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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 181918.

GENERAL NEWS.

THE CATTLE TRADE.

THE ZABERN AFFAIR

Manila Official and Chilled

the service.

drove the election off as late ne

Mest from Hongkong,

10,000 inhabitants which lige be tween Strassburg and Metz. As upon many previous occasions of ensational occurrences in Alusos or Lorraine, the first newa regoh- ad Berlin from the Paris newe papere, These reports were dis- believed and whittled down, but the German serai-official Tele graph Agency issues a detailed story from Zibern, in the evening

Telograph Districts.

Fuel Detalia of Strange Incident, The Ministryf., Communica tions les viel, the osuntry into

The Times prints the following thirtson teleph districts in “After all is ail and dona-telegrama. regarding the Zabern order to facilitate the control off and you en siste this an empha-faffair:An extraordinary riot is tibully as you like the true and reported to have taken place at Old-Time Electioneering. proper solution in the Philippines Zabern in Alsace, a town of about In the old days the Cinque is the killing of the cattle at the Ports understood thoroughly the port of origin and the bringing a1t of prolonging an election to the meat chilled to the islands. ensure the return of the right This is the kind of meat being man. Witness a political cam-neumed by most of the people paign at Seaford in the eighteenth of the United Stated to-day. 1 century. In readiness for a london's mean by this that for zon eral Election some 50 extra volere meat shall be used. There is a employed by one candidate were vast distinction between frozen imported into the brough, and meat and chilled ment."- rate for various houses held by The above is the principal ilen widows and others without and opinion of Director F. W. According to this German re vote. One way even rated frTey-for regarding tho situation port a lieutenant in an Infantry the parish poorhouse. But un- far as the meat snoply of the regiment at Zibern, named, von happily Parliament disantved 17 Puilippines is concernant, gleaned Forstner, was reported to have days before these imports bad by a Cablenews American reporter said to a recruit that if he stab completed the six months' re in an interview with that official. bod a Wacke-this is a common sidence necessary to entitle them "What do you think about perfocal expression for a native to a vote. Bat the cadidate mitting cable from other contries of Alsace-be would not be was und unted. An arrange

to enter the Philippi es now, Mr punished; on the contrary, he ment with the returning officer Taylor?"

(Forstner) would give him half a Well, I think that they mayovereign. A non-commissioned possible, and then he remember admitted if they are immuniz. ficer added that he would will ed that strictly according toe. By this I mean that, if we ingly give a Thaler. statute six oathe ought to be are requested to do so, we will. This incident was very sharply administers to each elector send a man to a port like Hong-criticized in the local Press, and So ho daly insisted on allkong, for instince, and have him while the military authorities Bix, with

the result theticculate with serum the cattle published neither a denial nor a only two votes an hour could be desiguatol for shipment to the correction, "the nativo population recorded, and before the poll wasilanda. Then they must be kept became from day to day more and olose! his employees had com-there for a period of from fifteen more excited." Op Siturday pleted their residence, gained twenty days for observation and evening there were noisy demon- their vote, and could decide the frer they arrive here they will also rations in front of the officere elec:iva.

le detained for a period of about mesa. On Sunday afternoon B ten days, in order to make sure forowd of about 400 people gather that everything in all right. This before a private house where At the end of last month arce n is the only way that I feel we Lieutenant von Forstner happen. aerial postal service was started in safely lurt castle it the ed to be, and was to noisy in France. The one previonsly islands at this time.

and menacing that Forstner began fa from Paris to Pauillac

"Frozen meat is meat which relephoned for protection and (in the south-west of France) to has been frozen until it is te was taken home by two soldiers catch the South American ateam-tard as a rick, It is frozen armed with loaded rifles. In the era once a fortnight. The new clean through to the bone. For evening crowd of more than. service is to be more elaborate. a certain period this meat is all 1,000 made a fresh scene, calling The sirmsn is to fly from Paris tight but the chilled meat, which for Lieutenant von Forstner and to Nic, taking with him a big is only slightly ouoleil ia al-o giving the appearance of intend- mail, and coming down on the very good. Now, for instance, ing to lynch him. The Colonel way at Nevers, Lyone, an1 Or- uppose we take Hongkong as a of his regiment and the Burgo- ange, at each of which towns be point of shipment to the Philip master could not proify the crowd. will drop one sack of letters and ines of chille! mat lake on board Rather for the ments could to mide at the were helpless until at last the fire Arrange and the 1olica and gendarmerie south. From Paris to Nice by laughter has there to have brigade was called out. are is 465 miles, but the detours the cattle killed an the shipper The firemen at firat refuse I to the air postman will make will take the meat to the boy turn their hors on the crowd. prolaag bis j mrney to 625 miles. re, only about n nndred and then directed them so that He will leave Paris at 8 a.m., the yards distant, and place it on the water came down like rain, mails being brought to the flying ighters with chill rooms abar. ni the crowd protected itself by ground at Issy-les Mulinoanx Then, when the steamer with chill putting up umbrellas. The in- from the head rost office by rooms which was to take the meat tervention of the firemen also motor-car. The airman will that Muila, este in, these lighters provel ineffective because the have 8 hours before ennast in uld be put alongside and the crowd out the hose. It was only which to complete Lis jurney.meat transferred. It is only three when a company of soldiers was The flight will be made in a days to the Chim coast port and brought out wi hi aded rifles and biplane of 100 horas-power cap; the most would then come to this had made severares'a that able of attaining a speed of put in excellent share un perce and onler were restored, seventy miles an hour. Ministry of Commerce has insistondi neat apply for the The non-commisioned flicer

Air Mall to Riviera.

The

islands would be insured:

ed that the biplane shall be "But this state of iff rs would

who was reported to have offered to ad In Thaler to the lieu'en

provided with an automatic ust havo to endurs long, wither, half-sworeign was freognized in stabilising device. When the for, although most people are n the erret, faced down a dark new service has been establisher

aware of it, the number of etilene, and the "indescribably

the Faving of lime over the rail

way will be twenty hours.

More Ornate Clothes.

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of the islands is increasing by mishandled.

The sem official

leaps and bounds. We have kept report goes on to say that in con-

a careful o nsus of the battle of sequence of the extreme excite-

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For the present not exaggerated, sl era bave been forbidden to top hat in disappearing from the either. In n'm a all cases we visit the cafes and public houses. city, and with it morning dress, have found that there was a ten- As regards the origin of the sight testing while the lounge-ruit-is-worn on dezey to under-estiunts the num- public excitement and indigna. occasions when it would have ber of catile by from 5 to 35 partion, the Strasburger Post under- been regarded askance a few years rest, and Ishall be greatly surpris-sturd that Leutenant ago. But th's is only partly true.d it within from from three to five Forstner was hot aware of the The tide has turned and is setting years, the islands have not only local meaning of the word towards formality, or a belter enough cattle for work and meat Wacke, and thought it only word perhap would bedressiness purposes, but also have encugh meant "a rowry," During the The dinner jacket, for instino, for exportation. This was the instruction of nawe ruits le had

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is looked upon bat coldly now by cnee in South Africa at one time. spoken of some recent assaults on hostesses. It was quite the thing That country was so badly overrun soldiers, and said that it was the for evening woir at house parties with rinderpest that the Austra- daty of recruits to abstain from until recently, but hostesses do lian meat concerns were furniali-ba aling, but if they were not like it this year. "The toning most of the mest there and tacked by "a rowdy" they dency is all toward more dressy established stations and slaughter should defen themselves and and more ornamental wear for houses in great abundance, retalate, and be without any fear men," said the editor of the Tailor Within a comparatively few of objection from his superior and Cutter, who was consulted on years, however, the growth of officers, and that he would give the subject by one of our repre- the pattle of the ountry half a sovereign to any soldier sentatives. The dinner jacket increased to such a great extent who distinguished himself in this is nothing like so dressy as the that not only did they have way. According, however, to tailcoat, and it is not nearly 50 enough down there for their own another version published in much worn by those who attire needs, but became a strong com Alsace, the occasion of Lieutenant correctly. Then look at the even pelitor with Australia for furnish-von Forstner's remarks was the ing suits this season. Like every-ing the meat supply for England, sentencing of a soldier to two ing else, they are more elaborate, heve no hesitation in eaying months' imprisonment for stabb the tails are longer, and more that we are increasing our cattle ing, and he said that the nu springy, and the whole cat has here now at an even greater rate would not have been sentenced beon re-modelled. In the lounge than they did in Afrion at that if it had been suits there is a lighter fit at the time."

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