- ELIROP

For audacity it would be hard to best the Chinese thief. The latest instance of his impudence came to light last Saturday, when on opening the Supreme Court it was discovered that practically all the electric light globes had been removed from the fittings in the courts and corr

The re,ult of the conducted at the Technical lektituto tt.r Pitman certificates is ma follows : Fifty words per minute.—Hide Noma, T. F. O'Sullivan, Wong Kin Wo. Thenry.—N. L. Railton, Yeung fling. Li Rwok King, Merfind° Webster. .Tanies A. Lop, Camelia Collate, Lai Ring On. IT.

flecisirn of the committee of the ict..tia Ileereation Club early in the seso.on to make their night aquatic fetes monthly events was a happy one, and ft in every point of view has been amply justified. Not only has the public been provided with some good sport. but the interest

A SWISS SENSATION. - SOLDIRR RUNS AMOK. (Reuter's to the LoznooN, September 1. Reuter's correspondent at Romanshorn, Switzerland, reports that a soldier discharged for insanity barricaded himself in a room for five hours and fired on all who approached killing five men and woundi

LABOUR v. CAPITAL. MR WILL THORNZ, DIP., ON QUESTION. (Raster's Service to the China Mail.) LONDON, Sept. 3. Mr Will Thorne, M.P., in his Presidential Addre" congratulated the Trades Union Congress. (which is meeting at Newport, Mon.) on the increase in their membership ty over a

The creditors of the Oriental l'rewery met on Saturday at the offices of the liquidator, Mr E. .1. Waterman. _ _ _ Mr Witerman explaitird that that was a statuttory meeting called tAI decide whether another liquidator should be appointed or whether one Fho Id appointed to set wi

MISSING COAL. Law.cb Charged Theft. Yesterday at the Ilagiatracy Wore \lr. M. the coxswain and one of ti. the 'steam launch Ace Funnel line, were charged on remand with the thrft ut two of coal, valued at $l6, the bunkers of the Mr. Lewis, soliaktor, prnomvuted ohs - thn agent* a

tr V I k • I 03 3111PC.0 )IV, I $111;1.234 .11 LitT 1..1% Lt. CI sit ex. 2, • lila file aix mith4 we SI.6M 1 Fanll of s2ao na iititig 19141 " 1221 . 911 !52,022,6416.27 em 3112 . 11 awl oi 83) nc:.bistst 1911 I Sett.fel $1,611,88 I _ 6180. 0 80 - 1 t 42 1 , I 151.024.187.21 01 3

As the sponsor of a measure good in principle but riddled through and through with weaknesses and faults, MR LLOYD GEonoE has won for himself the title of "a sentimentalist in a hurry." The more one considers the National Insurance Bill and the indecent haste with which it was r