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Grasshoppers.

August 31 is a day ocriously connected with grasshoppera, Upon this anniversary, in 1478, sccording to an old chronicler, "grasshoppers, and the rising of a river; did spoyl Poland" worse than the Prussians, On the same date in 1742 great damage was done to the pasturee of England, particularly around Bristol, by swarms of grass- hoppers; while "towards the end of August" in that year a similar visitation afficted our American colonists in Pennsylvania "to a surprising degree.'

The Charges of Political

Corruption.

It is reported that the proli- minary examination of the per- non who Love baon summoned to the Takamatsu Chibo Baibane- bo in connection with what in known so the Obsfleir-though Viscount Oormself has been kept in the back-ground since his resignation from the Cabinet- bas been concluded. Nineteen cut of the twenty-one persons. who were examined have been charged either with corruption or perjury or both, and will short- ly be committed for public trial. Japan Chronicle.

An Impenitent Robel. At the request of the Minister of War, the Chinese President issued an order granting special pardon to a rebel penitent samed

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purpose, a clearing in a huge mission, the commission, 1, per- he wished to be treated a &

As you Fonitent. He informed the Gov. forest, so near the edge that haps foolishly, refused.

from the horse lines we catch know, I have no millitary am- erament that the application to

glimpses of yellow cornfields and bitions, and I think I am more the Government for pardon was made by his sons without his beyond them blue hills on the useful where I am, among the TO LET-A House in Knuts- horizon. Moreover, thank God, men I like and know: I thought knowledge, and he refused to receive the pardon granted by the there are not many flies as yet, it might interest you to know THE HONGKONG LAND IN- perhaps because we are the first how peaceful and restful life can Government.

occupants, The first thing you be, between whiles quite close to Collapse of Houses in India. see in our woodland retreat is the trenches where the cannon It is estimated since Angust 20 four water supply, a crystal-clear keep up their infernal shindy, nearly 18,000 houses in Lucknow stream running through masses of land where the men are busy hurl TO LET-"La Hacienda" E., FOR SALE-One 10 B.H.P. No. 74 Mount Kellett Road.complete with and coupled direct Hornsby Ackroyd Oil Engine bave collapsed and 80,000 people mose and fern in the shade of ing bombs,"

Victoria Lodge, No. 15 Peak Rd. to one 6 K.W. Continuous Cur- or one-third of the population are great trees. We have dammed the The Australians at Work.

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Dere is an account of what the 5 Queen's Road Central.

ront Shunt Wound Dynamo of 50/70 volts been lost, in some cases dus to ing car horees, and perhaps wa Australians are doing in the Dar-

with shunt regulator, ALSO One Switch- warninga having been disregard may be able to contrive a bathing danelles:- Directly in front of wa. For men and girls who re-place if we stay here long enough. us the Australians were very busy. ToUfices (1st floor) in best lo- Dynamo, &c. complete with in- LET.-Large and airy board for Accumulatora fused to leave the premises were Higher up is a smaller tributary They had made good use of their cated business part of town with struments for 100 Amps. For fur- sleeping on the roof of a houss brooklet which gives un our three months at this point, and all modern conveniences. Mother particulars apply to Messrs, in Victoria Street, when the drinking water. Jast above the the whole of the face of the dorato rant. Immediate posses- Linstead & Davis, Alexandra whole party, together with their stream are the horse-lines in cliff was zig-zagged with roadssion. Apply to "R.M." c/o The Buildings. bade, fell through two stories into two rows, beautifully cool and and pitted with innumerable Hongkong Telegraph.

Hongkong 15th September, plassant under big trees of dagoats, From the landing |~~-~ great variety of foliage. Above place up to Gaba Tepe on their us rises a steep hill, on the top of right they seemed to be in com- which is a plateau which reminds plete possession of the steep in progress on the centre and me of Surray commons, not many cliffs, and we could see their big trees, but much thick onder trenches and dugouts right on the right and there was a rain of big bells on to the upper slopes of To sedure better service from growth, with occasional birohes, summit. On their left, or east, Hill 950. Towards these sloper officials, the Chinese Government The ground up there in carpeted the ground rose lean steeply but is reported to be preparing with heather, lilies of the valley, to a much greater height (950 ft.) partion of Australians could be Been working their way up regulations for permaneung of and bracken. Here, in foar This bill, which I will in fature official posts. An official acting cows, are the men's shacks, con call "Hill 950" for want of through gullies and bushes. Along

the top of the Australians right | concurrently for another, must structed of sacking, waterproof knowledge of its name, was

ridge fieras fighting wan alo vacate bis office when his collea aboeta, bracken, &c, put. round evidently one of the main objec gue arrives, and be may not net rangh poles. They are of all tives of the attack. At the base taking place; we could hear a continuone rattle of rifle fire, and for more than two months. When sizes and shapes, socording of it, in a Y-shaped gully, were soting temporarily, the period to the skill and saate of the masses of men and horses. Soon hear and see the explosion of our shall be one month and if neces- builder. Some are very after 6.30 some of these deployed ships' shells just beyond the brow sary it may be extended to six ingenionely designed. About to the oast, and at about 8 o'clock or of the enemy's shells in the

Australian camp.

From the months. The term for an acting half of them are foraished with wo witnessed a splendid bayonet official. must not exceed six real bedstead, if the nams may charge along some stubbly ground half way up the hillside the Hongkong, 7th October, 1915.

right of the Australians and about months, but if necessary it may be given to sacking on wire ens between the eas and a low ridge Indian mountain battery be extended to one year. It is ponded from foar poles fixed firm running almost parallel with it also said that the term of a sub-ly in the ground. Hard by, in s about half a mile inland. From hard at work with its guns, stantive post shall be ten years, little cleaning earrounded by now onwards it was a magni- the particuler object of

though we were unable to spot ite and if the official is competent his term may be renewed for another the kitchens and the sergeants' which could be followed with attention. All day long the heavy period of ten years, during which mess. Farther, in thicker sorab, the aid of field glasses. The firing went on. At one time the his salary shall be increased is the sergeant-major's "sback, 'sur troops engaged in the charge halfway up to the summit were Australians on a plateau about annually.

rounded by those of the sergeants, pressed on to the far end of the much troubled by a heavy shrap- Rubber Estato Tragedy. troop cyclists, and sanitary men. level patoh and disappeared The Malay Mail records the My hammock hange about four among come trees and into the Bro. From the spot where we death, which took place in painful feet from the ground, between enemy's trenches which they had lay we could see the ehelle baret- San Francisco, R. BLACK, circumstances of Mr. W. M. Jarvie two birch trees, and is fenced ia teken. Bot they had evidently ing over them every few seconde,

Superintendent. an assistent employed on Brook- by birob bushes on three sides not accomplished this without of the gons from which the shella Hongkong, 8th October, 1915. lands Estate, Banting. It is which keep it beautifully cool and loss, for soon after we saw stret-

came. They were situated on the stated that Mr. Jarvie, who had shady. On the other side is a oher parties dotted all over the been anwell for some days past, little clearing full of heather and ground, and making their way towards the left, and were firing it again. Then our shipe got

top of a hill in a small dip got up very early on Friday lilies of the valley. The weather back slowly to the foot of the morning and dressed as if he were has not been kind lately. Last ridge where a dressing station advance up one of the buttresses at one side of us and, two others

line obliquely over our

of really angry and the warship, going off the estate, Subsequent-night. I had just turned in and had been opened. On the top of of which ly his body was discovered at the was cosily tucked in, reading the ridge were soon ging two formed a part. It seemed eges to half-dozen and searched out every the little plateau on the other rained shells by the bottom of one of the estate welle. by the light of a candle, and flags - Un'on Jack and The funeral took place in Kuala listening comfortably

us before our abipe spotted where part of the hilltop until it was lo the Red Crota -- of

field A Lampar. Mr. Jarvis originally patter of heavy rain on the roof, hospital. While this was happen chants steamed off to a suitable dull brown stretch. We saw a the gune were. Theo the Bacchanged from a fresh green to a otme to the FM.S. from Ceylon. when at len p.m. I was suddenly ing, our troops had apparently spot and set to work. It was excit lew Tarks running for their Somo soven months ago he left turned oat to Choort the reased on, for when next I notic the employ of Messra. John Little orderly officer round the traffic ed them they were ascending the ing to hear the crash of her big lives from the spot and heard no and Co., Ltd., Kuala Lumpur, to control posta. This meant get-elopes of a ridge running at right guns behind us, the whistle of the more from their gang for the rest take up an appointment as eating my poor hores out, mach so angles to the one first described, shells as they passed, and then to of the day. By evening the gineering assistant on Brooklands his disgust, and riding many like a T, north and south, and and dust rising in a cloud from their ridge and had taken four

see the column, of white smoke Austrian right had gone Estate. He leaves », widow, miles in polting rain and pitch making as it were a natural the hills. Nearer and nearer to successive lines of Turkish darkness. I did not get to bed division between the troops. On the enemy's battery fell our trenches, and were well inland. till 12.30. When I started I was this slope there was a long and very conscious of the fact that I wide ridge out in the wood that shells, and at last fell right on the On Hill 950 they had cropt a boat IF you have lost your appetite bad a bad cold. The result of the covered the slope, and along all spot whence we had seen the three-quarters of the way up and 2 blocks Wust of Cont. Magket.).

flashes come. Wefelteurs the guns were still advancing when dark- dre of the big variety of dainty dishes at the ALEXAN— wetting was that my ́oold is the edge of this we could soo our had been silenced. But no [nees and the arrival-of essusitiss DRA DAFEure to tempt much better to-day. Freeb men creeping up to the top and bit! Two hours later they were at {made us cease watching.

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