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THE retum Association football match between MR. W. H. HYNDdman Jones, Resident Magis« the Singapore Police team and H.M.S. Raindow | tinte of Jamaica, is to become a Pulane Judge of on the 17th inst, resulted in the defeat of the "tara" by a goals to mil
SAM IU falled to satisfactorily account for having a lot of iron in his possession and Capials Hastings to-day fixed him $5 or 14 days lọ la maison Lethbridge.
the Straits Settlements. Mr. Hyndman' Jones entered the service In 1881 sa an acting Polica Magistrate in Barbados, a year later going to St. Luc ́s as Stipendiery Magistrite. He acted as Chief Justice of Șt. Lucia and Tobago and was also appolated Police Magistrate of Grenada, In the following year he was transferred to
land in December far the Slfalta.
DEATH OF A SCHOOLBOP.
THE INQUEST RESUMED. At the Magistracy to-day the adjourned inquest on the Diocesan School boy Frank Butler (Tong Wing) was' resumed. Mr. Dennys appeared on behalf of the boy's parents, Mr. Descon for the school, and Mr. Wilkinson lar the third master (Me. Ralpha.). ..........
| THE Japanese al Hongkong havo medó a ne Jamales. Mr. Hyndman Joses will leave Edge that he bad complained to her previous to the
| departure in the way of beslhess by hawking Japanese Christmas cards, many of which are of nevel design and will be much appreciated in the old country.
AT the conclusion of the arsenic-throwing case at the Supreme Court. last evening his Lordship complimented Inspector Witcholi on the very clear and lucid manner in which he had given his evidenca in the eas0.
THE Japanese Official Gassifs contains a state ment of the population of Japan at the close of last year →→
Number of Habitations 7.935 gốg" Total Population............. 47,370630 Mater. 37,345,750 Females................. 20,942,870 Nables (Kwaroku)
4163 Former Samurai (Shixoàn) 2,050,145 Commoners (Himin)
40,316,374 Foundlings incubat
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Ng Tal, grandmother of the deceased, depased
summer holidays of having been beaten by the third Master. She spoks an amsh at the school about the boy having complained that haaver he did not know his lessons he was always beaten about the head and body. The kmah said "O no four." The beating la always inflicted on the thigh. He had complained to witness before October 17th.
To Mr. Wilkinson-She did not speak to Mr. Fiercy about the matter. The boy always used the term third master,"
To Mr. Dennya,--Deceased did not complało of a fall before the 17th October. The number amah told her on October roth to take the boy home and havn his head washed and shaved as Compared with the preceding year, these figures he had ink on it. She did so and saw no mark whatever and deceased never spoke of having
Tais afternoon the Hongkong Football Club played the Colts at Happy Valley, the gxina resulting in a win for the Club by a rosis to 1, show increases of $1,700 houses and 457,405 17 satwithstanding the erratic sprawling and terrific bull-rushing of Mr. Davies.
M2. CHAMBERLAIN, speaking at Birmingham,
said he did not believe that the German
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
THE REBELLION IN THE PHILIPPINES, In a recent issue we, published an extract from a letter received from one of our Manila correspondents setting forth that arrangements had been made for the Spanish troops to attack the rebels at Imus and other strongholds on or about | the 18th Instant. We now have the best authority for stating that during the past week several engagements have been fought in the provinces of Batase and Bulacan, resulting in complete victories RASPBERRYADE, &c. for the royal troops, who killed upwards of 200 rebels in Balaan and fully 300 in the Bulacan engagements, the rebels being uiterly routed. We are also in a DAKIN, CRUICKSHANK & Co.'s WATERS are position to state that on Tuesday, the made under the constant supervision of a daly 24th instant, the Spanish troops over- took the rebels, who were in full re- qualified English Chemist and will bear compa-treat towards the mountains, and the fatter being forced to fight were again defeated, leaving four hundred of their number dead on the battlefield. The Spanish Commanders are to be congra. It is reported that M, de Glers, Councillor at the
very few men, while the moral effect of von Mohrenheim Russfar Ambassador to such crushing defeats will doubtless damp France on account the latter's pronounced the ardour of the misguided natives, who opposition to the recent visit of the Tsar and have brought on themselves whatever dis-Trains to the French capital. asters await them.
In an assault caso to-day the complainant sald he urged the cook of the defendant to wish his We note from a recent issue of Fairplay | dirty legs. A row ensued and the defendant that the important question of colour-Chang Chao raired some projections on.com blindness in the Mercantile Marine is plainant's pretty features. His Worship sent receiving considerable attention at home, defendant to warry oskurn for the next 14 days. Speaking at Liverpool, last month, before the Mercantile Marine Service Associa-
rizon with the best Engllık Manufactures.
Special terms to Hotels, Clubs, Master and ather Large Consumers.
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commercial com ellilon would overpower British trade, as the national character of the British would enable them to retain the trade.
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hast his head. She did not know the third
master and the boy said he was beaten with m
length.
at the Magistracy to-day on"the"serious charge A YOUNG stokes of H.M.S. Conturion appeared or stick, between one and two feet in
of bavlog Indecently assaulted one Ada Bain.
Hang Pal I, a stedent at the Plecsan School, said he had left the school because he
beat him. He was beaten one night on re-
VANDERLIP'S ENTERTAINERS Any complaints should be addrasad to the tulated on these victories, for they lost Russian Embassy of Paris, we accend der to plant did not appear, and rested, here WAY to church. He Intended to complain to
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COLOUR-BLINDNESS IN THE MERCHANT SERVICE.
Whist the colmens of the Hochong Tigralk wil sways be ones for the fair discussion by correspondents of all contour the Editor does not in any way hold himself reponation Dr. J. H. BICEERTON sald the tests should be used at the beginning of a sallor's career and not, as at present, when he goes up for his second mate's. examination. Under the new tests, which came into force in 1894, the percentage of failures was 139, against 88 under the
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A GENTLEMAN'who recently arılved here, says the Nagasaki Rising Sun, from Seoul, reports that the latest rumour current there is that a very near relative of Madame Waeber, the wife of the Rules Minister, is soon to be wanted the King-What season could the Russians hosting flat such a silly rumour as this ?
The complainant was brought to the Central did not know his lessons and the third master Police Station last night'and sent to the hospital turning from the church where all the boarders by Inspector Witchell, who also sent est 'word had to go. Witness was taken to the third of the assault. The result was that accused | master's reɔm, the door was locked and the was traced to H.M.S. Conturton and arrested third master struck him with a stick because, ha said, witness had spoken Chinese on the plainant not appear, and accused, whose Mr. Piercy, but as he was at dinner the name is Wallace Edgar Fleming, was remanded | "boy" fold him not to go. The third lill-11 am, to-morrow. He attempted to make master struck witness on the legs with a stick and a statement in Court, but His Worship said been with his hand on the chest and stomach. He bad marks and bruises on his legs and also could not listen to him yet. Complainant is received a slap on his face. After this the third employed as a barmald at the Grand Hotel, master unlocked the door, gave whinesa a kick, Queen's Road Central.
and sent him out telling him to go to sleep. Witness went home to Graham Street and told while at geography, using the palnier (produced) his mother. The third master best witness
which he poked him with several times for not knowing his lessons, On one
Mr. Ralpha chiefly taught the fourth class. All occasion be felt much pain and went home and told his mother. He did not teli Mr. Fiercer. the boys not knowing their lessons were poked by Mr. Ralphs with the stick. Deceased was not-la wliness' class and ka nevar saw Mr.
THE Museum of Freaks of Nature, which opened at No. 15, D'Agullar Street yesterday, presents a curious nad varied collection of monstrosiiles to
descriptions attached to the specimens are the inspection of the public. The labels and
certainly worthy to be classed as “freaks" and those who wish to be sisured of the fact that le diable est mort should inspect his skeleton an. displayed in D'Aguilar Street. The eye sockels of this skeleton have a suspicious resemblance |to the cotylold čarity of the pelvis of a Boman skeleton, while the presence of a super-aband. ance of polated lactsore to the upper jaw certainly
The Houches Tatgrask'e number at the Telephone Canal years of sea service. He had a second THR news of Mt. Macworth Young's appoint tend to prove that the skalaton is more than witness did not call out to passersby nor be
English newspaper published in the Far East, and la therefore the bo medium for Advertisen, Torta can be learnt an application.
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a tow be tried to mar the officer'a features. For the "spree Thomas pays $3 or goes to prison for 14 days, and for the sasanit he retires from the pleasures of barrack life, geard mounting, and fatiguo daty for six weeks,
ROMANCIO REY, dashing sailer man balling from Manila, sought to get some tobacco on credit from Tang Fat, of Bridge Street, yester cases to head day. Tang wanted to see some colo fret and quarters, and allow every rejected then the Mapila man laid him and his wife aut candidate the right of a free appeal. in short time, as well as spoiling property to the He holds also, and rightly holds, that no value of $1. To his disgust to-day Captain boy or man should be allowed to enter the Merchant Service until his form-vision and Hastings polished Romancio by sending hins to burd labour for a6 days for the ssault and colour-vision have been adequately tested and proved to be sufficient; that every
foing blm $5.0r 14 days for the damage.
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Ralphs text him to any way.
To Mr. Deacon-He had been at the school about one year, and slept on the premises, hay. ing his meals there. He had on one occasion complained of the food to Mrs. Piercy. The living, apart from the bestings, was pretty good. To Mr. Wilkinson-On the way to church
have in a disorderly way. Witzen used the word öfn kwan which was " walking stick" and Twe complainant in the arsenic, throwing case Mr. Ralphs used a stick on him. He had once at the Supreme Court on Tuesday was wearing a, been caned by Mr. Ralphs, who brought a cane very fine diamond ring on his left hand and Mr.tekene. Witness did not play in school bat from a sitting-room. One of the sticks wans Francis. QC, who appeared for the defence, sometimes talked, and Mr. Ralphs, questioned him as to where the glittering Jewel very fierce and Imposed penalties of 300 came from. The question was natural enough, where he was not very good. He did not steaia lines. He had been af æzether school seeing that the complainant had only been a watch and paws it. A friend owed him money stripe man in the Water Police, and, later, and witness borrowed his watch and pawned it sort of smuggler-exciseman. The learned counsel For this he was thrashed and he left the school. was informed that everyone knew the complain. He bad not been thrashed by his elder brother ant was a lucky man. He drew prizes in the for running away with 850. The money (85) Manlis and La! Shing lotteries and bought the belonged to bis elder sister and he borrowed it ring at the Sang Ching shop. Every one in Court after hearing, complainant's evidence agreed that he was a lucky man in more than one respect. In our raport of the case last evening we omitted to state that after Counsel had addressed the jury his Lordship summed up in a very clear and concise manner, dealing exhaustively with the charges and the evidence
of the witnesses,
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to give to his mother.
To Mr. Dennys–He was caned betwenn das
and two months after he joined the school, by Mr. Ralphs. Mr Piercy had caned him, but he forgot what for. After Ms. Ralpha had beaten bim his legs were sore. Mr. Ralphe used his clenched first on witness as well. He did not mind the sick so much, but ke objected to the first. If he bad gone" buck to the school he would have been beaten for run-
bug away.
John Olsen, 12 years of age, another Diocesan school boy, deposed that he had been at the school for about four years and was in the gih form. Mr. Ralphs naver caned witness nor bli him on the head with a pointer. He had only seen Mr. Ralphs smack Tông Wing on the cheeks with his hand.
sailor should have a certificate as to eye- sight; that colour-blindness and defective LIEUTENANT BRUSEWTIZ, a German officer who vision in apprentices should be a reason recently deliberately killed a civilian at for breaking engagements; that colour-Carlsruhe, the expital of the Grand Duchy of blind officers should be given shore em- Baden, bas been tried by a military Court. It ployment by the Board of Trade, and that will be remembered that the victim, a civil competent medical men should be the engineer, accidently touched the chair on which examiners in vision tests, system of testing entalls great hardships to apologise, the officer chased him to the At present the Lieutenant Brusewils was sexted. As be refused on a useful and hard-working class of men, passage of the cast and then ran him through who should be treated with more consider the body, killing him on the spot. The Court ation than the Board of Trade has hitherto sentenced the Lieutenant to four years' imprison shown any disposition to extend to them. We do not know what system is in vogue man in a férizens, and to be dismissed from the in the Royal Navy, but it is probably a which is so arbitrarily applied to the witnessed in the lecture hail on the Imperial more practical and fair one than that or the 26th ultimo an extraordinary scene was schocher-rigged craft. Her hull is palated while † not brates after that-
To Mr. Dennys-Tang Wing was in the third The present year has been ad' exceptionally form, which was usually taught by Mr. Ralphs. bay one for Messrs. George Fenwick & Co., Did not remember when deceased went to Limited, the orders received being in excess
Hospital, of all previous records. The steamer Labuan, Diocesa
Kong In Cheung, aged 16 years, also a just completed, makes the seventh vessel the
School bay, said he joined the school in 1893, and left this year. built by Fenwick & Co. Limited, this year, He left on account of having been beaten
(Mr, G. Winterburn) a Telegraph reporter shut fiat respectively. The blow on the lace and through the courtesy of the Manager by the third master Mr. Ralphs, Mr. Ralphs beat him on the face and sidewlih his open hard and
was enabled to make an inspection of the palued him most. He had been beaten before Praya East. The Labuan is the second steamer and wimers never saw him beal any boy new vessel to-day as she lay off the works, by the third master for not knowing his
lessons; be used his hand, not stick built by Fenwick and Co. for the Sabah 9. 8. with a stick. After running away from the Co., of Sandakan, and she is a very handsome | schral his uncle made him go back. He was
Merchant Service.
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GER HANY AND CHINA,
Colonal Liebert starts to-day for Peking with an autograph letter from the Emperor William of Germany to the Emperor of China, together with the Order of the Black Eagle.
ITALY IN AFRICA.
An agliation in Italy in favour of the total and speedy evacuation of Erythrox is going on.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
MR. E. V. BIRCH is likely to obtain tha Resident Councilor-ship of Malacca,
The Indo-Chini Co♬ì new river steimer Suf-wo arrived here to-day from Glasgow, THE Powan will leave for Canton 10-morrow (Friday), the azit instan), aty, instead of
$ 8.13.
SIX Ramins warhips, fncluding the Powiat Arous, were at Chemulpo. (Korea) on the 14th instant.
MARQUIS SALONJI is reported to have booked kis passage for Marseilles by the French mail stesendi, leaving Yokohama on the agth init.
Inuitate. Mr. Draper, the secretary of the Tranevaal, Geological Society, was lecturing on the subject of recent events in the Transvaal, and in his remarks on the Jameson epizode platoly sided with the Boers. This proved a algal for an outburst of indignant protestation on the part of a strong mizzaty of Fellows of the Inetate. The lecturer's statements were leadly
MEMORANDA,
but honger compelled him to swallow it
To Mr. Deacon-The food was often not good,
To Mĩ. Wilkinson-Witers had run away. from school three times. As he was a mat boy he could not say whether his conduct was good or bad. Tas head master had punished with his open hands and fists, using the letter Slm. The third master beat the boys' severnly on their bodies.
and the deck structures are of French polished leak, and she has quite a yacht-like appearance, The stem is straight and her stern is nicely rounded, while the loss of the hull are very ymmetrical. Just opposite the gangway on the main deck ars two berth cablaw for European passengers, fitted with the latest things in wash
To Mi. Denny-Tong Wing was a very quiet stands, busks, and racks, and each cabin has also
cosy cloth-covered settee. There is no lack of boy, and never played rough games.
After some more boys were examined Mr... room in the cabins, which are well lighted and ruffian," and other inaniting epithets were per-sing saloon, which is a roomy and well the deceased on the opers, hand and had not klsted, while exclamations of "trailor,” leur,"
ventilated, and just alt of the cabine is the Ralph was put in the box and examined at great
length. He denied ever doing more than caning · sisted in patil the expulsion of the disturbers fitted place, with sideboard, mimor, swing struck him at ali sicco" the Summer vacation. became immlaent. Mr. Francis Hart, a West | lamps, &c. The pantry is just behind the saloon Deceased was a dull boy. Mr. Piercy frat told Australian, was prominent among the protestors and so, too, and the native and European galleys, him about the decased's allegation that he
which are fitted with the most approved appara(lines) struck him on the head with a ruler. Many In the room waved flags and chemred the Emptie and Jameson, and a maida was.only topgallant fele sud on the foc'sle bend are then explained to the jury the law regarding 1as for cooking. The crew are housed in a lofty This concluded the evidence and his Worship narrowly avolded:
Ingenious devices for throwing the anchors clear manslaughter and he also went overthe evidence. of the ship when lat go. On the bridge sro !
the
The jury almost immediatly brought in a cabins of captain and enginear, the steering gear, werdiet of "Accidental death, the result of a fall," and palent telegraph. Right aft the compradores and firemen have their "quarters and the lamp
LI HUNG-CHANG. roam, store Fooma &c. are also located here. Two large ships' boats and, a gig azo carried on the upper deck. In the engine
SHANGHAI, Nóvember 24th. room there is abundance of space, 'Ught, and Native reports from Paking represent a state ventilation, which is a very important matter al very strained mlations between the Emperor In the tropics, Hand and steam pumping gear | and Li Hung-chang, H.E. is said to have lost, e le fitted for use in any part of the ship, no time in speaking his mind to his august Two steam winches are also on board, and Master on the subject of the Carini Convention, generally the Labuan is a credit to the colony | which he declared had placed - Chins under the and her builders. She is bullt under the Bursas foot of Rassis, The Interview is represented as Veritas reales and her dimensions att tre having been decidedly stormy, the venerable measurement soo tons and speed to knots. Immediately after Ld went off to pour his laments Length, 130 ft ; beam so it ; depth of hold, 9 l, statesman being markedly abrupt in his manner. The englars are compound surface condensing into the ear of the Empress Dawagiz, who 175 hp. The boiler is of steel, working at 100 seger, could offer him little bat gympathy, "It onds, with cylinders at 15 in, by 30 in, developing whilst appreciating the cause of her old friend's) In pressure to the square inch. The wood used., wie star this that Lến cămble within the throughout the hull is teak.
escred preclucts gave the Emperor a chance of A wooden transport built for the Maono showing his resentment. H.L's enemies are Government is now waiting to have her engines | mid toʻkubighly pleased with the state of affaku supplied, and the firms sie shortly to launch a and soma ni kia weaker friends are going over to tula-muów vassal for" Formarn.
Whay Tung-ho, Norik China Dany NPWT:
TO-DAY-26th November, A. S. Watson & Co. Ltd, pald an interim dividend, on sccount of 1896, of 50 cents per skare, to-day,
TO-MORROW,-27th November,
4 to 6 and 8.50 to 11.45 p.m.-Elite Skating Rink, at Victoria Hall, Daddell Street,
Indian malt"ḍoo.
SATURDAY,—28th November.
11.45 a.m.--Auction of household furniture, &c, at No. 3, Magdalen Terrace, Magazine Gap, by Mr. G. P. Lammert. Noon, Statutory meeting of the Dairy Farm
Co. at the Depot.
9 pm-Vandership's Entertainers, at Theatre
* Royal, VA
SUNDAY,-29th November, American mali dut.