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and a proper shelter, nor those who are; anxious to shift the clock from its present tower seem to have any chance of attaining their desire, we would like to suggest that it is perhaps not too late to make other ami perhaps more practicable arrangements.
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has been suuctioned and pussed and the contract for piling the foundations has been Jet, but as the work has not been more than commenced, it would be possible to allow for sons deviation from the accepted plan. What we would suggest, therefore, is that an alteration should be made in the design to admit of the erection of a handsome clock tower at the north-east corner of the building. There would, we imagine, be no' WATERS great difficulty in arranging for this altora. It would probably entail rather heavier piling in the corner, and some little rearrangement of the design for the water front of the building, but nothing that the architects could not easily provide for. If this suggestion were adopted, matters would be greatly simplified, both for the adornment of the city and the comfort and convenience of the public. The plan of the waiting rooms and roof of the Blake Pier made by Mr. FISHER could then be modified, THE MACHINERY in use bodies every by the elimination of the Clock Tower, improvement up to date,
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in guaranteed. While making this suggestion, however, we by no means retreat from the position formerly taken up when we strongly ad vocated the immediate erection of the Clock THE PRICES are only half those charged Tower as designed by Mr. FisHER. We
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whould still prefer to see this erected, inas- much as it would occupy a site specially prepared and which projects beyond the Praya with the object of waking the lock visible from every part of the Harbour. Nor do we for a moment retreat from the advocacy of the immediate removal of the existing Clock Tower, which has now be come practically a useless obstruction to the street traffic that surges around it. At the A. S. WATSON & CO. | same time, it is well to recognise facts as they are, and if we cannot have on indepen- LIMITED.
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Kinki-covere). Wolseley-pattern helinets, with a brown leather chin-strap, have been approved by the Army Commeil for wear abroad by all ranks of the British Army.
Her Excellency Lady Bisks recently arranged a raffle among her friends in Ceylon in aid of the suffering caused by recent floods among
the people of the low-lands. Lady Blake gave
three prizes, consisting of three pink pearls, which she herself procured at the pink pearl fishery in the West Indies when there son years ago,
It is announced that the construction of the i
Tsao-chon Swatow line of ruil in Kwangtung will soon commence as the required capital has been fully subscribed by Chinese merchants and officials at Canton, Hongkong and Singapore, The money has been obtained through the
influence of Mr. Hang Hsin-nan, who is the Managing Director of the Company, which has a capital of Tis. 2,000,000 of 10,000 shares of Tls, 200 sach,
TELEGRAMS.
RETTER'S SERVICH. ¡
H.M.S. BAT" AND "STAG."
LONDON. 20th June.
H. M. Ships Bat and Slug, which recently collided daring mauvres in the Mediterranean, base arrived at Malta; both are damaged.
THE LOSS OF THE "AUSTRALIA."
LONDON, 20th June. Tho Australia wes in charge of the pilot and track when going full speed. The impact was remendous, and the water immediately ex- tinguished the fires. No panic occurred.
THE WAR.
[JAPANESE OFFICIAL DESPATCHES.]
AN UNSUCCESSFUL PURSUIT.
VICE-ADMIRAL KAMIMURA'S ·
REPORT.
ŠKangnai, 21st June, 5.25 p.m. In his report Vice-Admiral Kamimura
alates -
At 8 a.m. on the 15th inst, we were informed by a picket-boat, at Tsushima Island, to the effect that the enemy's fleet had been seen in the neighbourhood of Oki Island.
CHINESE IN SOUTH AFRICA.
Our main fleet steamed at full speed in LONDON, 20th Jone.
that direction and passed the southern part There were for y cases of buri-beri amongst of the Tsushima Island. In the course of the coolies or Twrertale at Durban,
ARREST FOR PERJURY.
LONDON, 20th June.
Accordingly, they set out, and after offecting the parchasos as ordered, they did not return- but muule off in another direction, to the disap- pointment of the Russians. At present, it is stated, they have reached as far as Pautan in | Linotaug, where they are destroying the Russianı railway and plundering the Russian despatches.
HUMANE AHLLETS
À Russian war correspondent says the Japanese bullets are very small, so small inled, that in the majority of instances the wounds at the point of entrance and exit are not soon. If a ballat does not strike a vital organ it is possible to receive twenty wounds, and yet remain alire The doctors style the ballets
humano.”
JAPANESE KINDNESS TO RUSSIAN WOUNDED.
All the evidence that has reached the Ra⭑sinn headquarters as to the Japanese hospitals and their medical and surgical arrangements pene- rally is nanimous, says a despatch frym St. Petersburg, as to the excellence of that jart of the enemy's equipment. Two wounded men of the 11th Russian Regiment, which suffered so advance we, being joined by a destroyer severely at Kinlioncheng, managed to suspe through the enemy's lines, and have reached flotilla, steamed to the north of Oki Island | Makdeg. Eecape they say was busy, as the Japanes patrols always sleep at their posts. These men spork in enthusiastic terms of the manner in which the Japanese treat the Russian
are splendid, and they personally saw to the comfort of all the Russian wounded. Each Ras-ian officer taken prisoner is applied with a separate tout, and is allowed to superintend the prep ration of the food for the Russiau wounded,
with a view to oppress down [ie] the Mr. Sievier, the ex-owner of Sceptre, has been enemy's equadron. In the meantime, the
bankrupty in 1992.
Call prints portraits of Filipinos to prove its arrested for perjury in connection with his Tsushinta was keeping the enemy in sight, wounded. The Japanese army doctors, it seems,
The presence of the Filipino Commission in San Franseine led to a newspaper controversy as to whether the Filipino people are of Malay or Japanese origin. The Call asserts that with the exception of the Negritos and the Moros the native races are of Mulayaa extraction. The contentior, placing Japanese alongside af Filipinos. The Chronicle publishos Aguinakito's. picture to show that the islandors are Malaysiau. We don't know how the question was settled, but a Solemon asked to give a decision on the point might very well say both confentions ar probably correct, for dous not the balance of testimony declare the Japanese to be of Malaysian origin?
An anonymous M.P. writes a little essay on
Mixed Motophors in the House of Commons" in the Spectator, but his collection of Parlia mentary bulle is far from complete. He does not montion Mr. P. A. McHugh's description
What
a certain Government Department, as Ixing "ironhound in red tape," and a famous ball of the last Chancellor of the Exchequor is not accurately or effectively reproduced. Mr. Bitchin really said was: The question of moisture in tobacco is a thorny subject that has long been a bone of contention." A commen- tator on the subject says there are some splendid specinus of bovine oratory in the Colonial Hansards. For instance, the Australian login- Intor who, speaking of the competition betwcon
land and sea carrings, exclaimer: Mr. Speaker, the railways are catting the ground from under
the stwviturs" feet.”
The futamus racehorse Ormonde, who was bred by the late Duke of Westminster and is general ly considered to have been one of the two or three finest racehorses that the world has ever sten, cause to a painless end in California a few weeks ago, chloroform having been wiministered to him at Mr. Macdonough's stud farm, where he had been located for many years. Ormonde won about a dozen races, worth nearly £30,000. Ho was, like St. Simon, who preceded hian by a The Sir Hector MacDonald memorial fund year or two, nabeaten. He was affected with now totals £2,000.
some sort of faver, and the late Duke of West- On the 16th inst. at Singapore the Bank's minster was content to sell him to Souor Bocan, broeder at Buenos Ayres, who gave £12,000 4;m rato was 15, 11-5/16d.
for him. He was sent out to South Auries in 1889, but he did not resin there long, as his new owner was able to sell him three years later to Mr. O' B. Macdonough, who, it is understood, paid £31,000 for him, this being the highest price ever paid for a thoroughbred until M. Edmond Blanc gave 37,500 guineas for Flying Fox, who, it may be observed, is a grandson of
Admiral Sir Cyprian Bridge and Admiral Swinton Holland were present at the Court held by their Majesties the King and Queen at Buckingham Palace on May 20th.
Applications are invited from shareholders of Messrs. A. S. Watson & Co. for the issue of 30,000 new shares of $10 eack at a premium of 19 per cent. or $11 a share. Particulars will be found in the advertisement appearing on page 4.
The homeward-bound
German Mail ..
a
Ormonde. After Ormonde had been purchased
THE MISSION TO THIBET,
LONDON, 20th June, The Missing proceeds to Lhassa on the 27th
instant.
EAST AFRICA PROTECTORATE.
LONDON, 20th June. Sir Donald Stewart has haen appointed Com- missiner and Commander-in-Chief of the British East Africa protectorate.
THE WRECK OF THE "HOIMAO.”- Yesterday afternoon Messrs. Hughes and Haugh sold the wreck of the French steamer Hout, as she now lies stranded in the South publie auction. The bidding was started at $1.000, and went up by bids of $100 to 89,900, at which figure it was knocked down to Mr. A.
Channel Hainan Stanit, near Hanan Hand, by
R. Marty.
GARRISON CHANGES.
The Indian nativo infantry programme for the ensuing year shows that the 93rd Burms Infantry will be transferred from Hongkong Mandalay; the 14th Mahrattas to Pouna,
to
whose movements she endeavoured report, but owing to heavy rain she lost touch with them. Whereupon our Beet steamed at full speed to the south of Oki Island, but was unable to find
Dr. Pressnor, of the Rus-ian 11th Regiment, the enemy. By this time we surmised
was invited to assist in tending to the wounded that they, under cover of a fog, had retired of both armi-s, and readily consented, saying to the North, so we accordingly changed our all men are alike when suffering. Temporary assistance is given to the Japanese wounded in course to that direction. We were met, splendidly-arranged field hospitals. About 450 however, by heary ralus which obscured the Russian wounded were carefully attended to în view, and all hope of sighting the enemy's the Jupavese camp. Whenuvor a wonted man was discovered, whether Russian or Jupanose, fleet disappeared. Therefore we took a
he was placed on his foot, and if able to stand course in the direction we supposed the unsupported for a few seanotis bo was taken on enemy would most likely, retire.
a litter to hospital. Cruelties were undoubtedly On the 16th, at dawn, we arrived at a perpetrated on Russian wounded, but ther miscreants were invariably Chinese, who are pre-arranged spot. The weather was Bow bitterly anti-Russian. It is said to be a commen pelear and the sight was extensive; but remark amongst the Chinese, "If the Japanoso unfortunately we were unable to perceive win in this war we will gond baskota fall of the enemy. We cruised about, often, changing our course, searching for the enemy, but without success.
On the 17th inst, as it was probable thet the Russian warships were still cruising
along the northern coast of Japan, our
and the 110th to Bhuj. The reliefs will consist vessels took an extended order and searched of the 96th Berar Infantry, from Aurungabadto the southward, but we failed to discover the 129th Benchis from Karachi, and the 119th Infantry from Baroda.
them.
Our fleet returned on the 19th instant.
SKIRMISHING NEAR TAKUHAN.
Russian ears to Peking,"
ADMIRAL ALRIEIKFF AND GENERAL
KUROPATEIN.
The Temps of the 17th mlt, has the following telegram from Vienna:--
"According to news received bere, a disputa has arisen between General Kuropatkin and Admiral Alexeiaff which is on the point of becoming monts. General Kuropatkiu at tributes the defeat on the Yala to the Admiral's arders, which were in contradiction to his own.. Their views are equally at frariance regarding the course
now to be adoptel General Kuropatkin proposes to abandon Port Arthur, to affect a jazction between his forces and the troops of the garrison, and to retire upon Kharbin. The Russian Commander-in-Chief declares that he cannot make a stand at Liao- The The report concerning the army disembark.yang, as he has only 60,000 men available for the fighting line. Admiral Alexejeff maintarius edat Taikozan (Takushan?states that during that it would be folly to abandon Port Arthur, the night of the 18th instant our scoute came as the Russians would lose the fleet, submit to a in contact with the enemy about 24 miles | moral defeat, and lay the garrison of Port
He declares that Port Arthur open to the danger of being extermin ated by the Japsness. Arthur is impregnable. In 9. Petersburg, among the Tsar's entourage, Admiral Alexeief's
SHANGHAI, 21st June, 5.15 p.m.
FIRE IN BONHAM STRAND. Fire broke out at Nos. 39a and 41. Bonham Strand, the premises of paper merchant. yesterday morning about 10 o'clock. Brigals, under Mr. E. B. Hallifax, Deputy Superintendent of Police, got the Elaze under in about an hour. A large quantity of paper was destroyed. The third floor was burned out, while the ground, first and second floors were south of Sichihuurei and Shuguan, There damaged by water. The premises, we under- were several skirmishes in different direc- stand, were covered by insurance to the extentions, and we captured one officer and two men and killed more than fifty of the enemy. of $10,000.
We seized a good deal of booty, consisting of Our casualties are many rifles and lances, оде man killed and five rank-and-file
wounded.
CHINESE LABOUR.
by Mr. Murdonongh he was broughtback to England for a for months and held quite an
Sir Frank Swettenham writes to the Times lovés on the lawn at Goodwood, where he had that after hearing the opinions of so many been brought for the Prince of Wales (as he theorists ou à subject of which they possess no practical knowledge, it may interest readers in Ricten, which was due to leave Hongkong the was) to inspect. From England he was despatched to the United States and across to
restore his powers and clear bis wind, but this
to have the experience of an employer of Chines labour. He queloses as evidence of the valua anticipation was not altogether fulfilled, though of Chinese inhour for agricultural purposes the he did become the sire of several winners.
following memorandum
John from Mr. Turner, the leading planter in the Straits and a
and the mail will remain open accordingly She called at Fouchow to load 182, and was due to leave this morning for Hongkong
AS THE site for the erection of the New Past Office and other Government Depart- ments is still in the very first stages of preparation to receive the foundations, it is yesterday, will not sail until noon to-morrow. California. It was hoped that the climate woulEngland, in South Africa, and in Queensland perhaps superfluous to enter into any
■peculations as to the probable date of the completion of the building. The building will rise fair and slately some day, and we can only hope that by the time it is ready for Sessions yesterday morning, & Sikh constable was standing. guard over the prisoner occupation the wants of the Colony will not who
with rifle and fixed bayonet fainted owing to the once again have quite outgrown the accom-
hest of the Courthouse and had to be carried modation provided. There is something out. He narrowly escaped impalement upon however, we should like in all humility to his own bayonet as he fell. ngrest. A site was prepared for the
erection of a new Clock Tower and a shelter
During the hearing of a case at the Criminal
The Macao Hotel has hoer fitted up with a
fine installation of electric lights, and to. morrow night the proprietor, Mr. William Farmer, will entertain a numerous party of
for passengers using the Blake Pier, yelept Pedder Wharf. It was so seriously intend- ed to carry out this much-desired and needed grests to dinner in honour of the occasion. shelter that plans were called for by the For the past three or four days the installation Government and a prize of $250 offered for has been in working order, and is giving the best plan. The competition was won every satisfaction.
by Mr. Fisure, architect in the Public Works Department, and the then Governor, Sir HENNY BLAKE, decided upon its erection at an early date. But the Govern- ment decided that it could not vote the small sun required, and the commencement. of the work was deferred-shail we say to
The Hon. Treasurer of the Alice Hemorial
and Nethorsole Hospitals bags to acknowledge with thanks the following donations to the fumis of the Hospital:-
Colonial Government
W. H. Wicklam Mutual Stores
..$300 10 10
THE CANTON-HANKOW RAILWAY A native paper states that Dr. Ferguson, who wasnt by Sheng Kungpas to the United States on matters relating to the Canten-Hankow
Railway, has obtained the consent of the United States Government to let this line of railway remain in the possession of the American syndicate.
CORRESPONDENCE.
THE RAINFALL.
[REUTEN'S SERVICE,]
THE RAID ON TRANSPORTS.
LONDON, 20th June. Reuter's correspondent in St. Petersburg
views are favoured,"
THECONOMIC CONDITION OF
RUSSIA.
The war, as might have been expected, has already begun to produce a serious effect upon the economic life of Russia, and a writer in the Bussian Viedomosti has brought together number of reports which go to show that com- merce and industry throughout the country are passing through a severe crisis, The practical cessation of trade with Siberin, caused by the
purposes, has made itself felt in many provinces in European Bussia, particularly in Moscow, have become where several large houses insolvent. From Kief come reports of great reluctance to invest in land. The timber industry in Minsk, Krementchug, and Kief is suffering on account, of the falling-off in the building trade, and a number of firms have become insolvent in Jitomir.
member of the Legislative Council of that wires that Admiral Besobrasoff commandedonopolisation of the railway for military Colony --
Penang 16th April. Some 12 years ago a section of Caledonis Estate, Province Wellesley, was given over to Chinese coolies for cane growing, the extates baying the canes when ripe. This proved a complete necess, so that in the course of four years over one-third of the estate's crop of some 6,500 tons was made from canes grown by Chinese in that way.
"
Encouraged by the success of Chinose us agriculturists I secured two conuersions of land for sugar estates, one in the Kurau and one in the Teluk Anson district. These two estates now produce canes for a crop of between 7,000 and 8,000 tons of sugar, three-fourths of which is grown by Chiness.
the squadron which recently sunk the Japa- nese transports. Admiral Skrydloff remain ed in Vladivostock-
[FROM CHINESE SOURCES TRANSLATED BY THE BRANOUAI MERCURY."]
ENLISTMENT OF BRIGANDS PROHIBITED.
have been formed.
Of all parts of Russia. Poland is probably the TIENTSIN, 13th June.
most hardly hit by the war. Directly after the Viceroy Yuan Shih Kai of Chilli has been repeatedly informed by General Yang of Jehol outbreak of hostilities a number of foreign banks that Japanese military oflcers are enlisting shortened the credit of Polish firms, and the brigands at Chio Yang, Kiungohiatum, and embarrassment thus caused has had an extreme Liuchiatze under the name of the Righteously depressing effect on the highly-developed been formed In consideration of the fact that Eastern market has also done its work, and the Army, and that three companies have already industry of this region. The closing of the Far China has announced herself neutral and that crisis has reached such a pitch that in Lodz Jenol is situated within the neutral zone, the alone 15,000 persons are out of employment, Viceroy has decided not to allow any of the and here, as in Bialystok, where the rumber of belligerents te enlist brigands at Jebol, and that unemployed is about 1,000, relief committees In Odessa, to which every summor about it any brigaads in parties ranging from ten sa
come from neighbouring one hundred should be found aro.ting or 20,000 labourers intending to create trouble, soldiers should at provinces to work at the docks, the Prefect, once be despatched to suppress and disperse as a result of inquiries, has found it udvisable them, to which effect instructions have been to request the Governors of the provinces oc- cerned to warn labourera that their services sent to Lin Yang Sang, military authority of would probably not be required in the harbour Kiangchiatun, and Ya Yue Hsiang, military this year. A number of factories have dia- missed their employés are working half-time. authority of Liuchistze.
Gloomy reports are presented of the condition of the home industries in Nijni Novgorod, and it is stated that on certain railway lines in- eluding the Rinzan-Ural railway, a large pro- portion of the employés are to be dismissed. The industrial depression prevailing in Russia before the war his been intensified to a high degree, and the case assurance of curtain the strain of the sacrifices imposed upon her patriotic journals that Russia will lightly bear by the war are certainly not justified by the facts of the present situation.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY PRESS,”
Hongkong, 22nd June. SIB-At the present moment, when the Colony is suffering from a shortage of water perhaps unparalleled in ita history at this season of the year, I am sure that all your readers For the manufacture of sugar the estates are Would like to ses how this is going to be equipped from Glasgow with machinery of the redressed. I would suggest, therefore, the most powerful type mails for the purpose, and publication of the rainfall for the present yearup to keep them supplied with all requirements the On the occasion of his approaching departure to end of May, and subsequent additions to it yearly hill from England amounts to a quarter For the general working and management of the Greek Kalende? For it is a noticeable for Europe on leave of absence the Chinese weekly. I would also suggest the re-insertion, of a million dollars,
these estates there are 48 Europeans, who derive fact that works postponed by the Govern-British subjects of Bangkok presented to Mr. | as of old, of the daily returns of the rainfall.
They are of great interest in a Colony possess their incomes solely from the estates, and in addition there are many Europeans who benefit ment have a knack of drifting into the Ralph Paget, H.B.M. Chargé d'Afaires an
both directly and indirectly from them. There FRAGRANT STREAMS..
is also a large stuff of clerks and about 4,500 background and being heard of no more address in which they expressed warmesting se restricted a water supply-Yours, 4o, appreciation of his services to them and their
In compliance with our correspondent's labourers of other nationalities, who are un officially. Even a Governor, unless he has
respectful thanks.
suggestion. we append a table slowing the ployed in the lighter work of transporting canes a strong determination, usually bors to the
Captain Diogo 8, of the Portuguese gun-monthly rainfall to the end of May, and for manufacture of sugar, &c.
the purpose of comparison we give also the beat Diu, travelled to Hongkong yesterday by rainfall in the corresponding months of last non possumus of the Colonial Treasurer, and much ca Sir HENRY BLAKE desired to see the ss. Heungsken on his way home by the this tower stand boldly up in front of the Empress of India. As the Heungihan laft far-extending Praya, he appeared to have Macao Harbour the crew of the Div manned the yards and gave three hearty cheers for the de no power of initiative in the matter.
As the question seems likely to be hung parting Commander. Captain Diogo S5 was up indefinitely, und neither those who wiek accompanied to the wharf by His Excellency the Governor and suite and many of the high officials of the Colony.
to see the Pier provided with waiting room
year:
1001
January...... 0.120 inche February 0.201
Marth
April...... May...
3.755 2005 7.705
1003 1.370 inches. 0.210
ม
2.655
4.725
19.800
25 280
It is worthy of mention that since these Chinese commenced growing canes for us there have been no differences between them and the estates authorities of any moment-not a single complaint before the magistrate; whereas with the Tamil cookies working in the same way there have been several.
A Chinese coolie can and does cultivate 2 acres of land, whereas a Tamil will work only The daily rainfall usually appears on page 9. 14, and that not nearly so thoroughly.
-ED]
JOHN TUENBR.
HUANGHUTZES AND THE
RUSSIANS.
CRINEROU, 14th June. The Huanghutzes, near the borders of Herbia and Kiria, who enlisted themselves in Russian service some two months ago, and who had the peafidonce of their Russian masters to a certain extent, were ordered in the middle of last moon to parcheme ponies and provisions in Mongolia,