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The South Polar Expedition. One of the objects of Sir E Shackleton's present South Polar Expedition is to establish a wireless station in the Antarctic, the staff to be relieved once. § year. The main purpose of the station, would be to keep the olvilised world acquainted with the meteorological conditions around the Pole. Theoretioslly the power of such a station need not be very great for long-distance

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gard anything as consonant with New Governor of Szechwad. the national honour which they Owing to the multifarions feel they can yield without lost duties he is compelled to attend of self-respect. The practica to in the absence of a Governor, question is more often negative the Szechwan Chiangchan Gen. then positive, and asks whether 3. That certain suspicious mail Chen Yi has repeatedly requested this point can be left out more bags on the Bjord were opened Government are fallowing the the Government to appoint an often than it must be kept in.

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Large numbers of letters which the War Offion that all phoʻo- Guerilla warfare is reported to Frye to a German prise court? formed part of the mails original-graphs of British operations had he prevalent in the province. On The United States replied that ly carried by the steamship Bjord been banned.]-The Globe. August 26, banditti invaded the the United States, and not the have been erosived in the United. towns of Tomkong and Cheng-German prize court, was the Kingdom beating conclusive possibility of their having con- chung, burning some 1,500 party which must be satisfied of evidence of having been opened tained such contraband as wire houses, killing several hundrede the adequacy of the damage by the German military authori- onsters, mentioned in the German and taking many captives. In and that the United States ould ties and reclosed with an adhesive communique. It is, on the face of the Fongling and Panyu districts not agree to be satisfied with the label bearing the printed legend it, absurd to suggest that his one lieutenant and four men were award of the prize court unless it "Your Militar Geoffret Zuzegan-Majesty's Government should At the London Bankruptcy Court taken prisoners after some hours know its decision would be satis gen Pastamtlich Geshchlossen." have had recourse to international a total unsecured indebtedness of fighting. At Shakwan and Shek-factors before it was made. This Mny letters from Sweden which letter service and import such £97,151, and a dividend of 3-16 tow fighting between gamblers involved previous diplomatic had been out open but not resealed bulky articles. The allegation bas, of a penny in the & on proofs of and banditti and soldiers resalted agreement and made the aotica bore no deficits evidence of bar-in fact, no foundation, but what debt sdmitted for £65,072, were in three persons being killed and of the prize ecurt superfluous. La ing been opened in Germany, ever the contents of the opened the figures mentioned by the other words, we could not admit though a few bore endorsements letters may have been, or was Official Receiver on the bearing Two wounded...

Germany's right to decide whey written in German, and there is suspected to be, the action of the of an application for discharge by ought to satisfy our sense of no doubt that they were opened German authorities was in any Edward Wrizon Duocsu Longden, (2 justice and horor. We alone could by German censore.

Oase a breach of the Hague Con- a mining engineer who was ad- -you have lost your appetite determine the adequacy of the The envelopes of all these let vention, which provides for the judged bankrupt in June 1902, ore of the big variety of amenda because we alone could ters which were opened by the inviolability of all mails found being described as of Broadstreet dainty dishes at the ALEXAN-judge of the offeneo, since we German authorities were of a on board a nentral vassel on the House, EC. The discharge, was DRA CAFE is sure to tempt alone could decide upon the abaraoter which proluded the high seas.

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