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It seems (styr our Bangkok contemporary) Bading an outlet in the Queen's Road and Bowen Road, and have then rushed down the kill that the Chinese Commissioners who visited forming a torrent of inch strength as to render carrying everything before them, The last and Bangkok a year or tws aga, have reported that it a matter of alfalty and danger to those who most serious of these landstips has conrred im the portion of their countrymen in Slum le not had the temerity to wade it, t
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MARY OF THE KWANG-PAO."
28th May.
BANGKOK
We are informed that the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation will on the 20th May Borin to issue bank notes of the value of The Quem'e Road (toelf presented each a yards out of the Grand Stand. From this spot
Be careful in the selection of your friends, the 1 tical, 5 ticals, and 10 ticale, zaspatively. The valus is coloured differently, so as to pretent posed on other Forsiga subject and that they picture as has probably never been witnessed the water has washed down the hill in the age of to-day warmly advisas, and notos are of si convenient sine and each kind of have great dificulty in obtaining jurtion in the before within the memory of the oldest inhabit ner just mentioned, dashed through the Protontkeny, from those who take pleasure and mastukoa de mnoh se possible. Thoss of the Siamese Courts.The Commissioners therefore recommend that the Chiness Government should at From one end to the other the Road has mont Cemetery, carrying away a grest portion delight in irregular and immoral habits, but leb lowest rains are colored red; the next groen, and
in preparation and will be issued shortly. The ́~ send à Consal to Bangkok to attend to the in-saffered considerably from the storm, but the of the wall on the side nearest the Race Course, all your friends be of a kind that will benefit you the highest blue Notes of higher values a Central and Eastern portions have fared, worst spanned the road which divides the Cemetery moral and in an intellectual point of view,
Government bas authorised the Custom Hear beroete of their subjente in fina
the selection, has taken place in the capital officials to receive the new cotes in paymosi of From the Viotoris. Hotel, westward, the road from the course, and having thas reached the
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dutice, and wo bro. no doubt they will speedily Eighteen years ago-writes the Catholic itself, although out ap sefburls, presents on the level poured the whole of its volume on
Halch-fa-obing, Commissioner of Justion of become the abfef medium of exchange all over Vicar Apostolio of Southern, Japan, tinting whole, by cumparison with other streets, a fairly Race Coures. The sight presented by this
the castry.. from Nagasaki- the Japanese authorities't rack-
The Royal Library, a handsome new building ed the Christions as if they wers wild beasts, respectable appearance. It is from a fow yards fall yesterday morning as viewed from the Hao, bas been appointed Minister to the and sat them into prison upon the mere ens past the Victoria Hotel right down to Wong-nel Race Course was one to be remembered. From Court of B James, vice Ches, who begged leave within the precincts of the Falsos, vos formally the 14th May by H. M. the King, picion of their being Christiane, and now we chong that the full force of the prodigions store the highest point of the slip, almost as far as to resign the appointment on the ground of opened
and dedicated to the memory of his revered Eathor have police to protest as during or religions oere has been folt. Commencing at Mosura. Powell & the eye could rough, right down the hillside to sickness.
At the entrance of the harbour monies.
At Kao-yag a band of robbers peuofanted into. M.Le late Phra Cho Kiso. The event was celebrated in European fashion by holding of Nagasaki, three leagues from the city, les Co.'s on the one side and the Hall & Holts Co. the Eats Conrst, was one straight, unbroken, little isle, one league in circumference, upon operative Company on the other, scarcely a house seathing catarnot. It was impossible yestara druggiate, shop and threatened to set ure to his fans fair or bazaar in the garden between the which stand the engines and appliances requisite has escaped. Mesra. Powall & Company and day to sacertain what amount of damage house and shop unless payment was made of Palace and the Library, for the benoût of the funds of the new Institution. Stalls were kept for working the coal mines the gallerier of Mera. Maalen, Frickal & Co., who econpy has been done to the Cemetery or what its $200. The sum had to be pata.
A wife has lodged a complaint against her by the thres Queens and other Slamess edirs which extend in all-directions far under the
and also by many of the Princes Amongat sea. The sepent of the island itself with ite game hasament, were flooded throughout, the nature, but it cannot be doubted but that
many others, H. R. H. Prince Devaworksā houses on Bys or ma stages of galleries gies one water sweeping clear through the ground floor, it is very serious, and a number of tombstones husband for having sold their child.
A thief was brought before the Pan-yü Maproated at a refreshment stall. II. R. H. the ides of its being snapanded in the air. Its Under the boarding which forms the ground wore en washed on to the Race Coures, foundations are in fact subsiding into the floor of this builting Is a concrete floor, the Every one will without exceptions regret most gistrato who confessed having sialan various Prince Ong Nei sold fans at another stall, and "A. NOW REMEDY." :
water.and it has sunk ton foot in the last twenty
ware. The Queens and other ladies sold embroi yasre. Houses that stood well above the high distance between the two floors being about keenly the wrecking of what has rightly been effects, but pleaded for mercy on the ground that H. R. H. Prince Savasti at a third sold hard- PEPTONIZED FLUID EXTRACT OF est fides are now Brodod or bare to be elevated three fest. The water peastrated this space and called, so far as natural heuntios are concorned, he was driven to such a step by sanitored docedulks and other fancy werk, and elf entered into the spirit of the thing with great energy ton higher level. Moreover the springs have filled it, and the only means of ejecting it were "the most picturesque cometery in the world." omstances. dried up and water for domestic vee has to be found by taking up several of the planks BEEF KARN,
It would certainly require the "tougues of
and affability. The proceedings bogan on the 14th May at 6 pm, and lasted till next morning PECIALLY introduced for Invalids and all imported and in sold every morning at the and fixing a hose to the manual Bro engine angels." save perhaps for the pression of the
st. They were remained the same evening and terminated the following morning at who suffer from weak or impaired digestion. ket The trees have all withered and get near
10. On both nights there was a large at- Being made from the bust fresh Bugish Beef in the pit's-mouth is a large village half the pops which was leat by the Government, and this stands, to courie a stranger to the colony that a very concentrated form it is admirably adapted lation of which is Christian. Jen yars ago re- thus pamped not the wator, which was led by the Race Course was over what its name implies
by-tendanne of Siamese chiefly of the upper olas- for general family use and for travellers on boardgious service was performed in a private house smother boss into the harbour. Mossra Hall At present is one vast lake. The artificial,
506; there were also a few Enrojiesus, mostly of acquired for the purpose, the structure of and Holtz have suffered less than might have and what may be onllod legitimate lake, bas bo
officials in the Sinmesa employment. The westlar skip..
i will keep good for any length of time in which was settling down and has since en han expected All-hands were put-on to work cemeatsorbed into the warts of waters, which
demolished. The population were too poor; to
and bands of music fiert the air with harmony, parehase a site and build a churah. The priest at an early hour yesterday morning, and metre augmented considerably by the few
Crowds of gaily dressed people wandered at out of the mission applied to the engineer in charge of the stock which was stored in the godowns From the hillside already mentioned. of the works, an English Pro estant gentleman,
was removed and placed on the appor floors the Grand and the other Stand, although
from eball to stall admiring the wares end chat. tering with the stall koupers, who perseveringly and the head of the Freemasons at Nagasaki The godowis filled rapidly, and at one time con- flooded at the basement, hava, so far as can be
ondesrotired to induce them to make purchase. By means, principally, of subscriptions. reoaived"
The combined effects of the lively and pic through this gentleman's introductions, a site talvel water to the height of five foot. Moss., suffers little from the storm.
The volume of water in the Bowrington Canal
turesque sosue and the music were very fine, and was purchased and a church was built; at the Lane, Crawford & Co's store, being raised some
it is to be hapnd that similar entertainments in opening of which the Japanese director of the distance above the level of the road escaped, has of coures been greatly augmented. At vas
which Siamese ladies may taho a prominent part mine assisted; and during the day the company's but the godowns and chandlery store, which spot, where it passes under the bridge which steamer carried gratuitourly, to aud fee between
the King hat also by the Princes and Nobles the island and Nagasaki the missionaries and
will be more frequently given not only by H. M. and the apper olassos of the Siamess generally.
-Mercantile Gaseile. their pupils, altogether G in number,"
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A stranger to Canton was found drowned in the most inside the city wall.
A hard drinker drinks to such an ersese that on his return home he drops down dead.
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The sociottes in Canton have been notified the guilds in Shanghai that such Cantonese die at that part will it without relatives or money be buried at the public expe
A man raus away from Fatehan with a sam of money, but finding he is purated he commits suicide by falling into the river.
PEKING.
was fire, the stalls were brilliantly lighted.
An example of the frequent and impndant come to light, and as the case, in its ciroam ore stocked with a quantity of valuable goods, rans at the back of the Circus ground, the frauds under the transit pass system has just were flooded and considerable damage done quantity of water was so great that being stances, is of the usual kind, we give the details, The ground floors of the Hongkong Dispensary, able to pass, and got being able to carry away A respectable storekeeper of this place, who A collision is reported from Japan between the Hongkong Club, and the Supreme Court were the Bridg's, which remains intact, it has gone since his establishment here has never evaded bin the Japanese steamer Helon-maru and the sise fooded, while the sand and stones carried at of its conres, carried away a large portion legal obligations, or amnggled, or brought in goods for Chinese, naked for and obtained
THE HORSE IN CHINA. British steamer, Taiyuan, which left Rebo on down by the water feam Wyndham Stroot slted of the roadway, and after forming an indapan threagh his Consal in Tioulais a pass for some the 15th May for the Culouien. On the 20th
The Chiness Tinies translates the following Mar, the Heion-mera areived in the Kizu-gewa,ap sufficiently to completely cover the road beat stream of semicirenler shape, has joined 135 poolagen of goods: The gords only came
here on the 12th instant, above are or six days from Der Urfosiatische Lloyd- and the Hyogo News publishes the following tween the Club and the Supreme Court to the the anal again on the other sida. particulara. A 250 nm. on the 16th May the height of the top stop at the entrance. From the As already stated, although the western part overdue. On enquiring into the case of delay
The shaggy, unkempt, gaily caparisoned it appears that the cargo hoat was detained at Helos-maru wasi ranning the inner passings of Post Ofles corner, the sad stopal gently down, of the town tas contributed its tale of meal Ho Hsi-wu, and probably fiued. The boatman, Mongolian Rofusate, provided with a mark of the Kurushima Straits, and those on board no- ticed a steamer fimt turned out to be the but from here to the corner of Ice House Lane ty to swell the sum total, it has escaped far easier befoe leaving Tientei, had anrreptitiously of bells, noh as we see him daily in the site of a mandatin, or in the service of the pig-tailed Taiyuan apparently about to unter the outer was one lake. Nearly every store was Looded, than the other portions: The Wallah, as taken on boaril 15 mckages of foreign goods, curalry, is certainly an object that might eroile passage from the opposite direction. Suddenly Mosses. Cruickshank & Co., Dakin Bros., Lang past No. 7 Station, userllowed and flooded from Chinaman he says, but probably on the cours of the Taiyuas was altered, and the & Co, Ginou Frores, and Hensemann and Herbst several houses in the vicinity; in one the result foreign account, judging by the nature of the ammiseration. Compared with his Arabien goods, which are of foreign origin and for aud oren Europesa kindred, the Mongolian ressed came into the. inuer passage. Owing
No transit pass was given for these considering the circumstance that the Chinarasu ateed noonpies a vary subordinate position; and to the force of the current the Leion-maru have been apparently the worm enfferers, their being loss of life. The water from the over foraigo asa. cont do nothing to avoid a gallision, and the ground floors being washed completely. Outside charged nullal, assisted by streams from the satra 15 packages, and at He Hsi-, where appears to bestow zo litla care on the animal, two steamera came together with a terrible crash, each and every of those stores, the whole length of hillside, rushed with great force into the back of the boat was examined, the excess of cargo Was The Heion was struck ou the port side, her bows the portion of theroad, were to be seen busy hands boase No. 416, Queen's Road West, and quickly discovered. It was also discovered that there might also be justilled in believing that he store in, decks opened out, aud's hole about seven
Fientsia Tastai'a pass had been manipulated stands exovediarly low in the national esteom, feet long, reaching below the loadise, made in tempting to atom the relentless rash of waters flooded the ground floor. A number of persis In this case the respectable storekeeper is the Such, however, is not the case, for horse-breeding
Middle Kingdom. her side. Quantitiae of water rushed into the by the means of hoardings, xsul &o, Amongst were sleeping on the floor and all managed to saffrar, though he had no part in the frandins enjoyed particular care and attention in the ressel through the grineous wound but fortun- the minor inconveniences of the storm was the escape except two, an old mas.and a boy of about It would have been wail, thersfors, if the Chi- ately abundance of assistance was immediately fact that Messrs. Campbell, Moore & Co. were fifteen years of age, who were drowned; anthorities, after providing for the legiti mate interests of the houset trader, had confisent. forthoomia, and temporary repairs-prevented
In-First root a number of houses are ed both the boat and the 15 packages. The wrong the Heton from going to the bottom. About 3 for self-preservation obliged to lose their o'clock on the 17th the disabled steamer was an store, and the majority of the community had course of construction and one of thesa, which ful siteration of the pass should also be held chored in shoal water off Tamakima, and when the therofore to go anshaved. Some of the stores bad just boss completed, was occupied by a rain as a serious offence, and the Chinaman in Tientaiu Fodogawa-mary-seatdown from Osakatorender here, Mess Kelly & Wash, and Gate and Fair-ler of poisons. About five o'clook yesterday who committed it should by sternly dealt with. It is not suprising that the Chinese sathorities assistance arrivet on the afternoon of the same
have become irritated and suspicious, but they to return to port. Not until 3am. in the 19th the danger in tims and by taking procna-full in and four of the decupants were buried, are to blama for laxity in dealing with was like day, work was commenced.to make thostomer fit
all amongst the number, fortaustaly discovered missing, a portion of the roof of this house
did the master consider it pradent to attempt tione prevented the influx of water. Polder's Assistance way at ciice obtained from No. 7 the present Chinese Imer. the trip to Osaks, bat be then started, and 47 Strest remains in much the same state Police Station and the men were, after consider rived safely, as already mentioned. The cargo as yesterday, its condition being altered if any, able difficulty, extricated. One of the four was bul daasgod-consists of 151 bags of rios, 65 balor of
cotton cloth, 9? bars of iron, 4 packages of shell thing for the worse. Mesirs. Jardins, Matheson Tackages of beche-de-icer, and 7 package of & Co.'s hong caught the full force of the water dried dog-fish. All this cargo was thoroughly which rushed from the breaks in the drain near wet with all water. Mr. Obara Shokichi, an the Clock Tower, and the ground floor of their engineer of the Heian, who went to Nagasaki in Cus- the Taiyuan, ascertained at the British Consues was so flooded. From the corner of late all particulars respecting the owners and Tea House Lans to the Murray Barracks the The British gabout. Rattler, Captain Maitants of the steamer, but having no authority road had apparently suffered little damage
to could do nothing further. We understand
The Kennedy Road, which remained intact land-Dougall, serived here yesterday from that Captain Nelson anchored the Taiyuan eins after Wednesday's storm, has not been allowed Amoy
to the Heion for tours, and personally examined-
to escape the fury of its successor The but the damago dono.
tresses of the bridge at the entrance to the Bood have been carriol amy by the fury of the water | conses, and the bridge is now lying in the bad of tho stream, while in addition one or twe aerious landslips have rendered this beautiful prvinenade impassable.
The New Commissioner, of 'the Tramry at Canton has left Bhanghai, and is expected
rive at Canton t--morrow,
The P. M. steamer City of New York, with the American mati, left San Fraucisos, on tie 18th instant.
The Bussing-of-war Parboysik · left Nagasaki on the 15th, the Mandjur on the 20th, and the Admiral Nachimoff yn Ein 21st inst. for Vladivostock.
Several telege ma have been reusired from difesont passengers by the Carisbrosse giving Tast favourable opinions of the prospects of the Hongay coal mines,
CONTINUATION OF THE RAINSTORM.
FURTHER DAMAGE AND LOSS OF LIFE.
In our last issue, at the close of our descrip- tion of the storm, we stated that on Wednesday
The Nallah which runs down the side of the Marray. Barracks, in consequence of the severe train made the laaf two days upon its carrying
very aightly injured, but the others, who were sarously hurt, wars at once removed to the Ge
KYOTO.
18th May.
The ceremony of the completion of the frame Teramant Civil Hospital; of those three, the one age, hit. to raise the ridge) of the new of one is despaired of
East Honganji temple came off yesterday,
As though our cup were not yet full, one mozo tramble har now been added to the rust. First we have the storms, then a great source of our water supply is out of, and hatly, if we dare yet hope, we have arrived at lastly, to crown all, at night half the town was in darkus Owing
The most ancient docum nts which the history of China has to show refer to the horse, BA LO-
gards its use in war, in the chase, and in agrioni In the Chou Dyanat bersos rallin ob jest of special legislation, and were disided into the following six plassas: horses set apart for the Emperor and nobility; those used for war- fare; those used for drought and agriculture; thor.sed for forwarding Governmantdespatches; these for the use of private persons; and beaste of burden. To the Emperor alone ug less than 40,000 war hores were assigned sud the prisces and nobility wore also entrusted with in important number of these animals. The art of riding was very much cultivated at this time; to no man was it permitted to bosoms horas aaldier before his 35th year, or to remain on la- tor than his 50th. He had to be big.robust, And strong; notivo, and flew in his saddle. The good rider," it is written in a book of the period. mass be grown together with his horse, as the of lightning, the immovability of a rock, and the bark with the tree; beside which, the swiftness lightness of a feather must charactermined As long as this warlike spirit was among the people and the simple hardy life was regarded as the most honourable, China had also fiery race of horses to show. As soon, however,
as the country sank inte sloth and valytuvus-
As I had heard bat very little talk about if previously, I was hardly prepared for the grand affair it turned out to be. All Lower Kyoto red lanterns, flags, banners, and streamers wore (Shimo Kyo) was en feta on the occasion, and hang out everywhere throughout this district, and in the evening the lamination, which
was very fine. In the afternoon thres the breskaga of the maina, nagellack shout air fout in diameter and gee could be obtained during the early part inflated with hydrogen gas, wore seat up by the of the day, bat by great exertions Mr. Cross students of the Bast Honganji High School and his staff suconedad in restoring the supply (Daigakuriya) from their grounds, and a veral peek, and in the interior of the kingdom distor---
hundred smaller ones were sent up in the front bazoes broke unt; the brood also decayed. The in the Western district.
of the temple by a deputation of priests from esse in which the horses were mard and the oir. Shortly after noon the storm began to abate, Tokyo. The crowd was very great throughout cumstance that prodigious pubers of them were and though some very heavy showers fell till the day; it is said that there wore about eas allotted to the Imperial stables had as a direct about five o'clock, from that hour wp to aid madred thousand visitors, and the streets lead oonsequence the degeneration of the animals, ing south from Shijo were nearly impassable. and thence a great mortality among them.. The injury that was efforted during the Han alght there was no more rain,
It was with great difficulty that I made my way Between 12 20. p. on the 20tkins, and through the throng to the temple, and when dynasty was so great that when the first Em.. al midnight raiu was falling heavily. Shortlynapacity, became a swollen torrent and iosta.d.
peror of the Tang dyousty woanted the Throus, it was found that the whole cavalry of Chine after those lines woro write the stern inoreased of passing under the bridgs at the Queen's 10-15 a.. yesterday 18.2 inches of rain foll, of there I was nearly suffocated by the dust sad
At his death, how- in vigour and between that hour and five Road rushed with fearful foron over the bridge, which the greater part, about 10 taches fall bestilling heat.
When looking at this vast throng, gathered counted only 3,000 horses.
ever, he left to his scosa Ant less than o'clock it surprasad even the torrible storm of spreading out on either side and flooding thetween 1a.m. and 6am. For the 24 hours from Wednesday morning. The torrents of rain Queen's Road for a considerable distance. The n-m. on the 29th to 7 am, on the 30th the total from all parts of the country to do honour to
the occasion, se posenfal and reverent withal 700.000 horses for scolection in the diferant wore if possible heavier than ever, while the basement of the officers' quarters at Murray fall was 24 inches.
one could not bat be impressed with the idea provinces of his kingdom. It is even sak that Au-ertenaire ferost fro hos falcon place on peale of thunder and flashes of lightning were Barracks was flooded, while the surrounding Mr. W. St. John H. Hanevoz, C.E., Architect that Budakian has a very strong hold on this the number had so much incressed a short time the north part of the island of Mindanao, Phil something appalling. Anyone who witnessed barracks, including the married quarters, shared and Surveyor, soudes the following note people, and that Chrisasuity will have touch for that the horses were actually more nu- averous than canla, sheep, and oxen. This lipines, destroying a large quantity of valuadlo | the terrible storm through the weary home bo the same fate. On avery side wore to be seen" It may be of interest to your readers to have diffiloulty in making any sensible impression on it.
I did not use a case of drunkenness or rowdy state of things, however, did not last long, the timber and a number of hemp Holda,.......
fore dawn-and thero wars very for in the Colony dearglity warrior, flosing before the victorious for facts concerning the disastrous rainstormism among the crowd, and I doubt if one cas pountry relapsed again into vorraption The Rising Sun rays that work in connection who slept through it must naturally have erwater, bearing in their hands such of their goods which has overtaken the colony. The total rain be brought against it. The ubiquitous junea morala. The department to which the inspeo. with the new Water Works at Nagasaki las peeled that the results would be airs indeed. But end furaiture as they could manage to save from Fall from 7 am, on Wednesday to 7 am to-day sued to have little to do besides kreping a tinu of the government stables was extrusted the animals, and when towards the end of the hean commenced, und «bout 200 coolies are now the picture of destruction presented yesterday destruction. An order was also issued for a3 (Thursday) zmoqnted to 24 inches; the average way open-which he had bat little diealty in bocano negligent, epidemies broke ent smeng
doing for the passage of the carriages of the engaged daily, preparing the ground for the buildings, reservoirs, etc.
in all parts of the toxn earpassed the worst available hands to turn out and do their best to for the whole mouth for the past 30 years being 11 high functionaries prosent. Among the distin- 13th sentury the Sung dynasty was overthrown that could have been imagined. One sule provent further mischief, and for Booral hours inches. Teking an inch of rainfall per square mile guished guests in attendance on the ceremonies by the Mongolian hordes, it broane Avident that was, of course, the renewal of the Roods of the strong band of soldiers worked plustily and well. at 2,323,000 cable fast and the area of the water were the members of the Imperial family resident was quite impossible to oppose them by an previous day in every part under aggravated With the sand that was washed down by various shed discharging into the Lerboards 33 eqtare
adequate force of cavalry. conditions, the streets loading from the higher landslips they damned the water so as to prevent miles, this would gives total volume of water of levels to the Queen's Road baing converted into its spreading and by plasing planks across the 51 millions of tons or over 1,200 milion gallons The dimensions of the new temple, which is damp atmosphere did not agree with them, and for Hongkong, via Kobe, to-day seething watercourses down which great extemporised reservoirs mods this part of the (1,2-4,868,000) The Tytom rear air kelis said to be the largest in this country, are the corruption among the native inspectors was The Hon. John F. Swift, the new America boulders and reasses of concrete ware whirlad rond passable. The real which runs from Head 400 million gallons, so that thres times the roughly as follows-Height 130 feet, length so great that when the Ynen Dynasty again was 910 feet, and breadth 172 foot On the east expelled they could not raise a suficient sambar Representatire at the Court of Japan, artired at in scossion. Every streat in the colony Quartar Hansa alongside the Nullah to the amount of the contrate of that large lake were front of this reat strunters temporary staps led of horges on which they could make their cape. Yokohama by the O. and O. stemmer Oceanic on has suffered more or leas; in soute of the Queen's Road was completely blocked by several discharged over the surface of the town daxing up to the eaves, where there was a large platform the 11th May, sccompanied by Min, Swift and by two niases. His predecessor, the Gon. B. B. orat sees it is not easy to recognies well tons of earth brought down by a serious landslip the twenty-four hours, to say nothing of the druped with maku, and on this there were two Hubbard, left on the 19th May,' the Arabie known thoroughfares, while it would be diffealt In no part of the town was the ruin causal quantity of rain that fall before and after that immense bouquets of uzales fowars. From this platform two fights of steps over the tiled roof. Mr. Hubbard recaired many marke of regret at to point to a house or building apon which by the storm so painfully and palpably apparent period.
led up to the ridge. At each ond of the ridge a
Last year's production of bear in Austria- indepartare, bodLfrom Japanese and Foreigners the storm he's not set the finger of destructions in that partion of the Queen's Road, which
larga arrow, thirty feet long, was strang, one THE STORM AT CANTON.
Hungary and Bosnia amounted to 275,000,000 pointing north, the other sonth, symbolical of gallons, or 4,000,000 gallons less than in 1897, The Band of the A. and S. Bighlanders will in varying degrees of fora. Business in the town rute from the Murray Barmoks to the Race
At 5pm. An Inesday beary rain with thun the powers militant conferred on the Honganji The exports were 1,120,000 gallons being an play the following programme on the Barrack yesterday was everywhere at a standstill, al Course. The whole length of this portion of square to-day (Friday) at 7.30 p.m. :— though in the early part of the forsucon a few the road was converted into a river varying dor and lightning set in at Canton and lasted set by Tokugawa Iyarain, who grapted than increase of 20,000 galleus. Both in production March Glasstoor..
Riviere enterprising members of the broking fraternity from a foot to a couple of fest in depth and for about an hour, flooding the streets of the privilege of wearing swords. One thing in and export the Bohemian breweries at Filsen
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Walitoufe took up their acoustomed placer under the broken only at a few intervals by several yards Western suburb. After an hour'e Intermission the immense plle of tiles, many tons in weight, lead the way. Chatoms and Harbour Regalations for the dif- Polka
verandah of the Hongkong Hotel, but even of wamp. On the right hand side of the road the rain recommenced and continued till Wed which covers the ridge. I was told by a
The great tan of Heidalurgia to be eclipsed at the Paris Exhibition. Epernay his sont a feront ports et Chinx, Philippines, Siam, &n, The Old Gaard...
but it would seem that wood or some other Heckor.they were soon compelled to vacate their position going east, landslips almost beyond enumerationesday moralug. On Wednesday forenoon the last that it was put there for ornament.
by the rising of the food in the Queen's Road have occurred, some slight and others to city wall wear Tan Lan Man, in the Now City, light material might be ronda to subserts barrel, to be filled with champagne, which was At the anonal meeting of the shareholder in The loss of life has again not been great in comerions. Wherever a beak between the houses became undermined and a length of about ton this parpore quite as woll and without adding placed in a wagon drawn by twelve pairs of exon the Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and parlson with the terrible character of the storm. vcarred, and s vizw sould be obtained of the chaongs fell inwards, demolishing three houses such a great weight to the structure. In this but at Crezaney, near Chatean Thierry, one
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China, beld in London' on the 17th uk, resola The amount of damage done it is of course im. hillside, tramendous landslipé met the eye, while, in its fall. It rained heavily again all Wea-connection, however, I have hazed another story third of the way to Paris, its weight made the tions approving a dividend of 7 per cent. free of
been sent for. Land Tt is this:" An evil, malicious spirit ía Orders may be sent to Daily Fress Bice, where income tax and stopting the report and accounts posable to estimate with any degree of accuracy. by entering the houses, and looking from the nesday night, but no further damage has se rat which evidently owes its birth to the "Flowery wagon stick fast in a rut, and assistance has passed. £25,000 was added to the reserve Wo have heard the figure placed at amme varying bok rooms, this number was still further malti ben ropertd. The ourrent in the river was always lying in wait ready to burn down a build- is published, or to the following Agents, making it £250.000, 25,000 was written off from $150,000 to $200,000, as the amount which phod. In some cases the land had fallen almost ning very strongly, showing that heavy rain ing as soon as it is fuisired, and the files are
France has been, and is still, the country praises accenat £5,000 added to officers' super weald ha required to make good the dam perpendicularly, and as far as could he soon but had also fallen up country. No news has been piled on the ridge to delade him into the belief where the censumption of sauf is the greatest. aunuation fund, not: £9,097 curried forward.
to public property, but little little damago had been done, but in other is received of any beach in the banks, but it seems that the building is still unfinished, and thus he even in France sanff-taking is, however, going is kept continually waiting and hijs proy escapes out of fashion. In 1869 the French coamed The sharehollers have good reason to be satis age.
value can be attached to the figures. Of the falling it had described a considerable angle, almost too much to expect that they can have him But, be that as it may, I observed that total of 13,000,000 lb making a yearly average fied with the report.
the firm frame and immense pillars of keyaki of 7 oz. per inhabitaut. Now the avorage bas amennt of damage suttered by private persons with the result that these houses which had but escaped damage entirely.
seemed wall-able to support any load that could I been reduced to about 5 on. The decline dates The Giant Gaulle says that the survey party storekeepers, and othors, whose promises have a small intervening space between them and the
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well Mr. Galway who returned with the Korst party, has hud & severe attack of fever from which lie la just recovering,
done
in this sit Connt do Bardi and suite, the legal
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It was principally the Mongolian horses through whieh Ching was conquered, but the
OLLA PODRIDA.
A festival called act (hollyhook)- maisuri will from the period of the Franco-German var
The Government of Western Australia ha
of the Korat section of the proposed railways keen flooded and stook partially or totally destroy hillside suffered in soquence. Cookhouses is that which existed between the poet Heins, has returned to Bangkok. Owing to the set- ting in of the rainy season the work had to be ed it is of courroimposable even to hazard an esonter quarters were damaged in many places who made a mock of everything, his own saffer-come off on the 15th instant. As a rolio of an stopped on that saction till next dry season, timate, but it will certainly Ue very great. It while in others the foundations of the hense it-ings and poverty included, and Baron Jamar de vient times when Kyoto was called Heianjo. The surveys of the other sections are still being was reported yesterday morning that the Ty self had been so severely shaken as to make Rothschift, the master of many millions, who the City of Poace"), it may be of interest to come to definite terms with the promotam of the Froceeded with, as they are mostly on higher tam Conduit had been broken but this fortun- fissures in the walls through which one could than lived in Paris. Hajos never bridled his some of your readers and be worth a visit This gigantic railway project for the construction of tongue when with the rick Barun, but laughed at festival bed fallen into abes ange, bat was revine from Endla to connect with the Western NORTHERN & Hall & Holta Co-operative Co. ground. The Korat party lost two men brately proved to be insecurate. Owing to the plainly see the hillside. In some cases where him and his wealth, as he laughed at everything, ed about five or six years ago. The resident Australian system, a distance of 500 milos. KITEE Ports and Kelly & Walsh, Shanghai.death, and had several cases of sicknes, but con- NAGARAFIMANs, Tha f1. &.J. Trading Co.sidering that their ropte lay through the forests tearing up of the main in Garden Road for the houses have been spared from the affect of human and divine Why is this wins called nobility in strange costume, and wearing leaves which, when completed, will bring into railway KOBE-OSAKA....Mesere. F, Walsh & Co.. of Dong-phya-fui, motorious for their unhealth about a distance of 150 fast, the supply from andalins, water his wough! destruction. Be Lacrym Christi?" said Rothenbild to himes they of the ao amblaws of the God of Thunder communication Perth, Adelaide, Melbouras, YOKOHAMA.....Mossrs. Kelly &Walah.. mess, it in wonderful that the party soaped
this souras has, however, bean stopped. veral houses and one godowa have suffered in were giling over their dessert after dinner cne Wakeskaat) in their headdresses, will go in Sydney, and Brisbane. It is expected that the MANILA..Mesara. Dias Puertas & Co.
Bo far as is known no farther bursting of sewera this way. The water rashed down from the day. "It is onlled Laorymee Christi" said Heine, body to worship at his temple at Kamo. The work will coenpy ten years.
because Christ weeps whenrich Jews drinkit, and Hamuru, a kind of wig with brush-like append Mr.F. Mainfroy, HAIPHONG......Mr. G. Garelle.
or drains bastaken place, but the torrents of water hillside entered the house at the back, and event so many poormenare dying of hanger and thiret." ages worn over the oars, is certainly a unique
Holiday visitors to the "Zoo have the op- SAIGON......Mr. Aug. Bock.
panring from the breaks in, the Glenealy through the promises into the Queen's Road at And Heice thas summed up his opinion of the affair, and needs to be soon to be fully appreciat- BANGKOK ...... Mesars. Ramsay & Co.
An occasional correspondent writes from Ravine and the ones at the Clock Tower the front At the junction of the Queen's great question as to whether it is zure unlucky od. The procession will leave the Gosho at portunity of interviewing the latest if not the most distingushed of strangers, arriving in BINGAPORE.....Mesara. Kelly & Welch,
Chemulpo to the Nagasaki Express, under coded the surrounding neighbourhood. The Road with the Kennedy Boad, close to the to have too much money or too little. I advise about 9am. FENANG...... „Messrs. Maynard & Co.,
date of the 15th May, as follows. Yuan's
to go to f.de Rothschild not to borrow of him, pletion, and preparations are now being made beast, perhaps, as oxists in the whole range of the COLOMBO........Messrs. A. M. & J. Ferguson. mother arrived here thins.. in the Cuari Mars rear of the torrent down Wyndham Street yas Lodgegato of the Naval Hospital, an insurmoopt. everyone who is in great sed of money be id, The sana is feat advancing towards com- London. This is the manates, as grotesque a
·CALOTTNA ... „Mesura. Nowman & Co.
from China, from which I presume that gent-terday morning was like the rushing of a able barrier has been formed by an extensive lani for I doubt if he would get anything extraord at Ebisagawa for laying the abutmente of the mammalis, and the fest, except ons, of its kind SYDNEY........Mosers. Gordon & Gotch,
leman will contine to remain here io bis present swellen river, and the height and fary slip. Tons and tons of earth have fallen across the inney, but to console himself with the sight of that vinduet which is to carry the ostal scross the ever seen alive among us The antes lodges at proment in a large warm water tank of the HELBOURNE...MOSARY. Norton, Hargrave & Co. position as the representativa of the Chinese of the stream may be imagined by those roud at this spat forming a solid bank saras money-misery. The poor dari who has too little Kamogawa.
and who does not know where to turn be, may here) An cleotrio light plant will soon be put up Reptile House, e posite the snapping tarile, and Government at Booul Nothing new has trans- pired with regard to Peng Yang, errept that it who have not rean for themusron the terrible thirty or forty feet high and about twenty feet console himself that there is a man who is far here, and it is expected by July next to be able consures three doxen lettuces a day, or their LONDON... „Mossen. Jelin” Haddon & Co., is ramoured the Japanese Government hi havoc wrought, when it is mentioned that it is depth. From this point to the Racecourse, more tortured because he has too much money to utilise the water of the usual in turning the equivalent in green-stuff. It eats always under 3&4 Beaverie B, Fleet St. protested against the state of affairs there. I mounted the three steps of the Daily Press Offee, being deep slope, the water had run off quick because all the money of the world has run into machinery. Sanje,hijo, Gion, Ponto-cho, and water, using ita forepatra like hatida, but comes LONDON... Hessrs. Street & Co., 30 Cornhill suppose you have heard that we are shortly to forced its way in, and at one time filled the ly, and the road is in fairly good condition.
his great cosmopolitan pockets, and because he Kismachi are the streets that will be lighted up occasionally, after the fashion of a seal to take in a supply of air. Shaped like a fish, with LONDON.Messrs. Bates, Hendy & Co. lose the present U. Minister, Mr. Hugh
Of the many serions landslips that have occurist disg about with him euch a burden, while first.
the great ass of hungry people and theres The Circus Company have small but enthusias the habits of a ostanesa, and yet grasing on the LONDON... Mr. W. M. Wills, 151,Cannon St. Dinsmore, who is to be relieved by Mr. W. C. Ground floor with a foot of water. Damage to the
.........Mr.L.B.Richy,66.Bus Lafayette. Bradley, of Kentucky. Nothing is apparently extant of several hundred dollars has been done red one equal in importance as regards the stretch out their hands around him to audience. They give a very good enter river weeds like a sheep, this new creature in BERLIN......... G. Hildebrandt, 111, Alexandrinen koown of Judge Danny's plane, and in his and a deposit of sand and and was left to smount of denicugtion caused those which have How is it witit raa?" said Heins to Rotheobild tainment and the natres speak, highly of it. certainly one of the oddest of Nature's freaks
absence his house is being youupied by. General attest the force of the overfor. Down Ios taken place above the Bowen Road. In at least be one opeusion. I am crazy," said be." Un- Unfortunately for the company, there are so yet geologically most interesting withal, für he Dys Mr. Ford H. B. M.'s Conmi-General, left per Higo Maru on the 12th, sad was relieved House Lane, Zetland Street, Aberdeen Street, three places these slips have coonred, the earth til Is you throwing any out of the window" many other attractions fast aw-the Exhisi and the dagang of the Indian Ocses are the only by Mr. Hiller, 2nd Secretary of the Peking and other steep streets leading to the Queen and boulders being herled down the billalte plied Helse, I will not beligre It That is tion, Mirako odori, ko that they have not met surviving representative now the rhytins or
Sabundant in the pleietoesas). Legation....
Hond the water rumbed with tremendous feron; with rush forts as to completely cover ens just my Irm of orasiness, paid the Baron, with the success which they so richly deserves see-cow is exterminato-ng the primeval ales
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