Summer Rates will be charged from 2 May to 31 October.
Subject to the usual 25% reduction for returning.
The through Steamers for Marseilles and London are intended to leave Port Said after the arrival of the 11 a.m. train from Cairo, every Tuesday for the present except the MONGOLIA, which is taking passengers to the Anglo-French Naval Review, and will not wait at Port-Said on 24/25 July. A steam tender will meet the train to convey passengers to the ship.
The Brindisi Express Steamers leave Port Said directly the Indian Mails arrive. Passengers can go on board the evening before. The Fare remains as usual.
For all further information apply to the Company's Agents,
For all further information apply to the Company's Agents,
Messrs. THOS. COOK & SON (Egypt) Ltd. CAIRO.
GEORGE ROYLE, Esq. PORT-SAID.
Messrs. HABELDEN & Co. ALEXANDRIA.
F. G. DAVIDSON, Superintendent P. & O. S. N. Company in Egypt SUEZ.
OUTWARDS to AUSTRALIA.
HOMEWARDS to NAPLES MARSEILLES, GIBRALTAR, PLYMOUTH, LONDON, TILBURY
Egyptian Government Officials allowed a rebate of 15% off the above fares.
Passengers returning by the Line obtain one-third rebate off the above fares
If leaving England by the end of October.
Agents. Cairo:—Thos. Cook & Son. Alexandria : —R. J. Moss & Co.—For all information apply
Wm. STAPLEDON & Sons, PORT-SAID & PORT-TEWFIK (Suez) 31-12-906
REDUCED SUMMER FARES MAY TO OCTOBER.
Port Said to Tilbury £ 12.15.0. and Port Said to Marseilles £ 9.0.0.
Passengers returning by the Line will be granted a rebate of 33% off the full fare i.e. Liverpool to Port Said £ 11.6.8. and Marseilles to Port Said £ 8.0.0.
OUTWARDS to COLOMBO, TUTICORIN, RANGOON. Departure from Suez.
HOMEWARDS to MARSEILLES and LONDON. Departures from Port Said.
Agents– Cairo: THOS. COOK & SON. Suez & Port Said : WM. STAPLEDON & SONS,
FAST BRITISH PASSENGER STEAMERS
GREECE - TURKEY LINE.
Express Steamers leave Alexandria every Wednesday at 4 p.m. for PIRAEUS, SMYRNA, MITYLENE, and CONSTANTINOPLE, in connection with Orient Express train-de-luxe for Vienna, Paris, and London.
PALESTINE - SYRIA LINE.
Fast steamers leave Alexandria every Saturday at 4 p.m., and Port Said every Sunday at 6 p.m., for JAFFA (for Jerusalem), CAIFFA (for Nazareth), BEYROUT (for Damascus), TRIPOLI, ALEXANDRETTA, MESSINA, continuing in alternate weeks to LARNACA and LIMASSOL (Cyprus).
RED SEA LINE.
Steamers leave Suez fortnightly on Wednesday at 6 p.m. for JEDDAH, SUAKIN, MASSOWAH, HODBIDAH, and ADEN ; and in the intervening weeks for PORT SUDAN and SUAKIN direct. Calls will be made at TOR (for Mount Sinai) as required.
N.B.—Deck chairs provided for the use of passengers, excellent cuisine and table wine free.
Steamer plans may be seen and passages booked at the Company's Agencies at Alexandria, Cairo, Port Said, and Suez, or at THOS. COOK & SON or other Tourist Agency.
For LIVERPOOL calling at MALTA (Messrs. JAMES MOSS & Co. 31, James St, Liverpool, Managers.)
*Second class accommodation only, unless specially reserved.—Fares : Alexandria to Liverpool, 1st, £14 Single, £25 Return. 2nd, £9 Single, £15 Return.—To Malta, 1st, £5 Single, £9 Return, 2nd, £3 Single, £5 Return.—Return tickets available for six months.
Through freight rates on cotton, etc., to Lancashire inland towns, Boston, New York and other U.S.A. towns, obtained on application. Cargo taken by special agreement only.
Passenger Tickets also issued inclusive of Railway fare through to and from Cairo. Particulars on application to
R. J. MOSS & Co., Alexandria, Agents.
Steamers leave SUEZ and PORT SAID fortnightly for LONDON or LIVERPOOL direct.
(Electric Light.) SALOON (Amidships) FARE £12. (Latest improvements.)
Due in LONDON or LIVERPOOL 12 days thereafter.
Apply WORMS & Co., Port Said and Suez. THOS. COOK & SON, (EGYPT) LD., CAIRO ;
G. J. GRACE & CO., ALEXANDRIA.
CAIRO-KHARTOUM SUMMER MAIL SERVICE.--SUMMER TIME-TABLE 1906.
Commencing from 1st of April, 1906, until further notice
‡Sleeping and Dining Cars. — During the month of April Sleeping and Dining Care trains leave Cairo for Luxor on Wednesdays, Mondays and Saturdays at 6.30 p.m. and Luxor for Cairo on Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6.30 p.m.
From 1st of May 1908, these trains will be suppressed, but Dining and
Sleeping Care will be attached to the ordinary night Tains from Cairo and
Luxor three times a week, on the same above mentioned days.
(Société des Entrepôts d'Alexandrie)
Bonded Warehouses
IN ALEXANDRIA, CAIRO, PORT SAID, AND SUEZ.
Special Departments for clearing and forwarding and for a luggage and parcel Express Service.
Goods delivered against cash for account of shippers.
Incorporated A. D. 1720.
Chief Office: ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON, E.C.
FUNDS IN HAND EXCEED £4,500,000 CLAIMS PAID £40,000,000
Established 1836. Capital £1,000,000. Reserve Fund £650,000.
THE IMPERIAL FIRE OFFICE united with THE ALLIANCE ASSURANCE, Co., Ltd.
1, Old Broad Street, LONDON—Estabished 1806.—Total Funds exceed £10,000,000.
(EGYPT), LIMITED, HEAD OFFICE—LUDGATE CIRCUS—LONDON.
CHIEF EGYPTIAN OFFICE — CAIRO, near SHEPHEARD'S HOTEL.
Alexandria, Port-Said, Suez, Luxor, Assuan, Haifa, & Khartum.
GENERAL RAILWAY AND STEAMSHIP AGENTS. BANKERS.
BAGGAGE AND FORWARDING AGENTS.
Officially appointed & Sole Agents in Cairo to the P.&O. S.N. Co.
RESIDENTS IN EGYPT proceeding to Europe for the summer are requested to apply to our offices for information respecting their Passages, where steamer plans may be consulted and Berths secured by all Lines of Steamers to all parts of the Globe; arrangements can also be made for the collection and forwarding of their baggage and clearance at port of arrival.
CIRCULAR NOTES issued payable at the current rate of exchange in all the principal cities of Europe. Cook's Interpreters in uniform are present at the principal Railway stations and Landing-places in Europe to assist passengers holding their travelling tickets.
Large and splendidly appointed steamers belonging to the Co. leave Cairo thrice weekly, between November and March, for Luxor, Assouan and Wady-Halfa in connection with trains de luxe to Khartoum. Moderate fares.
FREIGHT SERVICE, Steamers leave Cairo every Saturday and Tuesday for Assouan and Halfa.
Special Steamers and Dahabeahs for private parties.
Special arrangements for tour in PALESTINE, SYRIA and the DESERT, Lowest Rates.
Best camp equipment in the country!
Fortnightly Service in connection with the Co's Indian Mail Lines.-- Calling at ADEN, COLOMBO, MADRAS, and CALCUTTA Out, and MARSEILLES (GENOA and PLYMOUTH optional) Home. Sailings from Suez.
OUTWARD.—
EAST AFRICAN LINE OF STEAMERS.
Calling at Aden, Mombasa, Zanzibar and Beira. Monthly service.
The
From Port-Said £2 less Homeward, and £2 more Outward. Second class, two thirds of 1st Class Fares.
PORT SAID Agents: Worms & Co. and Willi & Co., Ltd. -- CAIRO &
ALEXANDRIA: --Thos. Cook & Son, Ltd., and the Anglo-American Hotel &
Steamer Co. For particulars apply G. BEYTS & Co., Suez.
(HENDERSON BROTHERS,) LONDON, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW.
Booking Passengers and Cargo through to Ports in India, Europe nad America
First class passengers steamers. Sailing fortnightly from Suez.
Saloon Fares: from Port Said to Gibraltar £9, Marseilles £9, London and
Liverpool £14; add £1 to above fare for passengers from Cairo, Ismailia, or
Suez. 5 % reduction to families of three or more adults. 15 % reduction on
return tickets within 6 months. Reduced rates on streamers not carrying
surgeon and stewardess.
Agents: Cairo, Thos. Cook & Son. Port-Said, Cory Brothers & Co. -- For further particulars apply G. BEYTS & Co., Suez.
Mail and Passenger Steamships. Regular three-weekly Service from HAMBURG, via ANTWERP & MALTA, to ALEXANDRIA and vice-versa, admitting goods from all chief German Railway Stations on direct Bill of Landing to ALEXANDRIA and all chief ports of Egypt, Syria, etc., at favourable through rates of DEUTSCHE VERKEHR (traffic).
EXPECTED AT ALEXANDRIA.
For tariff and particulars apply to ADOLPHE STROSS, Alexandria, Agent.
DE PARIS.
CAPITAL: 150,000,000 frs,-£ 6,000,000 FULLY PAID UP. — HEAD OFFICE: 14, Rue Bergere, Paris
Alexandria Branch 11, Rue Cherif Pacha.—40 Branches in Paris, and 112 Throughout France.
Branches in London, Liverpool, Manchester, Morocco, Tunis, East India, Madagascar, Australia, etc. Bills Collected. Deposit Accounts opened at sight & for fixed periods, Advances on securities, in current account. Letters of Credit and Telegraphic Transfers Issued. Foreign Exhange Bought and Sold. Stocks and Valuables received in safe custody. Purchase and Sale of Stock & Shares in Egypt and Abroad. Dividends Collected.
BERLIN, W.
CAPITAL...... . M200,000,000 — RESERVE..M97,000,000
Dividends paid during last 10 years, (1896-1905,) 10, 10, 10 1/2, 11, 11, 11, 11, 11, 12, 12 per cent
BRANCHES—Bremen, Dresden, Frankfort-on-M., Hamburg, Leipzig, Munioh, Nuremberg, Augsburg, Wiesbaden.
Deutsche Bank (Berlin) London Agency : 4 George Yard, Lombard Street, London, E.C.
Established 1863.
CONSTANTINOPLE LONDON, PARIS, ALEXANDRIA CAIRO, PORT SAID CYPRUS and in all the principal towns in TURKEY.
ALEXANDRIA, 2 Mohamed Aly Square.— CAIRO, 19, Sharia el Manakh.
CAPITAL............. £ 10,000,000 Sterling.
The Bank undertakes every description of Banking business on favourable
terms.
Head Office : Athens — Capital 20,000.000 (Fully paid up). — Reserve 1,000,000.
Branches: London 55-58 Bishopsgate-street Within, Alexandria, Cairo,
Constantinople, Smyrna, Candia, Canea, Piraeus
Patras, Yolo, Syra,
Calamata. The Bank undertakes all banking business in Egypt, Greece, etc.
Interests on cash deposits,
3 0/0 per ann. at sight; 3 1/2 0/0 per ann.
for 6 months; 4 0/0 per ann. for 12 months; 5 0/0 per ann. for 3 years and
over. Savings
Bank Branch receives deposits at 3 1/2 0/0 per ann., from
P.T. 80 to P.T. 20,000.
Capital: £3,000,000. RESERVE (Environ) : £1,340,000. MR. F. T. ROWLATT, Governor
Siège Social au Caire, Succursale à Alexandria, Agence à Assiout, Assuoan,
Benha, Beni-Suef, Chibin el Kom, Damanhour, Fayoum, Khartoum, Kéneh,
Mansourah, Minieh, Port-Said, Suakin, Sohag, Tantah, Zagazig, Mouski (Caire)
et Londres (4 et 5, King William Street). La National Bank of Egypt reçoit
des dépots à termes fixes, fait des avances et ouvre des comptes courants
sur titres, valeurs et marchandises. Elle s'occupe de l'achat et de la vente
d'effets sur l'Etranger, de l'escompte, ainsi que de toutes opérations de
Banque.
Capital: M. 16,000,000. Head Office, Berlin: Branches: Hamburg, Alexandria (25 Cherif Pasha Street), Cairo (Midan Suarès), Constantinople, Brusa.
Deposits received, current accounts opened, and all ordinary banking operations undertaken.
Capital 12,500,000 Francs entièrement verses. — Agence d'Alexandrie, 14, Rue Stamboul.
LE CREDIT FRANCO-EGYPTIEN fait toutes opérations de Banque, notamment:
Escompte d'effets sur l'Egypte et l'etranger. Avance sur titres.—Garde de
titres.—Depots de fonds a vue et à échéance fixe avec intérêts aux taux
suivants: 2 1/2 0/0 pour dépôts de 6 mois, 3 0/0 pour dépôts d'un an, 3 1/2
0/0 pour dépôts au délà d'un an. — LE CREDIT FRANCO-EGYPTIEN reçoit des
Marchandises en consignation pour la vente et fait des Avances sur Cotons,
Grains et autres marchandises. —
of London, Established 1821.
CAPITAL PAID UP AND INVERTED ONE MILLION STERLING.
Annual Income . . £895,000. -- Total Funds . . £5,200,000.
Agents for Egypt and the Sudan - HEWAT & Co., Alexandria.
LONDON. Founded 1710.-Total sum insured in 1902 £487,600,000.
Agents : LEON HELLER, Cairo, and BEHREND & Co., Alexandria.
The undersigned agents are authorised to issue policies on behalf of the above Company at moderate rates.
IMPERIAL OTTOMAN BANK, Alexandria. OTTO STERZING, Cairo. GEORG. MEINECKE,
Suez.
LIFE The Edinburg Life Assurance Company,
MARINE Union Insurance Society of Canton (Limited)
FIDELITY National Guarantee and Suretyship Association (Limited)
RISK ACCEPTED AT TARIFF RATES.-CLAIMS LIBERALLY AND PROMPTLY SETTLED
Agents for Egypt: HEWAT & Co., Alexandria.
Funds exceed £4,000,000. Annual Income exceeds £700,000.
Special privileges offered to British Naval and Military Officers serving in Egypt or the Soudan.
Example of whole Policy Life.
Age of proposer 30. Sum assured £1,000 with profits payable at death. Annual premium covering war risk and foreign residence £28:6:8
Head Office: Cairo, Khedivial Exchange Court.
Weekly departure during Winter Season by the
Luxurious First Class
Tourist Steamers VICTORIA, PURITAN & MAYFLOWER.
Regular weekly
Departures to the SECOND CATARACT by the S.S. INDIANA.
THROUGH BOOKINGS
TO KHARTOUM, GONDOKORO AND THE WHITE NILE.
Steamers and Dahabeahs for
private charter. Steam Tugs and Steam Launches for hire.
FREIGHT
SERVICE BY STEAM BARGES BETWEEN CAIRO AND ALEXANDRIA.
Working in
conjunction and under special arrangement with the
"Upper Egypt Hotels
Company."
For details and illustrated programmes apply to "THE HAMBURG and
ANGLO-AMERICAN
NILE COMPANY."
OFFICES IN CAIRO: Sharia Boulac, "Grand Continental Hotel Buildings."
Hamburg-Amerika Linie.
Return to Egypt
by the new S.S. Oceana of 9000 Tons, 350 berths
including 90 single cabins, greatest comfort, best cuisine.
FARES: Genoa to Alexandria from £14. Naples to Alexandria from £10.
From January 2nd Weekly service from Naples to Alexandria EVERY WEDNESDAY.
Apply to the Co.'s Booking Offices: Paris, rue Scribe. London, Cockspur
Street. Berlin, Unter den Linden
Cairo, Continental Hotel. Alexandria,
G. J. Grace & Co. Chief Office: Hamburg ( Alsterdamm
Regular Service from ALEXANDRIA (Passenger and Freight) to NAPLES-MARSEILLES.
The following steamers are intended to leave PORT-SAID:
FOR FURTHER PARTICULARS APPLY TO THE AGENTS OF THE
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD at Cairo, Alexandria, Port-Said and Suez.
OTTO STERZING, Agent In Cairo, Opera Square.
C. H. SCHOELLER, Agent In Alexandria, Cleopatra Lane.
Messrs. THOS. COOK & SON (Egypt) LTD., and CARL STANGENS REISEBUREAN are
anthorised to sell tickets in CAIRO and ALEXANDRIA,
Alexandria-Brindisi-Trieste (Venice).
Weekly Express Mail Service. Steamers leave Alexandria every Saturday at 4 p.m. arrive at Brindisi, Tuesday 5 a.m. in time for express to Milan, Lucerne, Paris, Vienna, Berlin, and London, leaving Brindisi 7 a.m. Arrival Trieste Wednesday about 11 a.m. in connection with Train de Luxe Trieste-Vienna-Ostende. Passengers reach London every Friday 4.50 p.m.
Fortnightly Service: Alexandria-Brindisi & Trieste Line.
Steamer leaves Alexandria on or about 10 and 24 October, 7 and 21 November, 5 and 19 December.
Syrian-Cyprus-Caramanian Line.
Steamer leaves Alexandria on or about 8 and 22 October, 5 and 19 November, 3, 17 and 31 December.
Syrian-Caramanian Line.
Steamer leaves Alexandria on or about 1, 15 and 29 October, 12 and 26 November, 10 and 24 December.
Far East Lines.
Departures from Port Said: To Suez, Aden, Bombay, Colombo, Penang, Singapore,
Hong-Kong, Shanghai, Yokohama and Kobé,
To Suez, Aden and Bombay accelerated service about
To Suez, Aden, Karachi, Colombo, Madras, Rangoon, and Calcutta about
To Suez, Aden, Karachi and Bombay about
East African Line.
Departures from Port Said: To Suez, Aden, Mombassa, Zanzibar, Beira,
Delagoa-Bay, and Durban about
For information apply to the Agents, Alexandria, Port Said and Suez, Thos. Cook & Son, Ld., Leon Heller, Cairo Agent, 24, Sharia Maghraby, (Telephone 192), Cairo; F. Tedeschi, Helouan.
Special rates for Egyptian officials, members of Army of Occupation and their families.
Societes Reunies Florio-Rubattino. - Services Postaux. - Departs de Juillet.
Regular sailings from Liverpool, Glasgow, Antwerp and London to Alexandria. Frequent sailings from Alexandria to Liverpool and London. Through freight rates to Inland towns in Great Britain also to the U.S.A
Ellerman
N. E. TAMVACO Alexandria agents
Postal Service Accelerated
between Alexandria, Piraeus, Smyrna, Constantinople, and Odessa by the following recenlty built and perfectly equipped vessels:
Arrivals at Alexandria on Saturday afternoons.
Departures from Alexandria on Fridays at 10 a.m. Circular route between Alexandria, Port Said, the Syrian ports, Chio, Smyrna, Mount Athos, Dardanelles, Constantinople, and Odessa.
Arrivals at Alexandria every other Monday early in the morning.
Departures from Alexandria on Wednesdays at 4 p.m.
Crimean or Bessarabian table wines free.
†Dining Car. §Sleeping Car. ‡First and Second Class only.
* Dining and Sleeping Cars are attached to these trains on the following days: -- From Cairo, every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. From Luxor, every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday.
J. H. l'E. JOHNSTONE, General Manager.
SHIPOWNERS OF LONDON.
Branches at Port Sudan, Suakin & Jeddah
Merchandise, furniture, baggage and personal effects forwarded, and insurances effected to all parts of the world.
FIRE AND LIFE.
Largest Fire Office in the World.
HASELDEN & CO., Agents, Alexandria.
R. VITERBO & CO., Agents, Cairo.
PHOENIX ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED.
(ESTABLISHED 1782);
HASELDEN & CO., Agents, Alexandria.
FRED. OTT & CO., Sub-Agents, Cairo.
Established 1869.
MERCHANTS & GENERAL AGENTS.
Head Office. ALEXANDRIA, 19, Mohamed Aly Square.
THE BRITISH AERATED & MINERAL WATER MANUFACTORY.
CAIRO Exbekieh ALEXANDRIA Rue Avernoff
Soda Water, Lemonade, Ginger Ale, Ginger Beer. Tonic Water
Pomegranade, Orangeade, Pineapple, Champagne, Cider, etc., etc.
Water guaranteed by Chamberlain's Filter (Pasteur's System).
Inventor of WHISKY & SODA and BRANDY & SODA, bottled ready for use.
Depot for Prince Metternich's "Richardsquelle," the best mineral table water in the world.
Great assortment of Wines, Spirits, Liqueurs, of the finest Brands, etc
Cairo and Alexandria
The Perfection of Quality and Value.
In Sterling Silver, "Welbeck" & Silver Plated Goods
Provisions, Wines, Cigars, Crockery, Brushes, &c., &c., at
Price List on Application.
16-11-906
ECCLESTONE AND KEILL ENGLISH DRAPERY.
Opposite Austrian Consulate, near the Zizinia Theatre. Catalogue on application.
Celbrated Cognac Brandies
all guaranteed "Pure Grape"
Agents Required
Apply to
Geo. Sayer & Co.
Cognac, (France.)
London Prize Medal 1862.
Highest Reward, Lower Canada, 1865.
Hors Concours, Chicago, 1893
LONDON, PARIS ALEXANDRIA, CAIRO MALTA, GIBRALTAR, TANTAH, AND PORT SAID.
The Anglo-Egyptian Bank. Limited, undertakes every description of banking business on the most favourable conditions.
Current accounts opened with commercial homes and private individuals in conformity with the custom of Bankers.
Fixed deposits for one year certain received at 8 per cent. per annum. Deposits at interest for shorter periods are also received at rates to be agreed upon.
Letters of Credit for the use of travellers are issued payable in all parts of the World.
Approved bills discounted.
Bills, documentary invoices, etc, collected.
Drafts and telegraphic transfers issued payable all over the World.
Foreign exchange bought and sold.
Advances made upon approved securities and upon cotton, cotton-seed, sugar and other merchandise.
The purchase and sale of stocks and shares on the London Stock Exchange; and on the local and Continental Bourses, undertaken.
Customers can deposit their valuables, bonds, etc., for safe custody in the Bank's fire-proof strong-rooms, and the Bank will attend to the collection of the coupons and drawn bonds so deporited as they fall due.
Mercantile credits issued.
Annuities, pensions, dividends, etc., collected.
All farther particulars and information can be obtained on application.
The officers and clerks of the Bank are pledged to secrecy as to the
transactions of customers.
Opposite Shepheard's
for Books, Stationery, Newspapers, and "Egyptian Gazette" Picture Post Cards.
REGULAR AND FREQUENT TRANSPORT SERVICE ON RIVER AND CANAL
CUSTOMS-CLEARING & FORWARDIG.
Offices - London, Cairo & Alexandria
Established 1726.
Mackintosh & C. Inverness.
Agents: M. Eleftherion & Co. Cairo & Alexandria.
Retailers. E. J. Fleurent, Square Halim Pacha, Cairo.
One of the finest and most up-to-date Hotels in the Metropolis. Situated in Sharia Soliman Pasha, the very centre of the healthiest and most fashionable quarter. Stands in its own grounds with garden and lawn tennis grounds at back. Over 350 rooms and 5 saloons. Magnificent salle à manger. Handsome covered promenade verandah, 80 yards long. Highest class cuisine, electric light throughout, and lifts. English comforts. Rooms and apartments at prices to suit everyone. For further particulars apply to GENERAL MANAGER, Cairo.
Full South, Electric Light, opposite Esbekieh Gardens, Large Verandahs, Moderate Charges,
CHAS. BAUER, Proprietor.
The Hotel is beautifully fitted up and is in the most central part of Cairo.
Terms for pension fare at the rate of ten shillings a day. Special terms for
officers of Army of Occupation.
Open all the year round.
San Stefano, Near Alexandria, Halt No. 2.
Specially built in 1904 for a class Hotel with every modern comfort. Magnificent Dining room, Saloons, Smoking room, largo Verandahs and Garden. Electric light. MODERATE CHARGES. Ten minutes by carriage or Palais tram from Sidi Gaber.—Special terms for Government Officials and Officers of the Army of Occupation. C. F. RAISIG. Manager.
RESTAURANT AND BAR OPEN TO NON-RESIDENTS.
NAVAL & MILITARY CONTRACTORS.
Office and Stores : 31 Boulevard de Ramleh.
P. O. BOX 665 ; TELEPHONE, 1686.
TEA, PROVISION, WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS.
TEA MERCHANTS TO THE KING OF ENGLAND.
BRANCHES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
Tea, Wine and Spirit Agents for all Egypt, P. BLESS & Co, Rue Nubar
Pacha, Alexandria, and Ben-el-Suraein, Cairo — Head Office, City Road,
London
By Royal Warrant to His Majesty the King.
The original and genuine Worchestershire.
SUITABLE FOR EVERY DESCRIPTION OF SOIL AND CROP.
ESTABLISHED 1876,
IMPROVED COMPOUND ENGINES.
Balance Ploughs
Turning CULTIVATORS.
Harrows.
Water Carts.
STEEL ROPES of very best quality
CATALOGUES POST FREE ON APPLICATION TO J. & H. McLAREN, MIDLAND ENGINE WORKS
Codes used: A.B.C. 4th and 5th editions, LIEBERS. Cable Address "McLAREN LEEDS."
LEEDS. ENGLAND.
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Laces, Lace curtains, Linens, Hosiery, Ladies & Gent's Clothing.
Popular Parcel 23/6 Postage Free. 3 Pairs of Curtains made specally for this Parcel. Ecru if desired. Sent separately as follows--
The 5 pairs if sent in one Lot, 23/6, post free, well packed in oil cloth, direct to your address in Egypt.
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Price Lists may be obtained from the office of this Paper; apply at once.
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For Infants, Benger's Food solves the problem of
hand-rearing. It contains all the elements necessary to healthy development
in infancy.
For Invalids there is no food like Benger's Food. It
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For the Aged, Benger's Food is particularly adapted to
the enfeebled digestion of advancing years.
For those who are well, Benger's Food is an ideal light
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English and American Travellers can obtain supplies from or through
CAIRO & ALEXANDRIA.- O. Guiliotti & Co.
CAIRO- Max Fisher. Walker & Meinarchi, Ltd.
EXPERT ADVICE. — EXPERT PLANNING.
SPECIALITIES: Office Furniture. Letter Filing Cabinets. Couches and Chairs.
COMPLETE EQUIPMENT ON MODERN LINES.
A Branch Showroom will shortly be opened which will be duly announced. Meantime particulars may be obtained or a representative will call if desired from
THE SHANNON, LIMITED, P. O. Box 1078, CAIRO.
IRISH 4-fold Manufactured Collars,
2/3 the 1/2 doz. 4/6 per doz.
WHITE BUSINESS SHIRTS. 3/6 each.
,, DRESS SHIRTS, 4/3 „
Splendid quality. Best 4-fold. Write for Illustrated Booklet, post free. Terms : Cash with orders. Postage abroad, 9d. extra.
Gents' Suits & Raincoats. Latest Style, from 27/6.
Write for Patterns and easy Self Measurement Forms
CRABTREE & Co.,
124 Raikes Road, BLACKPOOL, ENGLAND.
Hamilton House, Bishopgate St Without, LONDON, E.C.
CONTRACTORS TO BRITISH WAR OFFICE
Pyrimont-Seyssel, Servas (France) Ragusa (Sicily), Guanipa, (Venezuala), Mine Owners.
EGYPTIAN BRANCH - FIRST ASPHALT FACTORY ESTABLISHED IN EGYPT.
Moharrem-Boy Factory, 171, Mahmoudieh Canal, Alexandria.- Office in Cairo: Haret-el-Mashady (Ismailieh Quarter).
For Sales of Mastic Asphalte Blocks, Trinidad Refined Bitumen, Bricks in Compressod Asphalte for Paving, Compressed Asphalte Roadways. — Contractors for every description of Asphalte Works in the whole of Egypt.
The largest and finest stock of Jewellery, Silver Plate, Watches, Clocks, Dressing Bags, &c., new and second-hand, In the world, at wholesale prices.
Please write for Illustrated Catalogue V. The Finest in the World. 4,000 Illustrations. Post Free.
£5,000 Worth of Second-hand Jewels in Stock. WRITE FOR SPECIAL ILLUSTRATED LIST.
ASSOCIATION OF DIAMOND MERCHANTS, LIMITED.
Trafalgar Square, London, W.C.
Established over 50 years
Cable Address: "Ruspoli, London."
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The spectacle of the Lords and Colonela who = act as dummy directors jof. limited companies being examined as to their knowledge of the business, 'and 'the.active part they took in its. . affairs, would indeed form an amus'ng show- up, and the 'guinea pig" director would stand out in-his proper colours. Mr. 'Edgar: Speyer has had the hardihood to .reconimend in his minority report that directors. who have neg- lected their duties should be held- responsible 'to the shareholders. As the law étands at "present the diréctor who entirely neglects to attend-meetings is exonerated from the result of his neglect, and companies come to'grief in ' large numbers without the "guinea-pigs" pegs rolled in thé mud as they. deserve to be. . 'There is no doubt'that the oj pprobrium of failure is that which compels, individual traders' to be careful and diligent, and that the absence of' blame in 'the case of directors. is produetive of extravagance and reckless management. Mr. Speyer points out. that in Germany management is much more intelligent 'because directora are held liable for neglect and mismanggement, Asa matter 4 vf. fact, English companies are better managed than "ong 'would' suppose possible with the -oyphers 'who sit, at their boards, The main few bade! te bh doe ee @ company have in their faceateack cas aman familiar' with 'the businesstaken in hand, 'and the general design ofits proposed development. ; 'The director has generally the inner secrets of its past, and ideas of the fature of the business, and he as a rule "runs" the conipaiiy.- ; He = not got men of. practical ex . liké himself but if he could he does mat them. \Nothing suits him better 'achemes, be sa good or bad. thos in effect, almost all boards are "one-man shows," and ~ when new directors are elected the man who 'is 'complaisant, 'and can tell'a good story for the amusement of his colleagues, is generally "selected. .In.some cases. there is no doubt the 'system has worked well. Directors who are ignorant of the business in hand may 'easily , wréck .@ company by interference based on | such ignorance." Directors of a meddléeome disposition may give endless unnecessary trou- ble'and annoyance to 'the staff which is pro- ductive of no good result, In gther words, were the directors of present public companies | to be held responsible for thé management the«_ result would probably be a state of chaos, the substitution of ignorance for experiance, and a distinct change for the worde asa whale, The shareholders in these tompani¢a wotlld 'not even be decoyed by the names -of tha- "guinea pigs' if they really thought they were to be compelled to. manage their affairs, They are quite well aware that the Mr, ————_ tho usually "joins after allotment" is the man . who, under certain. mild restraints, is to have the whole thing in' his hands, Nor is it clear ~ that any better men would be got if the penalties suggested by Mr, 'Speyer were im- posed ; rather the reverse would bé the case —men would come in who would not only sell their names for a' few hundreds a year, but who would, not shrink from eventual risk of financial and even criminal liability. -In 'other: words, men with neither true moral nor" financial position, but who only have handles ~ to their names, implying that. thoy may'have both, Mr. Speyer foreshadows 'more pay for better me ny~but: you could easily have more pay and get nothing "better, As it is the burden of success or failure lies mainly on the shotilders of those who have' brought about the scheme, and non-success does bring a certain obloguy upon them, /It is . true tha ignorant dummies who .have watched tho. various steps to failure ought to have black marks put 'against their namesytat, after all, their ignorante ia dnd should be a ofrtain protection, Public criticism, and a fet public educated by 'it, should be hojtest and indepéndynt enough to put an end to the worst kind of "guinea-piggism" by - pointing out, when companies are issued, any outrageous cases, Tn other cases wo must 'be content with — the present: xy: stem of dummies.
It is announced that the Countess of Grafton has received from the Countess de Noailles the munificent donation of £1,000 for the fonds of the Gordon Church, Khartoum.
The German Ambassador at Stamboul has left for Thassos on private business.
Ahmed Effendi Hassan, of the Government Contentieux, has been dismissed the service.
The States Railway Administration has decided to double the telegraph line between Akhmin and Assiout.
Le 5 parti del mondo, a dramatization of Jales Verne's romance, in three acts, will be given at 9.25 this evening at the Alhambra Theatre.
The usual six o'clock Sunday evening service at the American Mission Church, Cairo, will be resumed to-morrow. Rev. William Harvey, D. D., will preach the sermon.
The Deutsche Hungarische Dampechiffahrt is starting a new line between Piraeus and the Levant on the 15th October, and another one between Egypt and Antwerp in the course of January.
The Khedivial Liner Osmanieh will leave the Piraeus to-day for Alexandria, where she is due to morrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. Thus she is expected to do the journey with only one night at sea, which will constitute a record.
The coal import between July 1 and September 20 shows an increase of 107,163 tons over the corresponding period of last year, the figures for that portion of the present quarter being ---,271 tons. The import of Welsh coal amounted to 455,329 tons, Newcastle follows with 146,716 tons, and Yorkshire comes third with 122,184 tons. Scotland exported 85,769 tons.
The English mail per the P. and O. Port Said to Brindisi steamer will be made up at the G.P.O., Alexandria, at 8.10 p.m. on Monday for ordinary correspondence, registered letters for W by that boat being accepted, up the 2.10 p. m. Insured articles and money orders must be despatched at noon on that day, and parcels must be handed in at the post-office before noon to-morrow.
The traffic return of the Egyptian Delta. Light Railways, Ltd. for the week ending last Batarday reports total takings of L.E. 4,160, which is an increase of L.E. 426 over the takings of the corresponding week last year. The passenger traffic accounted for L.E. 2,498 of the total, the goods and sundries contributing LE 1,662. Since the commencement of their year, April 1, the sum total amounts to L.E. 93,552, as compared with LE. 85,963 last year.
The British Chamber of Commerce gives notice that it has commenced an employment register, which may be consulted by members requiring clerical or other assistance. Applications will be received, free of charge, from clerks, and others wishing to obtain posts in Egypt. Address, Secretary, British Chamber of Commerce, Alexandria. [Advt.]
Said Bay Shukeir, of the Sudan Government, has arrived in Cairo on his return from Syria, accompanied by his family.
Neguib Bey Ghali, of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, has arrived at Alexandria on his return from Europe. He is proceeding to Cairo in a few days.
Mr Williams, Inspector for Lower Egypt, leaves San Stefano this evening for Cairo.
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The revolutionaries are spreading broadcast proclamation against the Tsar declaring that they will remove singly the props of a cowardly and murderous autocracy,
M. Stolypin promised a deputation of Jews that he would thoroughly investigate the massacre at Siedlce and punish the guilty. He hoped that it would be the last ordeal the Jews would be called upon to undergo. He promised to introduce a bill into Parliament extending Jewish rights. (Reuter)
It is now learned that the reason the Tsar did not attend the funeral of General Trepoff was the discovery at the last moment of a deep-laid revolutionary plot. Many arrests have been made, including some of the Palace servants. (Router)
The Russian press unanimously denounces the Japanese proposals to open the Amur, the Sungari, and the Noni to the commerce of all nations.
The "Times," in an article on this subject, states that Russia honestly means to fulfil her engagements, but that Japan intends the settlement to be comprehensive as well as clear. She fought for an "open-door" and the integrity of China, and does not want to have to fight for them again.
(Reuter)
The feeling in official circles is pessimistic regarding Cuba. Preparations for a military expedition have been completed.
(Peuter,
General Fanston, the Philippine celebrity, has been ordered to proceed to Cuba immediately.
(Reuter)
The election regulations have been promulgated. All males between the ages of 30 and 70 who are able to read and write are entitled to vote. The number of deputies will be 156. (Reuter)
An entire fleet of 690 fishing junks has been lost owing to the typhoon. This brings the mortality up to 10,000.
(Peuter)
The theory is circulated that the driver who wrecked the Scotch express had suddenly become insane.
(Reuter)
Burglars have robbed the Hotel de la Monnaie of 180,000 marks during the night. (H.)
In his toast the Emperor recalled the fact that the Grand Duke of Baden was the initiator of the restoration of the Empire. (Havas)
Frederick William Louis, Grand Doke of Baden, who has celebrated his golden wedding, was born on the 29th September 1826. He succeeded his father as Regent in 1852, to the exclusion of his elder brother Louis, who was mentally incapable of governing. He spent much of his energy in continuous struggles with the ecclesiastical power and at the end of 1855 he banished the Jesuits from the duchy. In the following year he narrowly escapel assassination. He assumed the title of Grand Duke in September 1856 and on the 20th of that month married the daughter of the Emperor William of Germany. He was an ardent advocate of German unity and became an ally of Prussia in the Franco-German War, in which the Badenese contributed in no small degree to the success of the German arms, thereby making themselves extremely unpopular with their former Alsatian friends and neighbours. He was one of the first to accept the constitation of the new German Empire and warmly acclaimed the new Emperor at Versailles. In i981 he was seriously ill and for a year Baden was under regency.
The agitation in Nationalist circles appears to grow keener as the time draws nigh for the return of Mustapha Pasha Kamel to his native land. According to "Al Ahram," the authorities are showing some signs of consciousness that it is unwise to allow open sedition to be advocated in public. The following paragraph appeared in yesterday's issue of that newspaper :– A certain society, whose members have been accused with delivering violent tirades against the British Occupation during the Akaba crisis, have now again been suspected of resuming similar proceedings. The Cairo Gouvernorat has issued a warning to this society in reference to its course of action, and, if it is persisted in, strict measures will be taken.
All the Nationalist Press of Egypt give great prominence to Mr. Wilfrid Blunt's extraordinarily bitter attack on Lord Cromer and the Anglo-Egyptian Administration, which he has embodied in his work entitled "The Atrocities of Justice under British Administration in Egypt." The astonishing spectacle of a well-known Englishman coming forward to bespatter with invective the work of England in Egypt is much relished by all the Pan-Islamic Press and consequently the greatest publicity is being given to the pamphlet in order to arouse all the latent fanaticism of the populace. The most violent among the vernacular newspapers have found a useful ally in their Anglophobe campaign, for Mustapha Pasha Kamel and his journalistic compeers have never excelled Mr. Wilfrid Blunt in the terrible vehemence of that gentleman's attacks on our administration of this country.
His Highness the Khedive will stay until November 7, at Alexandria, proceeding subrequently to Cairo, where on the 9th November he will preside at the review on the anniversary of the King's birthday, in Abdin Square. On November 16, Friday, he will attend Selamlik at the Amron Morque, Old Cairo.
The question of the succession to the Throne of Turkey threatens to become acute.
A few days ago, says a contemporary, Abdul Hamid held a private council at the Palace. There were present the Grand Vizier, the Sheik-ul-Islam, Izzet Pashs (the Sultan's Second Secretary), as well as the Ministers of War, Marine, Foreign Affairs, the Interior, and "Pious Foundations." In spite of the insistence of Izzet Pasha, the Council came to the conclusion that before it was definitely decided to modify the legal order of succession to the Throne, the whole question should be subjected to prolonged and mature inquiry.
Nevertheless the Sultan, at the instigation of Izzet Pasha and Fehim Pasha, has determined the moment that the state of his health is beyond hope of recovery, to summon to Yildiz Kiosk the heir presumptive, Reshad Effendi and Prince Youssouf Izzeddin, who is twelfth in the legal succession, and there shut them up in close confinement. Meanwhile Prince Barhaneddin, who is Abdul Hamid's son, will be proclaimed Prince Regent until the death of his father, and, afterwards, the real Sovereign of Turkey.
Izzet Pasha, who, with certain others, instigated the Armenian massacres and, still more recently, was the evil genius of the Sultan in the Tabah affair, is using every means, in concert with those in immediate attendance on the Sultan, to dissuade him from postponing to his last moments the carrying out of this coup d'état.
The Liberal Ottoman Committee of Union and of Progress, sitting in Paris, has launched in these last few days a manifesto on the subject, exhorting every Ottoman to offer the most strenuous resistance to the realisation of this scheme of Abdul Hamid's to rob the presumptive heir, Reshad Effendi, of bis legitimate rights in favour of Prince Barbaneddin.
It is to be hoped, both for the happiness of all the races of Tarkey and, for the peace of Europe, that at least one or other of the Great Powers, without delay and before they are faced with the accomplished fact, will let its voice be heard at Constantinople, and, if only in the interests of humanity and civilisation, will insist on the strict observance of the laws and customs governing the succession to the Turkish Throne.
The health of Abdul Hamid, who is suffering from cancer, gives rise to increasing anxiety among his attendants.
The Ellerman S.S. Austrian left Alexandria yesterday morning for Liverpool with a general cargo, including 2,504 bales of cotton.
The S.S. Hoherzollern, of the North German Lloyd, is expected to arrive here on Monday at 10 a.m.
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Great excitement was occasioned in the Labban quarter of Alexandria yesterday evening by the death of a native who was killed by an onbashi of police, and it was feared at one stage of the scene so caused that a riot would ensue, but happily the affair ended without serious disturbance.
The details of the case are particularly revolting, and the charge, of course, gains in gravity from the fact that the death of the victim was due to the inexcusable action of a non-commissioned officer of police, who is now under arrest. The facts of the case, in so far as, we have been able to learn them, are as follows:–
Having heard that a quarrel took place between his son and a native grocer's son in the Labbane quarter of Alexandria a native shawish attached to the Labban caracol went to intervene, accompanied by an Italian ombashi, Di Natalli by name.
A certain Osman Ahmed was sitting in front of the grocer's shop when the Italian policemen arrived and tried to arrest the grocer's son. Osman, who was a witness of the quarrel, said to the policeman, "the grocer's son did no wrong and it was your son who attacked him, and I am ready to give my evidence to that effect."
The onbashi and the shawish were greatly enraged by Osman's assertion and poured forth a torrent of abuse, and the three of them then went to the caracol. There the shawish asked Osman if he was really going to give evidence against his son, saying in Arabic Bardo aiz tishhad? "Yes. of course," was the reply. After farther abusive language had been exchanged between the three, the two policemen attacked Osman. The shawish gave him a severe blow on the left side of the chest and the onbashi kicked him in the lower part of the abdomen. The man fell to the ground and died almost immediately.
El Kaimakam Cobbe Bey, acting Hakemdar, and Haddayé Bey, Mamour of the Public Security Department, hastened to the caracol to open an inquiry, but up to the present, we have no information of its results. This morning the body was taken to hospital for the holding of a post-mortem examination.
When news of the unfortunate man's terrible death reached the streets the people collected in numbers in front of the caracol, many trying to force their way in, but happily they were held back by the police and trouble was averted.
The following is the report that was given to the Press this morning by the Gouvernorat:-
'Osman Ahmed, a native of Alexandria, who was summoned yesterday to give witness regarding a quarrel at the Labban Police station suddenly fell down dead in the caracol. The body was taken to the hospital for post mortem examination."
That such meagre details should be officially furnished to the Press is exceedingly regrettable, and we can see no reason for the authorities to keep such a remarkable silence over the affair, as they must necessarily have been in possession of important details, the publication of which could in no way affect the subsequent proceedings.
Much important information which the Egyptologist should not miss is included in M. Victor Loret's Musée Guimet lecture on "L'Egypte au Temps da Totémisme." Although one finds it very hard to believe that the objects in the Negadah vase-paintings are not galley, but stockaded villages, and that the neter sign is not an axe, bnt an ensign, these are not very essential parts of his theory, which is, bric fly, that the gods of the Egyptians were the totems of the different Egyptian clans before they were worshipped as gods. The theory, which is set forth with all M. Loret's ac: customed skill and wealth of illustration, has much to recommend it, and would certainly explain that worship of animals which ever since Roman times has formed one of the standing puzzles of Egyptian religion. The examples which he takes from the so-called slate "palettes" and other relics of arobaio times are convincing enough; but he is not altogether so satisfactory when he comes to define the meaning of "totem." To speak of the emblem as a "signe de ralliement" and an "attribut ethnique" does not take us the whole way, unless he can explain why one olan should choose one emblem, and another, another. It is easy, to understand, for instance, why the royal tribe should call itself "the Hawks" and another "the Elepharts," and such names can be paralleled by the usage of Red Indians and other races. But why should any body of men call themselves the "Tresses of Hair" or the "Crossed Arrows," as according to M. Loret's theory, two of the Egyptian tribes must have done? An opponent of the totemistic theory of religion might sore'y reply that it was because the tribe worshipped, for other reasons, gods of whom the objects in question were, for some reason or another, the emblems, that they gathered under their banners, in the way that we hear under Rameses II, of a Regiment of Amen, a Regiment of Ptab, and the like. Yet the longer one studies M. Loret's theory, the more interesting and probable does it become.
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On his arrival here on Saturday from Vienna H.H. the Khedive was received by Genera Husni Pasha, A.D.C. of the Sultan. Mehmed Reshad Bey, Kapu Kehaya ad interim of Egypt, and Mr. Adam Block, British Delegate on the Ottoman Public Debt, were also presert at Serkidji Terminus.
The Khedive and suite proceeded in State to Yildiz, and paid homage to his Imperial Majesty. He afterwards paid a visit to his mother, Emine Khanem, at Bebek, and then crossed over to Tchibukli, where he will spend the fortnight, returning to Egypt by the Mahroussa.
I am given to understand that M. Psychs, secretary of the Hellenic Consulate here, is to succeed M. Callerghi at Cairo.
The fine new twin sorew S.S. Osmanieh, of the Khedivial Mail Line, arrived in port at 2 p.m. last afternoon.
Mr. Allen, General Manager, and the Sub-Manager of the Company who came with her from Alexandria held a reception on board from 2 to 6 p.m..
The reception was attended by his Highness the Khedive and many Ottoman nótables.
The Osmanieh sails on Thursday at 8 p.m. for Mitylene, Smyrna, Piraeus, and Alexandris, where she will arrive on Sunday at 4 p.m. thus making the voyage in 70 hours, which will include 10 hours' stoppages at the intermediate ports.
The Stamboul Criminal Court has extended to ten days the warrant for the arrest of an Armenian agitator, Mardiros Karabetian by name, who has fled to Egypt.
The christening of the Imperatul Trajan will be performed at Constantza on October 5.
The Turkish papers publish summaries of the speeches delivered at the inauguration of the Maan-Tabouk section of the Hedjaz Railway. General Rahmi Pasha, who represented H.I.M. the Sultan at the ceremony, delivered an elequent speech and dwelt lengthily upon the importance from every point of view of the Hedjaz Railway, which will so greatly facilitate the pilgrimage to Medina. The line traverses country through which the Prophet journeyed in days of old, said the General, and it will lead to the welfare and prosperity of the whole of Arabia--the desert will be transformed into a fertile oasis. The success of the undertaking is enhanced by the fact that the railway is being built under the greatest difficulties which Divine Providence helps to overcome.
In Wednesday's issue we made some comments in our leading article on certain statements made in our selections from the article on England and Germany in Turkey, which appears in the current number of the "Contemporary Review." The article is very interesting and we advise our readers to peruse it in toto. For those, who may be unable to obtain this issue of the "Contemporary" we append the following further extracts, which are of considerable local interest :-
Germany is still supported in Turkey by the Palace party, and by no one else. The likings and the hopes of the mass of the population, so far as they think and hope, are turned to England. When, in the recent crisis over the Egyptian frontier question, it was expected that the English ships were to seize some part of Turkish territory, a Turk of high rank and long experience, said in conversation, "If the English ships come, I believe that the Turks here will rise in a body and entreat them to remain." Many people in Turkey, and, not least, a considerable body of the more educated Mohamedans, openly expressed the wish that the Sultan might stand firm and make no concession, and the hope that strong action on the part of England might ensue, for the opportunity was favourable to England in such a degree as might not occur again; and probably no one doubts that, if the Sultan had received even slight encouragement from any important quarter, or if England had made any concession from the terms of the Ultimatum, he would have refused to withdraw his troops. It was said quite freely in Constantinople, as the Ultimatum was approaching its term, that English officials there had urged the English Government to make some small concessione, in order to open a more graceful way of retreat for the Sultan, and the prophecy was repeatedly made in my hearing, hopefully by some, anxiously by others, that any concession would precipitate a conflict. There was, however, a general feeling of relief, even among the most bellicose, when it was whispered one morning, at the expiry of the term allowed in the Ultimatum, that on the previous night at eleven o'clock a telegram from London had intimated the resolve of England to made no concession, and that the British Ambassador had in person carried this message to the Palace at that late hour, and allowed twelve hours more for deliberation, whereupon the Council had sat till four o'clock in the morning. I do not mean to assert that these were the exact facts as they really occured. These were the reports current in well-informed ciroles and generally believed.
We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents, but we wish, in a spirit of fair play to all, to permit--within certain necessary limits--free discussion.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE EGYPTIAN GAZETTE." Sir, To those who remember Cairo before the great Pyramid was accurately measured inside and out, when the great explorers rode there on donkey back, and camped for their serious work in the adjoining cave tombs, the change to an electric tramway and luxurious modern Hotel is very striking. But all signs of progress and civilization vanish as soon as the Pyramids are entered, and visitors can only examine their grim interiors with candles in hand, supported by two perspiring men, and at the risk of their necks. Perish the thought of antiquarian research. These monuments, however, are no longer the hunting grounds of Arab Sheikhs, and the vampires of bakshish. It ought not to be difficult at the present day for the department of Egyptian Antiquities to clear the passages of dirt and sand, and introduce electric lighting, which is installed close by, and, more important still, to lay down in the interior passages specially designed handrails, and ladders, such as are provided in engine rooms, to give access without interfering with a view of any feature. Those should be made of gun-metal; and no doubt it would be possible to secure them in position by clamping, and without boring holes in the priceless masonry.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE "EGYPTIAN GAZETTE." Sir,-In a remarkable article appearing in the "Egyptian Morning News" of to-day "Bernie" says in reference to the Denishwai Case: "As men on the spot, and having heard all the evidence in connection with the case we were entitled and still are in the absence of rebutting testimony to give an expression of opinion worthy of weight (sic) vis-a-vis with the parlour journalists who only sit and wait for an ex parte report."
I would merely ask whether "Bernie" was on the spot, and if so why full accounts did not appear in the "Egyptian Morning News." Would "Bernie" care to publish what space was given in the English portion of that paper to the account of the Denishwai trial other than those portions copied word for word from the "Egyptian Gazette" and written by myself!
Yours truly,
TO THE EDITOR OF THE "EGYPTIAN GAZETTE' Sir,-Having noticed the correspondence in your estimable journal about National Anthems and the charge of "A 20 years Resident," against civilian Englishmen, as if they were all Government officials, it has occurred to me that perhaps he has been mistaken in the matter and that the delinquents were most probably some of the unofficial class who like to pose for what they are not, and in thinking how to prevent this it has occurred to me that the best means would be for every Englishman in the Government service to wear some distinguishing badge so that no mistake can possibly be made between the two categories, and as I can well remember that during the reign of the late Khedive Ismail Pasha it was considered an honour for Europeans to wear the tarbush and stambouline, as a distinguishing mark of the superiority of the Government functionary, that it might be a good thing if every one of the Englishmen who draw their pay from the Egyptian Government were to wear the headdress of the country.
They all engage to wear the tarbush, and do so, in their office, when earning their pay, and if they were to continue its use in the evening, it would prevent their being classed with, and often taken for the common herd of commercial people that are now flocking in Cairo, and are to be seen when the entertainments are gratis or nearly so. It would have another advantage as the powers that be could immediately distinguish a man who committed an act of discourtesy, or want of tact, and see whether it was or was not an official. And I feel sure that the above charges could never be made against any of the former who are always so willing to show their loyalty to the Head of the State that employs them.
The British Officers in the Egyptian Army wear their tarbushes after 8 p.m. and very becoming they look; why therefore should not the civilian English Officials follow their example, and thus avoid being taken for the persons above mentioned. The tarbush has an advantage over the hat by being very comfortable to the head, inexpensive, easily stowed away when indoors, and kept on the head in a gale of wind.
I have often been amused to see the imitation Englishmen (Levantines of various sorts) being saluted by Cairo policemen because they have taken to the straw hat and wear their trousers turned up at the bottoms and with a fly whisk in their hands pose for what they are not.
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