wanchai. with a friend, and, if you like sweet things,
respetable orion Sales member of the professioâol] Urdalism areas: bo oming some. what perturbed at this new state of thingua Ou bt ws tollow ourselves to become
The janinalist is in extremă pa il of, ba- coming a gentleman Strap and awful as it ny teem to those who cứng to, chan duo
Mamma. I am your Marin. It then transpiralcammoon, there will be a matiuso, when chil-fouros ist himself, gentility is being throst mpon conkolirners who will entice your appetite, A GERMAN sivently has just, for the Besied that the girl had been stolen by professions!dres will be admitted for half-price to all parts, him. Society is beginning to recognise him as hover jaded. In Hongkong we have tal-time, coaferred a degree on an Egyption savant, beggars, her eyes burn', and her hands cruelly Thefa will also be a spatial performance on diers to look at, and sometimes a band to listen to recipient. is an Arab Sheik, named Wily, crippled, in order to cause the sympathy of the Sunday night. -
Through the courtesy of the Tramway Com to. There are recitatios clubs of all kinds, in the Bitlin Oriental feminary. He received beggars at the Yahrmarks in connection with pay, special cars will run before and after
who acts as lecturer for the Arabic language, charitab e. · The polien hava arrested sevőnly
from Victoria to wild Kowloon, and if you ne
the degree of doctor of medicine. eager to see pretty scenery, from a railway cár, there is our bice now railway, Wahiya Char- che.too, and a Synag-gur, and ↑ Moique. What more can anybody want ?- Hospitals? In plenty. And that memorial of a good man and womino, the Malilds capital, li helpful to the ready sick. For amusements we have lit
the kidnapping of the child.
each performance.
MINISTER
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“enilimen ?”; they ask. "In bocomlig res pect bin shall we not la'e cur old power and independenci? There is somethis so the argument. Former y the journalist belonged, tono class. He was an outfiw and a Bohemian. He was in the world but not of it. The world was merely bis piep-show, and he want about dren's League Biran beld List Saturday, the co temp ubus acorn
The neit proceeds of the Mjais;oring Chil- makjag notek Insulted by 9th October, ameant to $4,7500, anm exosomal is we ha
PROCEEDS OF FANCY U-ZLAR,
how heartily and sincerely I wish I were out ofile to grumble aboul, för even a cinematograph guilders more he hid lent out. The balance the Roman Doric Myla of architecture covering ceeding that of fast year by $450, nor will
Iar the wordé one occasionally bears
is bitter than nothing we are constantly visit.
buy
children.
THE forged Bonglong and Shanghai Bank WE learn from an exchange that the triumphal chique mystery at Sɔurabaya bus bean cleared completion of one of the greatest engineering up. The Chinaman antested for uttering the works of the age was celebrated recently when Chequin bas made a clean breast, of it. He the Pennsylvania Raliway tunnals beneath the named several Chinamen and one of the bank Hudson and East Rivers were formally opened. cashiers as accomplices. Twenty-six thousaad to tattic. Together with the magnificent guilders in motes have been recovered; 20,000 Pennsylvania Station, a mammoth building in
bat, bring s socialp riah, 7,000 guilder-malus seaccounted fes, eight acres in the heart of New Yor City, the be divided amongst the following charities for making. Now it is diferen
new system of transportation represents an out- YESTERDAY, Sergasht Wait with a posse of fay of some £300,000,000. Henceforth 1,000 Victoria Homs and Crphanage, Bow detectives raided No 217, Q seen's Road Central trains, with a Carrying capacity of 600,000 pen. from 450,00
tickets and fourteen' for buying, the compads, us denilood to effect a radical change in the Baxter Mistion School The ragionders were sentenced to six months! life of the metropolis by telassing the Inhabit hard labour each without the option and the ants in the narrow, crowded limits of Manhattan. third was Goed Stone remainder were sladd. The gigantic steel tubes foming the reminded, ball, baing allowed in the sum of ionnets situsind 97 fü 'bonaath ziver, bada are
Miocesan Girls' School the work of Massra. B. Pearson and Son, Elmit. 525 sich,
Berka Fonsdling House, w... ed, of London, where head partner is BOWL, 2L, S. Taising Home for
Hongkong Cot in the
stered by people whom the weather, or the ed by theatrical companies, and who should and condition of their rubbar shates of of their complain when we have just seen Nicola and Hiar, hava driven into the "dalsful dumps," bare a circus with lots of tizers and two ele and arrested sixtesa mer, two for,solling lattery "ple, will run daily through the tunnels, which 'Hildesheim Mission, Blind School 450,00 Dissatisfaction with a place olien moins dia. phents in it?
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osisoli which has put ons out of tang with the harmony of Nature and man's work in it, (It"] It comes rather as a surprise that the Go. may, however, be a well-gr.unded festing of venment of the Federated Malay States GENERAL Frederick Fanston, why captured, Lord Cowdray, ⠀ disgust atuncomfortable surroundings which we generally considered to be a broad-minded Aguinaldo, the Filipino lasurgeat, and who had a an powerless to alter, For instance place a mart | administrativo bądy--has been jaluffering command of the San Franciico alication after THE Staterman, writing on Lord Roberts, la a small tropical or sub-tropicat pary, where unwarrantably with the cficials of the civil the uning grace of 1906; declined to say after sys-Lengthy at the carser of Lord Roberts he is expected, to do all the work and advance Service in fact, i fringing upon the liberty of that the page-boys were dressed in the uniform personailty with great are. Hix figure in stili Children's League)"wishas specially i
Hold Baltimore, in Kansas City, okrike ground has been one does not usually associate his the Interests of his firm singis-kandid, with a the tubject, It is in this way. Recently of the Ualted Statei army captains, Geceral | 4 streight and wiry as that of a man in his Cologe! Chipman and the Officers of the Bong half or less than ball-educated native clerk, two private circules has been sent round to all civil Fenster says it is bigh lions for prison gased, prime, and his paclic activity is eating. Vet kong Volanter Corps for the loan of Hall coolles and the office cat as his assistants, servants demandleg that each and every one motorcycle palice, and hotel lifi-boys to stop Imagins, too, that the place is compistely de-from the highest official on the list the bade-mitalisg army uniforms våld på ronds, dimlango, street-lighting, police, ble puokah polier, should slate the impact of sour abrasineis has been aroused to Folland,
other avary day coawaniences of his local lavestments in the shape of share by the declared policy of the GOVRILO police ara surely, among life'e holding A commission, tăn, là ta besppointed, of Netherlands Fadia to enforce Ba
1'wa bere class them as neces• 1 it appears, to inquito, to the stent that: nace 8o long as his 153) was de a place thera is no library, no speculation exista amongst Lava
the famose Field-Merbál célebrated his 78th birthday two days ago, baying bein: boru, at Cawopars, on Septembar, jo, 18ja; It is 59. has since be obtained his commission là thu Bengal Antillery, and the thirtieth anniversary of the
Kabul-Kandahar campalgu carred this year. It is over. Lord Robi
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