Hong Kong Telegraph 1907-10-24

Hong Kong Telegraph 1907-10-24

Year: 1907

WHAT OLD MEDALS ARE WORTH. The practice of bestowing decorations on all engaged in a campaigo and of inseribing the name of the reclpient on the medal to mark his personal service, was first observed in commemoration of the great battle of Waterloo. WAMPOLE'S PEEPARATION. JAPANESE FINANCE. FATAL AFFRAY ON THE "JAPAN." CHINESE COOLIES AND INDIANS IN A FREE FIGHT. ONE MAN DIES AT THE CIVIL HOSPITAL. MANCHOURIAN TRADE. CLASS OF GOODS WANTED. THE FONG-SHING RISING. DETAILS OF THE ATTACK. AN OFFICIAL REPORT. ARMED ROBBERY IN THE ENW TERRTIORY. THREE MEN ON TRIAL. CAPT FRANCKE OF S.S. "DAKOTA." SCATKING LETTER SENT MASTER ON LOSS OF VESSEL. Orlental Labour in Canada. A Furlher Slump in Now York. THE WEATHER. COLLISION IN THE HARBOUR. "HONGKONG HOTEL" RAMS THE "LILY." FOR THE SOUTH POLE. THE SHACKLRTON EXPEDITON. PROFESSOR DAVID TO ACCOMPANY. THE PRICE OF COPOPER. ITS DISTURBING FLUCTUATIONS. THE INGREASED COST OF LIVING IN JAPAN. PRICES OF RICE AND OTHER COMMODITIES COMPARED. THE NEW TEN COMMANDMENTS FOR THE CHINESE PRESS.