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His Lordship (to defendant)-How much are you prepared to pay ?—I'll buy one for them.
How much are you prepared to pay ?-1 should think they were worth 82 each.
How much are you prepared to pay? - $2 for each sheet.
His Lordship (to plaintiffs)—Will you take that ?- No.
His Lordship-Well, the three of you had better go and sit down and talk it over. I'm not going to allow $6 a sheet. I'm certain about that. you choose to have silk lined sheets that's your look-out.
After an argument in the centre of the Court the parties again appeared before his Lordship, and the defendant announced that the plaintiffs had asked him tɔ buy sheets for them,
His Lordship asked plaintiffs whether they would be satisfied if he adjourned the case to, see if defendant procured suitable sheets.
Plaintiffs agreed and loth cases were fixed for Tuesday morning when the soldiers are to report on the quality of their sheets.
Defendant-Am I to pay the costs?
His Lordship-Why not? You admitted losing the sheets. If you have not paid the costs and provided the sheets by Tuesday morning there will be judgment and costs against you for the fall amount claimed in the writs.
A PRACTICAL DYER.
During the hearing of an action before His Honour the Puisse Judge in the upreme Court on April 10, Mr. Steavensou (of Messrs. Deacon, Looker and Deacon proceeded to examine A witners concerning the dyeing business. He asked - You're a dyer in this firm and dye oloth ?. Yes.
What do you pay for dye ?—I don't know. If you want to know that at once, go and ask the accountant.
But you're a practical dyer ?--Yee, I'm a
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OHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
f SIR FREDERICK LUGARD.
INCIDENTS IN A WONDERFULLY
INTERESTING CAREER.
The life story of our new Governor, like that of the famous Moor of enice, with its most disastrous chances, its moving accidents by flood and field, and its hair-breadth escapes is one of captivating interest. In our reference to his appointment on April 12th we allude to his book, "The Rise of our East African Empire" as revealing the mettle of the man, and, though | the work is not intended as an autobiography, there are nevertheless scattered among its pages many most interesting autobiographical | details, from which we propose to make a few extra:ts, confident that they will be read with the keenest interest and enjoyment,
cook, to the cook's galley alongside,—in the Red Ses! where the heat was such as would try a black stoker.
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'Adversity finds us strange bedfellows,' and in a somewhat varied experienos it has struck me 24 most wonderful' what an amount of human kindness and genuine trus-heartedness comes to the surface under such circumstances, hidden often under the ronghest exteriors, Mỹ diary bears witness to this again and again, how always in my extremity I met nothing but generosity, how everybo ly on all occasions treat. ed me with a singular kindness, which, in my lonely position, made me often feel almost foolishly gratefu'. A fine stalwart follow-un Italian who spoke some English, the boatwain of the crew-had become my friend. Rough he was, but he treatel me with a respect to which my position laid no claim. I`saw him but seldom, bat though I was herded with Arab coolies and Italian roughs, he saw through my No chapter in any work of fiction can excel disguise, and t 11 me he knew I was a gentil- ia interest the op niog pages of the book, in which homme, and d.d all he could to make my way the author relites how his work in Eastmany. His story he confided to me, and, poor Africa begin, and we neel make no apology for the length of the following extract : –
A DECK PARSAGE TO MASSOWA,
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fellow, it wa‹n sad ove indeed. Impulsive but sincere, be surprised me one evening by andden. ly saying, with a fervid impreostion “I do anything for you. You want shirt, I give you my own shirt of my back (seizing it in his hand;, because you have good heart," and he turo-d abruptly away to hide his emotion. I A beauteo from my regiment-from suffered much from sleeplessness, and the well- which I had been already separated while meant sympathy of this good-hearted fallow serving in the Sudan and Burma cimpiigas | t-uched m. deeply. It WIS not a voyage unseconded, whereby my absence involved | de luze, as would appear from the soly extra duty on the others-[ effected an descriptire p‹ssag, I can find in my diary. exchange to t'a battalion at home, and reached Atlist, at 8,30, I made up my bed. The very England in September 1887. The few weeks' ocolies on board have a mattress of sorts or å leave, which was all that was granted me, qudi (quilted ma!). I have only a rug, and the after many continuous years in the East. iron le chich I sleep has some nuts in it, including two campaigns of nearly a year each, which are uncomfortaŭle. And ar pipo`stlabr in perhaps
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oft behind my head, and again at my had not sufficed to restore my health, when I so I have only about 4 feet of length and ome found myself again under orders for foreign breadth, and my legs have to hang over, but it service, and embarked with my regiment rolesner than the deck. In another padango
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was permitted to me on the redo mule nu con or a medical board. The question then was, what should I do? What I felt I needed was notire hard work rather than rest in order to recover y from the strain. So with fifty sovereigns in my belt, and with practically no outfit at all except my favourite little 15 ride,--which had done me service already in many countries, for some years I got on beard the first passing ship, as a second-class pass-nger, and sailed 1 knew not whither. It was a strange experienos, beginning life all over agaio, as it seemed, with only an old rifle, paid for in the absence of funds-by shooting a man-eating tiger with a reward on his head!
al consent, Sir Matthew Nathan's om the Colony is held to warrant a expression of the admiration and for him.
ving have met to put the master in Hoo, Sir Paul Chater, the Hon.
t, the Hon. Dr. Ho Kai, the Hon. uk, the on. Mr. H. E. Pollock. a. Mr. E. Osborne, the Hon. Mr. on, Messrs. D. R. Law, J. P., M.
Wood, H. E. omkite, G. Balloch.; A. J. Raymoud. T. F. Hough, J. Armstrong, E. Ormiston, H D. Clark, G. H. Medhurst, R. 2. White, Murray Stewart, H. W. Fook, Fang Wa Chun, Lau Chy m Tong, and Un Lai Chun. bater was voted to the chair. The A. Hewett was appointed secretary
pus proposals had been made and was eventually decided unani- resent His Excellency with an ddress which all the members of y will be invited t› sigo.
be gentlemen present stated that ad been called to consider the
senting a separate address,
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though they are in my memory. at Massows on February 25th. My rosok, w heen to join the Italian exp-dition; sa, denied in my attempts hitherto, I had one here in pursuance of my original plan. ending in the evening at Massowa, Twent to a odd and thal there was railway sa fär as Doguli, and tha the Italian advanced camp lay at Bati beyond. I managed to pick up a Somal who, bailing from Adea, had soquired a knowledge Hindustani; and promising him a libera reward (which I would ill afford), I se rared his Barvices W. mounted a tesin, and presently an Italian offersi osus and demanded our "We got to Naples, to which port the ship passports. I affected a cram ignoranos. He WSB bound. I had done my utmost before ¦ gesticulated in various langung s. and I learing England to obtain permission to join | reponded ia English or Hindustani, the Italians, then fighting against the Abyssi- ! rolably assuring him it was all right in Dians, and smarting from their recent reverse language be did not understand, nad ignoring at Dogali. I bad failed, and was told the his earumt efforts to induos me to comprehend thing was impossible. So having come to Italy | that be wanted a passport. I was as someteous now fok the night train to Rome, and o^oe as possible in Hindustani,—but as stupid as more offered my servios, pleading the fire male, and failed to perosive that I mast im- medals and decorations which I already wore | mediately get out OF produce the desired (including the D.8.0., then recently instituted) document. The train began to more as my only claim for onsideration.
exisperated ofheis), Anding himasif in dilemma, gave me up as hopeless, but there no mistaking his meaning told the latter the Somal at any rata.
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They would have none of me, and told me that I should be arrested as a spy immediately on my arrival in Abyssinia, that the only 'foreigner' there, was the Times correspondeat. and even he had only won permission after eight days of negotiation, backed by a letter from her Majesty's Government and the Times influence. I returned by the night mail, and found my ship on the point of sailing. Embark. | ing, I went in her as far as Sues. 1 led bars a very curious life, a chapter indeed in itself; but
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The moved faster and faster, til the ofleini compelled to drop off; and I expect it as well that I did not understand his inagung and so could not gather the tower of observations, but I guessed them i
We reached D 'gali, and started on ·
My sovereigns were runn ng down. | walk by the light of a nearly full and I was driven to strange shifts and expedi- | the brond road made by the Italian f Chinese gentlemen was held on ects. By-and-by a ship came in bound for passing in some
various it was decided to present His Massowa," and inden with timber, In the From time to time we found tempor then separate addrem, but at exigency of the diminishing resources, I took by the road side, where all kinds of ng held yesterday it was agreed | this time a deck passage, and slept at haphazard | and parti-coloured drinks were sold. he rest of the community in the | among the timber. The necessities of the cone | of thees we stopped, and the Somal-i
s. It was decided to present him,
afielivé mi fermy morning bath to the fore-castle | to that a small boy, who know sou hineas ailidles, such as booky . Immed a hunker oʻgrater among the mallory, and ↑ and spoke Arabic (as did the Somal),
for my pond of bet van victuals - Eh the (talina and that if we could stor
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