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Another fire caused through spontaneons has given orders for telegraphic enquiries to t be made,advising him at the same time that combustion is reported by Captain Kotley of this 19 be, is one of her most valued officinis, its Heathburn which arrived in port yesterday from Manila. A quantity of coal in the fore held ignited, but was extinguished before muck The Captain filled in a damage was done:
reck form bofors tha British C.nsul at Blunila.
is his duty to seek the very best medier advice obtuinable, and to keep her posted as to results. Perhaps we may be accused of | bad taste at this stage for referring, without Carefully pimetuated expressions adep sympathy, to the physical affletion of even such an orring fellow mortal ne His Excellency CHANG CHIH-TUNG,
It is to
In the Supreme Court yesterday Hi Honour, Mr. T. Serembe Sraith, was endeavouring to extract a few farts from a witness in the case of
Witness informed Bis 4 runaway motorgar. Honour of the critical condition of the motor be hoped that no such charge will be lawh raearing a lamp posi, saying that "It he dit aroided the lamp post, he would have gone right into it."
TELEGRAMS.
["DAILY PRESA" OERVICE.] SENSATIONAL STORY FROM
KIANGSU.
SHANGHAI, 10th May.
It is reported that German troops have been landed at Haichow in Kiangsu, but the report is not credited here. It is thought probable that a German gunboat has been surveying
A very trivial cass rame befors Mr. F. A, the harbour. Hazeland at the Police Court yesterday.
Two
of St. Joseph's Colle se bors were having an ordinary school boy light, with the usual ring of burrarkurs around them. One of the fighters was evidently bitting with his eyes shut, us be struck the wrong boy. and, aga resalt, was charged before His Worship with assault. "In was bound ever in the suit of 8490 to keep the peace for twelve montjo,
WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS, at our door; otherwise, we should be under the disagreeable necessity of qunouncing to an nuxious world that he, who "mouthed deep-voiced hatred" of the suggestion tr establish a fixed standart est currency, is suffering from sore, mouth! Such is the report that was electrically flashed to Peking, at least: CHANG CHI-TUNG respectfully informing bis August Mistress that for nearly a year he had been afflicted. with an ulcerated mouth, which, we take it, I is a tragical way of saying His Excellonry
On May hu nrowd of blue j ckets at hasgot “smoker's tongue." The medical men Shanghai becaine mixed up in a row with n bare a paraphrase which runs: "Where mutuber of the Japanese crow of the N. Y. K The Blue jackets We somer Kloğara. Maru. there's smoke, there's ulceration." have reminded renders of the premonitory received the worst of the center at the They Japanese were armed with heavy stjaks. symptoms which enabled to anticipate
then returned to theirship while the blue jackets the Chinese physicians' apparently clever went for relaforements and returning they diagnosis: but it would be unfair to igone tried to board the merchaut steamer, but owing the Japanese physicans who have lernto the gangway leading to the ship being very called into consultation. These gentlemen steep the boarding party were kept off and after pretend to be more enlightened therapeu a few of them had received sore heads they
withdrew from the fray.
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ASSASSINATION OF A RUSSIAN ADMIRAL.
LONDON, 14th May.
A dismissed orderly killed Admiral Nazimoff with a revolver in St. Petersburg yesterday.
RUSSIAN RISING.
LONDON, 14th May.
The peaments at Serratch in the district of Nijui Novgorod have risen and red several estates.
THE MAATSCHAPPU DIVIDEND.
Bosch-en Landbouw
Messrs. Benjamin, Kelly and Potts were yesterday informed by wire that the Mants- chappij.tot Mijo-, exploitatie in Langkat have desired dividend of Tis. 5 per share for the second quarter of 1905, payable in Shanghai, on the 15th proximo.
THE WAR.
REUTER'S SERVICE. THE BALTIC FLEET.
LONDON, 14th May, A steamer arriving at Saigon reportsthat she passed the Russian flest anchored in Yuling Bay, Hainan, on the 12th inst.
This is very improbable, Yuling Buy being a very small bay, offering insulterent sholter for oren half the Armada. The most Skely fact iq that the Armada is now cruising "bout just cut- side territorial waters, timing its arrivals usnourly as possible at various ginta to sit expected con- trabandists. Repertonin Honkohe Bay, for Honkohe Bay. instance, may be read, of Hainne would not he chosen unless the Russians felt sur British ships will not interfere]
sur, British
BALTIC NOTES.
reserve.
which is sound, though not in harmony with dha dash-away go-at-om ideas of the uretuge public, we have some information to offer that Seems to point to the correctress of the assump- tion that Tego is ging himself wall north in
Under date 21st April, in a privato letter from what should be a well informed soners in Tokyr, we hear that Togo is con- centrating his ships in the Korean Strait, and that a part of his fleet. is till watching Vadivestock.
Now that agrees with the adoption of the policy, so obviously a good and safe one, that the Japanese Floot will attempt. no general notion until within moderate distance of its dockyards and supply and reprising basas.-
TOGO WILL TELL
A St. Petersburg telegram to the Echo de Paris says that Admiral Rohźilosiveénsky, in a- recont cubļa, said --" I shall not, telegraph again before a battle. If I am besten, Togo will tell you. If I am victorious, I will announce the fact."
REFUGKE'S CONDEMN THEIR AÐMIRAL The
3.8. Stanley, Capt. J. P. Dawson, from Shanghai, which arrived at Colombs on the 20th April with 32 dostars, sisters and nurses, and 933 Russian wounded soldiere from STILL HUGGING THE. ANNAM COAST.
Part Arthur, AW the Baltic Beet just of the French sleamer Captain Broo
before entering Singapore, a long distance war-vessels, Polynesien whish arrived from Saigon yester-away, and only cousted seron day, sighted six mou-of-war without lights on the night of the 13th instant between Cape Puduran and Henkobo Bay, and two destroyers off the Parneols.
LOOKING OUT FOR THE THIRD SQUADRON,
though they learnt at Singapore that there were 4 vessels, When, the wounded soldiers saw the flest they are reported to have beou little affected as they entertain fooling of great contempt for their Beot, Cine Ru-aian potty officer, who knew a spattering of English,
ship's officers watke. They are convinted anay from Baigon. that Admical Rehzdestvensky will not go fur
Wo learn from a Saigon paper that the reporter that their Navy was no good, na thoy were afraid to get out of Port Arthur harbour Russiau anxiliary cruiser Ryon and the protected and fight, and ther by protect dus soldiers from craiser Jamtchoug, forming part of Admiral the heavy shellfire from Japanese warships! Rohdestvensky's squadron, went down to Caye It is said that on board the Seautey tho ferling St. James during the night of the 8th of May of the soldiers is so antagonistic to the naval men that "if they eaughts Rus-izn naval officer entrying instructions for Admiral Nebogate on board they would mob him, as one of t-o commanding the third aguadiou. The two out to sea next day at the special request of the representative of the Governor of Indo Chius. abips anchored three or four miles off. bat put
The scene of It was noticed that the bottom of the Jesnickoug American and German war correspondents have was quite clean. This ship in good condition chartered the steamer Wuhany, with the cun make 24 knots an hour. In conversation stensible object of processing
the impending naval battle. It is believ au oficer of the ship mentioned that the Baltion Shaughai that the transaction is similar squadron had overything in abundance except ing tobacco, cigaru and cigarettes, which the Russian officers st-Seigen were procaring for their comrades. At this date (May 1001) it was
fically than their Chinese brethren; but i
The Hotel des Colonies Co., La. Shanghani, view of the illustrious patient's over-hu ted- ness and his mental strain, we are reluctant shows a remarkable recovery under the present toalendor the former-explanation forable and enterprising management, says the N. Daily Neies. “[The moüager is a Portu- theirs, which is that CHANG CUTH-TUNG's
guse., Mr. Tavares.] The audited stateinent "decayed teeth are in a bal state. The of the company's accoun's to the 31st of March only satisfaction to be got out of the proste last shows a divisible balnce of Tis. 38,817. Pance between Japan and Ruesin would now be regarded as extremely likely, if not certain, that
The directors propose to pay a dividend of 10
Tla. 7,0.0 to sinking fund, to pay the manager per cent, against 6 per coat. last year, to transfer bis commission, as per agroemut, of Tls. 2,115 and currying forward the balance, Tls 7,202. The sinking fand will be raised by the proposed transfer to Tls. 21,556. ·
Japanese theory is the discovery that FLAVOUR.perhaps there is more connection between Chinese bal teeth and Chinese bad states " manship than has been suspected. Evidently the distinguished patient has more faith in the Japanese doctors than we have (for this ccasion only), for he intorius Hex MAJESTY that while under the care of a Japanese physician he has felt better to the extent The Native Notes" of seven-tenths." A. S. WATSON & CO. from which we obtain our data add-
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"One tain, however, seems certain; if he has had a good, long sleep his pains cease, while if affairs of State keep him so greatly occupied as to lessen his sleeping hours these paine
He will becoras sharp and excruciating. [owever, respectfully hear in raind her Majesty's solicitude about his health and use his best efforts to take care of himself so that be any rotein to good health as suon as possible,"
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of him to be sure and take a good, loug sleep, the longer the better? These rexed are really very questions of reforms unhealthy. He would be well-advised to
leave them to stronger men.
The plagus roll now stands at 62 casas, yesterday's two being both fula!,
His Majesty the King placed York House DO-AKONG OFFICE: 14, DEVEUX ROAD CI. LONION OFFICE: 131, FLEET STREET, E.C.ut the disposal of Prince and Princess
Arisugawn.
BONGKONG, MAY 17TH, 1905.
When referring to
The Russians in East Manchurit are reparted to be steadily retiring towards Vladivostock in the face of the Japanese advance.
During Monday and Tuesday vessels atriving fron Saigon and Singapore lauded about 54 Chinese nudesirables at Hongkong. They are to be deported to the Empire of China:
Hockey is growing in popularity in Bombay. especially among the natives. There are over a dezen clubs, five of them for natives. The Parises and Hindas have taken to the gaine with great keenness.
A foreigner is alleged to have entered No. 1. Astor Roud, Shanghai, the office of the Japan Daily News, on Monday arening, and stabbed the manager. No arrest had been made when the N.-C. Daily Ners recorded the incident.
go to
A curious breach of promis› e są was decided in Burnual the olher day. The parties were Barmun Baddhists, and the woman promised to marry the man, if he divorced his wife, as she did not wish to be a lesser wife. The wife was divorced, but the woman married another, and the man brought a suit against her for damages. The Additiousl Judge of the Pyin mana Township court dismissed the suit as noo-maintainable, aud as against public policy. as innocent wires might sufer by adscrape- lous husbands seeking rich women speculation. On appeal the appellate court decided that the suit was maintainable, but
dismissed the appeal as against public policy for the reason given by the Lower Court.
UNLAWFUL WOUNDING.
On Monday afternoon a number of coolies were discharging a cargo of salt fish from a junk at Connaught Road-West. The fish was landed on the Prays prior to being carried into a godown. A passing coolie, not ose of the clas of the junk, Lelped himself from one of the bales, and when the man in charge of the landing operatious took the fish from him he becime so suraged at the interference as to seven inches long acros his thigh and draw a knife and rush the man, making a gash inflicting another nasty woan in the ribs Before Me. F. A. Hazeland at the Police Court yesterday the coolie was charged, at tro instance of Inspector Cellot, with causing grievous
bodily hurt, and the case was reminded till
next week.
THE SOBRALENSE" SUNK BY A MINE
yesterday.
WHY THE WAR STILL WAGES. The following amusing “elegram" is clipped from the Mauila Cablenews: Tokyo, May 12 n fact had not the Baltic 1-ot under Admiral This was the disclo are made in diplomatic oircles today. It crested something of a Rozhdestvensky entered the Chinu sec.
seuestion as it had not less know, though perhaps suspected, that the negotiations looking toward prace bad progressed no for. It seems that during the time the Baltic abips were coming through the Suez cabal and the Molacoa Strait and lingering around ports on route, both overtures for peace had been made nations by disinterested rulers, and that they had been looked on with favour by Japan and apparently by Russia.
It is scal that the terms of peace discussed by than third and fourth parties wereus follows:
The first step was to be taken by Russia by withdrawing bor forces from Manchuria.
Vladivostok was to unfortified and made a free port for all nations.
Russia was to pay Japon about $300,000,000 indemnity but this was to be secrst so as not to xhame Rassis,
Jayati was to be acknowledged supreme in Koren for ever.
Manchuria was to be given back to China. Russia was not to interfere with China in Japan was to garrison Port Arthur for six any was. years and then the nations concerned were to
utils os Port Arthur's permanent sta'us.
Kus-in was to have no naval base in the Orient and to agree not to look for one.
The railways in Manchuria wars to be handed over to Chins, and to be conducted on com
mercial lines.
It is said that Japan agreed to these terms and that Russia was considering them when the arrival of the Baltic fest is the China sea, and the need of instant preparation by Japan to give battle to these ships, ended instantly pli Now Japan is determined to negotiations. prosecute the war to the bitter end, and no matter what other terms may be settled on, it least $750,000,000. Japan wine, the financial indemnity will be at
SHIPPING.
AN OIL CARGO.
After a voyage of 231 days from New York, 11t) bringing a cargo of oil for the local branch of the Standard Compork on Jeptember the ship Kenilworth arrived at Manila on May
The Kenworth left Now
21, 1901, and was lost sight of save when spoken last December in the vicinity of 42.10 south
and 43.30 eest.
A scorcity in oil was beginuing to make itself felt in the Mavila market and bor arrival came as a relief to the lacs! agente of the Staudard Oil Company.
the Third Squadron had passed the Cape, keep ing well out in the pen. The Admiral-in-Chief had organised a service of signals intended to ensure the third squadron joining the other two,
GERMAN CONTRABANDISTE SUFFER.
A Saigon paper mentions that on one of the German ships at Saigon there has been a san- guinary affray in which several officers were wounded. It would appear that a Chinese crew were taken on without being informed of learnt that they were carrying contraband they the destination of the ship. and when they refused to proceed and the ements followed.
FRENCH OFFICIAL WORRIES. A telegram from Saigon, date the 8th May, stated that the Russian feet left Honkolo Bay. bound southwards towards another bay, where naval ships located them. Admiral Roshdest vassky told the naval officers not to worry; that he was learing immediately.
EFFECT ON LONDON INSURANCE MARKET.
the
On April 10th, the Times said:-The appearance of the Russian Fleet on direct route to China and Japan bus ide anderwriters nervous as to the risks incurred by mercantile vessels with cargoes to the Far East, esp cially to Japan. Hates covering the war risks on surk cargo-s stiffnel consider- ably to-day and the whole subject will be con- sidered at a special meeting to be held in Man- chester to-morrow. Th-reure reasonablegrounds for fear that the Russiaus will be liable to attacks of "nerves" and at night as Japanese oruisers in passing merchant steamers. There are also numerous risks, in add tion to those of seizure, which are incurred by vessels within the area of naval operations.
BOUNDABOUT HOME NEWS,
THE "WUCHẲNG.” The Cableneica reports - comhine of
tht of the chartering of the Samoa, that the Wuchong is really the property of the Russian Government and will, aying the French flag.net as a scont to locate the where aboats of Admiral Toga.
In a Shanghai telegram dated 18th April, it Russian Enroy Extraordinary and Minister was stated that M. Pylow, formerly the Pl-zipotentiary of Seoul, Koren, was sting in the British Court at Shanghai, for an award of tuels 101,900, the price of the dispatch boat Sanon, which was used by Mr Basnett Barle go, war correspondent for the London Daily Telegraph, and who bought the vessel in order to be "in" at the fali of Port Arthur. M. Pariow claimed that i was the actnat owner of the boat.
NEUTRALITY OF FRANCE. A telegram to the N.. Daily News, dated is officially and nuced that M. Delcassé psied on Sunday to Tokyo, 11th May says: It Dr. I. Mutean, the Japan Minister at Paris, in reference to the Catranu Bay incident, that France had instructed the civil and military authorities in Frough Indo-China to keep a more vigilant watch on the costs and order off lligerent vessels entering the territorial waters.
Upon the reported approach of Admiral Nibo- gatoff's squadron, France cabied again 1a the vel uuthoriti s to carry ant their previous instructions by every ments, and sat a com munication to that effect to Russia. Subse quently France informed Dr. Motone that an official naval report ha boon reared, ating that no asians were to be seen at Honkolia Bay on Tuesday morning.
HOMOGENEOUS PEOPLE. True to their reputation for thoroughness, the Nippon Yusen Kaisha have tarnished ull their captains with diagrams showing the buid and structural features of all the vessels that go to make up the heterogeneous Baltic Fleet frin the battleship down to the tiny torpado craft, including storeships and colliers, so that they can be prepared for any emergency. With wireless telegraphy and other moans at the command of the Japanese, their merchant marine should be well warned of the approach of the Balticars, but the precautions ure necessary in view of the unnecessarily covere treatment several harmless conslors have received at the hands of the valorous Vladivostockers,
FEENCHILL-FATE,”
that
Nagasaki reports that the Russians are pr piezed to stilise a mountain of enal said to be 50,00), tons-accumulated by them at Hong kong for the use of the Baltic Squadron. The cal is held in the name of a Chinese subject and the Russian Consul at Hongkong was working the matter is conjunction wih s
The Kokumin, whit fr quently voices Russian Rear-Admiral is Shanghai. But the Hongkong authorities are discover-d the Japanese official opinion sys: Wellintornied Buch people are unwilling to halter but Franes, project and taken stops to prohibit it. transactions evidently deserve short shrift, for after giving a de ibarat asurance
she would preserve her Leutrality strictly. her so publicly dem-trated either her ill practically differ from supplying it with gnn- powder-Japna Daily Mail. -
Lata ar her impotency as to allow the Russian to supply a belligerent flost with coal does not
feet on a belligeront voyage to violate or vede bor will It is owy to understand that the local French in Indo-China are individually sympathetic with their allies' armada however, most regrettable that any anti-Freuch sentiment should be allowed to germinate cause, and it is hoped that France will not delay through local official negligence or any other in asserting hor dignity -
-T000'S TACTICS,
PROMOTION FOR GENERAL GORDON'S PROTEGE.
FORMERLY AT HONGKONG.
It is
Mr.
We thought and said at the time that His Excelleney
CHANG CHIE JUNG, U bis
A MONTH'S WORK, lengthy criticism of the curreper reform
The Singapore Free Press of May 8th says: proposals of Professor JENxe, was making a
It is a month today since the Baltie Fleet passed Singapure, and for over three weeks big mistake. How big, we did act then
of that time that flest has been either safe realise. It appears that the terrible'mental
The Sobralense, a steamer owned by Chiness
within French waters or, after French protect, strain involved has re-acted on the great
territorial waters. With the arrival of Chinese Statesman's health. There were,
and registered in Hongkong struck a mine at
has been lying, or patrolling, in-t outside ten o'clock on the morning of the 12th inst.
Admiral Nibagatoff off Vanfong Bay, which THE BURNED "TUENWO:" of course, eviciences in Chasʊ's Memorial
near Port Arther and foundered. The steamer
The buil of the str. Yueno, burned up the with due despatch and no delay an route shoa'd of mental trouble, a circumstance which
was under charter to-the Nipper Yuson Kaisha
Yangis, arrived at Shanghai on May 10th, occur to-night, Admiral Rohzdestvensky's motives for lingering on the Asam cast will not astonish those who remember their
aul was commanded by Captain Merlin. All towed by the tender Bamron. It was towed up efforts to grasp all the arguments for and
what remains of her damaged eargo will be to-morrow he will be able, finally, to praceed no remored. She is not so badly damaged is bis course to Vladivostock.
The Chinanfu correspondent of the N-0. against bi-metalism during the agitation of
the European members of the crew (6), cleven to the anchorage opposits Tangkadoo, where will have disappeared, and perhaps by Japanese, 32 Chinese and 18 passengerz, were saved by a naval guardship, but five Japanese was the Tohany Maru, which was burnt on
The question has often been asked where is Daily News writes-Some of us up here a dozen years ago. To a Chinaman, even
and seron Chinese members of the crew; and the Yangtze lest year, as her ball is not so
The reasonable reply to that would have been greatly amused at the consterna- smong soMS of our GorM 432 badly buckled and her deck has not fallon in, Togo so cocksure and self-confident as CHANG
by the nine passengers have been reported missing and she can doubtless be rebuilt, as the Tahang be, save a Straits paper: at the faulicul rear of tion onsed
appointment of CRIH-TUNG was, the very elementary pro-
The French gunboat Comite is engaged The survivors are being taken to Moji on a
Mark has been. It is noticeable that before the region within which the Russians must friends posals of the American currency expert must bave heen puzzling in the extreme surveying the line of the projected cuble frons transport and were exported to reach there the fire, it had been decided to send her to select their course towards Vladivostock. The Quincey, whom thy supposed to be an Hongkong immediately to have new engines courses to be adopted way he considered as two Englishmann, to take charge of the polico for Saigon to Pontianak. The survey was completed
first, the Formosa Channel, which is the direct the new settlement, plans for which are now route. It is also the route along which the bing formed. They same to think this a The Sobralenne was a fine steamer of 1,982 and boilers pat in. u far as the Anambas when lack of coal and
China coast seaborne trade. flows. And it gross violation of their understanding with the tous. She had cabin accommodation for 43 stores obliged Captain Vigeaux to
passengersund was fitted throughout with elec.
happens to be the ronte on which the Japanese Chiness, and the Consnl went so far as to Singapore for fresh supplies.
frie light. After she was sald by the Booth
have established an advanced torpedo base protest to the Governor against Mr. Quincey's on the Pescadores, and a secondary cruiser assignment to this work. The Governor, base at Keelung, at the north end of Formosa. however, replied that, though Mr. Quinery Steamship Co. of Liverpool, she was thoroughly
The Russian Beet must exercise its option of might be said to be somewhat anglicised he, overhauled in the Kowloon docks and had
route before it reaches Formosa. Either it Eevertheless, was a proper Chinese, so that Dr. proved a very excellent ship. it is understood,
must take the inner Formosa Channel route, Bets need have no anxiety on the subject of his in Hongkong ilat at the time of the disaster
or the outer route, via Bashi Channel, then en patiensis being crowded ont of their rights in outside the Lin-Kiu Islands, outside Japan. Shautang. Many of your readers doubtless she was bound from Kolje to Newchwang.
and then on to Vladivostock by any one of know Mr. Quincey and are aware that he is three alternative strits. Tastically, Toro truly Chinese, having been born in Secchow. should wait until this Russian option of route from which place he was taken to England by is declared, on which one of the alternative General Gordon, after the Taiping rebellion. campaign plans will come into play. Toga's and educated there, becoming while abroad & best position, so as to work on inner lines, naturalised Britisk subject. "Ha dressos in would be to the south of the Straits of Korea European clothes, wears no queue and speaks nearer the Japan side and, therefore, in excellent English. He was for many years the vicinity of and within easy communication connected with the police in Hongkong, and with Kagoshima and Nagasaki. Thus advane'd lately has been in Tentei as Superintendent and Bashi Channels, would communicate the will be fortunate if it can retain the services or high-speed squadrons, watching the Formosa of the Viceroy's police in that city. Chinaufn selected route, and then unite and proceed with seck au experienced man in the formation of the systematic worrying" of the fest, leaving the police system for the new Settlement bat, it to Togo to decide the bow, the where, and the as Mr. Quincey himself says, with no settlement when (which aaght to be postponed as long as in existence as yet, and with the conditions in possible, that is till the Russiaus are as far regard to holding lots in it so onerous as they to the north as possible), of his main fleet attack are, there seenis little likelihood of there being left of thepi. Now in support of that theory, with it for koma timu to come. on the chief Russian nuits, or what, by then, is much for any police officer to do iù connection
His Excellency's protesting Memorial, we quoted passages to show that he was, in fact, very much at sea in his laborious attack upon thei
Several correspondents of Mr. T. C. Swaby are hereby notified that he is notable at present propositions of Professor JENES... His Chinese physicians' recent pronouncement to deal with the communicatious awaiting him on the gate of His Excellency's health at the Daily Prest offico, Mr. Swaby is on the seems to confirm our a posteriori diagnosis. trail of the illusive Balticers, and the date of
declare that "he is suffering his return is at present unknown. They
over-heated 211
system
The Kowloon Bowling Green Club will bell Poor as is our a Promensde Concert at the Greens, Austia general opinion of the uative medicine men, Road, Kowloon on Saturday next; flokets of
from
by hard mental work."
caused
THE NAKED TRAM WIRES.
we cannot but marvel at the epitomic admission to which can be obtained for the crumpled · corpse.
THE "MARS." The official enquiry into the week of the Mars resulted in a verdict that the vessel was wrecked by ice flouting southward exceptionally early in the year, that the vertel was well found in every particular, and that no blame attached to owners maxter.
CONFISCATED, The Yokosuka Prize Court has condemned the British steamers Eastby Abbey, Veraw, Sylvia, and Apherolile.
STEAMER MOVEMENTO,
character of their phraseology. Not only modest sum of cts. from members of the Club i The writer says: Whilst I was sitting taking is due here on the 23rd inst.
was there evidence of exhaustive mental work; but in his vehement deounciations of the foreign sohene of linancial reform, we were also able to perceive that the veteran VICEROY had allowed himself to become "overheated." Naturally, the Emress DOMAGER is much concerned as to the hraith of this man after her own bars, and
Purticulars appeur
in another column.
The North Boruco Turf Club of Sandakan has decided to hold-a-Race-meeting on July 26th. The proposed programme includes ruces for the following prizes-The Governor's Cup Opium Farmer's Cup; Chinese Merchaufs Cap; the Sandakan Derby Cup (subscribed for by the residents of Sandıkun); the Ciri! Service Pluto; the Club Cap.
The LG.M. str. Willehad left Sydney on Baturday at 4 pin and may be expected here on Monday, the 5th June, A large bird was observed to touch one of the
The P.M. str. Manchuria, with mails, &e, wires over the stress tramways. It dropped, a
From faraway Bangkok loft Kobe for this port via Nagasaki and bbsug comes a story suggesting other possibilities. bain Tuesday, the 18th inst, ut daylight, and my dizuer at pm. flis erning, a paper The P.M. str. Siberia, with mails, &c., which kit masse engaged in the electricity was left leaos April 18th for San Francisco via in front of may window, and instantaneously was Shanghai, ke., arrived at her destination on the
14th just. easily s consumed by fire. You will see how
"***"The str. Atholl left Shanghai on-the-16th-inst., in the open window; and if the roof of the house a... and is due bere on Friday afternoon.
The Indo-Chinu str. Lazzang, from Cuientta fire might have been caused had the kite blown had been actap, there might have been a terrible
and the Straits, left Singapore for this port at loss. Kity flying in the city should, I think, be forbidden except in open places where there 1 p.m., yesterday, are so taleph or electricity wires. If the dear little children must fly their kitos lot them go where they ranaut wire in fire!"
The Bucknall Line str. Monica, from London and ports, left Singapore yesterday, and is dus here on the 2nd inst.
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