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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4678, 28 March 1894, Page 2

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from lengthy' noticed for cleanlin^H^^^^^^| the New/' favourably brothers,'distrib/u^^^^^^^H that that far centre" oft Sal <<l^^^^^^^H -heathet^^^^^^^H ciscojiuwhioh'3,Q(^^^^^^H be'orampedforro^^^^^^^^l least 20,00(^^^^^^^H seemsitbß^^^^^^^H money they ca^^^^^^H retiiw^^^^^^^H native'.larid,;B^^^^^^H REPULSIVE AN^^^^^^^^B said to. be. of than XelaeV whatever may be said respeotß, among the Obiaeae. frequently'H stupefy thomsei»e r ß:with nob with.rain.;!' The shops aro;mosi;B grotesque ■'■ wijfcb '] their MinteliigibljM decorations and. letterings, recalling'H memories of tbfl faatastio tea-caddies H arid bunches: of , fireoraokers,' .TheM names of the' merchants have that I ouridusj combination of monotonousM monosyllables which causes them toH slip from the meiDorylike: : jronsyiH water from a duck's anyaight under the lanterns and through uolighted alleys . Oriental throng/ Policemen doubtletjH stand upon a corner here and tbereH and small parties of tourists piok tbeitH way uridjr lead of professional guides H 1 the remaining thousands areOelestialS all. The scene is of the Obinaman afl home, restored'to authentity of typsH by the countenances of numbers; ariH so in the. twinkling of an ejo American becomes a foreigner in. hfl own land; a tolerated guest in a tastib". realm whose lohief apparenM hold-upon reality is its substratumguinea wickedness. It is a grotesquH jumble, a ''fl -•' " PANOPTICON OF IBEPSHOWS. S^B Women shoemakers huddled in'diminutive roomsjbarbers chins, and.oleaning e,ars M ey"efal!g!| while their patrons jit m ; :thei|oni||| constrained attitude of meekly-holding the armed with a long stiok dipped;in||;' ink',soberly makingpiotures of spiders in perpendicular rows ■'apq'S' theoaries expounding the: medioinajS; virtues of; desiccated toad, rat;and?if snake; restaurantem* serving really ? palatable conserves, with pots of \ deleotable tea;,shopkeepers strange foreign fruits and "dubious'-J odihles plucked from, the depths j)M oight-mare; merchants displaying finitude of curious trinkflfutwd elat |n fl rata costly..wares jforahippers>Sl readers of the boi 0 f fate inriobH templesniohed witl moouthdeitiesjH conventional actors laying intermin-B able hißtrionics appreciative auditom gamblers stoio-H ally venturing desUte gamea'bfH ohauce with cards \pd dominoes :M opium-smokers bunks in a hot sickening fumes; lepers upon occasional alms flung that avoids the contamiaatiof tact; female chattels,; still' innocent of face despite wrongs, yet no whit abore of their deep damnation—nuoh Chinatown one. brings away in' memory after several hours of entering, ascending, descending, : crbsH sing and delving. The gambling denH and opium oellars are. visitedl in'.coriH pany with a policeman, as it is noH safe to go alone, They are filthß places, where either ried on by a mass of repulsive Hans, or opium is being men dozing in a half drunken elee^H THE JOSS HOUSES, OR TEMPI,EB,^B are hung with ponderous'gildod ings, with costly draperies'an machinery of worship. . are fearful countenance, bristlirtg decked with tinselled vestal flame burns dimly in'a and near it stands a huge gong. attendant strikes this arouse the god, and' then himself before tho altar. of short'billets, half round, are tossed into the air to bode good luck to you, according as upon the one or tho other side. good augury having been dint of persistent tossing, a.qaiv^^H of joss-sticks' is.hext taken in and dexterously shaken until have fallen to the floor. : The are numbered, and . paragraphs iu a fate-book that resorted to, and yon are informed that you will live years to come; that you will within two years, and, if your air flOßm to ooutitenance such ture, that you will shortly motis winnings at pokeTr-s«4^^H MONGOLIAN PUY-Hodrel^^H Here,' too, are Cbineaa' where the entire audience the performance goes on amid beating of. drums and monotonous squealing of struments. The plays historical, or at least vary in length" from six or to a serial of duration... There .celebrity packs the house to [atanding-TOOm, and .there samo strained silent quick rippling. reßponsd passages that mark ■' our houses; but such applause as the clapping the stamping of'feet is Moreover, iho orchestra, gongs,: cymbals and tionables, is a thing of greetthe ear on approach, quit it in departure, and counted upon for that follow indigestion. HIOUBINDEB SOCIEI^^^^H The Beeret; /society' Highbinders was created: half centuries ago in of devoted patriots, and ated into an further the ends revenge long beforeit to, this'country.' espionage that bad controlleditat homei to evade a police Chinese toDgue, it and power with great greater portion pf : town, have always dustrious'' : society v rewarded'" cutioni<rmn Bp'^CMrup]ed l bnbery| : oonvl^dHl^nri^^^^^^l

of jautooratio. word was there ensued a Celestials a. praotioal '. / B*M' soattsrod, inumtemples and bare, and ibe Yet, still, H^^^Refted'the lowest of; to-day, an nnchertypical fac'es,out» ,.o£ nether of underground a manend . baibaric that of her owner" knot bea wholly \ of irredeom- ' Ul ' ' 8 why one 3 "novelties of the regret, and draws the BHJptSviliziitioi), '