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The Eastern Extension and Australasia Telegraph Company's steamer Patrol arrived on Thursday night from Singapore.
In the Summary Court on the 28th ult, mafoo sued Captain Keller of the Sherwood' Foresters for $29 in respect of the keep of a pony. Mr. Justice Wise dismissed the suit, after hearing evidence.
It is notified in the Gazette that H.M. the King has not been advised to exercise his power of disallowance with respect to Ordinance No. 1 of 1903 (Ordinance to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Public Health and to Buildings).
Evidences of activity in the construction of the new tramways are now mostly confined to the East.rn end of the City. The standards for carrying the overhead wires are lying along the the sides of the streets waiting to be placed in position. At Bowrington good progress is being made with the power station.
Practice commenced on the 29th ult. at the nets with a view to assisting in the selection of a cricket team to go up to hangbai. The following players have been invited by the Committee to practise:-J. T. Dixon, W. E. Dixon, A. S. Anton, R. Hancock, H. Hancock, F. Maitland, A. G. Ward, T. Sercombe Smith, T. E. Pierce, W. C. U Turner, R. E. O. Bird, D. Piper, C. R. S. Cooper, J. E. Lee, Major Chichester, H. Arthur- - Fletcher, T. C. Gray, Capt. P, G. Davies, R. A., A. Wilson, R.N., A. Mackenzie, W. H Howard, A. R. Lowe, and Lients. Rimington, 8.F., Heath, and Smith, RA. Some of the above, it is definitely known. will not be able to get away, but their presence at the practics is still desired. Scratch matches will be played, in addition to the ordinary net-work.
Late on the 28th ult. a party of young men went on to the "Star Ferry wharf at Kowloon to take the incoming launch for Hongkong, and one of their number when about to sit down on the bench at the side of the wharf over- balanced and fell backwards into the water.
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THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
H.M.S. Cressy arrived on the 29th ult. from Weihaiwei, which she left on the 24th ult.
The appointment of Mr. H. Hursthouse as Acting Crown Solicitor during the absence on vacation leave of Mr. F. B. L. Liowley is notified in the Gazette,
It is notified in the Gazette that no dogs brought from Shanghai will be permitted to land in this Colony for a period of six months from the 28th August.
The China Navigation Company has added another liner to the fleet that plies between Hongkong and Manila, the steamer Kaifong being the latest addition. This will give this company a weekly service; the kaifong will run alternatively with the Sungkiang, so that these steamers will leave Hongkong and Manila every Wednesday and arrive in alternate ports every Saturday.
An Ordination will be held in S. John's Cathedral on Sunday, 20th inst.. when it is expected that three European missionaries, two from Folkien and one from Kwangsi, will receive Priests' Orlors. The last Ordination
held in the Cathedral was on S. Thomas's Day, December 2 st, 1879, we see from Church Notes, that in fature the The Bishop intend's ordination of Europeans shall take place in 8. John's Cathdral, which is not merely the Parish Church of the Colony of Hongkong, but also the Cath-dral Church of the whole diocese of Victoria.
on the 1st iust. He was bathing in company of some friends, and fell off a rock on which he was sitting into deep water. No one appears to have noticed the accident, or, if they did, to have been able to render assistance, and the unfortunate man was drowned. The body was recovered about one hour afterward by a villager, who dived into the water and brought it to the surface. Sergeant Clark, in charge at Shatin, and a.natire temple-keeper had pre- viously tried to recover it by the same process, but without success.
It was reported on the 29th ult. that while Mrs. Jackson was walking from the Hongkong Hotel to Pedder's wharf about 11 o'clock in the forenoon, she was set upon by a Chinese coolie who snatched away a gold chain, which the lady wore round her neck, and a handbag and ran off at full spead. The street was pretty busy at the time but none of the numer- ons Chinese who witnessed the robbery made any attempt to stop the thief; instead of that a number of coolies jeered at the lady's dis- comfiture. The police have the case in hand.
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residing Kowloon City was drowned near Shatin, New He came to the surface again almost immediate-Territory, on the 30th ult, the police reported ly but as he was unable to swim and as companions were in a like case, he seemed for a time to be in imminent danger of drowning. His friends were greatly alarmed but were unable to lend any assistance. Fortunately, just at that moment Mr. S. Gidley happened to come forward and when he saw what the position of matters was be promptly cast off his jacket He and jumped into the water to the rescue. had considerable difficulty in keeping afloat the immersed man, who was not in a condition to know what he was doing, but eventually the rescuer secured a grasp of him about the neck- dress and swimming to one of the wharf-piles clung on to it until a sampan came and delivered them from their dangerous plight. Just as they were taken off, the ferry launch steamed in, so they were lucky in being rescued before she ran in on top of them. Eye-witnesses state that Mr. 8. Gidley, who is employed in the Sanitary department, acted with great gallantry, and we trust his brave action may be rewarded suitably. On the 1st inst. a Chinese ward-boy at the Government Civil Hospital was sent about his business, but on the following night he returned, without permission from anybody, and proceeded to put into operation what is believed to be a da ing scheme of robbery. He arrayed himself in one of the flannel suits worn by patients, and in the dim light of the wards looked like an inmate taking a harmless stroll round the place. It is supposed that his object was to get at the belongings of the patients, the repository of which he was of coarse familiar with. ward-boy on duty saw bim. but did not immedi-water-pipe, but each lost his bold and fell ately penetrate the disguise. The interlo er, however, did not move about with the freedom of a man not bent on mischief; he displayed a suspicious desire to skulk in the dark, and brought about his own undoing. The ward-boy approached the flannel-robed figure and saw at once who it was; he asked what the other wanted there, got a halting reply that carried no satisfaction with it, and promptly called Sister Franklin, who was also on duty. The trespasser was eventually given into police custody, and was sentenced to two months hard labour at the Police Court on the 3rd inet. on a charge of being in the hospital for an unlawful | ригроза.
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[September 7, 1903.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Rear-Admiral Evans, U.8.N., is hating a thorough survey made of Chefoo harbour,
Mr. E. vou Hirsch, for some time Consul and Acting Cousal-General for Austro-Hungary at Shanghi, has been appointed Consul-General.
The Rev. Father Hendrick has been conse-
crated Bishop of Cebu, and will shortly leave, for the seat of his future labou's, says a New York telegram.
On the 21st ul. General Ventris presented the South African War medals to the Sherwood Foresters at Tientsia. The medal roll included Lt.-Col. C. N. Watts, Lient. Popham, D.8.0., Lieut. Shepard, 19 non-commissioned officers, two doctors, and 58 men.
Poor Marshal Sa, says the 1. & T. Times, was confined in the the very room in the Board of Punishments Yamen where the wretched Shen suffered his martyrdom, the ghastly mementos of his suffering still staining the floor. The occupant found this unbearable, and managed to effect a transfer by paying Tis. 800,
The latest report of the Board of Health for the City of Manila shows the following: Cholera-March 21, 1902, to December 31, 1902, cases, 4,664; deaths, 3,650; recovered, 369; recovered, 38; total, cases, 5,077; deaths 1,194 to August 21, 1903, cases, 413; deaths, 3,928; recovered, 1,142. Smallpox-To Anguзt 22, 1903, cases, 94; deaths, 13; recovered, 78. Plague-To Angust 22, 1903, cases, 195; deaths, 164; reo vered, 31.
For smuggling dutiable goods from Hong- kong into Manila on the transport Seward, Captain Harry B. Chamberlin, Quartermaster, US Army, has been sentenced to pay a fine of $500 in currency of the Unit-d States, in default of which payment he is to be committed to Bilibid until the fine is paid at the rate of one day for each five dollars. Captain Chamberlin has got stay of execution granted and been liberated on his own recognisances.
An Ostusiatische Lloyd message dated Tsing- tao, 27th August, says: -Twenty-five mostly very heavy criminals, who were occupied in building a street near Syfang, knocked down a Germau soldier on police duty and wounded three Chinese policemen. Twenty-one of them then fled. The troops of the Garrison of Tsingtao are patrolling the country and have already captured several of tho men. The soldier was brought to the hospital, where he was found to have had his skull fractured in different places
The situation of Acheen continues to mend
says the Straits Times in its Netherlands India news. The enemy have been pushed hard since The authorities at the Central Police Station the Sultan submitted, and their leader, Pang- reported on the 3rd inst. that on the previous lima Polem, has been hotly pursued. The roning an outbreak of fire occurred in an earth- enemy's numbers had been considerably thinned enware dealer's store ou the first floor of a house in successive encounters, whon a flying column in Yu Hing Lane, near the German Tavern, came upon Panglima Polem's lurking place and Queen's Road West. The fire spread to the scattered his men with the loss of 29 killed. upper floor, & family house, and this, with This, mishap, coming upon previous disasters, The resulted in Panglima Polem writing to the floor underneath, Was gutted.
condition that the pursuit should be slackened, ground floor, which is used as a fat-boiling Governor of Acheen ffering submission on establishment, escaped, the only damage sus- tained there being from water. The premises The Governor refused to stop the pursuit. It on which the fire occurred are insured, as is also is expected that Polem will not hold out long. the fat-boiling establishment, but the dwelling Dutch successes are reported also from Central house on the top story is not insured. The cause of the fire is unexplained.
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Two Chinamen have died in hospital from injuries sustained whilst attempting to escape from the police during the execution of a gambling warrant at Yaumati on the 27th ult. by Inspector Macdonald. They were climbing down from the second floor by means of a
escape.
to the ground. A third man had a narrow
He was walking along a ledge run ning in front of the verandah in order to reach the adjoining house and safety; the ledge at one part gave way under his weight, and only a quick clutching at down-hanging venetian blinds saved him from following his companions in misfortune. He succeeded in regaining his footing and getting in'o the house he was aiming for.
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Three cases of suspected cholera have occurred on board the Russian gunboat Otvaṛny, lying at Nagasaki. The Otvazny was quarantined at Shanghai for cholera previously,
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The N.-C. Daily News of the 20th ult, says :- We learn that on her arrival here to-day the behalf of the Viceroy at Nanking, the owner of R M. S. Empress of India will be arrested on the cruiser Wongtai. There having been loss a ton, say £90,000, and a bond, we presume, of life, the Empress, if in fault, is liable for £15 will have to be given for this or some amal- ler sum by the agents of the Canadian Pacific Railway. We learn that Messrs. Stokes and Platt are retained for the Empress and Messrs. Drummond and White-Cooper for the Wongtai The theory that the Empress struck the Wongtai with her starboard propeller when the two vessels closed is supported by the fact that the four blades of the former's starboard
in addition four or five plates on the starboard propeller had to be changed in Hongkong, and side had to be dealt with, and some superficial damage to the superstructure made good." Mr. D. E. Brown, agent in Hongkong for the the 1st inst in connection with this affair. C. P. R. Co., left for Shanghai on the Doric on