The motor-ship, the Asiatic Prince, which was reported aground off Cabilao Island on the west coast of Boho! on December 17, is still Mr. Leonard Yates, the. Hongkong representative.of the Prince "Line, has been discharged because there {the Legislative Council for considera was insufficient him. The only evidence against tion and approval, evidence against One purports to amend the Prom The opening of a branch of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank here Ca" the prisoner was the statement of PUSDe TO ie said the man misery Oath Ordinance of 1809 in view of the decision to appoint a greatly facilitate finance tra might have been the one smoking Deputy Clerk of Councils to release tions, most of which had previ opium ina cabin. The Magistrate, the pressure on the Assistant Colously to be done through Tientsin or Shanghai." mae qabstantiated, and defen-[of, the he) nial Severs, who Se lhe Clerk Council, The object of the Now for the other side of the fen-|pii ie thatthe Deputy Clerk of picture, and again quotations may sed so Councils will act us Clerk. to: the given. In the words of one mer-\Ghey, cannot be proved to. have but he may on chant, whose views are shared by Iparicipated in the crime, and were act as Clark several "Business is stagnant as] fore" everybody is waiting to see what convenient. that lig. shou! convenient that' he "aboutd Presence of mind and quick take the oath vroquired from the 'Chang Tso-lin is going to do, He thinking were vividly described by'
Clerk to the Executive Council. thas not sulficiont money to enable the compradore of the ill-fated him to send large bodies of Another paragraph of the bill is vessel when he told hi tory to the troops to fight the Cantonese, but) at) Court. On the afternoon of the apparently That means a. farther ita day, he heard intends to do it! sounds <f)in connexion with taking oaths upon Bein so the finances of Manchuria *ehting and saw several arneed assumption of office, since two marine men shouting near his cabin. ne magistrates instead of one are Jand an enormous depreciation of immediately closed the door of his appointed by virtue of a recent /fengpiao. Everything depends upon which of course acts and room, ran down the alleyway, and ordinance. with Chang Tso-|* himself in the crew's quarters] The second bill is to amend the jin the forceeastle. Fearing that he Interpretation Ordinance, The Jwould be eventually discovered, the material amendment is in the nature Another merchant, a German, compradore made sure of his con-of addition of the following words: after referring to the depreciation eealmont by blackening his face and "Where any Ordinance gives Power lof fengp'no and the fall in silver hanging into sailor's clothes. appointment to any office, adversely affecting business, went safe was riled of its contents and I not. -be necessary in any on to say "Another depressing about $7,000 taken. such appointment to name any pa factor is the tendency displayed by'
Canton is obviously sincere in coticular individual and the appoint the Chinese to abrogate all trea-operating with the rent may be the holder of any other ties. This has shaken foreign con-}Government in the suppression of office in the name of that office, in Lope! ey mie aly er mo Which ease the person who is from Hime to time for the time being fallen very low, and they have nur Raneagers caveling UP a forming the duties of the office last fered by the slump in silk above referred shall be deemed to "Politico," an anonymous day-Confidence in the Fut by-day contributor in the Canton have been appointed to that office first above referred to."
Despite the conflicting statements Gazette" writes: "We have already The object is that in case an ieiven above, there seemed to be no. explained that. piracy is not Meial holding two. offices resigns, lack of confidence in the future of Chinese specialty. Who: ver these hhis successor may be appointed Manchuria. It is the present pirates are and whenever they ars, lone of the offices and may at the which causes anxiety to the mer-[they must be discovered and ex: same time hold also the othe Jehant who wants to do business terminated. All governments othersvise he should have been men= now: he does not want to wait are taking measures to help in this tioned twice in two appointments. folded arms for the good time that is to come. port. The Nation Govert bye merle of the oven To summarize: Business in to-machinery. paign to clear the land zone around foaceo products showed no diminu-'Another important paragraph of Bias Bay, and the Hongkong tion. Concerns interested in the the bill defines the boundary limits Government should be aided in its disposal of oil products reported fof the Harbour, or rather, mere efforts to arrest those pirates why. varying experience, but business in them so as to extend the jurisdiction eross the boundary into the Now Territories with the expectation of fof' the Harbour-master. The rea-'Though there have ison isto prevent ships dropping: and shelter under been no large orders as in former anchor near the harbour at certain [years 1926 showed no falling off in points hitherto outside harbour limits respect of orders for machinery and
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