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A MOORISHA WEDDING,

It was our good fortune (wri'es a corror pondent in Fez) to be lovitel the other day to take part in wedding festiviller, which in Moracco last over a 'wo,k, aid mast be very wearing out to all, to the bride and bostess in rarticular. Guests arrive from all quarters, and are f;d and bouurd at the expense of the "bride's passos; "feasting and mesc going op ́| all day, whil: jiɛa oreby ata welcome to come into the patio to bave à prog at de bilde, as she sits in sta'e for t ours every afterocon,

Before the first day proper of his wedding the briin bị bad ter binds and fret s'ained with bonna, her hair b aldid, and bien taken three times 0 thn Torkish bath by her girl. friends She is closely attended for over a week by ten professional, brideimilds women of all ages, and if so stast repute, whore chief

dutice are to dress and undress ler, hivathe care of the many j wels (parle zad emeralds) worn on his occasion, and to so that no cit

meny la emitted. They are paid by the tips" which are given every day by the bride's mother and her guess.

THE BRIDE.

On he first day the bride, dressed in Iright brocade, her face; all covered up with rich scarves, was led into the patio or court, and hoist dieta a movable pulp, where she sal, while the prostat.-dres, lengths of brocade, atir, ve vat, etc, stav:s, slippers, belts and jewels-were abowa to the, or adi gülered. As the name of the door was called sha or, a rep exe ativo went forward with small tum of money to the leading bridesmaid. When all bad been shown, at the fortigation of bis mother the bride's 1t:ls brother with soma dollars ont bisister, as it were, out of "pawo." She was helped dowe, uncovered, and lord round veral times that all could see her. Then she disappeared from view, and the feast- iog began and was kept up for teas.

The patio.nd wilks wera densely packed with wozer, the guests being distinguishable from the

CURIOUS PASSERS BY

by their uncovered fater. All were dressed in gayest koftaos and bead dresser, some wearing very firewall. Women played and sang beating tomtems, tambourines, and other lo struments.

Tte (allowing day hstridegrorm (a cousia of the bride) alertaise3 bis male fiends. He also scot, (ccomp n'ed by music, bis presch's to bis bride-cancies, sugar, dried fruis, word, 'cand the next day at dawn the brids was escorted to her busband's house, in this case to another soom of the hip:e.

For a werk all is rejoicing and festivity. The bride is dressed in her grandest dresses, with a lad of jewels, crown, necklaces, fringes of pearls bargig from the templis, 110 a and breastplate reaching to the fest all of pears and emeralds, stitched thickly together a great weight. The pror shines complain of aching head and shoulders while wearing this sich load, and many have beaf uid in a f.int from the beat and exhaustion. The brids is perched op high on cushions, her maids arrange icnv, s'

In 1 voils arout & ber in an approved style, and richly dressed idol, with eyes and lies closed, n't even dating to lift a band to whink off a fly, should one slight on her face,

there she sits for hours every afternoon, like a

THE BRIDEGROOM COMETNI "

On the filib al-crocon we were invited again to see another ceramnoy-the untraiding of the bride's hair and the donning of the marron $ bead-dress, She was led into the room with ber face covered and st down with her back

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY DECEMBER 31 1010

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

THE Eglish Mail of the 16h November wa delivered in London on 16th inst.

A FINE of threa dollars was impored on a Chingman this morolog for fiting crackers with out permission.

DÙRING the work erding 74th December, oco

T118-German Mall of the 50th November was GURNER T, G. TeraBull, J.-P. MacGillivray, delivered in Loddon on 28th last,

ANNOUNCEMENTS appear in the current issue of the Governme+f Gdrofis ra the sale of Crown Land by public auction.

MR. E. Newhouse jalaed the Hongkong Volunteer Corps on the 16th December, and was pos'alto No. 1 Compasy,

case of small-pax (imparted) was reported. | Tum Philippices Barona of Agricultore has Tho príkant is a Chînvre.

commenced a de'ermined · 6,ht along the TerNTY ONE men appea ed at the Megistracyrilcodd linė (gainst sinde past. on Wednesday ca a charge of gambling. A Gos of Sy was imposed in each instance.

A JUNK master was fined $; or seven davint the Police Court on Thursday for not exhibit-`

ing the regulation lights at Aberdeen harbour, THEER was only one sitting at the Magistr.cy on Wednesday owing to Mr. E. Hallifax's absence on holiday. Mr. Hallifix is at present at Taipo.

CAPTAIN W. H. Scoli, of No. 4 Company, H.K.VO, is granted leave of absence for a month with effect from the 77th December. TENDERS are invited by the Coverement for walo jug the streets and Ige the supply of head atubes for use ii Goverament cemeteries.

THE Iue Danish Minister of Justice Albert has bes sentenced by the Copenhagen Court to eight years bard labour for embezzlements THE station-mastar's bousa where Tolstoi dird-amounting to fifteen million crown"." will be vacated by the railway authorities and turned into a local muņcunja memery citte great Russian ihfaker.

Four men were charged at the Mogishacy on. Wednesday with highway robbery at Yaumni), where they stole 18 pircis of clothing valued at 57, os the 26th ins". Case remanded.

REGARDINdp ohiberepiration of Church and State in Fortugal, the Minister of Justice "ays that he tres no difficulty lo this and considers that the repirain will fortily bath Church | aud State.

A BRILLIANT meteo: 15 miles from the earth, stariled residents of Jobanreiburg 1 October 3 Is light qualled la brilliancy that of a naval se rchligot, and astronomical observ.216 were neatly b'inded.

THE price of the Japanese foreign lovas is sising in comarquecco if a statement that the amzerlisation of the loans taken up for the to- bacco monopoly will be carried tarangh more qo ckly than originally intended.

Work is being commenced on the Św.tw Valermo ks, So ith Cains, by a British firm is Hongkong. The intake is to bo about six miles distant and the pips line will be carried al ng the Chew-chow-fu Railway.

THE mysterious voya ze" of the deposed Shab rfersia, f om ba place of exile in Russia to Western Europe was, it is now reported dusto As infatuation for a popular dancer, whom ba wished to marry. His proposal was, however, declined.

His Majesty the King has not been advised to exercise his power of disallowable with ris-, pect to the following Ordinance Ordinance No. 14 of 9 entled-An Ordinance to amend this Law of Copyright.

His Excellency the Govert or bas been plotrod to prva that and Liest. A, F Churchill, Colon Light Infantry, bi attached to the inlastry Company of the Hongkong Volunteer Corps,

with effect from this month. Tungmins nio, oegitiailog for the ex'en- sion of the Kaifeng railway to Tsingtao via Kromi, a scheme which lavolves an alteration In the long-discussed extension to Kaichow, The schemo praviles for the Chiresa c-astruc- tion of the propo ed line,

A SEAM IN of the 1.5. Tean was charged before Mr. J. R. Wood at the Magistracy last Saturday with the larceny al 8 leso, the property of five Filipinos. The menny was stolen from a look on board the stermer between Manila and Hongkong. The cate was remanded.

MR. Chung Fu, who for a long time past cod. dacted a European. restaurant la Ice House Street, bas removed to more commodious pre- mises at 43 Dis Vuenx Road Central Tho place has been specially fitted upto suit the business and is Low open at all hours of the day.

IT has been decided that a ratrative of the German Clown Prince's vist to Asia shall be published soon after his return to Earps, and D:, Gorge Wegener has been appointed to a company is Imperial and Royal Highce

H. Wilkinson and A. E. Wright of the K.K.V.C., are permitted to res gaan lewing the Colovy.

COMMERCIAL.

acth December, r'p«m«_

The following quotations for rabber shares A JAPANESE employed on the s.s. Inaba Mare | by wire, are supplied by Messrs. H. S. Kadactie was fined Sro at the Poice Court on Friday & Co. p for assaulting a collie atths Taikos Docks

- Allagars .............macam....$/ yesterday.

A CHINAM N was chi gol at the Magistracy on Friday, with belibg in uslawful possession of four sovereigus, and a $5 note. His Worship seaienced the 3, fir dast to three months' bard Jabour,

THE two Chloese who were 'remanded from on Tuesday for soarching wera discharged at the Magistracy on Friday. One of the defendants was arrested for the same offence immediately after acquittal,

A. CHINAMAN was awarded six weeks' "hard" and four hours slacks on Thursday for the larceny of 14 fathoms of зjinch rope from the 5.1. Fuen Lang, the property of Mesire. Jardino Matheson and Co., Ltd.

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& MARRATIVE of the field day operations of the H.K.V.C, which 10:k place on the 26.h last. at Taipo, will be raid, fuil swed by a discussion, at ibe Volunteer Headquarters at 5-39. p.m. on Wed eiday, 4th January, 191.

DUE to a mistaken idea among Russians as to the object of American interests in China, Rasala views America's work there with alarm, The feeling in beta japan and Russia is that the Al-Japirese alliance will not be ra. nësed in 1915.

MR. Birrell from his sick bed dictated a brief speech fr his constituents to a newspaper ra presentative in the recent political struggle. He is also reported by the Aforming Loader to have twisted his k da in evading the attac's of suffragetics..

ACCORDING to a Lisbon telegram, the naval committee of the Republican Government adve cites the construction or purchase of 3 bat:1.- ship (19,000 tons each), 3 cruisers (3,000 tons caco), a torpedo bost destroyers (890 tons each), and 6 submarine torpado-boats. OWEN Morar, the twenty-six year old boxer from Birmingham, who figuras some time ago is America when his opponent died in the dog, bas scored a victory ugai at the world-

mous "Batuling" Nebo of Copenhagen, light-weight champion if the world, The decuin was awarded in Moran's favour in the clevenih round.

NORTHERN C10temporary grafes that the re-roughgui bis travels, in order to collect mappes ed.before Mr. J. R. Wood at the Magis-

cent cold weather is reported to be the most severs that Manchuria bus beeo visited with for many yes, as the temperature was as low as 14 degrees below zero, with a strong biting North wind.

We ate informed, by the Chicese Eaglecasing and Mining Company Limited, that the total output of the Company's thres mines for the week ending sth ine, amounted to 23,817.8 tens and he a les cuing the period, to 29,599.16 toon

tris the declared istect on of the Javi Govern- ment to levy shortly a tax of 25 guilders on every alien who arrives there, sundry burden- sume formalities being aided. The Jawi Beda hesrs that tid Government has agred with the leading steam navigation companies that her passing isold be exempted.

prevailing fastion at the Coronation. It is sog- ges ed tba: the Queen should be requested to accept an den fin as an exprostics of loyalty from the Cape.

to the company, while four bridesmaids did "the plaas, which were later syso willback wool One braid was left for the husband to strays. “With a prealiar ery (a sa 1 o' fedelj

A MOVEMENT has been started with the obj ct the bridesmaids wear cup to fetch him, a fie voile hak or scari having been taken to him of securing special seegation for ostrich beforehand by a slave. Soon there was a stir fathers by making the plumes, with the ap Bod the cry "Bsbold! the bridegroom comcibproval of the King and seen of England, the and all faces were at once covered-old bags And young bellia alike -and the 1000g man passed through, his face half-veiled with his sait. He was seated and given the bald and in siler ca be untwisted it-all the time (uo- less for our own and the bridesmaid")"every" face was bi den. When the bridegroom left, relief was feit, and 1o, hing and talking big, while the married womas' head-drars WAR arranged on thelride. Fifteen diffuo it thing: wara lted on her head, silk hudkerchi fa,-) scarves, the "Tabah," a criwo and all the pauls word before, and a rich red silk quare woven with gold.

QUICK CHANGE, There are practically all the ceremonier, ma less theme of the list day, when the bride his to appear seven times, each time d ff.tently dresied. Righ: g'ad she must be wher all the

RETURN of visitors to the City Hall Library and Museum for the week ending the 5th December, 1910-

Non-Chinese Chinese...

Total

Library Museum

573. 249 7413,089

58 3318

A LIGHTER 1 idea with 7,000 cases of berrine for the firm of itcaira Syme and Co, al Soura haya was berped a few days ago, How the fire broke out is a my tety, as every precaution had been taken. The Europeans and ratives

teriel.

FireEx men were airssted by Sergt. Baker shuty after ten o'clock en Wednesday at No. o Nullab Lane in a gambling rald, be men Firacy this morning. Evidence was called and bis Worship ordered the first and second de- MR. H. Goff, who entered the British Copfendants to pay a fine of $,0 each and the sular se. v ce in 18 o, and dù ing recent years

remain der $į apiece. hs been station dat Wuhu and Nasking, la auboured to aucceed Mr. E. H. Fraser, CMG,

THE king among the more than 2,000 birds as Consul General at Hankow, who will prohich were on view at the London Cage Bird bably take Sir Pelham Warren's place at sociation's annual show, which opened at the Royal Horticultural Hall, Westminster, Shanghai.

wis a handsome specimen of the greater bird Paradise is full plumage. It belongs to Mr. R. P.uwels, a famous Belgian amateurcollat-

The Y kohama Cffice of the C. P. R. Co is in sece pt of a wireless message from the |-R.M2, Mantarlo, which lek Vancouver on the

10th Instaur, reporting al well and 1st her, and is wanh toa Commander exces teach Yokohama at A NATIVE appeared at the Police Cout on 6.0 p.m. on the 17 h dem. At the time the Fr.day on a cha go of behaving in a dis message was despatched the steame was 1,175ördenly manner and breaking crockery in a miles distant from Japa 1.

brothel at West Point last night. Mr, J. R. Woad ordered the dtfeadant to pay $31 come pensation to the complainant and was bound over in the sum of $ co to keep the peice for six months and a fer der sem of $.05 for another six months,

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SE ROT. Wills arrested two Chinames, both em- ployers of the is. Nui An, last Friday for en- ducting a San Fia tattery. Over iwe hundred

men appeared before Vr. E R. Hallif at the tickets were fund in their porsession. The T'olice Caut this morning. Mr. David:on ap peared for the second defendant. Case.ro. minded

PREDATS fe m the Noch sy that a new kint

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Angio-Jaras................................ TIL. 7 ....241.

Anglo-Malays....

Balgowalas...................................................$10)

Carey United...................17/6 prem. CastleGolds..................119/ Changkat Serdangs...$8) ·. Cheras (part paid).........................................$8 prem. Do. (fully paid)...........................................B Damansaras ............................................................. 152/8 Eastern Internationals ...........133/+ prom. Gleacalys........52.03 Highlands and Lowlands ........107/6 Indragitis .....

............$134 Kamunings..................5/* prom. Kuala Lumpor........1105/- Ledbarys

Linggi..............

London Asiatic Landon Vertbras... Merlimaus...

452

RUBBER ESTATE RETURNS.

Ce. Nov. Tan-No Allagar 8,515 330 34,877 15,118 Afor Poogsun. 5,961 - Alor Gajah

301,073 Alma.............. 1,200 1,109 7,350 Anglo Malay.... 61,359 ́· 5*5.477

Ayer Koning...... | 403

2,586

11,898

7,705

Ayer Moltke 3,03$ Ayer Panasma 1,365 2,100 Balgownie........ 8,431 9,99 91,817 Batak Rabit

Banteng.*******

1,728

4,8:0

Batu Caves ................. 15,572 Batu Tigakiety Bernam.....

1,503

24,127.

119,612

11,353 $5,122

1,100 1,500 2,600.

83,891

20,103

2,610

Bettam SMOLDE * Bikam....................)” 3:335.

Brich

1,7.3

Bukit Kajang d 5,004 7,831 48,391

Bukit Rajah........men

Bakit Lintang

308,965

m

4.759 6,100 40,810

Bukit Timab...

11357 1,240 8,574

..65/ 73

Bakit K. B.

691

2:95

Bakit Chelaku 4.0.0

4,000

.5-

tik 5.

Catey United............... 10,350 10,950 .07,050 Castlefield.........

31,268

....3...

Changkat Serdang 2,955

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29.544

PegohsAPINOY DEVELO Rubbor Trusts...............................17}- piem. ..526 Sandycrofts..enosiemnas

$31

Changkat Salak ...

3,34 1,919 11,391 Cheng med nom 9.5 1,100 3.245

37-

Seafields ARKARSKIPU Sheffords

03,641

Chumor ...............Reso

73/9

Chertoneso

213

KAN

Chota

91/0

Damansara

Damlalon

par

Foderated(Solang.)

Sapoags

Singapore & Johores Sougel Chobs..oecomi

Sungei Kapang....menenudo.14]- Tangkabs........ Toerangle...?u=192489 49 Uulted Serdanga .....................i Balted Singapore ......................... United Sumatras..................... Calred Langkats 99/-

Dufi....

Tropohl........... (monovejaria27/?

Para Rubber.........................................5/11 per 1b.

TO-DAY'S EXCHANGE, Balling,

London-Book T.T.

Do. Do.

demand........

France-Bank T.T.

America-Bank T.T.

4 months'alght .....

Germany-Back T.T........

India T.T....nan

Do. demand.................................. Shanghal-Bank T,T. mesmOKAPİTTER Stopoport Bank T.T. per H.K. Stoo..... 18. Japan-Book T......

ava-Bank T.TA LAUREANT DE

Buying,

Cicely....ión 15,536 15,3 87114,735* Consolidated Malay

"Caledonian Den

119,920

203,808

2,74

3,312 612 16,554 $0 1,430 3,100

158,100

4,0

915 1,355

61,950

93,348

Edinburgh..........000

F.M.S, Rubber. 14.6, 35,950 414,482 Gedong

117,400

Glancatyvineise 2,074 7,132 19,797 Glensbles, mat Golden Hopa

Golconda ....

5.317 6,0,640,8£6. 8.5 7

to,80g

104,426

31,800

3.130

Gula Kalumpong.. 12,000

Hal Keo....... ku

017

Harpendão. 12,513 11,203. 81,645

jcbang...... 23,850 Kapar Para

Haytoreme

Heawood ........ 1,34

.10 1.6

2.32

464 2,118 6,561 High. & Lowlands... 48,353 49.477 459:573 fuch Kenneth .............. 10,269 17,437 146,301 ledragiri

78;

4,051

to8

450

552

60,303

361

186,350

****

97,816

Kampalog...... 9300-10,560 147,972

#7.194

Kepong 5457

31.659

£59 4'3

1,436.

Kota Tinggi

50

4,998

Kuala Klang -

16,592

468

Koran

307.

13,765

#9.554

455,755

7,00)

4 months' sight L/O 1,076 i ravaths' sight Lft). ........... 11,109 6 13 days" sight San Fico a New York

do. 4 mouths' sight

jo days' sight Sydney & Melbourne...1/10 13/16- 4 months' sight France ...................................6]

months' sight ( months' sight Germany .......... Bar Silver ......

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· Kempity monstra)

Klebang......

Krian Rob, Est. ... 4,103 Kuala Lumptix.................. $41530 Kuala Selangor.

... 7,403 ............................15-1f6abu................ 20,103 10,118 187,388- Hank of England Jäld womania 41 V.

Lanadron .......... 18,425 19,636: 339,918- 2: 83 Sóvarolga,

Ledbury................... 10,18) 12,3; 1,751 Loggi... 81,000 $1,0.0,751,500 London Asiatic...... 10,777 Malaka Pizda

CANDRIDGE has lost a brilliant shlir and -vegetarianism a consistent champion by the daith, at this sga of eighty Evs, of the Rev. J. F. B. Mayor, Professor of Litia at the University named

OWING to scarcity in the supply of tea, pil ei ao advancing in England. In conseqcence, a secretary of the Chian Tea Merchants A

ociation, has written to point out that there is plety of grod and while some toa in stock in China, and that orders would ba pramp ly filled. He paints this out in the interest of the confusing to pay his ricksha fite and behaving in sumers, that are cow in the hands of the dealers who are securing excessive profi.s.

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THE movement towards the abolition of the

A EUROPEAN war ebarged at the Magis 'ricy on Wednesday before Mr. J. R. Wold with re

a disorderly manner whi'e duck. His Wor- ship ordeial defendant to pay a fine of $5 and $31 compensation to the complainan', THE Hon. Neil Primrose, Bon of the Eart of Rosebery, who was elected as a Liberal for Nanh Cambridgeshire, saed in se, ly to a question during his cardida ura, that be was act: a Home Ra'er, and wou'd never vote for spy- thing which would give the Irish full mapage

ment of their own affairs.

REPORTS from the Nur h are o the effect, that be autuma ast in exceptionally warm thấy at ia the Kirin vicinity, but since the mid lfe of November there have been two er thece fali of snow with a sudden access of cd, Tho

really quite covered with ice. Steam.ba! Sugar River tegan to freess and is new traffic is altogether suspended, and feem about the middle of Lext mo ith the ice will bear to:h man of herser.

fuss is over and hs can retain to her quiet-] on board s ved themselves by swimited at a liquidit'as meeting r. cently th ́triking d sparca to the Mainichi toat tha ai. determilced by a bye law of the Winnipeg City

every day ti

uckily the beros id net.expole. The cargo ws laed at over 1,0co guiders and was insured.

THE precedence of the British flag has been Courcil, which provides that a British national glord of not less than 4b by 9ft must be carried at it e baad of every price.sion or pande. If any flags of other nations are dis played they shall be unfurled under or behind. tte British national flag; and for every flag of acy sther nation so unluled or displayed at least two Briti h vational digs of the same sizes and dimensions shall be carried,

Malacca Piani

513 $5,000

Handal Tekoog

100

*37.365

5,294 355,000

83,405 920

1233 937 2,361 Marion ................ 2,434 2,335 16,741 New Serandah................ 731

2,354 New Singapore

110 420 North Hammock.......

41,018 Nova Scotia... Padang Jawa...2 194 9:0 Pafum.............. 5,000 4,410 29,740

3/9 Pantai

1,391 265,542 Pitiling ............................. 30,820 Pegoh.................... 5,171 6,000 47,000 Pangksica Doriaz 985, 1,405 5.04)

Perk Plant.

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98,688

Port Dickson.... 1952 1,553 8,131 Radellä ...........................in + 1,434.–1,718 24,415 Rembla............... 1415 41,6-8 9,931 Ribu Rubber. 70 17 Kibana minimum: 21,259

·Ratanol ..........

2,500 2,750 16,854 "R'ber Growers Asso. 3,977

Sengat... jolab...

4

54,853

13,779

35,110,

173

262

1,165

$,200 9.017 72,778. 9,000

58,108

41,047

120,256

Sunġel Choh........ · 4550 Sungal Kapar...... Sandycroft..... 10,489 10,115 87,705 Seafield for¶¶

of silk'ta bien pr duc d this year in Kirin Province from a warm, very much like the wild | sikworm, which feeds on the le was of a kled of wi'ow tree, The si.k obtained from this new source is said to bs of very fin' texture and qu'table for the cavare of balloons and MAJOR J. B, G.-Tallech, King's Own Light

The same willow thrives in Cho- acroplaner

lefony, bas bies appointed general staff offi 10. The Chinare call them" Kaoizolia" cer of the second grada at Hongkong'on iha saff if the South Coisa Command. Major A.PLEASANT relaxation is le'ng provided st Tulloch bas à gioi record of service aloco da THE prices of the shares i all lodian and Cey-Gev.remen floare on Fiftys in December joied the Army in October, 1879. He served When all was ready, the bride was turned lon tea, companies are stil sine, swing to the and January at 430 pm. in the form of aD in the North-West Frontier x editior, 897- round, the "ten virglos" sing, and them therhortness of the su: ply. The secretary of the "Atome" given by Her Excellerey Lady 88, wit the Tua Expeditionary For.o in-law, followed by one at two rel lives, weat Chi a Tea Asocat in writ:s that it is a muter I ugied, at which "Musical Fr clice" are to (medal with cláṭp), and as a mounted infantry forward and bined bir (ber mother congratus of congratula io that there is arpitatiful spe Be the pinrial feature. At sesterday after-ficer did good service in the Transvaal dar lated bar later on in her room.) Once again ply good, wholesome Clinted availablet pron's fraction, the Band o'S M.S. Scharnhorst, ing the operations of 901-01 (Queen's medal the bride was helped to her lify sect, where have the si ust.os and to prevent the cosmer now to pr, discou sed :as:n music in a with three clasp) the remained for a quarer of an hour, when being placed at the mercy of the wholesale briliant style, the matterly interp etation of show at to be room, her husband j ining her | dealer.

clasical pieces b.ing greatly admired. later on,

smoothly. The Ting.ks Ji pao, a Chiness paper THE Standard Oil Company has tiringthened queas to China is not proceed og altogether its grip upon the Gerano market by porchasing in Peking, which is in favour of the refirm, the properties of the Destichs Rerse und ecen ly described queues as pigtai a Ceasor Celwerke. Corporations, organised a few years, placing the must litest construc in an the word, proje uted the journal for libelling ago for the specific purpose of fightie the Stardird Trust. The Germ. pr pietors the bipese nation. We cow learn from a tor of the feeding journal has been fiped So. they were forced to sell to the Trast afer nazotiations with the hell Trins ort Company osteosibly on sto her charge, and the ruffled af Londos and he foal Netherlands Petro teslings of the genser smoothed down. leam Company bad fail d.

Mas, Lockwood pling, whose death is

Seretaban.......... 24,187 announced, was a daghter of the late Rev.

Selangor.

838, 94 3,817 G.B. Macdina'd, a Wesleyan Minister, and

Senawang...+18+19) 8.168 9,863 65,141 sister of the Rev. W. Macdonald, the

Sembawang .......... well know ex-President of the Wesleyan Conference. The family bad artistic connection and all the daughters married artists, ene Holland there is a strong feeling in favour Shelford 10,000 11,000 10,301 becoming Lady Borno Joats, another Lady acquiring is fortuguese section of the is S'pore & Johor...... 14.421 15,641 116,007 land of Timur, in the Molucces. Portugal and Singapora Para 5,250 4,230 53,825 Hel'and ska ette land, but the power of the Strafts Rubber 44,150 Poynter en the third the wife of Mr. Lock

#40,030 Government is so welk in the kontagnese por- wood ripling, Ct E, Architectural Sculptor at the Bombay School of Art and afterwards

tion that treable continually arises on the Sanga! Salok......... 5,093 Friscipal of the Mayo School of Art, Laboir.

frontier amtn the ravage tribes, Latest Java Sungei Way................. 10,118 It was while Mrs. Kipling was living la B

papus to "baid g va particolors ef savages Sungkal Obumor... 1,889 under Per. gu els raiding Datch territory Seaport ................ 870 bay that her famous son was born, io 186.

Tambalak

970 A CAMPAIGN is to be commenced against Fili- for head-hvit og purposes. The raidera carried the

Trojong Malim -800 1,700 pinos and others who stand sponsor for the affab a bunired heads after laying

Telok Anson saa ves 7,050 called child en of Chinese nierchants residing

Tall Ayer ............ 14,483 in the Philippines. It has been the cu som of certain Filipinos to appear before the castoms

Trafalgal Tremelbre................. authorities and claim to be pa ests of return. irg Chinese children. Vader 100 immigration

Taiping................ 500

2,453 law the legitimate mloor chi dies of Chinese

Gia Pandan yarash 530 574 2,885 United Singapore....... 2,228, 7,169 15,347 merchants residing in Manila are enutied to admission providing they are of'en age that

Ualted Sumatra....

5,200 4,736 makes the care of the father necessary. Ad

191,400 vintige has been frigantly ta on to bring is

Vallambrosa ........

[All 10ials are calculated for the calendar Chinese youths who are procured in China and

year lastaad of the fioaucial yest, which differe for whom spacious mothers are provided in

with many companies.—Sinemtéra Bros Pears] Menila

What time rent over all fes ivities in Moracco, tous fi qufëkly, past, and it is son- net before enɔ is aware. Time is certaizly so object here in this city of no motors for traída

GENERAL Biroo Nakamura, Dretter of the -loths women if injat to dream, die im, Japice e Government Steel Foundry, hay en- all day long-erd ofico fery picturesque they tered into a game et with the Haeyang Iron look as they reclire in their bright coloured and Steel Wo ks for 100,00) as of pig from garments, on cushions equi'y bright, while anzually. The contract is regarded by the slaves wat on them anticipating their every pose as a very ir pat atone inasmuch se with. I h.vi te:o a slave hold the in cer the fou dry, witch supplies Japan's naval en while her mistress dranke her fca.

military needs, is wholly dependent upon Moorish women sem happenrugh in their las I. Low material. surroundings, which to us would be monoton- ous and duli, and they are wise to be so, for Iba better class women seldom leaves her home unless to polo some fes Ivity,—Teion and Coun- try journal.

JAPANESE ENTERPRISE IN BRAZIL.

The report on the trade of Fr xlf r the year 1979 by Grant Waton, Secr try of is British Majeuy's Legation at Fi Janeir, poles that & now develpment is the sala 10 a Tapanese Rroup of the Feronda (plantation) of Tpitanges In the State of Rio Janeiro A contract wis signed with N. L. Yamagale, the repretective of a Japancia company, and work was come menced in November 19, under the direction of Jeppnere agriculture who are making ex- primer ts la the cult'valt n of various empi on the coast about 14 leagues from the Federal capital. The property is situated on the Cabo Fils beinch of the Leonoldini Railway,,and`ls suited for growing the usual cerra's, ordinary potators, maize Tenor, vegetables, and rice, th's best to a 'mited extent, but the Jansero propose in addition to turn their attention to camphor and vasil's, t'e growing of ordinary and cabinet woods, viticul are and the salt in dustir. They funber propoid to develop the abore fisheries and sell their catches in the mirket of the cpital of the tate or the Federal district.

Lana's youngest newspaper, tbs Evoice To other Tariff Reform organ, began life fa in Osk

FURTHER Rigentic customs frauds have been unearthed by the Government in the New York customs to se. The frauds were perpetrated in the undevaluation of English wcollen grodi Imported into the U.ied Stats. is estimat ed by the officials, who bave uncovered the frand that the total fosses to the United States Treasury exceed those growing out of the motoricus sugar trest scandal unearthed some time ego.

AN agreement signed in Lósdon with British, French, German and American financial group provides for the co-operation and par ticipation in re er to the Chinere loan, Moreover, this agreement provides ant only for the 5 per cent equal participation, but for crecy re'orm and fucre intercallopal Goaprial operations in China. Obina dors not regard with Ivour as Ameri'an Financial

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Tue naturalizatim of twelve Chiness as Tenin- are subjects is gated in the Japanese Official Gordic, Thess Chiorss were at acbed in the Tepancio Army is Manchuria du ingihe Basso japanese war, and rendered valuable services in connection with the operations. They have

cow applied to the Japanese Government for Datgratisation as Japincie subj:c's, and thisp. plictions have been gran'ed in recognition of the valuable servo lendered by them to the Itata in the circumstan:dy mentioned. The N, C. D. Neus states that on the 15 h inst. It was rep red to the police that Visi Bradhurst, who is well known lically as a qualified nurse, hid been missing since the evening of Tuesday, the gh. Ste had been spending the aftercon with some friends in the Sieza Road and left, their house at 9 p.m. to return to her own home in Yanster pro, sad from that moment she has not been heard of. Atke: home it was suppofet, when she did not reurs, that she was fasing with her friends, and her absence did not cause any anxiety until on the morning in. question. At present her friends have not the least clus to this stroge disappearaz.co.

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At the meeting of de British North Borneo Cpnir West ifgeway, who presided, si tiny had efter d the varascy ga toe Board to dis inguished statesman, whose saply was expced at th: cod of the your. Owing to the iDryfficiency of nativus it had been decided to send Me Riddell to Chica to establish a labour reauit og agency Mr. Riddell had held & siniles posti a in the Transvaal. Every 102: cemtat would be offered to the Chine and others to bring the r families and recimo peminatiesiccats,

SIXTEEN baitekipy of the United States let arrived in the English Chann 1, the let split WHILST Sympathy cannot be withheld from up, the second and faith Zivisions, nader the A STATEMENT of the office funds of the Crown THE'Timra says it is maderstood that the pri the captain of the i'l-fa'ed craiser Bedfofd, it command of Rear-Admiral C. E. Veroland Acosts for the Colonies for cop has been is 'ject of the visit to India olginated with the (on the Losi line) and Captain T. D. Howardased, showing that the receipts for the year King. Lyd Hardinge, who was consulted, must by admite I that the Court-martial which

wers £78,20747-7 Including a balarcs of umly sopirvel. There is rosson to believe tried him d d not liflct a very seve a sentence, (on the Georgia), proceeding to Cherb urg Of course the career of Captain Fitzherbert in and Brest respectively. The fint divlilon, £4.007-12-10 kem the previous year. The chief that the subject is already being discussed be the Royal Navy has received a check but that nader Rear-Admiral Schroeder, the Comman tems laclade £24,487-16-5 from departmental twren Whitehall and the Government of ladia. there was negligence, and neglizenre which der-in-Chief, went to Torbay, and the third charges on sures bought for the Col.nies, The first idea was a series of Provincial Dar resulted in not only the loss of a valuable crui- division, under Rear3dmiral Joseph Murdock, 14,059 -8 from charges for inspection of bars, the King receiving the Chiefs according scr, but in the i fialtely greater loss of the lives on the Minnessts, has arrived at Gravesend, ezgineering, and £11.500 from ball per cast. to geozraphical gramping, but it was consider- of sere:al of our braya bluejackets-a loss The fameus world cults of the American fleet on issue of loase. There is a balance in handed that this could not impress the imaginston which cannot be appraised by a mere monetary a few years ng will be recalled by this is at the end of the year of £834-12-2, the prin of the Empire as a whole in the same degree stendard-cannot be denied It is doubtful Tbs object of the cmules, like that of the cipal items of expenditure being £19,772-34-8 us one vait assembly, or bring together the whether the quotation from the chioleta Chias former, is to educate efficas ar man not only for salaries, 48,859-8 for travelling expenses | msta important Chiefs of the protected states Ben sailing directiora, 1854, kalpot his cars! in the use of aval waspore, but in the band of arginearing staff, and 46,034-151. for com or the rulers of territories beyond the actual

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