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small islands of Bisotoo, in the Gulf of Pe obili, about 97 miles from Port Arthur; and adds that, although the Germans may consider them as coming within their sphere of ada ence, a little diplomacy would probably over- come that difficulty, as the Russians also have some claim on the islands, sti:
In addition to the slips belonging to the Russian Volunteer Fiest, the various. Rumian companies and the military transports, the Rumian war department in engaging English and other foreign vessels, including the ships of the Danish East Aulatie Company and of the Veloca Navigazione Italians, for the trans- | port of troops to the Far East. The Danish liner Korea, of 3,000 tons, left on August 12
with 1,900 men and war material, and will be dollowed by her sister ship, the Siam. The Italian company's ships, which are expected shortly in Odess, are the Città di Milano and Nordamerica. It is intended to send out sig to the Black Son foot, The Fruth and Darepey as transports two training ships belonging. During July about 34,000 men embarked at Odessa. From the beginning of August to the end of December it is intended to send ont 125,000 men, or an average of 25,000 each fall speed, the time allowed for the voyage month. The ships are instructed to steam at out being 37 days. Troops intended for operations in Northern Manchuria will sad at Vladivostok, and those for the province of Chihil at Port "Artlinr." "In addition to the troops sent by tea, three to six train-loads are sant daily overland According to the Siber kaya Zhien (Biberian Life) £200,000 has been assigned for the improvement of the western, central, and trans-Baikal parts of the Siberian | Railway, so that seres trains will be able to pas daily each way. The permanent way will be strengthened, and the temporary wooden bridges replaced by more abstantial structures
SUPREME COURT.
September, 18th.*
CRIMINAL SESSIONS
BEFORE HIS HONOUR SIR JOHN CARRINGTON, CM:G. (Chiep. JUSTICE,)
FORGING DOCUMENTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROCURING MONNY.
There were five Bonnte in the indictment against Ng Chik Yat, aliai Ng Kow, alias Antonio Aguino, vis. (1) fergery (2) uttering a counterfeit writing-(3) forging transfer of shares; (4) offering, uttering, disposing of and patting off forged document of bares; (5) causing to be delivered and paid, certain money upon forged instruments with intent to defraud He pleaded guilty
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19TH, 1903
The Attorney Genaral—As your Lordship is wwass the shares of the company vary a good | deal.
that His Lordship-When I said face valan I meant murkzęt vaina.
The Attorney-General-The face value of 300 350 shares would be $5,000, but the mar kot valse would be between 87,000 and $8,000,
His Lordship (to the pritener)--Do you wish to say anything to me in regard to the sentence to be paased on you? I will hour you.
LATE TELEGRAMS.
HEWE VIA AUSTRALIA AND ORILOY,
THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA:
The Attorney-General- I am informed that, and his wife and marrlód daughter wa he has been, gumbling in shares, said that he foot sway in a ̧ műút-shed was the ald was probably, infielded by others more er- suplow. They was also a men gutter slan perleuced than himself against Lashed oulide the house At abouky His Lordship What was the face valus of night on the 28th July seven or eight ro the 100 shares ?
samed with knives and fenrrying torches and to have made a raid upon the dà maula que with a view to robbing it. . He did not know v
BLUSIVE DE WET. they should have gone there. The old miốn
London, 21st August. was not rich. He had just sold some pigs
The efforts to capture Commandant Christian which he had not been paid for, and the robbers De Wet which have been put forward for several might have thought he had got the price of weeks past have provide some of the most ex- the pigs in the bone. At all events these seven eating incidents, as well as unsatisfactory fea- or eight men made a raid upon his promises. The door was not locked. First of all they seized of the campaign. Quite a number of the the old man, searched lifin, and took some of leading British generals have tried to catch the alim Boer, but he has 'always eluded them. It things. The old man was so frightened that he is now stated that if Lord Roberts's orders hart maid, "If you want anything I will give it to
been carried out to the letter on two occasions you, and tried to ran out of the house. He De Wet would have been, captured. General was intercepted by some of the gang, the cut, De Wet has succeeded in aniting his forces, him in several places, including the right should- ar, left arm, right cheek, and right side of the which bad boon ottered by the pressure of head. It was a picco of most barbarous and and is travelling outwards. There are indica the British columns. He has passed Heilbron, most wanton cruelty to a man who was not re-tions that he has effected a junction with the sisting them and only wanted to run Away from them. The way that the old man was treated troops under the command of General Delarey.
London, 23rd August.
The Prisoner--No; I have nothing to say. His Lordship You don't wish to say any thing,
The Prison
Mr. Attorney-General, what character does Mr. Qaborne, give him apart from thismattor P
The Attorney-General-I understand that ap to the commission of this offence in 1808 he had rendered good and faithful service to the found him to be a good servant and an intel company for eight years, and that the company rent one. His intelligence was clearly exhibited in this case.
His Lordship, addressing the prisoner, said Youhave pleaded guilty to a very serious offence. There are dye different ways of dealing with the offence white is charged against you, and in respect to one at any sale of these ways you are liable to be sent to imprisonment for life with hani labour... Of course, I do not propose to go to that extent, or anything like that extent: but it seems to me that where persons are em played in positions of trust and abuse that trust in the very serious way that you have done the court is bound to pass a sorers sentence. You see you committed here a forgery of documents dealing with large mams of money. Therefore pesons like you who go lute the evil course of gambling and resort, to sats of that kind must be shown that they cannot do so without risking rezy sovere punkhment. I take into considera. tion what the Attorney-General has said in regard to your services, and also I take into consideration, your having shown throughout these proceedings that you apparently were sorry So far as you could for what you had done. you have expressed your contrition, and the court always makes full allowance for that. At the same time I fool I should not be doing my duty if I passed upon you a less sentence then- four years' imprisonmont with hard labour.
THE MURDEROUS ASSAULT ON A JAPANESE DOCTOR.
Yamanaka Takachi pleaded guilty to the in dictment charging him with (1) wounding with intent to disfigure and (2) wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm.
His Lordship, to the interpreter-Tell him will hear anything to wishes to say in regard to his sentence, and he can explain to me any reasons why his sentence should not be a heavy.
one.
The
The Attorney-General (the Hon. W. Moigh Goodman, Q.U.) said the prisoner understood English He pleaded guilty at the Magh tracy. The incts in this case showed very ingenious frand. It seement that one Dr. Divers became the transferee of 100 shares in the Hongkong, and Kowloon Wharf ad should make a remark or two to explain the The Attorney General said that perhaps he Godown Company, Limited, as long ago 'na September 1st, 1896. Therefore in 1898, when facts to his Lordship. He was afraid they had this forgery was committed, it must have been not got quite to the bottom of this case. The known to the prisoner that Dr. Divers was the Prowouter wasa Japanese doctor named Kiomat possessor of these shares. It seemed to love Kakekinchi, who resided at No. 11. Guge occurred to his mind that if he could forge a Street. He said he came here in August, 1908. certificate of these shares, and then forge said the first time he ever saw the prisoner blank transfer he would be able to procura as on the 18th of August-at his rooms, considerable temporary loan upon the securityThe prisoner came and asked for some of these documents. Although the matter would medicine, complaining that something was be found out eventually, still he might reasonably the matter with his stomach. The doctor expect that it would not be found out for some proceeded to give him some medicine, made it months. Of course in order to complete this up for him, and placed it on the table, w 1, forgery be must be familiar with the mode in apparently without any provocation, the Lugn which these certificates were filled up and must took out a knife and attacked the doctor and first procure blank forma, He seemed to have wounded him in very serious runner. He got access to the book of blank forms of certil. understood that two urteries were severed. Dr. cates of shares and to bare forn a blank form Bello attended to the man's injuries, found out of the latter part of the book in a part isaffering from two severs outs--one on the which it would take a year or sole resob. He right side of the head two and a half inches then proceeded to fill it up, which he had no long, and the other on the left arm. They were right to do, because that was the duty of another both clean cute, sad he understood that two, clerk. He then forget the signature or initiain arteries were severed, and Dr. Bell promptly of the examining clerk and then he forged Mr. applied ligatures Had this not been done the Osborne's signature, He did this exceedingly man might have bled to death. It was a very cleverly. He understood he had been in the extraordinary case. Ne explanation was forth employ of the company for ten years, and con- coming. The only thing the prisoner told the sequently he had abundant opportunities of Magistrate was that he intended to disfigure getting specimens of Mr. Osborne's signature, the doctor. Why he intended to do this he (the had he been so inclued. He made a very Perhaps his Lordship would like to ask the pro- Attorney-General) had not the least idea. ingenious copy of Mr. Osborne's signature, which was not exsetly an any one-to copy.tor if he had any idea. He thought at Urst He then took it to two directors for sign that the man was not right in his head, but be ture. These gentlemen, seeing the signature was not aware of anything of the kind.
His Lordship-Han be been under observation of the examining clerk and also that of Mr. Onborne, leo egund i thinking all right, at the jailrney-General-That I do not know. He also forged a blank transfer, TRY WAS very clumsy forgery. He had no specimen of The only solution I can suggest is that he has Dr. Divers signature to go by, and therefore been put up to it by someone who had a grudge he had to draw upon his imagination. This against the docter that he was a sort of hired dgnature would hare given the prisoner away in. Does your Lordship want the doctor? His Lordship-No. He says in the depositions entirely, had the case been frict. The signature was very bad imitation, it was not at all like that he does not know anything, (Tothe Inter Dr. Divers Armed with these two documents preter) Tell him to say anything he wishes to he went to endeavor to nefcure an advance of day I mean in regard to the entence, and tell money upon them. He want to the compradore him to say why he did this thing. He has of the Dominican ma who exprored his pleaded guilty to it. willingness to land 11in (6900 on the strength of the security of this documents and a pro- missory note, atliks prudent man he thought it better go to his solicitor in the first instanes and see whether the documents were all right or not. He accordingly went down to The Prisoner--I was asked by a certain the office of Merats, Deacon and Hastings, and man to whom I am under an obligation to dis- the gloonments came before a gentleman not Agus this man. Ikely to be easily deceived, Mr. Looker. Mr. Lobker in carefully examining there documents noticed that the translam was dated October 18th, whilst the certificate for shares was dated the 19th, to that the shares were, sceording to this, transferred before the prisoner got them That wase verious blot in the title Mr. Looker, naturally informed his client, whe throw up the transaction. The prisoner then altered the 18th 180, to 28th. This made the tranefor nine days after His Lordship-Don't you know it is quits the certificate of ahares, which of course would deres to do the thing, my Lord, it is very very well. Armed with Unse documents ho ap proached the compradors of Mesra, Watson and wrong; but I did it as a matter of duty. Co., and from that gentleman he succeeded in extract $8,000 of the entity of these docampus, together with a promissory note in which he promised to repay the money with The Prisoner-He is not a priest; he is a interest. Then the discovery was made that it trader, was a fraud, and the man was sented. HH Lordship Tell him this was a very was arrested on board a steamer and leken to wanton and wicked and unprovoked Beanit on the Magistracy, and there he pleaded guilty, Japanese gentleman, and it makes the matter he had done that day, What he had ploaded worse that he himself had no wrong to avenge guilty to was first the common law miles against the Japanese gentleman, bat was engaged by someone else, to do it. The only mesnour of forghis this certificate and forging ng that waves him from a very long montones the transfer and uttering it, and then the offence of oblishing this 26.000 by this forged in that he seems to have seed a very ineffective document to whole thing was that he was instrument (a small pocket knife), but he must practically charged with forging there docq, go to prison for two years with hard labour, ments for the purpose of obtaining money, H. had been asked by Mr. Osborn to place de fore he Lordew facts with red to the prisoner had lean, in the employ
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was no severe that he became insusible, and
GENERAL NEWS.
| GERMAN OPINION AND CHINA.
MAJOR MARCHAND'S AFFOINTMENT.
The Inspired German Pross, the Nines Borlin London, 22nd August,
correspondent weitos on the 19th ult, points Major Marchand, the Hero of Fashoda," is out that the foreigners in Peking was only one, attached to the staff of Gozeral Voyron, the though the first, point in the programme of the French Commander in China. The Nation Powers. Satisfaction has to be obtained for the sliste sro furious, hurting that the appoint-outrages which have been inflicted on civiliza. ment was made to banish Marchand from the country,
LORD HOPETOVE AND THE KAISER.
London, 22nd August. The Earl of Hopetoun, the Governor-Goreral of the Commonwealth of Australia, dined yester. day with the Emperor William of Germany.
"ARMENIAN MASSAOBES.
London, 22nd August. The Sultan of Turkey has promised to punish the authors of the recent massacre of Armenians at Spaghank, in Asia Minor. He has removed the Governor of Bitlis, a town of 10,000 inhabi tants (16,100 Armonians), near Lake Van.
THE COAL STRIKE IN WALES.
"London, 23rd August.
tion, and a Government has to be set up which can give mufflelent guarantees that such out- rages shall not be reposted. The Cologne Gassite dwells upon the necessity of exemplary punishment for the authors of the disturbances. In this the Rhenial organ is of course perfect-
ly in the right, though it may be hoped that the punishment will not take the form recently re- commended by that journal. It is with refers euce to possible differences of opinion among the Powers as to the patars of the satisfaction which is be exactel and of the government which is to be ant up that great anxiety in felt throughout wido eireles in Germany, The facts which lays now come out with regard to the negotiations that led to the appointment of A strike of coal-miners has taken place at Count von Waldersed have exercised a very so- Taff Vale, Glamorganshire. South Wales, owing boring effect upon public opinion. It war et Lord Roberts believes that Commandant De to the refusal of the mine owners to re-instate first believed here, that the commnad-in-chief recrossed the Magaliesbory, 30 miles to the thousand colliera have left their work, with request of the other Powers. This was regard Wet, after burying the majority of his gunea signalman who had been discharged. Thirty was only accepted by Germany at the unanimous eastward of Rustenburg, and is now making the result that trade in South Wales ia pared as a sort of "vote of confidence both in the towards the Orange River. Colony with only alysed. A famine is threatened in the remote German army and "in German foreign policy, 300 followers.
valleys.
and the compliment was warmly appreciated by the whole nation. The disappointment is all the keener now that the real facts as to the op- pointment have come to light. The cool, net to may cold, tone of the Russian Note in the Oficial. Messenger
and the diplomatic nature of the French reply, which strings to say, was hero described na "perfectly satisfactory," have rendered the disitugon complete.
to the Hospital, where he remained some on when the pace came to the house he was sent siderable time. The robbers then turned their Attention to the wife, one of them threatening her by saying, "If you shout out I will burn you with this torch. They then struck her on
EN CAFE TREABON BIL.. the left arm with the back of a knife,and stole her
London, 2nd August. things. They then went to the married daughter
Speaking in the House of Assembly at Cupe and treated her in the sand way. They told her Town on the Treason Bill, Mr. Daniel H. W. they and knives with them and threatened to Wessels, member for Vryburg, said that 90 per kill her, and took her silver bangle and things In the meantime the old man called out to hint of his constituante joined the Haer com mandées, owing to the inenious reports circu nephew, who was sleeping is a matched 80 feet fated by President Krager. They would now away. The nephew ran out to him to see what was the matter, and the robbers promptly at unanimously support the Tronson Bill.
London, 23rd August. tacked him. They took him back to the mat
The Treason Bill was read a second time shed and tied him up to's polo by his quend without a division. A hostile amendment had and put a rope round his neck.
They then proceded to take off his trousers. This proved a previously been rejected by 45 votes to 38.
London, 23rd August.
M.P.'S LETTERS TO THE BOERS,
thing to them, because these trousers ware part of the properly found in the prisoner It was stated recently that letters from Bri- posession and which led to their identification.tish members of Parliament to the Boar authori. Besides taking off his trousers they burned both his hands. When the robbers had gone, the tits, had boon discovered London Truth has now published letters written by its editor. Mr. nephew. having been set incse, went to the Houry Labouchere, Radical member for North- Kowloon City police station and reported the ampton, to Mr. Montagn White, formerly the matter to Sergeant Clark. In a few hours the Transvaal's Consul General in England. These police were fortunate enough to arrest the pri
ouers with some of the stolon property in their letters were found at Bloemfontein Truth also publishes a Characteristic letter to Mr. Chamber- possession.
lain.
The evidence given at the Magistracy was repeated.
The jury found the prisoners guilty.
His Lordship severely animadverted on the prisoners' conduct, and sentenced them to nine years' imprisonment with hard labour, ordering each also to receive 20 strokes with the birch within a week of their being sentenced.
This concluded the business of the Sessions.
THE "DAILY MAIL" AND THE
PEKING CANARD.
The Forsiga Editor of the Daily Moil makes the following explanation of his position with regard to the Peking Massacre story, in a letter to the Editor of tise Times-
London, 24th August,
The correspondence from British members of Parliament which was discovered at Bloom fontein included, in alition to those of Mr. Labouchers, letters from Mr. John Ellis, Li- Nottingham, and Dr. G. B. Clark, Liberal member for Caithness, and a former Consul General in London for the Transvaal,.
bern mustaher for the Kasheliffe Division of
Dr. Clark's letter was sant ton days prior to the outbreak of hostilities, Dr. Clark recomm.
THE HOSPITAL ENQUIRY,
mended that President Kruger should seize all the mountain passes, although he admitted that mach a course would have a bad moral affact in Britain,
London, 24th August, Dr. G. B. Clark, M.P. (L') for Caithness- I notice fu your issue of Saturday that Sir J.shire, attempted to address is constituents The Scott draws attention to the telegrass which yesterday, but was refused a hearing. the Daily Mad published on July 16 from its crowd hooted him and stoned his carriage. special correspondent at Shanghai conveying the Chinese story, of a general massacre at Paking a narrative which recent events have
fulsified. mon pot dous well to make the mattor public, but as the English paper which, with the exception of The Times, sperde the greatest amount ea its foreign rows, we naturally feel little hurt that it should be thought that ang item of Information shoahl be printed by without the mest careful preliminary considera tion.
Sir J. Scott
London, 24th August. Evidence in regard to the treatment of the British sick and wounded bas been taken by the Hospital Corumission at Cape Town.
BAMOAN ARBITRATION.
London, 23rd August. King Oscar of Sweden is to arbitrate on the international claims for compensation in con nection with Samos.
INDIAN NEWS.
London, 2rd Angust, A riot arose in Cawnpore owing to mussures which the British anthorities had taken to pre- vent the spread of the plague. Twenty-five arrests were made. Of these 21 offenders were found guilty, and were sentenced, 30 to denth and one to transportation. The other four meu were acquitted.
Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India, has dethroned the Maharajah of Charatpur for intemperance and for having shot one of his body-cervants. The infant son of the ex-Maharajal succeeds him,
BULGARIA AND ROUMANIA.
London, 25th August. The reserves of the Bulgarian army have been summoned to be in immediate readiness to
join the colours. A recent cable stated that The relations between Bulgaria and Roumania were gravely strained, owing to the extortions practised upon Bonmanians at Sofia, and to Bulgarion toleration of political committees inimical to Romania. It was also stated that Roumanian officers had boon ordered to join
the colours.
London, 28th August. Roumania in a sharp note accuses Bulgarin of shielding murderers employed by a Macedo. nisa committee to assassinate Roumania politicion
It is thought by many that the German Government has shown great recklessness in seizing upon responsibilitios of such magnitude and in exposing itself to a painful frebuff from the other Powers. The fear is entertained that Germany is being committed to policy of boundless ambition, in which risks will be run out of all proportion to the gains anticipated. Many voices are raised in favour of calling the Reichstag together in order that the representa tives of the nation may be made acquainted, with the policy of the Government and may ex- press, their opinion on what has already been done and what it is proposed to do..
EXPORT - CARGO.
Per steamer Frinz Heinrich, mile 8th Sep- tember. For Odoga-150 boxes cassis, 10 bales canes. For Beyrouth:-10 boxes waste silk. For Alexandria es essential oil For Trieste 500 bales casais, 175 balas rat- tanshaving. 10 euses essential oil. For Gonos :- 240 balos raw silk, 44 rolls matting, 20- balos canes, 5 cases essential oil. For New York:- 25 boxes human hair. For Venice:-100 boxes CORSI For Antwerp:-10 balas feather, 30 boxes mussia, 30 bales hambao scraps, 9 cinos ginger. For Antwerp Hamburg--163 boxes bristles. London, 27th August. The British Admiralty has ordered 100,000 tons of Cardif steam coal and is paying the highest prices for it.
Rassia is negotiating for the purchase of 3,000,000 tons of American coal.
DEITISH AND EUSSIAN COAL PURCHASES.
ASHANTI..
London, 27th Angust. The two punitive oplumus in Ashanti in their operations against the rebellious tribesmen have destroyed 30 villages.
Londen, 20th August. Several British columns are operating in It went to show that the hospitals at Wood Ashanti clearing the country of rebellious tribes. stock, Maitland, and Green Point were admir-mm. The columns are converging on Kumasi, ably managed, but that official red-tape creased the capital, which will in future be the headquar. dificulties in the provincial hospitals.
ters of the British adımínistration.
PLAGUE OF A FRENCH STEAMER."
London, 27th August. Three cases of plague are reported to havo occurred on a French steamer passing tonstan-
COMBINATION OF RAILWAY COMPANIES.
"Lendon, 27th August. The Railway Companies of Great Britain
Railway Servants' Society, owing to the inter ference of the society with the Great Eastern Railway.
For Antwerp Hamburg/London :---- 950 boxes casia, 800 hales broken cassin, 6o boxes bristles. For Amsterdam:-100 caske ginger, 45 rolls matting, 22 cases preserves. 10 bales canes, For Amsterdam/lottordn 200 casks ginger, 100 bozes ginger. For Bot terdam-80 bales broken "tancia, 20 boxes casai, 12 rolls matting. 9 cases cigars. For London:-250 cases glugor, 150 casks ginger, 25 boxes bristles. For Bremen, :---324 tolls matting, 16 cases preserves. For Humburg :-- 800 3.580 pkgs, tes. 1.000 bales broken cassia & boxes camin, 229 volls mutting, 215 balos. canes, 158 hales feathers, 100 bags galangal, 100 boxes palmleaf fans, 59 boxes bristles 38 card man hair For Hamburg/Londen:--10 boxes bria- 'tlos. For Coponkagun :—1,050 boxes cassia,
HIRANO NATURAL MINERAL WATER.
HIRANO MURA, HYOGO-KEN, JAPAN,
ĮOTTLED Natural Carbonis Acid Gus.
threaten to combine against the Amalgamsted Bin its Name at Bffervescents
THE BATTLE OF BERGENDAL.
London, 28th Angus General Sir Redvers Buller captured the north-west of Dalkanutha. The British lom enemy a strong position at Bergenda! Vanj, was comparatively small.
London, 29th August - Sir Redvers Baller captured the position at. There is de other point which I should, by Bergendal Venj by turning the enemy's flank. your courtesy, like to allude to it is the sug-The position was a rocky, wooded knoll, and its gestion of over-readiness on our part, to accept defenders were chiefly ex-Johannesburg police, The British who attecked the knoll were the the news. I forward you, Sir, for your inspec tion, further cables showing that our Shanghai Inniskilling Fusiliers, the second battalion of The correspondent sfined the are to be the Rifle Brigade, and the Derone. fact some days before we would sept it as enemy made the most determined stand such; that despite a private cipher merge they have attempted sizes the battle of enclosed-from aim emphasizing the importanos Pieters Hill at the eat of February last. of the news, we cabled arging extreme caution. After the British had incessantly shelled to which he rejoined that his authority was the position with 40 guns for three hours, come good that he then resfrined the truth of the of the enemy were seen to be still moving abut original
we published.
only approach to the position was over an open To this I would add that our ordinary corglacis 2,500 yarda in extent, Across this the respondent at Shanghai substantially endorsed British infantry advanced. The last 500 yards the story of the massacre, and he was cabling was done at the double," and the infantry independently of his colleague in the city. charged with fixed layonets, routing the
"Boats.
THE EXECUTION OF CORDUA.
London, 26th August. Lientefiant Hans Cordua, who was shot on Now, Sir, while the news had in China a Saturday by sentence of the Court-martial, met foundation, and was presumably issued by Chilis death coolly, seated in a chair facing a gar-tinople on its homoward voyage. nase-officials at Shanghai for rossons which time den stall. He sat with folded arms, and inform- will doubtless disclosa, it is easy to do with oured the firing party when he was ready for it to fire. When the firing party had fired, it was art in the user your inspection. the original found that the body of Lieutenant Cordus had part in the matter.. telegrams, the message being in two sections of been pierced by 10 bullets. the aggregate length of 598 words, closely condensed, as it was cabled at "argent" rates, or at about 58. a word. I am not desirous of ment of this message; I am fully content to expressing any personal opinion on my treat accept, Sir, your editorial judgment as to whether there is any ground for any charges of undue expansion.
CRICKET IN ENGLAND.
London, 27th August. Yorkshire is the champion county in cricket for the season. It has not once been beaten.
ENGLAND AND FRANCE.
Loudon, 6th September. The Minister of Commerce, in welcoming the Delegates from the British Chambers of Com merce at the Congress in Paris, deprecated the attempts made to sow seeds of distrust between England and France, whose mutual interests require maintenance of friendship.
THE BRITISH SEIZURE OF GERMAN VESSELS.
London, 6th September. The indemnity to be paid by Great Britain for the detention of German Tessela in Delagos Bay is only £29,569.
THE FUTURE OF THE BOUDAR,
London. 6th September
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The Prisoner I do not wish to explain. I detaillory and subsequently sent the later on the eminence working a pom-pom The BeF Wingate, in receiving the Address Care of Moser: KWONG SANG & CO
leave the matter in your Lordship's hands.
His Lordship But I have to sentence him, and if he can show me some cause it might make a difference it his sentence.
freedom of the City of Dunbar, paid a warm tribute to the Khedive and the Egyptian Officers and troops, and said he believed the Soudan would equal Egypt in prosperity,
On the general question of skeletonizing
A commandant and 19 Bours were captured. telegrama I may state that, although I have not had the leisure to go into the matter. I am sure A Boer pom-pom was also taken. Many of the LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS. His Lordship-Bo someone got him to do it. I am well within the limit in asserting that at enemy were found to have been killed with
The Imperial Garman Mail steamer Freusson the time under consideration the Daily Maillyddite in the trenches. The British pom-poms Who was the man?
The Primer The man is not here. His was in receipt of 1,000 words a day asblod from shelled the retreating Boars. The casualties eft Foochow on the 18th ina at 7. s.m., sad The N. P. steamer, Breçanikire scrived ́at me in one Ala. He left for Japan bist China. So much, indeed, was received that among the attackers were 12 killed and about may be expected here this afternoon. His Lordship- Did he pay him for doing it?, print.
most massages were drastically abbreviate in 50
wounded. Lord Roberts says that the spture of Ber-Tecams from Hongkong and Japan on the 15th
lastant. The Prisoner-Ho, my Lord. I am under anı
genial" Ven) was a fine performance, `that Goperat fir Redvers Buller managed his troops. The N. P. steamer Goodwin wailed from obligation to him and did it because he asked
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very skilfully, and that the combination of Tacos for Japan and Hongkong on the 16th artillery and Infantry firing was most effective. instant.
month.
The Prisoner I
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The Attorney-General-It has been suggested that the man who get him to do this was Buddhist priest.
THE ARMED ROBBERY BEAR KOWLOON CITY.
Ten Yeang, Kong Ke, and Iam Loung pleaded not guilty to an indictment charging them with laving committed an armed robbery nou: Kowloon City on the 28th ult
Mr. Seddon, Premier and Colonial Treasurer. in his Budget statement in the Legislative Assembly at Wellington, N.Z., last month, stated that there was a surplus of revenue over dipen. liturs for the past year, inclfling & balance of £45,000 from the previous year, of £605,000. All the hands of revenue had exceeded the estimates. He estimated the expenditure for the current year at £5,441,000, or £801,000 more than last year. Considerable reductions in Customs duties would be proposed, and peany postage within and without the colony stablish ed from Jantary 1st next. New Zealand would be the first Australasien solony to have universal penny postage, and the concession would pro- tably result in a loss of £80,000 a year. H. estimated the revenue at 26,448,000. Antha rity would be asked to raise a loan of £1,000,000 for public works, and Mr. Seddon advocated the consideration of preferential duties with a view to encouraging trade with the mother country, Canada, and the United States.
GOING INSANE.
KRUPP'S COUSIN KILLED. 45 ANN
London, 29th August. Herr Dalwig Herr Krupp's cousin, while commanding the artillery of the Bethel com- mando, was mortally wounded in the retreat from Ermelo to Machadodorp, and half of the gunners were killed. The Boers have appre printed the supplies sent by the Absent-minded Beggar Fand to the British prisoners at Nooitgedacht.
"E" HOW OLIVIER WAS CAPTURED.
London, 2nd September. Eight Volunteers captared Commandant Olivier by hiding in a dongs, and calling on the Boers to surrender as they passed. 28 wore captured and 200 more fled, being ignorant of the number of their assailants.
"BOEK "LOSSËS SINCE PRETORIA
Nowa was received in St. Petersburg- last month from Dr. Sven Hedin, the celebrated Swedish explorer, showing that his expedition this spring to Lob Nor to settle the various questions in dispute regarding that lake and its surroundings has resulted in discoveries far surpassing is expectations. He found, in fact, that the lake known to previons explorers no longer existą, having dried up, leaving its bot- tom strewn with abielle and marine growths. Around this old basin, Bowever, a regular sys- tom of new lakes has been formed, which Dr. Sven Hedin has explored and mapped. About the middle of May Dr. Svon Hedin sent his caravan in three sections towards the Altyn Mountains, proposing himself to descend the Adala River, with hin Coussek escort, on a raft. He expected Altyn Mountains and then to visit Tibet, re- turning thence through Indiaş
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London, 4th September. * HAIR PRESERVED AND BRAUTIFIED. The was for a long time troubled with looplewness * General Boths has again studed all the Bri- only reliable preserver and restorer of the hair The following composed the jury: Moser with intense temealgic pams in the bead, which tial Gonnala sitar him, by quick mobility is RowLAND'S MACASSAR OIL, which clogoly C.E, Maligny. WC. Barrett Hector Bumford.de me feet as though I am goin, Insane. With the boldness and dash characteristic of roubles the ally matter nature provides for 37 WH Wickham, E. B. Bay The physicians could do nothing for me. I the Boars, he turned up with 2,000 men on nourishing and simulating its growth, without soond, and J. M; H. Moyer.
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