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THE PLAGUE.

`QUARANTINE REGULA-

TIONS.

-Peking, March 6.—~The Govern ment is in agreement with the suggestion nindo by the Shanghai authorities' that passengers who have obtained certificatos of health

at Tientsin, Taironand Chinwong tão should not be detained at southern ports after an inspection. THE KOREAN FRONTIER.

The Chinese and Japanese authorities have. agreed to the institution of plague moasures on the Korean, frontier on terms of perfect reciprocity,

We understand that the Plague Prevention Committee has de- cided, in view of the appaiout cassation of plagio at Tairon, to declaro it a non-infected port, on the understanding that cortain precautionary measures are adopt od." Tientsin and Chinwangtão are to be similarly treated. Passengers are to undergo sur veillance for fivo days in on isolation hospital before embark ing and to obtain a certificate of health. On arrival at Woosung there is to be an oxamination and, if the passengers are found in god health, the steamers are tabo por mitted to proceed without enter- ing quarantine.-E., "N. C. D.

News,"

LLOYD'S REGISTER.

VESSELS ADDED DURING

gross,

YEAR 1910,

THE

CANTON NEWS.

THE "TELEGRAFI" CORRESPONDENT}

HONGKONG

A VISIT TO MÄRS.

TELEGRAPH

WHAT THINGS ARE LIKE

THERE.

Canton, March 10. Diplomatic Commissioner. Li

GLASS-ROOVED HOUSES Ching Fun visited the Governor

AND CRYSTAL- of Macao on the 7th inst. with sever ||

COVERED STREETS. al officials well versed in diplomatic. offairs, namely the Magistrato of People over tire of dreaming ubout that day in the future, when Hung Shan District, the Assistant Magistrate of Chin Shian and three-od between us and the Martians, communication will be establish-

Lamlators, and opeyell negotia. tions regarding the question of the demolition of the embankment at Chin Shan by the Portuguese."

SATURDAY

ventions which we could-neither use nor understund.

MARCH

1911

OBITUARY.

DEATH OF MR. II. W. KENNY.

Mr. Konny was taken ill a short while ago, and was removed to dition quickly becanis worse, and the Penk Hospital, where his con-

death occurred to-day.

Such the cities of Mars must be, for the race that dug the canals cannot be supposed to live. in the crude conditions of earth- We deeply regret to announco ly life. Still, the irrigation of the death of Mr. H. W. Konny, Mars is not such an inconceivably the Acting-Manager of the In groatundertakingasit would boto tornational Bank, at Canton, water the earth from the melting polar snows. In the first place fore no valleys to bar the straight Mars has no mountains, and there-

Sometimes rude shocks are, ail-flow of the water, toward the

Sympathy is quickoned ju this ministered to thoir fond hopes equator. baan puzzling the problem front aiding the Martian in his titanie Kouny was to have been married whon some astronomer, who luts Most important of all things sad ovent by the fact that Mr. a scientific point of view, pub task is the nearness of gravity. to Miss Martin on March 25. lishes the results of his investi-Seiontists conclude that the Mar- Mr. Kenny was for two years gations. Professor Hugo Lieblertian, because of the rarefied at Acting-Manager of the Bank at is one of those who thus seek to mosphere-which demands great Canton, and had boon in the East abolish some popular dolusions. living capacity and the lessor for over eleven years. He was as Ho cronts the common iden that attraction of gravitation, mat well-known here as in the Straits the inhabitants of the neighbour at least three times as big Sottlement, where he served for ing planet are anything like our- as an earth-dweller, and that the nino years. He leaves n, host of Martin's mascular trength Irionds to dooply regret his un- equals that of jibouti 27 ordinary | timely death. cost of whichisait downat $2,000. Mars (he declares) would pro-men. In a recent article, Waldo- A little while ago, His, Exes-bably live about as long as a fish mar Kaempfert, taking the Mar- lency the Canton Viceroy wired out of water, on account of the tian to be such a creature as to the Ministry of Foroiga Alfairs thiness of the Martian air. If a described, says: His canal reporting the results of Furveying tied him his first impression plauet, where hodios weigh only broathing apparatus could hoeup (excavating possibilities on #1 of places rond Kochow by would doubtless be that he was in ono-third as much as on the Frenchmen. The Viceroy asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to open negotiations with the French Minister i Peking es, in the opinion of Viceroy Ching, the movement of the French was open Lo suspicion. The Ministry re- questod the Frengh Minister 10

imtionals. restrain his

The

The result of the negotiations was lator telegraphed & His Ex- cellency the Canton Viceroy and the party returned to Canton on the flowing day. It is rumoured that the affair will be settled by the payment of compensation by the Meno Gaverminent for selvos. damaging the onlaikment, tho. Airin meddonly transported to

Vicoray is in ranipt of a das pátek from the Ministry of Freign' Affairs which says this the raply from the French Minister is to the effort that no political importance is attached to the movements of his nation is, and dist they have heen to Kochi as privato travol

lers only.

a

a horrible sau-bared desert. Not foarth, become truly awesome. sign of mountain anywhere, par A Martian labourer could perform wisp of cloud in the sky. Ilo as much work in a given time as would even look in vain for a 150 little hillor a tres to break the bal diggers, and keep pace with a or 60 terrestrial ditch monotony of dry san-baked rock powerful Panina dredger. Two and sand.

and one-half tons would be the average load that he could throw

vor his shoulder"

The landed in a Martian city beside, one of the anals or locks or other great engineering work, be world be so filled with wonder as it to notice the fint landscape.

THE FAR EAST.

[From "N.-O. DAILY NEwa"]

THE CARNARVONSHIRE

ASHORE. Kobe, March 7-Tho Car- arvonshire went ashore last night at Nabasima, 85 miles that there are seven feet of water from Kobet It is reportod in the fore hold. According to the latest advices it is hoped that she will be refloated to-niarrow.

WISDOM WHILE YOU WAIT.

Mr. Arthur Bourchier.It was not the absence of clothes, but the prosence of innocence that gavo its charm to the Garden of Eden. the lover can discern a desirable Mr. A. C. Benson. The eye of

charat in the beloved face that is hidden from the indifferent,

Mr. Edward Jenks-Public opinion is not a very easy thing. to influence, especially in matters which have a theoretical air.

COAL MINE DISASTER.. Engines on Mars would do tremendous work for their horne mine disaster occurred in Yama

Kobo, March 6.—A serious coal power and weight, without mak-guchi Profecture on Friday. The ing allowanch for their increased roof of the mine and the galleries. The muur's first attempts tuofliciency, due to boltor construc- Lloyd's Register of Shipping

benoudhe

БСЗ the

collapsed. sintes:-The total addition of

walk wil protuce ingretion: Aro the Martian power Seventy-five lives, wore lost. steam topmage during the year

is. That would cause hini to producers chemical engines, or do line been 905,342 tons gross; and,.

oxpel tagee or kaur times as they draw dieic power from the much energy as the proceeding, smi's rays, or live they discover- of sailing tonnage, 21.477. tous

A spirit merőbent hese potition called for, hustand of taking aed a way of tapping the planet's gross; or, in all, 1,015,819 tons ed the Tautai for the Promotion few leisurely adept he would electric energy?

Of the founage added to the of Industries, for the exemption find himself making a suvers.

Phese things are disputed by from Cus apirit farm tx of the sign of prodigious both is engineers just as tho build and Register nearly 93 per cent, conssamslur exported to Bogkong. Should he wish to throw a stone appearance of the inhabitants ists of now vessels, practically all. The petition has been rejected, as at an apponelting Martian, beare. The only safe assumption built in the United Kingdom. The Totai holh the the spirit world find it as light in his hand about the looks of the inhabitants The Largest item entong the other farm has been established as a as a sponge. A ten or fifteen of the red world is that alley in additions tiho Ragister are those

medium of finding miley to re- ponud lump of iron or lead woull no way reseable us. The law of of vessels bought from foreign place the loss and das ihrough, provo a hotter missile, Throwing clanca makes it hopelessly im countries for the United Kingdom, the abolition of gambling,

it with full free, the piera of probable thing Nature in a distant viz., 53,075 tons.

The Freach Crusul at Shancen met would mail about a quarter world under greatly different vir The gross deduction-of-les, has made a repro citation to the of a mile before it struck the ensues would live happened tonnage from the Register -- Nanthol Magistrate, with regard grounInvidéotally, the man upon the same schon of being us ounts to 734,910 tons; and, of...... to the theft of $5,000 by one Pang would be certain to po the Mireselves for her highest type. sailing tonnage, 29,740 tons To Ping, alleged to be a servant fian, because inevitably his earth- ; or, in all, to 937,050 tons. Of of the Messageries Maritime de y habits would make him throw the steam tonnage, nearly 42 per Canton, The Consul requests the it over the object's head. cent, and no rly 26 por rent, of the sailing tonnage, included in hoguarantors of the man and to' magistrate to communicate with these figures, luve been removed take steps to arrest him. on account of loss, breaking up, dismantling, &e. It should be

The French Mission at Can'on noted that in the returns of the has reported to their Consal that Registrar Ceneral of Shipping theft is prevalent in the vicinity of (from which the following tables Shillo Po,outside the castorn gato, aro compiled) wracks, &e, arn, of the City Leal the French Con- included according to the months vont there be lurassed by robbers, in which they were respetively the French Consul is requested to reported to him, and not, as in write to the Canton Viceroy, ask Lloyd's Register Wreck Returns, ing for protection for the Convent, according to the dates at which The Viceroy has beon notified and they occurro 1.

has instructed, the military au- thorities in the place to give the Convent proper protection.

The tonnage sold to foreign owners during 1910 which, how- ever, includes a considerablo amount intended for breaking-up purposes, is returned at 520,154

tong,

On the whole, during 1910, the number of steamers on the Official Register of the United Kingdom has increased by 210, and the ton ng by 260.432 was, while the number of sailing vessels hay de-

The Yin Yiek brick factory, which owes its existence to HE Chang Pat Sló, was opened on

monstrous insect, with his skole The Martian man may be a

ton on the outside, or in sort of Octopus, such as H. S. Wells con Leludes, or almost anything but of

hamman sort of a. bing.

ARE FRENCHMEN BETTER HUSBANDS?

ENGLISHMAN'S LACK OF APPRECIATION OF HIS WIFE'S CLOTHES. .

CURIOSITIES OF TEMPERATURE. Looking upward, the man would see a small blue and very bright sit in a loudless sky by day. by chance he should land in stormy weather, the storm would be a wind carrying huge clouds of dust, with perhaps fightning and thunder that would have a strange feeble sound in the Tight air. But there would bo never a drop of water in it all.

During midsummer, quito like-

The striking difference in the ly the days, especially the early temperament of the Englishman afternoons, would be hotter than cloverly put in the Tatler." In in body could stand on our earth, Paris," says the writer, "oncfeels But on Mars the absolute dryness would make the temperature quite awfully conscious of oneself, In England it is quite possible to bearable. After sundown, there

and the Frenclunan is. very

Che 8th inst. A representative would bon sudden fall of tempera-forget, or at least not netively re-

Bishop of Wakefield.-Nowa days even bishops-liko unconi- trains and have little time for mercial travellers-rush about in

thought and study.

Mr. W. H. Chnston.-Probably no word in the language contains avagnor significance than the word "elork.'

Mr. J. Oslor. In this commer cial and material age the demand for poetry is falling off: 'our leisure is spent in serving on com- mittees rather than in studying the arts.

LATE SHIPPING NEWS.

The P&O.S.N, Co.'s s.s. De-

vanhin left Singapore for this port oth inst, it is rails, and the outward English Mails, is due liere on 16th inst., at 6 a.m. PASSENGERS EXPECTED.

Por Polynesien, due at Hong- Europe-Mr. de

gathering was present at the ture, and the visitor would be member, for hours at a stretch kong from

that ano and must be a woman. Graveron, Mr. and Mrs.

To-day's Advertlements

NOTICE,

THE INTEREST and RESPON SIBILITY of the lato. Mr. C. W. LONGUET in our Firm UEASED

on the 1st Desember, 1910.

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AND, Minos & Estatos, Praspact- al & Surreyol. Agricultural Labourers Engaged. for Listatos.

For particulare apply to address by feltor.

ceremony. Invitation are being lucky if he did not entela cold. But in Paris there is an eternal Gerindoague and 3 children, sent out to members of different the dryness of the air would parch atmosphere of sex from which and Mr. and Mrs. Reynaud, societies to inspoet the works, the man's skin, which would soon

is 110 oscaping, not Messrs. Straelmans, Dietsche, The plant is capable of turning be dry and cracked unless attend for a single minute. The we-drovalot, Mr. and Mrs. Frunsau croncos by 279, and the toninge ouf 40,000 bricks a day and the ed to with vaseline or something. men are there to please the and 2 daughters, Baron Vani

by 201,203 Lans,

the Register has therefore de-

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ngo ingreased by 59,100 tons daring the year..

.

During 1910, 583 nsw vesela of 1,057,428ions,have been clases by Lloyd's Register. Of the vea sele, 517 of 1,055,280 tons are steamore, and 60 of 2,139 tons aro aniling vessels,

made ones.

Hongkong, 11th Mar, 1911. [960

BONGKONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

NOTICE.

THE ANNUAL GENERAL

MEETING of the Members of the Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce will be held on MONDAY; the 20th Marob, .1911, at 4 o'clock p.m., procisely, in the old Chamber of Commers Room, CITY HALL, for the following Purposes:

(1) To receive the Report and Ac- counts of the Committee for the year ended 31st December, 1010.

(2) To elect a new Committee. (3) To transact any general business.

By Order,

E. A. M. WILLIAMS, Hongkong, 11th Mar., 1911.

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· Not one busband in Iwonly in, Carpontier, Mr. and Mrs. Bardez, - desorting their eanups. On the effects, enquiry it was ascertained that The Martian hosts would with wifo clothes, or cares at all and Mrs. Clerici, Mr. and Mrs. some emigrant contractors are re-out doubt take their guest inside whether she is thic so long Menier, Mrs. Ismai Naka, for sponsible for this. Some time their cities and perhaps he would, he looks what he calls Yokohama, ngo two deserters were caught and spond tlio winter under glass woman badly dressed is hardly a "right." Tod. Frenchman a when triod by tho TrainingDepart roofed houses,an lin crystal-cover woman at all but just a waste. tial Jaws in America against the The protests raised by influen- With the exception of 65 small mont they said that au emigrant, ad streets. With spring, the nan Sho clashes with his use of the Russian refusal to admit into wood vessels of 1,030 tons, the contractor had induced then to would of course bo invited to be-fitness of things, is not fulfilling Russia oven Jews born in the material used in the construction desert and to go abroad, where hold the most important happonlier destiny, might as woll, in fact, United States has now been made of the whole of the tounage classed they were promised engagements. ing of the Martian Year the melbe dead. Do you wonder, there a question in Congress," was stool. A large number of vor by foreigners with good wages, ting of thepolar snows, where each foro, that clothes, clothes, and sels of special type were classed The two prisoners stated that season the scanty water supply is during the year, designed to meet there were still many emigrant locked up, and the vast ongineer as well as the middle and the end Hongkong and Shanghai Bank Queen's Road, opposite the again clothes, age the beginning the requirements of particular contractors in the camp disguised ing font of pumping it all over the of every good Fronchwoman's trades. These comprised 18 as soldiers..

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The menboy of the innovation so placed as to block one half of As to the Martian cities, there party in the French Assembly thoreadway. Till to-day the object special types, such as yachts, dred-

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