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OUR -CONTEMPORARIES.

WHAT THEY THINK.

China Mail.

CHINA NEW YEAR,

$18 all.

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AVIATORS IN HONGKONG.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY FEBRUARY 3 1971-

CHINA, BREEDING PLACE,

OF DISEASE.

MEDICAL MAN'S OBSER- VATIONS.

AMERICAN NEWS.

[VIA MANILA.]

ON SETTLING DOWN AT

HOME.

CA, FEW FACTS,

Probably one of the most daring and

New York, January 21-David successful aviatúrs America has produced

Most people of the West, on reaching Graham Phillipps, the well knowna evitain stage of their service in this is Bdd" Mare, who is now staying at

American novelist, was let her last East, bagiu to make plans for settling the Hongkong Hotel in this company of Stamping out pestilence, plague and

night. the G.O.M. of aeronautics, Capt. Bald-disoane in China as a moisuru of pro- Washington, Jiuuary 21-Pre-

down at Home and it all seems to win, and Mr. Shriver. Both the latter tection for public health on the Pacific sident Taft was the guest of honor sole at a distance of many mito and gentlemen wako sents, but their coast nad in the world was the that the annual southern society ball porings of time too, and then end day strongest feature is the manufacture of of a discoure by Dr. M. It. Edwards held in this city last night. wo find ourselves suddenly confronted droplanes. They are the geniuses who of Harvard university at the Como affair was one of the most olaborate of difficult undertaking in our lives. House The with what is to many of us the most devise the strongest and yet the lightest wealth lab tsachen in the Palace the long auf brilliant affairs of thomhanting, wo think, hoir made easy, of material for the construction of the hotul, San Francisco, on the 25th alt. kind held by the society The Presid-will be one of the pleasures of settling whole machi

Doctor Edwards draw a terrible pie-cut was invited as a special mark of dawn, but how different it all is whey ture of the provalence of every kind honour by the leaders of the organitza- the time comes to begin it. How often uf disease in Chin. After showing tion. that all the duvastating plagues in the

it ends in failure and in not getting Washington, January 24-It now outlined the plan of Harvard university President Tait to harmonize the two world's histore sprang from Asia beginning to look as though thu fforts of what we like we are forced to lil's what to light disease where it reads. An clorments of the Republican Party and army of young American.doctor, -repair the brends de by insurgoy cially trained, will be sent to China to.

were going to fail. At a meeting of the Doctor Edwards asked San Francisco steps were taken to forin now league businesses to follow the example of of insurgency. Onu of the objects of the eastern merchants and give Binapetal aid association of the Insurgents is avowed to oppose the efforts of the President to make himself the party's nominee for the Presiliency in 1912. The modus Chins, Om brooding place of ellera operandi of the organization is to foría and bubo plague, the hotbed of dis-local leagues throughout the country

Bath are distinctly interesting distinctly instructive men to meet. Tuny have travelled a great deal, too. man, he has made wonderful ascent tal Mars is a small, bright and light descunts in the United States, and the pages of illustrated articles devoted to deal of persiusion.

Thame la no denying the fact that spirit of cheerful option porvades the Colony to-day. The China New Year settlements are closing meat satisfacluri ly and the financial complications which many foaral two months ago have not oventualed. In fact, only as failure is to be roerdel, nud that of an outport Chinese Brm of only minor importance Monog is plentiful; indood, the cry in - local banking circles is that, if anything. it is a little tre plentiful and that the nood of the moment is for opportunities treda booming in England, with tran- quillity toore or less assured in all the

Mr. Brico is the business man acting principal producing and absorbing can for du aviators now in Hongkong trus of the world, with credit gradually He has just arrived here from Manila, trengthening throughout Clins, one where he has been making every ar- can be forgiven for taking a more hope-rangement for their reception, and suc- ful view of the immediate future flinn cessful flights, during the Carnival ots did this time a year ago.

Yesterday Capt. Baldwin and Mr. Daily Prees.

we get.

their lives in oxile in the fast, are now. There are many who, having, spont going about like wandering tits,

VOLUNTEER NEWS.

GAREDDUNK SÜLIKOO`COMPETITION,

commostion with the Hongkong Volun The Gasefigna Shield competition, in teeg Corps, took place on Saturday afternoon at Tai Hang Range. The day was a bad one fur shooting, met strong 3.1. wind was blowing senas the targets. At times the targats could sweeping over thou. In spite of this, hantly be soch, as a thick cloud ka sind excellent shooting was seen the range.

for the edipetition this your, and in The No. 1 Company did not enter

all four Companies puded on the mugo as follows: No. 2, 3 and Artillery Companies and the Infantry Company,

for its profitablo employmont. With his achievements are shown after a good mild up Chinese huslth institution.Republican Insurgents held Inst night Beyer settling down, ever restlessly and the next to ez o was the No 31

"OFF THE CHAIN.“”“ People will hesing more adventurous, they will travel mors, will became more independent eximinally as the result of being able to take their labour to uthor markets au other fields, yet the means of wealth which makes all this possible must have its soures in some abiding place. That is a consideration which seems to have been overlooked by earthedorn_prophet. Labour may be- Huid, tiny move 15m place, to place, hure“ wealth, the product of suelt labour, must o localised. Food can only be grown hy certain attachment to the soil, while urticles of stress and daily use are pro- dized in specialised cantres which mean Saman degree of permanence. Therefore, though we travel mare in the fqture, we must always have song abiding place eithor in our native land, in the colonies where we find freer opportunities, or in supro new land of our adoption.

South Wind Morning Post-

TEN PERCENT.

In this view, of course, the chairsan of the China Provident Loan, and Mortgage Company, Ltd., speaks a The representative of the stacks which, broadly speaking, be, furnied **Industriais.** But the day has gone when investors looked to dividends only, and did not, compern theiåselves with the marketable klaracter of their holi-.

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to the movement-

China," Doctor Eduards said

On "The hygienis regeneration of

in China has revealed astounding con-

barkening to the end of the East." there is one thing in partionlar which the man from the last is slow to grasp and it is that the climate at Home will in many planes bu kind to him an

turo him, while in other places it torture him, says a carrospondent of tho will talco him in its dendly grasp and Bombay Gazette, Climutienily our native

was No. 4, who entered four gis err The first company to take the range

Company, who also ontored 4 guns crow, and this was followed by No. 2 Company with one gun excl.

STANDARD TEST.

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HEROIC CREW:

FIGHT FIRE ON, KUMBANG FUR THREE DAYS.

serious, fica roko out on bant the sa A wa hayo alrondy, annomecil ‘a

Kusang, while ou her last voyagu Ema Sin spore to Hongkong, and between the former port and Saigon. We have now received: full details ul the sffair.

When the Aru was disorored in No: 3 hold, the 'Chief Ofear at once. suqerintondo i tho' laying out of the into the smoking "tween decks on a life- hoses, whilsthe Third Officer wont down

saving expedition, and anecpeded in rooning from the ring parts of the vessol, two women, a crippled mun, and In baby, all untives, all of whons wore altaost suffocated and greatly exhausted.

When the Third Oliver and cleaned. the 'Larven, deeks of pragers, the ' linisties were battuned down and four or five lusey and a stasin pipa fixad on to

ventilators. When this was done "the Captain allered the ship's course and

In spite of the bad weather yesterday.to:oedel with fill stond to the Pulo, morning a large number of Volunteers Cesir de Mer, Island, arriving there at their Standard Test." Only the 100 parded at King's Park ringe to dire

1 pm. ands firing was completal; and after

batches were taken off and have played

After the ship had anchorod" this,

Briee proceeded by train as far as case, mences the world. My year's trip especially in those eoctions where. in laud does not necessarily give the return-tls range work had to to stopped owing direct into the bower hold, the sont of

We understand that the three bi-ditions of insantation. Unerad disgeuey was strong in the recent toding exile a kindly welcome. Those wag, to the lowy showers.

ease is everywhere. Suintlpox and scarlet. fover great one in the trusts. Smallpox, is given to babies so that they may, die young if they are to be

planos weraj successfully landed to-day, from the Asix, and no doubt, would be a source of interest for numbers in this colony. The machine weighs about 600lbs, and the engine developes Gvistim horse power.

BOXING.

THE GREAT FIGHT THIS EVENING,

tivi

SIGNS OF UNREST.

RUDENESS TO FOREIGNERE IN THE

INTERIOR,

having spont most of their lives in the

· East, are so ignorant as to soitia in tho cold damp clay, curse the climate gen- omily, but it is the soil not the eliminato which is inimical to them. The na designate by the absurd name of Anglo-Indian and which for want of a A special oprrespondent of the better one we will use, can thrive at the Shanghai Mercury," writing from lowest levels on gravel but not on the Shwashing in the north, declares that highest on a clay soit. None can people are alwuying signs foscaph the offats of living on clay go unrest, while a very high-handed atti-through all the clay districts of Eng

towards foreigners is being taken land, it is the sante overywhere, a drip- by certain provincial oficials,

pled old age. There is a restless and riotone hiti-

To understand China's pitiable state we will supuse our population of 90,000,000 was multiplied by four, do away with 'all but 160 hospitals, have but 1,000 physicians, or two assigned orton Promisu tore than list A packed house will witness the culto, discharge state and municipal test between Bill Lewis and Rod Staff-health boards, stop up the suwers, puttude to for the wetter-weight suprema this evening at the City Hall.

Lend sporting men are looking for ward to the tight with great interest, for spirt from the fine reputation of both on for scientific and straight fighting, it is probably Bill Lewis last appearanes in Hongkong, as well as being, perhaps, the toghest proposition

beruksis in every family, let disease ruh riot. have a cholera centre on the

Atlantic and bubonic plague on the Pacific coast, and when you hare tured this state of rampant pestilence you will have a far idea of metal con- ditions in China.

Bubonic plagae is in every sport in Chins. Since it broke out 11 years

dong the lower classes of the my, as also there is a jealots and garious friction between the gentry and local officiels,

ENGINEERS VISIT THE. ELECTRIC LIGHT STATION,

the fire. But this attempt to ex- | tinguish the tira land von to, bgʻaban- doned, owing to the deise volume of smoke rising up continually from the hold.

The latches wure therefore hattened The member of thé Engineers' Au- | down again and retrain, trrued on into stitute who wore invited to visit the the hold This work went on mutil Eletric Light Station on Saturday 9e the flowing morning when wout by cars and arrived at their desthe Intehes weto tines more removed, in tinition about 2.30 p.m., where they under to find out whether the volumes were received by Messes. H. B. Briker of water purgi into the 'hold bad made. and J. J. Stubbings, of the Electric any headway against the fire. But Company's staff. The visitors were as the urist blinding, sunks continued to rise up from the hold, the Captain decided to run to Saigon and Book assistance there.

taken round the electris works, where Thoro is survival of the fittes, they were shown the Intest Diesel ei here, for they are all seized in the end. ginn, and land explained at length the At sixty years of age, if not before, working of this engins, throef which rheumatisur bogias to make its mark had already been installed in the build The stupid and almost hostile atti-pen those even who are the dosena-ing

dants of hundreds of years of clay dwal- After this, the visitors inspected the tude taken up by some of dia oficials fors. The day searchos the now-comer boiler or steam plant, which is kept

doubt arises from their ignoranes from the East to find somus remnant of ready in care of any gergony. concerning the carrying out of the new 9,000,000 pejple have peristad from reform rules and regulations issuing it." China has been fighting disease from the Puking Government frota time. with superstitions. There are no dis- tors there. Images ar bruket,

They look upon the foreigner elligies are barast and creuiatrics losing ground with the higher author performed to tirive away the evil spirit ties of the constry, mud to not only

treat them, with a unitaria disrespectment when he told me where he was

at equal weights Bill has ever under-ago, sprending to San Francisco,

tuken.

Both men are in the pink of condi- "tion ; bath are enger "to Vin; a menu able fight should be seen, and we hope

clance blow will end it pressurety, Entering spectator's will do well

to timo

the old malaria to foster it and enlti- vato it..

Among other less interesting things zeen by the visitors was the big tank

I recently met an exceptionally where crude oil is kept. The visitors robust looking man who astonished more then very hospitably entertained by when be told me of forty yours iti In-Messrs. Bridger and Stabbings.

Mr. McCubbin, on behalf of the dia; but much greater was my astonish- Engineers In titute, thanked their

.

For the third time the hatches were then battoned down and the ship pro- ceeded to Saigon arriving at thequaTAN- tine station nt 6 am, on' January 6 when the work of extinguishing tho flames was earnestly takon in lund.

The bold was complétaly flooded, and the tire with which the crew had beenbat.- thing for so long, was finally extinguish- al-at-7-p.in. on-Fanary .. In the hobl, only the body of a Chitrammi, ja a very chirrst condition, was dimovorod · ot the top of the fresh water tank, near

advised to ba carly at the ali, Tor, a of sickness. This is done through whieir ano nover met with before, but, siding, for it was in a very low-lying,hosts for the yory enjoyablo nud instruc-where the fire broke out.

record house is expected.

VOLUNTEER NEWS,

these mombers who attend.

Chin, 1, see that some of the Chineso doctors are practicing love. they deny then, or, are trying hard to just red an advertisement whornin the deprive thou of their common treaty practitioner says he has the medical rights. knowledge of seven generations. That is their soune of knowledge in tacticine." The health of the United States do-

The Hongkong Volunteer Corps juga. Far sot yours past, a change" standard text tasketry course' takes has taken place in alto relative values | place at King's Park range on Monday of all securitie A Foreign and at 9. a.m. Tiffin will be provided for alfunds that a medical school under for- Colonial Governments and Municipal Corporations hive come forward with stocks redeamable at paar, and carrying. four and a half per cent, investors live been caught by the safety of the offered seanrity.

BILLIARDS.

BULDIERS CLUB TOURNAMENT.

$vt ut.

eign inthrace be, ostablished in China. Such a move, while being protective, The next in nthly stront of the No. would be an entering wedge for Amer Company will take place at King'sica's commercial developement in Asin.

Harvard hingstarted the norencat Park Range a Sunday, the St February, at 2.15 þau.

for steltan institution. A sense of the best trained medical ren will be sunt, to China to coalustoxliaustive studios in to disease and hygienic conditions. A to carry on the work. First $10,000 $1,000,000-endowment will I sought a year will be needed for five years. Enterta men have contribute all hit $12,000 a year for the work

SEDITION IN INDIA.

We meterstand dat the Post Offices in calonies where Ilisu, troops are; stationed, have reveived telegraphic in Two.ather untches were, played instructions from the Government of India tho Soldiers Club last night. In con- Sedition in India at have taken a To suppress certaiti vernsenlir papers. nection with the above competition be- tween the Hongkong Volunteer Raw a more serious "pluse. serves and the 2.0.0.

The Best game was played between

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CANTON NEWS.

Mr. Thornbill and Private Lusnbrook,

It resulted in favour of Thornhill, 250, Tue "TELEGRAPH CORRESPONDENT

99. The winner's best break was

18.

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Canton, Jammary 27,

interest in the builth and sanitation of Beesuse of the Pacific coast's prime Asin we look for support here. San Francisen is primarily interested. The fair of 1916 is your cherished hope. We of the east hope you will get it. An interest in Chins by your city would be appreciated and reciprocated by Chips

A few days ago, the Brigadierant it muust not be forgotten dat a plague must be kept out at all hazards during the next four years.".

The next game was between Mr. BondGeneral of Ko Chow handed sixteen and Capt. Hunter, and this-titue it re-prisoners to the factar of RoChow and ushted in win for the A.0.C. mag. Lai Chow For trial. They admitted that The result was 240-280. Capit, they were numbers of a secret society, Hunter's breaks were 26,21,17 and 14.nd had committed many armed rob

The scores up to date are as ful beries, besides seizing people for mansorg Juws -

and killing soldiers when resisting

1.K.V.K.

Mr. tion

250. 200

250 Mr. Ferrol............ 197 Mr. Thornhill........ Mr. Boud ......

A.0.C. Capt. Lyddon.... 142 Stall-Sergt. Sergeant... 250 Private Lashbrook.. 2015 Capt. Hunter........ Two other games will be played to- night, the results of which will appear in to-morrow's issue.

زان ....

CHINA'S TRADE,

SOUTH AMERICAN VISITOR..

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AMERICANS AND THE PHILIPPINES.

TALK OF WAR—" TOMMY-ROV."

According to the regulations esforced by the Boart of Punishment the crime committed by these prisotiers is a 'sèr- Army officers declare that the Philip ious one and capital punishment is piuos are at the ingrey of the Japanese, ustially meted out. Tito Tantai repeated ys a San Francico paper. Si far as the matter to His Excellency the that is concerned, there are a dozen or Viceroy by wire, and begged for histrac-more cities on the Atlantis seaboard, of tions as to how to net in the matter. In reply His Excellency ordered the Trot to have the sixteen prisoners executed, as a deterrent to others.

vastly or consenso to this country than the Philippias, at the morey of the British foots, but that is giving

nolady any consera.

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TO-DAY'S SHOOTING.

Blat ult.

FINANCIAL NEWS,

district, nor a river, a place enveloped five aftoron alforded them, to which from November to March in, soll mists Mr. Stubbings suitably responded. and damp winter fogs. But when he explained that he lived on gravel with gravel all around 47 some miles, I mar- velled no more.

A's much to be avoidh ed as tho clay is the "toild eliniato" place, usually most depressing and To-day, at the King's Lark Bange enervating. The Anglo-Indian sally the Taikoo Volunteers shot for the hand-makes for it and, losing all energy in it, some Swire silver cap, which is a replica is incapable of leaving. of the cap prosented to the Jockey Club by Mr. Juha Swire on the ocasion of his last visit to the colony.

The ranges were 200, 100, 500, and 600 yards. The targets at the first Lo were disappearing, and silhouettes, and the latter two rapidly e

The trophy has beon Gold for two year's by Mr. Murray Sett and if he suceeds in heading the seara to-day it

is his property. On such put up a big aggregate. cloudy day it was a task for the man to

NEWS FROM THE NORTH..

CHINA FINANCES.

Finance announces that the deficit. Peking, January 24.—The Ministry

for the year 1900-1910 was Tls. 8,000,000,

THE PEKING-BANKOW BAILWAY.

Peking, Janinary 24.—Messrs. Dau, Fischer & Co. have signal the contract for the redemption feas of about $3,000,000 in connection with the Peking-bukow Railway,—N.C, D. News

BUANORAI'S FREIGHT MARKET Mor. Wheclock & Cols ropor lates-ar homeward freight met has be very active sinca wo last wrc- especially to Europa, and there is quite a large quantity of vargo coming forward who had good eatise to dread the Engas if we were going to experiapes another A very few years ago a military man from the outports-it looks, in fact, lish wintor enme Home to settle: His rush" of cargo similar to the one we doctor advised Torquay or the Cornish lnd a year ago. Riviera, He chose the former with the result, to use his own words, he sent in the North and although there is very Coastwise-Things are Vory quiet the most miserable winter of his life little loose tounge secking-employment stick of shabar." When I told him tends to keep rates low; latest udvices My backbone," he said, was like a there is also at sixence of demand which to go and try the top of the Cotswolds, Inuit the South low a healthier tone ho turned from me with a soul, but hond it is earnestly to helą,jod that wa went there all the io and now he tells any see some improvement after the ne that far from dreading the winter China New Year. at Home, he looks forward to it. In short, the dry bracing air of the hills made life a pleasure,"

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HOME POLITICS.

Owing in their herois efforts to por out the fro the Cajtnin ard Overs" of the Kamsang ware without sloep for three days and nights.

Tho Kumsan; is due here to-day- three weeks overdue. Much auxiety bad been fult for her safety.

HONGKONG'S FLOUR

·MARKET.

REVIVAL REPORTED. Ta the four ten" of the Colony.

at least, "Kung bai fat chơi? will have a real menning for 1911.

wet, the output of the Modd Suttle- With the Shanghai flour snille xhent- ting down, owing to the sonicity of

the trade between Ameries and Hong- mentis curtailed to such an extent that

is a very risk,

The nativity of the thur mills`ul Shanghai ns, of late years, affected vary seriously the flous trade of this Colony, esusing it to lose nearly all of the Coast Port radu in that staple.

900,000 lags of flour, required for Shanghai hasi, itself, recently import the domestic market.

Hongkong has, during the past month, landed shipments alounting to 500,090 and stored in godown's last week, - bags 260.000 of which were handlod

Ruasquada coat MARKET, The report of the 26th, by Mossed Wheelock & Co. statos:---Ceal Japan-This market has been very quiet sine inst writing and only very [From "N.-C. DALLY-Nawaoners partly on count of the close eligia business has bom done with native ngs of Chins New Year and partly un London, Jan. 12.-The King will scent of the bettled statu of ex- open Parliament on Febitury 2. The change; pripps a steady both locally House of Lorda Veto Bill and the Land in Japan te hope to see soING Lourors' Invalidity and Non-copyinent Insuranno Bill, will be the principal measures to be introduced by the Go- verament during the rsion.

MARINE COURT.

improvementhe abunt of he inessrine Magistrate, has postponed this case Consuler Basil Taylor, R.N., Ma- done in the near future.

of Loung Kam Yung, master of the launch Che Lay, till the 2nd of next. month. The mastor is charged with

Bardiff-No nows.

Sydacy Wollongong-Stagnant. Jan. 18-The Test Partin-

Manchuri CoatThe plague in mentary correspondent says that the the North having stopped the export of Lading Unionists have accepted the bonus, it is hoped that the railway will bo able to handle some of the wal THE AGE FOR LOVE.

Referendum proposition as a permanent which is due for export from Dalny, plank in the party'w platformi. When "What is the age for love?" is a

Parliament meets, the Opposition will fuquent tople for discussion among the endeavour to amend the Government's fair correspondents of Indios' journals.bill for the reform of Parliament and the The cable reporting the murder of a Ever since the arrest and detention of So Ping Shot, the gambling mony

for the second time at the age of 65 to the amendment providing they are women in Paris who ind just married The Ministry will give fulleoasidomation polist, a rumour has been current that

may give some cluo to the answer. Anot destructive of the princips of the owing to thin wide range of business in

other one may be found in the botariuir riginal bill. A bill for the reform of terests his bankruptey would certainly is inspired solely by the disreputable of the young Indias at a children's Unionist-Poore is to bosabitted to the the House of Lords drawn up by the affect the marker of Caution Tapitoider which has pursuit of some Army From a thoughtful observation of many of this report, the condition of the and Navy officers that it is the duty of casus, we are inclined to believe that the House of Lords. •: Canton money market, fortunately, is Use American people to provido plenty nga for love frata n. woman's point of very sound, and then if no fear of the of billots for aspiring men. possibility of a crisis.).

view is hetwoon three and a hundred.

Yot there is just as much probability that England may deseand an our coasts that the Japanese will deliberately make war on the United States. The whole of the talk is toming-cal, and

HOME POLITICS.

There is likely to be given an impetu to the export trade shortly, following Lhe visit of Scalor Robarto Rode Buenos Aires, who is a passanger on

At the lower limit the young lady thew Caledonion, which sailsday: Paper manufacturo in Canton is a)

doer most of the love-making herself in Senhor Rodes is the owner b largo concern monopolized by the government,

a bold fand, umblashing manner, while uraiture factories in the Argentine, and, owing to heavy expendituro, is not HOME RULE FOR IRELAND.backward and embarraseti.

the young gentlemans usually appears capital, and he has come to the East, remituerative. The officials in charge

If he is and particularly to China, to study the | are proposing to introdurre reform of

at all younger or smaller than she is sho well known variabos and allied products working and to effect economy. They ernment has dovided to appoint a com- still further adds to his distress. As London, Jan. 19.-The British Gov- invariably tries to pisk him up, which produced in this part of the world... will soon dopate some one to investigate mitteo to conduct an investigation into the lady grows older she gets loss Senhor Rodgy to now on his way to the best incthods of manufacturing the national finances of Great Britain, forward, while the little bay inclines the Singapors, and leaves to-day for Saigon paper, and adopt them, besides effecting as a preliminary to drawing tipa scheme ether way. Anto the age for love," whore, as well niih the Malay States, the necessary repairs to the plant, so as ho will study the quality of the lumber to ran the coucura un a paying basis,

As regards its variish-producing value. The South Autoridan minstorer has already made a doop study of this branch of his business and we trast his visit will assuro him of the good; qualities of the Chinese varnisk,

Two Chinese were charged before Mr. J. R. Wood, for assaulting another at Yaumati.

His Worship imposed a fine of $3 on bagh defoulant,

ging 4 passengers in exocse of the number allowed by his livenso......

POLICE COURT.

A Chizero was charged this morning with having nels of prepared opium. in his posesion.

charge, Shanghai, on the 26th were

quotations from the Stock Ex- Mastsemppi, cte, in Langkat, I. abolition of the Lords' right of voto.baros at T. 117 and 118 for ush;

shares at Tls, 50 for cash: Anglo-avait Shanghai Cotton Manufacturing Co. statas, Id. shares at Tly, 74 for sh Anglo-Datch (Java) Plantations, Ld. Estates, Lt, shates at Tls. By for cash; res nt Ils. 2 for cash: Cheng Rubber Aphorst Rubbor Estato, Lil. shares at TI 64 for cash; Country Club 6 per cont dubenturant par cash; and Yongiszo Insuranco Association, Ld. aliarou at $2074 for dash,

AMERICA AND THE FAR LAST.

BLEPUL PRorifgey of UsIVERSITY

PRESIDEST.

San Francisco, Jan. 17.-Jast night, le President of the Californian Uni- varsity dulivered a speech entitled "The Americans." Itoferring to the faturo for granting Home Rule to freinud. there is none savo the limits of a lifetime of the Pasifts Ocean, the speaker said Lord Courty, who has bithorte op-It is characteristle of the arrogance of that the United States which had held posed the granting of self-government youth that they should regard it as hardly any intercourse with the East to Ireland, has published a statement in being an essential quality of their own for overal centuries, was now free, to which he admits that the tine has arrived time. Ons might.quate proverbe to face with the East on the Pacifo coast. for granting the privilege, and he sag-relate them, such as Willo there's life The Pacifle Ocean, he declared, would rests a safe method for the granting of there's hope"; not to mention, There's some day to the soone of great con- Home Rule-Jÿí,

na fool like an old fyol

Alet boimen the fiul and the West,

CHINA AND JAPAN,

ALARMING RUNOTES OF COMING

FAR EAST TROUBLE,

Defendant said he saw the opin

losting in the harlene and he picked

trato impused a line of $226.

Evidenco was callod, and the Magia.

A youth was charged, Infore Aft. E. B. Halifax this "morning, with sulling 50 boxe of propated opium and applying a faley trade description to defraud the opium farmer, and als having 5 umee of opium drosa ia bis pression. The arrest was made by Chief Exina Officer Hoggarth in Bolchor Street.

Defendant pleaded guilty and said the staff was given to him by a man to

carry.

His Words What are you to do with the opin To give it 10, man name Ah Yuen.

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