1911-06-05 — Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

RUBBER.

Malneca, May 27, 12.40 p.m.

At the last sale the following

prices wore realisod :-

·

THE STRANDED

"ARAGONIA.”

Off the Blenheim Shoal,

Writing on the 25th ult, the

ISTHE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH MONDAY JUNE 5 191

GRAVEYARD IN BANK

OF ENGLAND.

How many people know that tho Bank of England-the walls of which were recently, found to be subsiding-contains within its

RIVAL TO WALL OF

CHINA.

Prepaid Advertisements.

Next to the Chinese wall, the 25 WORDS $1 for 8 insortions or greatest fonce in the world will be that which, if reports from San Antonio are true, is to be erected

First quality Shoot 8244.80;ort Swettenliam correspondent walls a graveyard? Thıp Gordon on the boundary between the

Second quality, Sheet 230; Scrup 141; Bark Crepo 161. -

Auction'

At Messrs. H. L. Coghlan & Co.'s sale-rooms at Singapore on May 26th all the lots of rubbor offered wore sold, the following being the prices realised

Sheets $248 per picul; Cropo No. 1 $220 per picnt; Crops No. 2 $185-200; Bark Crope $170 per picut.

of the “ Malay Mail ”ṣàys :—

vin

cargo.

# for ons weet.

To LET-GROUND FLOOR

OFFICE, al:o TWO ROOMS first floor suitable for offices or living romis; modemte rental; noir. Obck Towar; xoellent situation. Apply REX, P. O; Box 414.. Hongkong, 18th May, 1911.

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Entimations

MANCHURIA

SOUTH

A RAILWAY

SHORTEST & QUICKEST ROUTE

יד

BETWEEN

THE FAR EAST & EUROPE. via DAIREN.

SUMMER SCHEDULE.

Effective from May 1, 1911.).

THRICE WEEKLY EXPRESS TRAIN SERVICE, composed of excellently equipped Slooping, Diuing and ist Class Cars, is operated between Dairen and Changchun in connection with the Trans Siberian Express Trains and with Dairon-Shanghai Direct Steamer Service by the S.S.** Kobe Marn

ad "Saikio Maru" (sach 2,877 toán) na fallows :—

Riots in 1780, during which the United States and Mexico. It is Thos. "Aragonin" (H. A.Bank was attacked by a mob, to be constructed, it is said, of liner) got off the Blenheim Shoal called attention to the need for stout polos, possibly reinforced yesterday morning. The agents strengthening its defences. The concrets, and five-strand steel- in Singapore, Messrs. Behn Moyer authorities who wore consulted on proof barbed wire. Afounted ruralos and Co., despatched the Belgra the point advised that a noigh-will patrol the fonce on the TRADE OF AUSTRALIA.

Paktat" and s.s: "Natuna "

"to tow her off and the 5.4.bouring church, having the pecu- Mexican side and United States

liar name of St. Christopher-le-rangers on the north, and the Sponking at the Inter-Sláto were sent to take on some of her Stocks, was, in a military sense, a expectation is that smugglers Council of Australian Chamberá source of danger. The directors, and illicit immigrants-notably of Conimeres, at Adelaide," the. Before the arrival of the "Bel-therefore, obtained a special Act Chinese--will find it hard to get Vice-President, Mr. Chandle, re- gravia on the scone the "Ara-of Parliament by which they were through.

forrod to the remarkable growth: gonia" had moved some of her enable i to purchase tho church and

The chief purpose of the fonce of Australinu trade. It had in cargo aft and us the " Belgravia

the burial ground attached to it is to prevent the spread of increased, he said, from £116,400,- was to tow her from that direction and enclose it within the walls of fectious diseases, affecting cattle. 732 in 1000 to £133,053,805 it was necessary to shift the cargo the Bank. The space is now The worst of these discasos is that last year. The export figures- Penang Tin Exchange, buyers, again; but to save time and trou-tastofully laid out and is callot the which is caused by the tick. $74,407,627-wore the highest no sellors $04.60; Straits Trad-ble somo 500 cases of oil, wore Bank Garden,"

Where herds afflicted with it are yet recorded. The exports of wool allowed to roam it spreads for and bad risen from 512,671,003lb. in ing Co., 25 tons at. $95.15; thrown overboard.

1908 to 605,763,6871b. in 1910. wido. Singaporo: Straits Trading Co... 75 tons at $95.05; Total 100 tons.

The expansion of the wheat ex- ports was oven more remarkable, RUBBER.

thoir value having risen from £6,028,683 in 1009 to £0,021,823. The financial strength of Aus tralia was especially indicated by the banking returns. The capital and assots shown in these inercan.

"Tin and Rice Quotations. The following business in tin na boen done in the Straits :---- Penang

London Exhibition.

THE DEFENCE OF THE COMMONWEALTH.

The Defoneo authorities sinte that the expectations in regard

HUTH COLLECTION OF AUTOGRAPHS.

Interesting Letters of By Gone Celebrities.

The Huth collection of letters

The proposed boundary fonco will be something like a thousand miles in length.

}: THRONE AND PEOPLE.

The Prince Regent has been

the nationalization of the trunk to $230,161,075, and the deposits railwaysof China, in endeavouring advanced from £16,919,927 to to pucify the provincials who are (c174,895,123. opposing the policy with o vigour

The exhibits at the forthcoming to the number of lads in Australia which will be sold. by Sotheby's Rubbor Exhibition to be fit for service hayo been realised this month contains many docu- fully occupied since the promul- held in the Royal Agricul-There were 152,333 lads between ments of interest and historical gation of the Ediet in regard to ed last your from £200,000,367 tural Hall, London, on June 14 and 18 years of age registered value from royal and political 26th will include several for training in the Common-celebrities of the past. smoking machines. It is to be wonlth. Of this number 82,900 - hoped that, tho inventors of those havo beon modically oxamined, of machines have got hold of the whom 7,780 were found to be fit main idon that such plant must be for service, or a percentage of 93.8 made so as to smoke the latex be- Temporary exemptions from train- fore coagulation. As the presenting have been givon to 27,800, time the so-called smoked sheet including some 5,00) who were from Mulaya is not rubber smoked, found to be medically anfit. The

100,000 in Australia.

Viscount Bolingbroke wroto to Mr. Worsloy a few days before the before his dismissal in 1714: death of Queen Anne and just

You cannot be too watchful of ye mutions of ye French Minister, particularly of any stops yt may be taken towards a now

and

thai could scarcely have been foro-|· Public Company

seen. There is ground for sup

posing that the agitation arises not THE CHINA AND MANILA

STEAMSHIP COMPANY, from the poorer classes, but from those whose interests are at stake. It is inevitable that when vested

LIMITED.

DINARY GENERAL MEET-

et Class

Fare

NORTH BOUND.

$40

V14.95

Y11.50

Dairen

Shanghai (Stemmer) ................ L.v., ).............. A t. (8.M.II. Train).., 1.v.

Mokden

4.00 a.m. 1.50 p.m.

Changolin (

Harbia

2.00 8.80

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Sat. Tues. Sun. Wed. Fri.

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9.30 Harbin (Russian acain)... Lev. 11.20 ...

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(S.M.R. Train)... Lv.

• 8.25 p.m. 10.30 - 6.10a.m.

Mon. Thurs, | Bit. State Wa State Ex- goo Ex- pross Lits for pross

for Mos- für St. Monoon oom. Pet'g.

from

State State Wagon

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Y40.00

(Steamer )..; Lv,{

1.90 p.m. Noon

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Wed. Fri.

Ban. 'Tues.

* Quasing Train Time is 2 1 minutos abord of the S.H.R, Timo. For instance,

CXPRESS EXTRA FER ...... Y3.00

6 p.m.. by the former is 5,37 p.m. by the latter. Sappiamontary Charges on DAIREN-CHANGOHUN Borrion.

·SUREPINO Can Supperman...... Y6.00 basinsble at all the Agencies of the International Slooping Car & Express TICKET AGENCIES—The Company's railway and steamur ticketa ára Trains Co., the Nippon Yason Kaids. Shaghai, Mowers. Thos. Cook & Bon,

ad Reisebureau der Hamburg-Amorika Linie.

RAILWAY HOTELS-YAMATO HOTEL (Tel.. Add. : " Yamato ") at

pany's management.

romarks the "Financier," as the remainder were granted exemptreaty of commerco with France. interests are in jeppardy theyTHE TWENTY-EIGHT: OR- Amazon product is cured. The tions mostly on account of the I am in hopes yt ye saarances you should be defended, and in this ING of SHAREHOLDERS in the Maliyan sheet rubber is only bad-distance they roside from register are now impowered to give, and Empire popular passion is quickly abore Company will be held at the ly kippored, since the smoking is fed training areas. There are still vo metliods which will be taken fanned to flame by those who uning, 6 Conunnght Road, Victoria, on Company's Otica, St. Georgo's Build- only surface smoking, and as #p-46,031 to be modically examined to hack these assurances, will derstand the people. However, SATURDAY, 10th June, 1911, at plied could not well be anything it is estimated that the number keep ye Court of Portugal from the Prince Regent is showing re- Non, for the purpose of receiving elso. A proper smoking chine for plantation use is not the simple of youths that will boavailable for throwing themselves into ye arms markable tenacity and determina-Statement of Accounts Rad the Report thing, however, many inventors training when it commences on of France.

of the General Managers for the year tion, and with the aid of Shong ending 31st December. 1910, al appear to inngro.it to bo. If the July 1st next will be well over Charles wrote from Woburn Kung-pao and Tan. Fang, His electing Consuhing Committee an big estates were only handling u

in 1647. to Sir Edward Nicholas, Imperial Highness may be ex- Auditors. few bucketfuls of latex a day

partly in a cyphor which the King ected to bear down opposition some of the oxisting machines

has designated "Owold Cyfor," might be quito srviceable

INDO-CHINA.

Ho commences by saying that in and realize his apparent ambition Company will be CLOSED from

WEDNESDAY, in giving as really smoked rubber,

seems hardly necessary to use of bringing Throno and People SATURDAY, 10th Juno, both day. | Tel Add. "Mantsisu." ~ Codes: A.B.Ö. 5th. Ed. A. I. & Lieber's - What is wanted is 'plant which

Goological survey work has one, but this statement was pro- into closer touch."Shanghai inclu-ive. will quickly handle the daily outturn of a big rubberstalo, and been receiving considerable atten-bably made to allay suspicion in Times," do so at the minimum of expen- tion at the hands of the French so the letter fell into the hands diture. It is desirable, for many Government in Indo-Chinu of re- reasons, that the Middle East cent years, with the result that should be in a position to ship rubber really stoked and not many new ininoral districts have morely smolling of creosote. been discovered in the different

Langkawi Estate.

States: Several of those consist of

of the enemy.

There is a long and interesting letter from Sir Francis Drake. dated 16 Feb., 1587, to the Earl of Essex. It relates evidently to

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the

7th June, to

SCIENCE AND SACRILEGE.

'SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,

Concral Manigora Hongkong, 8th May, 1911, ..., [1104

The Berlin "Vossische Zeitung"

AUCTIONS.

Dairen, Port Arthur, Mukden, Fushun and Changohan, all under the Com-

SOUTH MANCHURIA RAILWAY 'COMPANY, DAIREN.

FUSHUN

OAL

THE BEST STEAMING COAL IN THE FAR EAST.

Output 8,500 tons per day.

Frosh stocks always on band at Dairan, Nawabwang and Tientsin Depola. and also at Chefoo, Shanghai, Hongkong, Singapore and Pepang.

MINING DEPARTMENT. :

785

the expedition against Spain, but in a remarkable communication ia* very guardedly expressed

SOUTH. MANCHURIA RAILWAY COMPANY, On 2 April Drake set out with his from Jerusalem recently, gave a

DAIREN, fleet to intercept the Spaniards, detailed account of an alleged PARTICULARS and CONDI... Add Manteteu." Codes: A. B. C. 5th. Ed., A. 1. & Lieber's but scarcely had he sailed than profanation of the Mosque of TIONS of the Lotting by Public the Queen, ropeating of her or Omar by British Archelogical Auction Salo, to be held on MONDAY, Agnta: MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA, LTD ders, partly countermandod them.

Hongkong, 99 h April, 1811 the 12th day of Juas, 1911, at These counter orders did not explorers. The mombers of the pain, at the Offloss of the Fublic reach Drake, and off Cadiz he party, it was alleged, gained ad- Works Department, by Order of His sank or burat 33. of the Spanish mission to the mosque at night Excellency the Governor, of One Lot ships already preparing to invade by bribing the attendants, and in the Colony of Hongkong, for a forni of Grown Land at Kennedy lord, England.

The future Edward IV. and his took pussession of some ancient of 76 years, with the option of reaswal brother Edmund wrote a letter of and valuable relics.

The Langkawi Rubber Estate, gold, silver, lead and iron ores, which is the oldest rubber estate which, in the course of time, when in the Langkawi Islands, is being facilities will be offered for their developed rapidly. It is under exploitation, by better means the management of Mr. Yooh Paik Tatt, who is part proprioter of the of communication and easy and ́estuto, which covers an area of rapid transit, will prove a source over a thousand aeres. 27,000 of great wealth to the colony. It troos wore planted last year; this is stated that excellent cont beds your another: 15,000 trees word put in and before December have been discovered in some dis- nother 25,000 trees are expected triets and that these will afford an to be planted. The soil is anid excellent supply of fuel for steam-credit in Latin, dated 1400, to the In an interview with one of theeyor of His Majesty the King, for to be well suited for rubber, which ers, mills, factories, railways, ote., Duke of Milan and the Pope for English archeologists, who nt-

at a Crown Ront to be fixed by the Sur-

me further term of 75 years.

shows excellent growth, especially in the course of time when opera-plain their scheme for dethroning Heuter'e representative learned

Lord Anthony de la Tour to extended the earlier oxcavation, PARTICULARS OF THE LOT on the slopes.

MORMONISM.

Commenting on the vigorous protests now.being made at home against Mormonism, the "Singa- pore Free Pross" ADYS :-

"We have not the slightest

tions will be set on foot to turn Jenry VI. and craving tho inter- this valuable product into practi-est and blessing of the Holy Fa. that the exploration started in an cal and profitable account.-thor. Twenty days after this nquoduct leading from the pool letter was written Edward 1V.'s of Siloam underneath Mount "Bangkok Daily Mail.”

brother, the Earl of Rutland, was Moriah, which is crowned by murdered by Lord Clifford in the the Mosque of Omar, and which Battle of Wakefield.

is honeycombed with rock cut tɔmbs.

GOOD REASON.

DR. JOHNSON'S HOUSE FOR THE NATION. Dr. Johnson's house in Gough,

| No, of drie.

Registry No.

LOCALITY.

Boundary

Algaegrementa,

TL EL

16.

it.

(As per aste plan.)

* 3,054

The members of the expedition Hongkong, Bri Juno, 1911. expected to find a manuscript which would set at rost all doubts as to the resurrection of Christ,

On Thursday evening a young| sympathy with Mormonism. It man who is going to be married is one of those religious frauds shortly, mot another who was mar which find a suitable soil in the|ried last year. They United States, the Paradise of changed folicitations and in-square, Fleet-street, it is report- Their undertaking was excood-

the Charlatan. The rumpus inquiries.

England seems to indicate that

the Mormon missionarios huvo!

ex-

A may feel

ed, has been purchased by Mr.ingly advonturons, for if it had Ceoil Harmsworthi, and in a short | been suspected that they intended "The only thing that bothers time it will be presented by him fo romovo treasure or manuscripts been making some headway there; me," explained the about-to-be to the nation. Even Fleet-street, from the Holy Rock they would this is doubtless due to the happy mon, "is the subject of| which is singularly unemotional, strangled by their own workmen, linyo run imminent risk of being freo, cheap-and-nasty-education to exponse. Of course. I'm not which the populace is now complunging into this thing with any con in the fact that the house Holy Rock are held in a great touch of satie, as the Mosque of Omar and the pelled to submit, and which makes them intellectually and eyes whút, but-"

of the great lexicographer" sanctity as the Kaabah at Mecca. morally poorer than a generation "Now, look hero," interrupted where he lived for ten years, is not Neither the Foreign Office nor ngo. The curse of modern popular the experienced benedict. I'll to go the way of his other residen- the Turkish Embassy in London education is that it enables every tell you an absolute fact. I don'ts, and fall beneath the hammer he received any news of the re- man to call himself educated,

of the house-breaker. Johnson ported sacrilege. even though he has not the re- spend half the money I did before lived in many places in London, It is further stated that the motest idon of his own incurable I was married.") ag

ignoranco. Mormonism appeals

butthis "stout, old-fashioned,osk- mosque was used merely as You don't?" explained the found it, is perhaps most repre- portion of the land, in respect of balustraded house," as Carlyle means of access to an unexplored also to forlora hopes of the other. "How do you work that

sentative of his character and his which the concession had been work

granted.

to the ignorant and half educated

Temala var.

“I don't have it to spend."..

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