1910-12-17 — Page 7

MARINE COURT.

A DANGEROUS PRACTICE.

ah fust

At the Marine Court- this nostaing, before Commander Basil Taylor, RN, Php Going, -pilot (fiha, 4. Bft chain pruieru'ed Li You Dwurs of paiberger boal Noy wih (-) um- Twfully inaking fist bei b. a to hs.stromer whilst under way in the wa ets of the Clouy on the morning of the 8 bis, (b) o:ceiling the camber of her boat.

Evidence as called and h's Werthip im

posed a fi'e of $o in respect of ei cl count,

ANOTHER CONVICTIONA

J. S. Lewing Jon, master ciless. Chan Fe, prieculed Lo Chan, owner of the cargo boat No. 32, with a similar effence at about 1.45 P...os tha 29'h ula më

Aler videz.ce as terri, bis Whip or dered deler dant top y ́à fi & ¢f $40.00€, defapt, undergo a jeim of two moi j' bard

·labour,

THE ITALIAN CROISER -"ÇALABRIA”

VISIT OF THE R. C. BISHOP.

Toth lots

There was a good deal of speculation in town this merg cacerning the import of the salts of fifteen puns fired by the Italian Cristy Calalti, which has just come into the men of war anchorage after under oing a spell lo quaroo ise. I quay at hi Borb.or Clica was fu less of ieiu't, the Naval Yard proved equally barren of information, and evin the usually well-informed Tamer folks were at a loss to understand the mearing of thi salute.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY DECEMBER

ALLBUED MURDER AT KOWLOON CITY.

MAN AND WIFE BU.PICTED.OF COMMITTING

FOUL DEED

16th inst.

A Chlànman and his wife were ch rzed at the Magistracy, th's moraing with the alleged murder of a wo ana en tin night of the 171b its at Kowloon City and larceny of propens to the value of about $,9. After committing

the dead, the couple are said to have disappears and were arra. ted yesterday at Ping Chow by Sergt. Gordon.

The defendants were lodgers to the ramo heure as the decaras, and on the morning following the murder, the neighbours discorsi ad this key and found that the defen 'ants bad made themselves ¡cace. The cue was remanded.

CHESS,

16;h Inst.:

The challenge of Mr. J. Fernstein to play ten opponents simultaneou ly attracted a good. ly number of chess-lovers to the City Ball Library gesteld.y afternoon. Hrn. Mr. H. E. Pallo x, C, who was raipossible fer ge'i'ng up the mitch, had to le va bef:re be coul fiolet his game with Mr. Fernstein and a draw was declared. The results of the other games were as foll: w- Draw-V. B Souri, H. M. Basto, and Dady Buj; lossa P. A Rosario, M. J. Dacenberg, D E. Carvalho, F. E. Cavalho, J. A. Carvalho and K. A Dastur, 品

CLAIM ÞUR BEER SUPPLIED...

16h inst,

Before ha Falsae Judge this morning, Karl' Brindes sued W. Stewart, Seamen's Insillute. for a sum of $48, being money due for "O. B." brer supplied. There was to appearance for the defence. Mr. Christopher Wilson repre

But when recourse was bad Ly a Hongkong Toleg på representative, io hs I alian Con sults, Cher. Velpiceli mado ite matter el' ar. This for on the head of the Roman Catholic community here, Bishop 14 zz ni, pa du visit of ceremcity to the Celabría sed 'li was in his besour that the salute was girer. Eit Reve: iece went off to the ship by hunch from Musealed the poiff tav Pier.

Under the finlian law of gurian'és," pass.

ed at the time hin Reme was taken over by the secular Govern ment, a Bishop is entitled ta the salute which was accorded's ishop Ferz i ic day. Tbs Tape himself is en i'led to a royal. salue equivalent to that given ta Prince of ita Blood,

HARBOUR OF REPÜGE.

OBSTRUCTIONS TO NAVIGATION

SFORTING,

THE CRIMINAL SESSIONS,

16th in 1,

Assites will be stguised to be to attendance on The juos summoned for the December Monday six', thength it stant, at ten o'clock, It is notified, however, that la view of the gener al convenience of the public doring Christmas

week it is hope I that it will be possible to ar range for the Aassizia to be adjourned til the first week in January..

CLAIM ON A PROMISSORY NOTE,

15th inst

In the Summary Court to-day, Loong 3 sap surd Wong Tsing, 33 Kowloon City Road, for a sum of $500, money dao on a promissory note. Mr. Dixon appeared for the plaintiff who went int the witzes: box and proved the ment was given for the plaintiff with costs.

WHAT AMBRICA TÍAS ACCOM "PLISHED\{ÄT/PANAMA,

OPTIMISTIC VIEWS OF MR FULLESTOW

L WALDO, V.R.G 5; ̈-

12 1010.

435

THE German Mail of the 16th November was delivered in London on 13th inst.

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Tuz Norddeutscher Lloyd, of Bremen, a pira that busincas is good and regular, and profit le steadily growing.

HEALTHFUL SURROUNDINGS, good schools, a generally moral environment social divoistonu, aud a thoroughly satisfactory commissariat. The number of gardens, in three years, bas Incrossed greatly. The peop'e really seem to cire to make their door yards · beautiful." Panama begins to appear likel home to them. They are not merir" So many persons ara Tnterested in making it biding their times la durance vile, until appear that the 1 anams Can I is getting on the six-weeks nonnal vacation, Every kind famously, and so many others would have as of fratical organization that a urishes in believe it next door to an‘gnomialope-fillare, the United States has taken Gri root open the that wo (Lile ary Digest) scarcely know to whit Isthmus. The baseball rivalry is as fast and or whom to pla our faith. Au article coatti furious as that of the steam-shovels Thate is -boted by a Briish authority, Fullerton L.n splaudid_opera-house in the city cf.Pauame, Waldo, a Fellow of the Royal Geographical opened in November, 198, with a brilliant per- Society, to The Regioeering Magazine (Newformance of Alda.' Whereas thero wore but two York) comes to our timalg ald. Mr. Waldo automobiles three years ago the passing of the was on the Isthmus in January, coy, and did borzine buggy to day arouse no comment, wharf. enthusiatic about the progress made la three Panama by all odds the best-paved city between oot so it again until July, 1910. He in frankly The millions of vitrified brick have made

CONT Tolitói's fant words were "There are: millions suffering in the world. Why are there so many of you round me za Turza shop-keepers were fined $io eich and nine S; each at the Police Court on, Teesday for causing as obstruction on footpathz.day THIRTEEN ricksha coollès were fined $5 each by Mr. Halifax the Magistracy, on Tuesday for causing an obstruction at the Star Ferry

The Obloess Minister in Lisbon called at the bounce the recognition of the Republic by his Government.

dobi,The defendant did not appear. Judg. and a balf years, but bò assures us that pang, } the 'capital of Mexico and Buenos Aires. ¡ck | Ministry for Foreign Affairs on aath vii, toʻap-

SAMPAN-WOMAN ROBB&C,

THI VES BAU XED BY CONTR:CTOR.

16 b inst. Two Chinamen bired a sampan at Shanki wan, the otherday between 8 and 9 p.m. to pro- ceed to Sai Wan Ho. On arriving at the wbaif there, the two-man gagged the sampas woman and stols jewellery to the value of directions. Later on, one of the men was $51.60, after which they disappeared in different arrested by a contractor who went ahead of the Police when the chess followed. The man appeared at the Police Court this morning and was remanded fill to-morrow morning.

NEWS FROM THE NORTH.

["pet.lly Translatal' for the Hongkong, Telegraph].

FAILURE OF RI E CROP,

Mr. Brandes, having been sworn, stated th:1

The Viceroy of the Two Liang has memorial- the defardant bad admitted the debt. He praised the Thrane, stating that the rice crop this mited to pay Lut had not dose 10,

year in Klangau is fairly abundant, but owing Judgment was given fer the plaintiff with to the shortage of crop in Hicchowfu, the price of the staple in that market is still very costa,

high, although the new carp has been put upon the market. The Pisca Regent is therefore requested to grant him permission to remit only one-third of the amouat of the tribute rice to Peking. He proposes to advance a loan to make up for the bila ce to Poking Instead of The following are the fixtures for tomo: seadlog the commodity. The memorial has bean forwarded to the Ministry of Finance for consideration.

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70 MORROW'S FIXTURES.

26th ics".

A BIG LOAN, :*

A notification appears in the Gov imment

LEAGUE CRICKET. Gords that groups of piles are being driven

The Minister of Finance, Duke Traite, prey to define the area wi hin' which stone is to be deposited to form the breakwater in connec Hongkong Cricket Club "A"ca. Caigen poses to attend the Natiarel Assembly himself and explain to its members the abjects of the tion with the above. The break-water wilcom-gower Cricket Club, to ie Cricket Club merce at a point ab u: 973 feat-south by east

gourd.

tes million pound loan. He will describe the of the south-western corner of Kowloon Marine Civil Service Cricket Club * Roys! Regimanner in which the loan will to need and Ecquaint the members with the terms of the Lot No 3, and will remira e at a point í boot 8:0 feet west by noth of the corb-westero

agreement, so as to dispil any doubts that may have aie is the minds of the people regard corcer of Kowloon Marlee Lat No. 49. Dur

ing this question. log the day-time, ropes displaying pieces of coltured bunting will be stretched across the line of the breakwater betw.en the group of piles for the guidance of craft depositing stins -Between the hours of surast and suprise, à red

cecrs.

Rew natts vs Yack on the Navai ground,

The following players will represent the H K O. C. AP-Hon. Dr J. M. Aikinson, Dr. G. E. Aubrey, E. As S. Fowler, Hail, H. HAD- Cock, P. Jacks, A. O. Lang, A. R. Lowe, A. Mackoszió, Sex. S. W. Payle, H. D. Sharple. The Civil Service will be repereated by the Bird, H. R. Phelips, G Builock, . E. Dixon, A. G. Tils, J. McEwen, J. McKay, 12. Ellir, F. Dalin, F. J. Ling. Reserves A. Tucker, F. Bacin, A. M. Therì h If and.E. W.-Dawson.

gyric is apart from his purpose. His alm, he says, is merely lo contrast what there was to show for the money" three years ago, and what exists to-day "as a refatstion of the scepti- cism of those who opposed the lithmian water- way-a carping band of obstructioalsts and pull-bicks now mostly shamed, into silence." We reid:

"Io Jauvary, 1907, there was one

LONELY LITTLE STEAM-SHOVEL couragecudy batting into the hillside at Gatue, making a beginning of the excavation for the locks. Down below, a sleam inutch drowsed on the stageant strip of water that represented seven miles frath the sea at Colon by the what was ich of the sbullow chacool dog for French. This was a palm-thatched matire village, and a wooden gray Catholic church thrassits spira a little above the tallest fronds of the cocoauut-palms. The chocolate brown Chagias swirled insolently down the middin of the wide green valley and otherwise there was scarcely a break in the amplo expanse of greaney from hill to hil... There was a great mhoy

UNIECHNICAL, AVERAGE PEOPLE here at home who asked dogbifully of every one who came from the Isthmus in those days

Do you really believe they are going to be able to put the canal through? For the ob session of the French failure silli weighed hasvily on the minds of many doubting Thomases, and the optimistic prophecies of tuiler op the spot seemed to geed to be So much for the status of the canal four years ge; now for what Mr. Waldo saw last July: "We rau all over the promises at Gator, in division engineer's track-automobile: we climb ed into and around the huge lock-chambers, a

que."

BREATHED THE CHOKING DUST

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There is no room for any but an optimistic opinion in the mind of ere y American at to the,resent and the future of the Panama Canal,"

MITSO BISHI DOCKPARD,

PROPOSED ENLARGEMENT OF DOCK.

It is reported that the Mitsa Bisbl Company contemplates enlarging No. 3 Dock, Nagasaki, in order to provide docking sacilities for targe vessels which may be built at the Dockyard or which may trade to the Fat Rist The dock can accoramiodate the G.N... finnstofa, in question, however, says the Nagasaki Ptoos, which is the largast vassal new trading la tha Pacific, with seventy feat to spate, and it does not seem probably that a larger dock will be requital for many years to coms. The only mercantila vamals in service which could mor be docked at Nagasaki are the Lusitanis nad Mauritania. It is also stated that large ware- kouses and workshops will be erected on land which is now being reclaimed at Akonours:

MORO PROVINCE FAIR,

COMING EXHIBITION AT ZAMBOANGA.

We have received from Mr. John A. Hackett, Ir. Chaleman of the Publicity Committen in connection with the above Fair to be held at Zamboargs February 7.14, 1911, the following communication by way of "boosting" the forth. coming_Philippines Carnival i="ja

**The Fair will afford a rare opportunity for a weck's pleasure and benefit in studying the

great resources of Moreland, the Gem of the

Orient. "The fame of the Moro-country bar gone forth over all the world, from the romantic days of the Spica Islands and the discoveries of agellan to the present.

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MANY reports from the faterior of Chlos state the measures for the suppression of opium ara unsatisfactory, and that there is a considerable Increare in planting.

A SAMPAN-WOkan was chirged bifɔra Mr. J. R Wood at the Follte Court on Tuesday with dumping rabbish in the barbour. His Wor- stip imposed a âne of $157

JOSE Camairas, a pensioner of the Military Force, Macao, reparts that his son M, Camairao suspects him to be la the Colony. was missed on the 10th Inst, at Macao and

A COOLIE was awarded furicen days' hard and four bonn' stacks" on Tuesday for the larceny of a quantity of dry fiab, the prope ly of the N.Y-K, at the Kowloon wharyoz

The Briush Minister at Poklog has refused tå agree to an increase in the import duty on oplum, since the dispute arising out of the fa creased tax on prepared oplumi lã Canton is not yet settled.

M. PIERRE Loti was invasted on the 5th ule. with the collar of Commander of the Legion of Honour on heard the battle-ship Pairis at Toulon. The lovestiture was made by Admiṛui de Joaquières,

A PEKING telegram to a Japanese papar saya that Sir Robert Brodon, former Commissioner- General of the Chinese Maritime Customs, will bs appointed Adviser to the Baard of Posts and Communications.

B.RON Ungern Sternborg, formerly St. Patem- burg representative of the Austrian Corres pondence Bureau, bas been sentenced by 'the' Appeal Court to four years' hard labour for betraying State secrets,

STRAIGHT. Taiks with Young Meo-Some people will tell you that politeness costs mo. thing. Don't believe them. Ask them if they bave ever tried putting "your obedient servant" on the bottom of a telegram, DISPATCHES from different parts of the pro- vince of Honan repɔri thecellapsing of kotises attendent with fatal resols owing to incessant talas recently. Up to date 432 housán pro bundrod persons wers killad or lajured, Te THE now proposals which Great Britain has made to Chies in connection with the oplam trade have been made In view of the fact that the existing three year agreement between the two countis expires in December.

recoat storm-off the coast of Korea some 70 Ir is reported from Mokpbo that declog the

light will be displayed on each group of piles {I∙llowing 1-H. T. Jickmen (Cap'sin). P. E. O. the Plain Red Chiante Banner, Se Leeg O, stantly challenged comparison with the work of valleys and tablelands awalt the coming of the reported to have collapsed and mire than one

STEAM LAUNCH OWNER,

CHANGED.

The Remoacis will be represented by:- A. H. Young, G. A. Croke, N., A, P. H. Roo .quette, RN, W. G. Warburton G., G. May D.G. Doncely W. Withouse, C-E. Stields, M. M. Maan, O. T. Hic in F. Matson.

CO. C. team-R. Bata, J. D. Noia, R. Pestcr, L. a, Rose, R. A. Carvalbe, I. V. Braga, E. L. Braga, W. H. V.ve. sa, P. Currie, H. H. Taylor and L. E

CASE AT THE HARLOUR OFFICE.

Joch inst. Befors Commander: Basil Taylor. F, Marino Magistrale, at the Harbour Ofire, this montag, P. C. Fatian prosecuted Chin, owner of the steamiaunch Wei 15 with plying for hire is Miss Bay la te waco ha Coo y 01 be 7th fast Mr. cada Hatris, of Mesir. Wilti sm and Grist, ag peared for the ef nda: t.

Evilo:cs was clel and the csa was dis missed.

A SMALL DEBT CASE. »

16 blag'

Ammert.

Reserva-W. Wariener

hef Howing is the table up to date:~

Flayed Wou Lost Drawn Percent.

PRIVILEGE GRAN ED TO HIGH OFFICIALS.

T. Minister of Foreign Affure, H. E. Chow Chia 1, the Minister of War, H. E Y'm Chang, the Minister of Posts and Communicatiora_ H. E. Tang Shao-yi, the Lieutenant-General of the Janior Vice-minister of France, HE, Chen Pig-Jul, and the Deputy Lirat-General of the plsin yellow Manchurian Banner, H.E. Chang Pu, are granted permission to rlds within the Forbidden City as a mirk of honour by the Pince Regent.

ALLIGED ILL-TREAT»ENT OF CHINESE IN DUTCH EAST 16DIES.

of the concrete-mixers, and risked the third-rail system animated by the magnificent new power

The past decade of Americas occupation boass. It was hard to believe it was the same place as the site of the furtive operations of the bus developed the interesting fact that the single shovel la so The indignant Chagres, Customs receipts have grown from Par1,063 36 uocurbed since the first Spanish occupation, to P412,94 .06, while the exports for the fiscal now ro'ed seaward through a 3 o-foot spillway year 19:0 were $3.410,74.33, and the exports channelled through a mud in the middle of for the first quarter 97 bare increased more the dam site. Already the Ga'uo Like his batain ora hundred per cent over the same come a very corsiderable shce: of water, coiled pealed of last year. Ye. we stand to-day only at the threshold of a great and prosperous here and there with a surviving clamp of treas

fature in the development of our natural res or an abandonad 10ef, and requiring the COR-

Tources. Tha forests are rich lo' valuable tim- stant prasence of one of the big dredges with living quadter as comfortable as those of a ber, the mountains contain mlacial wealth, and the deep, aluvial foll of the woll-waterad beutoboat. The great, terraced lock-wails in

farmer and the cattlema the builders of the mausoleum of Cheops, You could hardly unde stand-how much concrets goes into these monoliths' as they are called, ill you saw the bar:is and bags stored in the sheds. The masonry work for the firs pair of locks wil assuedly be completed by November. The floor of the second pair of locks is a'ready prepared to receive the super feet below rea-level to complete the necessary excavation for the third pair of locks-and this, peculiarly suitable for this profitable industry,

Dar zich roll, healthful climate and cool it is expected, will bị done by Jánuary,

It is scarcely necess:ry to recap julate the uights are proverbial.

Our shipping facilities are ample for present dimensions of the great lockworks and the needs, with steamers from Manila, Hongkong, huge din cat is sadly sifo kid hate 10g, Singapore and Australis. The epening of the The dam luclf is to be a mile and a half Panama Canal in 1915 will place Zamboanga 100 feet wide at the top, and

on the great Pacific route from Pasama to the Straits Settlements, Hongkong and Manila. Agriculturalists, commercial houses and mono- facturers should come in contact with the pro- WE beg to acknowledge the receipt of calen docing possibilities of the More Providca.

dars for 39to from the P. & O. Co., the Al- Come to the Fair and stu ly the Industries, liance fosurance Co., Ltd. (Messrs. Dodwell products and novelties as presented by modern & Co, agents), the Royal Insurance Co., Ltd. methods and those of the wild tribes. Amare (dessrs. Malchers & Co. agents), the Liver

Among the industries which have been developed beyond the experimental stage are robber, lamber, hemp, cocoanats, cattle, rice, coffee, aploca, pearl, sponges and fisheries, Large sreas of unoccupied land aro especially adapted for the growing of rubber, hemp, co- coanus, sugar, coffee, rice, and caulo raling.

The cultivation of rubber has demonstrated

The representatives of the Chinese residenze structure. The shovels are now giobling. 4 beyond a doubt that our soil and climate ate fishing boats with over óco men, wora wracked

Ching is residents have tena subjected as the

off Lake Islet. Two Japanese nudazy Korsaus wore saved, and as were drowned.. THE Chinesa Appeal case, which, in its various stages, has accepted the attention of the Supreme Court Judges on more than 70 separate days, was completed on Tuesday

In the Dutch Indies have arrived in Peking and called at the Ministry of Foreign Affatis and the, Ministry of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce, 7be7 made a long statement adert the alleged it-treatment to which the

hands of the Dutch Government and requested the Mintiles to extend them their protection, (0.59With reference to the loans proposed to beat the waterline. The crest will be ris feet 50.00 railed from the four groups of foreign fian-bove the sea-level-hesco 30 feet higher than

cers, the Minister of Foreign Affers and the the general surface of Lake Gatan,

It has, of course, bess found necessary to 33.33 Ministry of Posts and Commonicallons are re

re'ccate the railroad to bring it a ound the 500ported to be trying to shirk their obl guient. On artifici 1 lake. That is why they have not 21.03 8 8 b Instant, H. E. Naung Bold a con

ference on the matter at the Grind Couarit. I entirely completed the doable-tracking of the ments of every description will be afforded pool and London and Globo loturance C

100.00 €6.66

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R G.A.......... RE.. In the Sommary Count ibis fure-003, before | Kow? on .... Mr. Justice F. A. Hreland, a case was called angkorg...

H. K. Pälict ..hon

to which Means, Watkins, Lid, sued H, Lev tt | Craigengowiz fer a sum of S:1.35, ene la respect of gin's supplied. Mr. Growther Smith of Mestri. Crowther sad Smith represected the plaint ff

Delet dant appeared in perier, and admitted that ho owed the amount claimed.

His Lordship- Why don't ɲiu jar? Defendant- comoot pay it at prefect. I bave nothing to do. I have paid them several bills before.

His Lordship-Do you wait time i Defendant-Yer; I think I could do it is a month's ima

Hi Ludship gave jdment aa'ost the defendant but stayed execuil n for a week..

SCHOOL FERS IN DISPUTE.

6th inst. This morning biste Mr. Justice Bez-land In the Semmary Court, & cisn was called in which Li Hes Fuo, a schoolmatter, surd Sai Ster, the father of 010 of bis pɔpils, fr

$3785, school foss alleged to be due. Mr. Stearroson appeared for the difonce and asked for an adjsurament.

His Lordship-What is your defence-that he hs net been teaching your boy?

Mr. Et av axon-No, my Lord: 8 is that the plaintiff's conduct bas rendered it Impos- sible for the by to attend the school.

The case was adjourned for hearing till the 3rd proximo.

ANOTHER OPIUM SZIZORE.

3:G. CAPTURE ON BOARD THE "KOREA.".·

16th init. Sergt. Davis, of the Water Police, boarded the .. Hores yester'sy and se'a daver 2,000 trels of prep. red epum. Thisd ng was stir d in the farep rt of the ship and very cleverly concrated in three large trunks. No panty up reared to claim the opium, and which was far

.fcited to be. Crown.

This is the second big seizure within a week under similar circumstances. The previed

ċí'cumtioncos,

9 of 1,435 taels of opi m which was discovered as board a simpati. "

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"SUFZ CANAL RATES

OTHER CRICKET..

WATSON'S vs KCC "A'

The Wasn's eleven will meet the K CC. "A"cne Kowto ride. Watson's will be represented by -E James, B. S. Spurge, J. R. Sulier, O. S. Williams, J. Spittles, C. John- sor, J. A. Tant, B. Rapp, F. Rapp, N. Croucher and R-Philips Scores -Ar Duor'ch,

K.C.C. "A" team!-Majors Kirke, Wailing. D. McKenze, F. P. Sh. ff. A. E Goldsmith, 1. Dogias, W. T. Elsen, L. F. Brett, S. Moor, Cap: Ralphs and T. (he.

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LEAGUE FOOTBALL.

F 9T DIVISION »

Kowloo Football Club Royal Engineers on the K wron ground at 4.30 pm,

Royal Garrison Arile vi. Hongkong Football Club on the Military ground, at 430 pm.

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R.G.A. Naval Yard Kowloop.. Hoogkong.....

LEAGUE TABLE.

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'8d Coy., Royal Garrison Artillery vs. the Boys' Owa Club, on the Military Ground at 30p.m. Sergt. West refereo. -

(Goal) Whie, (Back:) Abbai and "tammers, (Half-bacts) Chew, Khan and Cordeiro, (For warda) Baptista, Jex, Castro, Chucnuit and Heigh (Referee) Reserva Weng.

HX POLICE s 18TH COY., ROA This match was to have taken place yester

day ahernios but owing to the non appearance

of the militarymon the match did not come off Should the decision be a arded to the Folice It will be their first wio of the season. After waiting a icne time for their opponents to turn op, the Police put in a good afternoon's practice.

RUGBY.

AN AWKWARD STUATION.

The Ministers concéra d' intend to consult with the Miois erat Corps in Peking with a view to transfering the leans for the use of the Sz:chwan-Tibet Railway,

NO MORE SPHERES OF IN. FLUENCE IN CHINA.

409 FEET IN THICKNESS,

presont line...'. The railway at its highest || Field tournaments by the Arniy, sham battler, will be 25 feet above the surface of the water. rough riding, ball gamer, packa:s" contests,

o'c. The peaceable and picturesque wild tribes Through the Culebra Cut it will 102 alone, os the berm only to feet above the canal. From will be in evidence with ther bras, cloth, the Pacific side of the cat (et Petriso) it will | wenponend games, parallel the canal to the shore--bianching, of crurte, to iba depôt at Panama. (Near Mira- flores there is to b

A TUNNEL 735 FERT LONG. The complete line will bo 46.2 miles in length '---shorter by a mila ili in the present roo'c.

"Besides the Gaten Dam with the locks, the

Application for space for exhibits, amare. | ments, etc., should be madi to the Secretary, Committee as Concessiors, Mord' Provides Fair, Zimbasngs, P. I.

HR. STRAIGHT'S WORK IN FERĪKO

"LOCAL AND GENERAL, According to'n despatch to the Jifi, the first- thing to be attended to by Mr. Straight at Fek- other great factor upon which the completa ANOTHEX larceny, Ma. Fischer, of the Peak ing is the air ingement of the details of the loan fhe canal by 3915 depends, is of ca Hotel, reports to the Police the less of a blown contract, and the negotiations will be opened Colaba Cu, A. gidat daal of nonsense bas ap far valued at $42. with hs Chinese authoilties in agard to the peried in printin the United States about thiCu- contract made is London between the capitalists calaba and other slids. Reference to the 19:9 Repot of the Canal Commision will of the four Powers. He observes,ibat the così tract, in questi in is simply arranged among the show that the engines anticipated slides to tto exert of about 4010,000 cubic yard is the backers, and has

Central Division They have now generously TIMOTHY Murphy was sentenced to enlarged the r estimate to 7,01 Suppes

NO FOLITICAL SIGHIF.C CE,

Two curios-hawkers were fiiet $1 each at the Police Court on Monday for selling cerion in Peak Road without a licence.

1s andestood that judgment will be givaă on Friday.

Ltd. (Mossri. Mayerink & Co., agents), Merizs. W. N. Bitaton and Son, Musselburgh, N‚U. j' (Masers, Shewan, Tomes & Co, ogni 9), and the Eastern Arbelo, Co. (Messrs, Bradley & Go, managers)

GENERAL BAFon Nakamurs, Director of the Japender Government Steel Foundry, hai entered into a contract with the Hanying Iron and Steel3 Works fər icajua tönn of dra and 100,000-tons of pig iron annually. The 'con. tract is regarded by the Japanese LE a very important one inasmuch as the foundry, which wholly depindent upon Obing for new supplies Japan's naval and military needs, Is

material.

THE German Minister, says the Westminster Gaselte, has just put another nasty pater before the Okiness Government. He says :----" The ons German-Chloess Bank has considerable deal

the complsion of the canal should be delayed month's hard labour at the Police Caust un Fri-ings with the Imperial Chinese bank, and I

we months by these on oward hopperingsday morning for not returning to the House of what is two months, when mankind has waited Detection.

it being a private concern. He also says that the contract pre supposes the fairs develop met of China and friendly undertakings of foreign fic auciers is the Middle King dom. As those starleg in the contract icclude special financiers of various Powers, he con cludes, th's contract closes the era in which

be Powers have enjoyed sphotos ofícil.ence | the... ́ in Chine...

In reference to the establishment of the Japan China Bank Ba on Takabasbl of the Specie Bink is reported to be opposed to it, Although the Japaness in Chion he is reported by the japan Advertiser as saying, aftick the izability of the Specie Bank add pload the IMPERFECT CONDITION OF THE MONETARY

ORGAN

for four centuries? Standing on the wonden H., the Governe, Sir Frederick Legued, will su pension-trdge throws a Toss the cut at preside at the gatual distribution of prizes at Expire, ous finds it hard to believe that the excavation of such saggering dimensions is St. Joseph's Baglish College on Wednesday,

|zist inst., at 5 pm.

WORK OF MAN,

aided by his the own mechanical extension of stive per as Chinhus on the 11th December TWENTY-six sobscription griffins are due to bis powers. Is seems as though it must and will be drawn for at Kennedy's Ca se Natura bore and there shows herself stabbom- way Bay Repost ory at 5 p.m. ontbit day.

bo work of convulsiva natural forces. If

If opposed to the invasion of drill and shave),

A CHINESE youth was en Friday awarded one the greater the eventual ir'umph of man över

wack's "hard" and 14 strokes of the birch fir Nature. Das of the slides eccurred the night the larceny of some cigars Iom the Cigar before we came to Culebra, and the seal day Factory at Yaumatt we saw a shovel,' with dirt-trains in argiduous attendance,

EAT NO OUT THE HEART OF IT,"

fer the Colonies, the regulations of the Specie Bank do not allow the Bank to take acifre steps in moitrage of real estate and other busi- DCSE connected with real estate, Therefore, aboard the Specie Bank regulations be improv of the wark, and yet zo layman could have her death. ed in such a way so as to meet the necessity fell in Oball complainte against the Back will be swept away.

Mr. Shirains and others who are interested is the Chinese trade speak to the following effactThe Spice Bank commencèd ́advan- ces enreal estate with a capital of Y1,000,000 but has not advanced more than Yi70,000. The way the officials of the Specie Bank do business le

MRS Jate Coyle, whose death at the age of rot has occured at Bwanten, was a segalar It was a big slide, glide that wonisd the headsmoker and smoked naill a few days before

seen what thero was to make such a fars abant. To read some of the saffien-tinted jsuraals, a

TIR Straits Echo of the sth. isst, is anthority 'e nstant reader' 2,000 miles from the spot for the statement that one of the old rubber tress on Will's Hill is a proient producing halt a pound of rubber a day.

would be almost sure to belleve that the walls of the cat from top to b' from wera caving is Qu the spot, there seems to be practically. nothing the matter

The best asturanes of the completion of the FOOTBALL CLUB THE ARMY,

caval at the time assigned is, Mr. Waldo thinks, not the official report if the cubic yardage of MY TOO CONSERVATIVE,

the shovels, but the character of the working The Morning Fust declares that ship owi o s The second match in the Challange Cup are discontented with the reduction of the tosseries takes place, to morrow at Happy Vally, In fact they are subject to chcial red tape. population iucl, Hegocios nigo rates of the Bux Cical from 73 francs btween the ongkong Foolba'l lub and the To take an astunte, when the Shanghai There were good men on the Isthmus in (Ca. 3.9-156) (o 73 fries (51, 10.11-150), and de Army. Kick off 4.15 p.m. The following will anch of the Mitrul Bussan applied for a loan 1907, plenty of them, with their souls in the mand the reduction to 5 frar cs (45.61), which represent the Club; -Fat-back, H. G. Hegar- of Y300,000 the Bank wat vo y slow about the work of their hands' and the useful knowledge 1. de Lesseps promised should be made whenly Three qua to B, C. Roberts, T. E. S. matter, even to people if the standing of the of the schools in the'r heads, plus the fruition the dividend reached a prester rate than asier. Robson, A. E, Wod and JF.acGrigori Mitsus. Buch being the camp multes there is of valuable experience elsewhere. But la 1910 rent Itifier orted that the Board of Trade Halves, 4. A. Clast n and F. L. Shaw; Frra chanso in the system of the Bink it will be the lab urers in oil particulare worthy of their favours the pioner that British 3 fence waid, A. G. Ravenhill, W. Ross, D. G, | next 16 Impossible to progress with the times, hire are excessively in the majority, where for should be used to secure a substantial decrease Cheesman, A. Temp rey, C. OF. Cocainz We do not see any reason why they should merly they were merely numerous. They have in the rates, but the Treasury and the Foreign ham, Boll-Irving, A. Murdech, U. Web cl to the estthshment of the Japan China ! brought their families to the Isthmus, necure

Pucake Ofice ofpite the propetal,

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Government Bank, what reserves. It has to should Nke to know whether the latter is a back the is no of notes and whether, as its name Ta Ching connoters, the Imperial Government 1 tenpossible for these notes. Meanwhile the Foreign Board and the Beard of Finance are trying to "move on” she answer. to each oibar.

IN connection with the telegraphic, report that the Japanese Lovernment has ordered a battle. ship of 27,000 tons displacement from Massro Vickers, Son, and Maxim, a Tokyu despatch states that the Naval antborities admit that such an order bas been given. The vessel is refor red to as of the Ketocchi type but differing slightly to tonnage and cost. It's to `ba.com. plated within three yours. The London tela.. gram probably indicates the conclusion of the agreement between Mr. Kato, Ambassador in Londer and the English firms. The Tokyo. mosinga says that the order is a daparigre from the palicy, followed since 1905, of building all rahips at boms and will probably be greatly criticlied to the Imperial Diet, Ne THE Chion Society anrounces is programos for the session, which extends from the present month to April of next year. A variety of. in- teresting papeis is announced. From the list of officers conected up to the present tims, we obrerve that ibe:carewarew Vice-Presidents. Lard Hookswall, of the Foreign Office, who, as the Heg. Robert Collier, was well known and deterred'y papalat in Foting as one of the Secrosprigs of the Billih Legation in the Chinese capital, is one of the new officers and Sir Fied, Lugard, Governor of Hongkong, in the others previously intimate f, Mr. Byron' Two men were charged before Mr. E. Breuen, C.M,G,, after, acting as hon. secretary Hallifax at the Magistracy this oraing with for four years, has resigned, Land Mr. keeping an eating-hodia in Osatral Strest Alex. S., Harvey has beca appolated: kisz?: without a licence. The first defendant was successor. Mr. Ivan bea” continuas, blą

work for the Socialy at fiint ken, secretary, find local bus stand UTT

A CHINAMAN #An awarded seven day.'' her and font hours stccys at the Police, Count on Wedcesday for the la ceay of two wooden buckets from a bouselo Wong dal cheong Road. QU EM's Road babot who has taken a promitent part in the queus cutieg campaign attimates that over 10,ora Chinezo in Hong Lanz.alone bave had their queues cut off slaca the inception of the movements

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