A MAN named E, Ludwig was fined $rgowith the option of three months' imprisonment, for having sold splitia without a license in a coffee shop is Graham Street, Two ráen who were drinking in the place were fined $ ra euch,
Commenta
WITH reference to the illegal imprisonment of British subject at Macasser, which was folly reported in our columnes last week, the Singopera Free Frass, having received a letter from the half brother of My. Valberg, the hapless prisoner, As follows:: We have already called the attention of the public and the Goverment to this disczyceful matter through the columes of this journal. We have also written privately to the hon. the Colonial Secretary giving blm the names of certain persons who are in a position to speak particular facis in the case. That letter has not yet been acknowledged, so doubt through inadvertence. The question may at a early date be brought before the Committee of De Straits Settlements Association with the view of telegr-phic communication with the Secretary of State. Meantime we would invite the Un- official Members of the Legislative Council to ask one of beir number to put a question on the sub- Ject to the Colonia! Secretary at next Connett meeting. A telegram could now easily inters cept the ¿phigenta at Batavia ilahe is to touch there, and order her to proceed to Macassar to equire, seeing that there is absolutely no one There with vice-consular jurisdiciten on behalf of British subjects, although tv:n Portugal is represented at Macassar. Perhaps the Foreign Office night be requested, as a temporary measure, to place Belish subjects at Macassar under the protection of Portaga) 1.
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY,
HE STOLE THE MILK.
AND IS IN THE ASYLUM NOW.
Ayrung Ind! n constable named Wally Dadd, P.C, 639, was brought before Mr. H. E. Wode house, Police Magistrate, fo-day and charged with stealing a bottle of milk.
A coolie in the employ of the Dairy Farm Co. Rave evidence that between t zad 6 this morn ing he was taking some milk into the house of Dr. Gerlach, at the Albany, and he left the braket contaleg bottles of milk on the lawn. The defendant was 'standing in the street close by. When wiiras cims out of the hours bout 5 minutes later he found that one bottle the constable if he saw anybody on the lawn of milk was missing from the basket. He asked and he said "no." He told him that he had lost a there she agala plted in the negative. batile of milk and asked him if he taw anybody
Witness then toit the constable that be must have stolen the mile he was the only person cent. He looked at the coastible's number and told him that he would charga him. Then the defendant asked him the cast of a bottle of milk and sald that he would give him the money the next day. Witness tefaned to take money as he had only rubelen' milk ́to deliver to the customers, and demanded the return of the mik The defendant then said that he did not steal After and witness reported the matter. drinking the milk the defendant threw the battle away and its remnants were afterwards found among the bikes close by.
The defendant äsked to, be allowed to make & statement and said: "This morning I was on day at Peak Road, I saw the complainant carry two baskets of rallk and go into x.limo" beyond my beat. When he came out he looked at my number but did not say a word to me. After daty I returned to b ́rracks and I was
called to the charge room where I was told that I was charged with stealing a bottle of milk. I know nothing about it,”
Sergeant Hannah said that the defendant joined the Police Force on 14th April, 1896, and stuce them bad alre enizles galost his character,
For the defence Mahar Dio, P.C. 730, was called and stated that he was on duty near the Albany this morning. He saw the complainant enter house and come out again and then proceed along the Peak Road. The complainant did not speak to defendant.
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THE FLIGHT FROM THE HEAT.
AUGUST 9, 1897.
THE ENGINEERS STRIKE.
fen-hang ; Whether more comfortable de not le a question to be answered by the people who work in it, but the new quarters are cœristoly
LONDON, July 9th. more imposing than the old. The place was
The strike in the engineering trade in Loudan barght, dirt cheap, semething like six years ago | commenced on 3rd fast, a number of the men and bas heen standing idis ever since. "Dame employed by Messrs. Thornycralt, at Chiswick, Rumour says the purchase was mide without | Marns. Humphreys and Tennant, and Messra. formal permission from the great autocrat who, | Middleton leaving their work at two o'clock in thereupon, related to sinction the transfer of the the aficrocos. On taquity at Mesars, Thorny offices next door. However, His Supreme. In- croft's it was stated that 1,800 men were out, hat scrutableness has presumably condescended to the numbers at Messrs. Hemphreys and Tennant express his will and last Monday was the first and Mears. Middleston's were reported to be day of bosiness under the new roof.
considerably less la proportion. The result of the men's notices which came into operation on the 3rd will altogether affect between 4,500 employers of the remaining 8,000 having and 5.000 workmen In the Metropolts, the already conceded the request for an eight hou day, the refusal to grant which on the part of the other masters has led to the present struggle. The dispute has culminated in the serving of notices by the employers throughout the whole country dispensing with the services of 25 per cent, of their hands. The Society are deler. mined to retaliate by calling out the other 75 per crat, so that it seems certain that in a week's time the engineering trade will be at a standstill. Altogether it is estimated that reo,000 men well! be affected.
The greater part of the female and jare le bills where the temperature is ten degrees lower apolation of the part has datured: up to the
than here. Some of the men who have but little to do go up on Fridays and come down ou Tuesdayı, Not a bad week end. 'No more tigers tale 1.-M. C. Daily News.
SAD BATHING FATALITY AT
KOWLOON.
THE report of the Russian Minister of Finance to the Tear, dealing with the finances of Russla,” states, inter all, that the constraction of the Great Siberian Raliway was carried on in 1995 with all its former success and rapidity. From 1891-1896 inclusively 215'9 million roubles were granted for the construciton of this line and the auxillary undertakings in connection with it The Budget for 1897 asilgan sixty-five million roubles for the continuation of this work, Thus, since the commencement of the railway, one A hawker was next called and sald that he half of the sum requlalte for this great under- was sleeping in his hut above the Albany be taking has alesdý been assigned. From thetween 5 and 6 a.m. to-day, and the crash of a state of the progress one may expect that in 1898 bottle awakened him, He did not take any or, at any rate, in 1899 the Siberian zaliway notice of the matter anill later when on sweep- will reach the Amoor from bola ends, and log the ground in the front of his hot he found a suited by a service of fast steamers along broken milk bottle belonging to the Danyag, but to fallure of the heart through sudden this river, will form a direct line of steam com Farm Co. munication across the whole of Siberia to the Pacific coast. In the constraction of the Great Siberian Raliway, the past year has been marked by the solution of the very important question of passing the line through Manchuria According to the original plan the rail- way, passing along the valley of the. Amoor, would have been considerably diverted from the shortest roate. The granting by the Chinese Coverament to the Ranto-Chinëse Bank of a concession for building and working the Eastern Chinese railway (whic..., after crossing Manchuria, will alte, by the shortest route, the Trans-Baikal Hoe with the South Ussori Une} has made it possible to include the above. mentioned railway, bulit on Chinese territory, as
On Friday evening fast the pos'pored final lo ack in the main line of the great railway, now the Polo Tournament was played on the Cause- being constructed across the continent of Asia,WAY Bay Ground. The teams were and has done away with the necessity for 14TH REGIMENT. constructing a langer and more difficult Mr. Tew, back lae along the Amoor. Thanks to this, the length Mr. Wood, of the milate has been shortened by $14 Mr. Sencer, a verits, and there will therefore be a considerable Mr. Gordon, I
I saving both in time and expense in the journey
The Civilians won the tors, and took the sta between the termtol of the Great Siberia Railway.
BORNEO NOTES.
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Mr. Wodehouse (to interproter)--Ask the defendant whether be would like this dealt with sammuilly, or that I commit it for tri«!,
Interpreter-He wishes your Worship to deal
with it,
· Mr. Wodehouse-Six werks.
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POLO
CIVILIANS.
Hen. T. H. Whitehead, hack Mr. Landale,
3 Hon. F. H. May, C.M.G., Mr. Platt,
follows-14th Regiment 3 goals a sub- sidiaries; Civilians, f. Capt. Burney, R.A., officiated as umpire.
ble goal end. Play fo the first quarter was good and spirited, and Wood, who was well mounted, scored Erst goal for the Regiment. In the second quarter Wood scored a subsidiary mad, soon after, a goal out of a scrimmage. Mr. Whitehead Here's an item of interest A Foreman of put in good work for the Civilians as also did Works for the Kuala Klang Whayes is adver was weak, but Wood's fine play pulled them Plall. The Regiment's comblontion at times. tised for by the Selangor Government. Salary, through. Another goal was scored by the Regi- $225 a month." I bear that several Northment before the bell rang and the game resulted Bornen heads of departments are applying for the port as belag better paid than thels own I
Curious stories reach us here from the railway district. One is that the Supt. of raliways recently applied in hot baste for police protection, as his coolles had maliated and threatened to kill him. Upon investigatins (it is alleged) it given for the winning farm, which were responded was found that their pay was three months into by three for the civilians. arrest! Who was to blame is at present K mystery, but someone should be called to account If the story be true.
"Free" dysks, as seitlers, don't seem to be a success on the Beinean West Cossi. Some 150 were recently sent up there by the Government to colonize the waste lands, and their most recent proceeding has been that of slaughtering some eight women and children and taking their heads as trophies Another muddle, it would scem, of the Government of B.N.B..
Meanwhile what is the B. N. B. Harald about? We hear nothing about the shortcomings of the present administration, and although we can understand a certain amennt of official censorihip in a new country, its abrolate stience about shortcomings which form the constant theme of visiters and, if report be true, of residents-seems to stamp. It as a sort of new official Gazette. If this he sofa subscribers
The Cap, which already bears the nams of the Regiment, was presented to Mr. Wood, the Captain of the winning team, by Mas. Holland, who very graciously expressed the pleasure the
occasion afforded her. Three cheers were then
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FOOCHOW NOTES.
(From a Correspondent.)
Foochow, July 30th, heen insisted, opon ad kaustam, and the figures The falling off in tes export from Chles bre
are very dreiry. But the short crop seems at any rate to keep up the prices a bit, and the belter quality of the machine-made tes and lis increated sailability to the home palate back this up, No fortunes will be made this year, but the general sale shows a moderate balance in favour of the exporter who at any rate is not paying for the privilege of exporting tea by facreailog the receipts of the Chinese exchequer and enlarging the figures for the Customs returns. No doubt the still further fall of exchange helps along things a bit, but every hit of the difference goes late the pockets of the teammo, and though people fancy they are doing buslocis in a sliver country, to all intents and purposes they are working on a gold basis. people not so very long ago. In fact in these days of telegraphs, swift and sure carriage, banka, and halcyon days of peace and good credit no one is allowed to pick up a chance proat through the difference in exchange.
The men'e vepresentatives are confident that they have chosen a fiting time for the stilke, bot the employers say that they are in a better position for the struggle than
it had come earlier in the year. At the best, they regard it at a serious blow to the englaneering trade on the Thames, and predict that the result, is the event of their saccess, would be that many orders would go abroad which could have been executed wages of a reasonable nature, but the shortening at home. They are ready to give an advance of of beure would only mean greater expense in the shape of payment for avertime. The men make no secret of the fact that they do not wish to work lewer hours; they only desire that they shall be paid extra for work now done at ordi- nary rates by bringing to additional hours in the schedule for overtime.-L. and C. Express. MISCHIEVOUS LEGISLATION.
At 6.45 Saturday evening Me, H. R. Stay, chief officer of the P. & O, stesmer Shanghai, who was in erjoyment of excellent health, was bathing from the ship, at Kowloon what, with the second cfficer, Mr. S. C. Watner, and the third officer. Mr. H. Flisroy. Alter being in the water for about ten minutes the Chief Officer suddenly went down bat came in the surface about a mirate later and grasped a boat- book. He was. Immediately taken out of the water and found to be unconscious and artificial respiration tried for an hour and a half, but all to as parpore for he aspears to have died shortly after being taken on board his abip. Three doctors were to attendence, namely, Surg Major Lambert (of the Empress of China). Dr. Watson, and a native docter, the first mentioned arriving about ten minutes alter the chief officer was taken cut of the water. The body was taken to the Mortuary at:8 45 p.m. The deceased officer was about 42 years of age and leaves a wife and two children at home, in England, with whom mach sympathy la felt. He had been cleven years in the Com→ y's services and for the last two years had
LONDON, July 8th, heen Chief Officer of the Shanghal. The doctors
Some striking instances of the operation of the are of oplaton that death was not due to drown-Merchandise Marks Act upon our trade with the Far East were given to the Select Committee by Immersion in cold water while overheated. Mr. Mr. Provand, M.P. for one of the divisions of Walder is now acting as chief officer. Dectared Glasgow. He is connected with the China and was very popolar with his brother officers who Japan Trading Company, whose business is to suddenly teen cat short and that by this sad deeply regret that a pro-ising career has thus ship British, American, and Continental goods to China and Japan. In 1888 this Com- pany shipped 102 cases of clocks from New bathing fatality they are not only good friend but also an able and worthy shipmate; All the
York to Shangha of London, At London P. O. Co.'s steamers?' flags and the flags of they were stopped by the Castoms officers other steamers at Kowloon were at half-masi because each clock and each CAFE' WIT yesterday, as also the Company's tag at the not marked "Manufactured to the United offices in Fraya Central.
States," although marked with the name of the town in which they were made. Only after much delay and difficulty was transhipment effected. Again, the same concern had 32 cases of Fairbank's weighing scales sent from New York to London for transhipment to Shangbal. These also were stopped as not marked "Maan factured in the United States," although the goods are of a perfectly distinct class, ais different from anything else made anywhere, and especially from anything made In this country. Being a patent specialty, the shippers could not alter the markings, and as the Customs were obdurate the cases had actually to be sent back to New York, from which they shipped direct to Shanghai, What bas been the consequence of these two examples of official afficiousness? Simply this, that the New York branch of the China and Japan Trading Company, which formerly used to send large quantities of stuff annually through this country to the East, does not nor send a single packal, The same firm used also to bring large quantiles of Continental goods to London for anshipment, but now, ships only direct from the Continent, or by steamers calling at British poris to fill up, not to tranship. Can we wonder that Germany has established direct llacs of steamers to China, Japan, and the Cape, and ibat the volume of our "export of Foreign and Colonial Merchandise" grows steadily smaller year by year. Fairplay
Deceased was the possessor of the Royal Hu- mane Society's bronza medal for saying ille.
The funeral took place at 8 am, to-day and was attended by a number of the brother officers and blends of deceised, and on the coffia were a number of bexilful Bozal mementoes.
CHỦNG NG
CHUNGKING-Ju, July 20th. The prospects of the coming rice harvest, dan which depends the hops of arresting the famine which bis cavaged Exstern Szachpan and Western Hupeh for the past alx months, have gally Improved owing to a burst of hot weather and fierce sunshine which intervened for six con- secutive days—until now the ratos have resumed their way and the Great River is once more swelling rapidly. The price of rice has fallen thirty per cent, whi à shows that hidden store are coming out, and that the report that there was not enough rice in Szechuan to last on to the September harvest, and which was creating serious alarm, was false. The late long rainy senton wi und up with
A GREAT CLOUD-BURST, when four inches of rain fell in about as many hours and created much damage. The sand- stonrerck walls, on which the cly stands. gave way in many plecor, notably at the East Water Cate, where a huge rock broke away, carrylog
word in the river below, killing and wounding and crushing in fall large fuck
many pror people. The river bunding at Mi.. Little's godowns, outside the city, was under- mloed for length of a hundred yards and carried into the river. The stone-paved roads which traverse Szechuan in every direction and wasted out in all directions and our overland are (for China) remarkably well-ballt, have been
with it a portion of the stone stairs and several
mals are sedly in arrear in consequence.
A GREAT FAILURI
The native firarcist world has been much exercised over the failure of a privileged salt hong of the name of Wang, which traded fa government alt between?ible and Shast. They are said to have let in the Shast banks and others to the use of a million taels. Sacha failure is almost unprecedented as the sall bust- ness is a privileged monopoly and, though after long delays, it sb uld steadily yield large profits. The family is "one of the wealthiest in the province, and as all the members will be held responsible (more Stment) the bankers hops in lime to reciver their debis; but, in the meantime, the stringency is great as it takes silver up from the coast the Viceroy at Cbéogla vance funds to allay the panic and will probably accede to the bankers' petition to this effect
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THE BUBONIC PLAGUE.
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It is also unlikely to be introduced by infected persons. At the same time it is considered just porrible that it may find entranco (hern through the rats from which no ship is free,-- Tímas Vienna Cor., "
THE NORMANDIE-PEKIN
COLLISION CASE.
DEC.SION OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL,
Judgment was given on ved July by the Jadi--- cial Commature of the Prive Connell in the above case. Present: Lord Hobhouse, Led Macnaughter, Sir Elchard Conch, Sie Franels Teune, and Chief Justice Wray. It was an appeal from a decree of Her Mjty's Supreme Court for China and Jepen of May 26th, 1996. The ass, iments were recently heard and judgment |
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Lord.kins judgment, sald the Vermandle had Sir Franels Juor, in row, delleering tele
been held alone to b'ame for a chillalón which took place between her and the Pakis is the depended on the legally of the collatos, At river Whangpen on All 3, 1806. Much
Pretung on the Whangpoo makes a sharp bind towards the south, returning indeed on its cric at some bing more then a right angle and to the eastwards of that point the stream is charnels, the northern being called the inside, divided by a line of bars into two navigable
and the southern the outside channel. The westernmost nt tbare buays is known as the Old Duck Buoy. The Pakts W the line of buoys, that is to say, on the star proceedlog up the inside channel along
board side of that channel, and the Nor- ward of mid-channel, It was clear that, when mamille was coming down the river to the south-
ear the Old Dock Busy, the Pits ported, and that, at or about the same time, the Normandie deavoured to port, but her helm failed to sel starboarded. The Normandie alterwards en- owing to what was termed the "Chow Chow
water,
area of eddies or whirlpools off Poetung Point. which was, it would appeas, a well-known The result was that a collision occurred well to the Earth of the river, and somewhat to the eastwards of Pootung Pelar, the stem at the Normandie striking the port bow of the Pakis The evidence was not clear as to the whistles giren by the two vessels. The appeal raised the question of the conduct of both vessels. As regarded the Normandie, their Lordships entertained no doubt of the correctness of the judgment of the Chief Justice condemning ber. They agreed with his view that the spot where the collaton took place is not in dispute, and It is impossible to look at it and not see that the Normandie was improperly navigated in bring ber there." It would appear that both un-going, and down-going vessels navigated the inside and natalile channels indifferently, but without decid. ing whether under these chcumstances it wa the duty of the Normandy to ske the out- side channel, we clear that even if the elected to co by the inside channet she should never, it proceeding fox the starboard or southern side of it, have got so near to the north bank of the rain channel, The Chief Jattice had bold farther that the Normandis was to blame for not stopping and reversing, in that decision also their Lordships concurred, With regard to the conduct of the Fekin, two charges were 1-stated on. First, it was con tended that the two vessels were crossing vessels within the meaning of Article 22, and that the Pekin failed to keep her course; and,econdly, that the Pakis did not stop and reverse in due time. The crossing referred to in. Article 22
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autor of the evidence to show that those resposte sible for the navigation of the Palise were asked to explain why they did not reverse their engines at an earlier time, and there was nothing from which it could be clearly made out what was the length of the interval of ilme which separated the oders to stop and to reverse. The Chief Justice, however, saw the witnesses, and heard their evidence given at all length, and not in the abbreviated form in which it appeared on the notes. He evidently hed his attention directed to the point, and he has found that: "before the collision the Pekin was Bol proceeding at an improper rate of speed, and that she look all the measures the could by stopplog and revening her engines to avold the collision." From that decision their Lordships did not feel it necessary to dissent. The appeat must, therefore, ba dismissed with costs, and their Lordships would kumbly advise Her Majesty accordingly.
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NOTANDA.
CALENDAR.
AUGUST.
Metsorological means based on ten years? observaitons to 1895, Barometer Thermometer Humidity Rainfall
..........29.752
..80.9
...da
13.89
TO-DAY.
WEATHER REPORT.
On date at. On date at
4500.
Barometer... 29.51 Thermometer ............ Humidity..... Rainfall
39.41
85
87
79
71
0.12
TO-DAY. Monday, 9th August, 1897. Chinese-19th of 7th moon of 23rd year or
Kwong-ti
Se
Jewish-lîsk Ab, 8687. Mohammedan-101k Radio 1, 1815.
Sun-Rites............................................. 5kr. 3ômba. GAY. Kẩm. High water-Mornise woman Bhr, 30min, Low water-Afternoon a 1kr, 4omin. No inferior high on low water, ANNIVERSARIES. 1842-British troops landed at Nanking, 1856-Madame Vestris died. 1896-Typhoon in
and Macao. Hongkong
TO-MORROW. Tuesday, volb Aupust, 1897. (St. Lawrence.) Chinese 15th of 7th mook of 23rd year af
Kwong-si Tewish-19th 1A8, 5657. Mohammeden-11th Rabta J., 1315.
Sun-Riars ............................... bar, 36min.
Sets I
win Car. 84mín.. High water-Morstug... Chr. Sămín. *Afternoon........... Går. Ežĺtk. Low water-Morning nonÉ.
Afternoon ... Skr. Somtu, ANNIVERSARIES. 1519-Maghellanes left Lucar de Barrameda to dlacaver a new route to fodia: 1841-Sir H. Pottlager and Admiral Parker
arrived in China. 1877-Five ports on the Yaugtise declared open. 1888-Typhoon at Foochow; great loss of ille
and properly. 1894-Rev. Jax. Wylle murdered near New.
chwang.
SHARE MARKET.
LATEST QUOTATIONS. Hongkong & Shanghai Birk, 189 per cent. prem. Chinx Fuer, $125; Steamb at Co $331; Indo-Cblaas, $50; Chian Sagars, $TASET Raubs, $2314. Lind Investment Co., $751 Green Islands, $44 (cum new issue.} \
SHIPPING AND MAIL NEWS,
MAIL: DUT American (City of Prking) 11th lost, French (Laos) 13th inat,” American (Dorte) agih fast. Canadian (Empress of India) asth last. German (Prink Heinrich) 16th inat.
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Canadian (Empress of Japan) rjth prox. German (Pression) zzed prox,
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THE P. M. S. 5. Cos steamer City of Paking with mills, etc., left Shanghal.for this port this mɔming at 6 o'clock,
THI N. G. I. steamer Zatimbro left Bombay for
THE P. M. S. S. Co.'s steamer China with Hanoiala, Yokohama, Inland Sea, Kobe, Naga- malis, etc., foft San Francisco for this port vis
∙saki and Shanghai, on the 5th insi,
SHIPPING RETURNS. From 8 pm, Saturday to 5 pom, to-day, ARRIVALS, Kwanglia ........steamer, from Shanghai Kamakura Maru.....
Hanot......
Actw....
Thaler mursten
bava cause for complaint, for they pay for news Consol Jamieson pointed it out to the home months to get has been called upon lo sd- | special commission to Eombay, and, owing to nel, in which ease their coarse would, Indeed. Kalgan ranınmı
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pleasant or unpleasant and not for the Govern. ment view of what should or should not be inserted. I Hear indirectly that all officials are prohibited from writing for any papers outside Borneo under pain of immediate dismissal. If there is nothing to conceal why should such a thres: bs held out? Our correspondent seems to be somewhat muddled between Sandakan auð Kudat, só we refrain from publishing a paragraph which sepresents the officials at one of these parts an at daggers drawn songst themselves while it seems probable that the locality is misnamad]
WHERE THE, COMPRADORY COMES IN. To return once more to tea, this time to the dust therefrom, it is said that much friction exists between the Russian firms who bavo a monopoly of the brick tea trade and the native dealer. Ramour says that the ubiquitous com- pradore" gleans" to the extent of about Eve per cent between the seller and the foreign Tafpant. Tals squarss, for it is rather too heavy to be ME. Robertson, Iste Manager of the coa called a commission, has been a growth of years. miner here, has resigned his appointment, most First, there was a bribe to the compradores to people alleging that this is owing to his rocant weigh accurately, then not to take too large savars bereavement, his wife and three children samples, then to cut a moderate amount for bags. belog lost la the mining life-boat of the st. Then at this came over again, and so on, a He has the sincere sympathy of al
All only Chinese know how to ostry on the little Labuan ir sill in the * Happy con.game. So the teamen are now clamouring for diilon all in one cage, with no particular lowell sort of rules whereby they may know where One enters talog Russian has gone clored, deinks can only be got at the hotly and in for travellers marvel machty at the state of affair. that he will make much of it at first, but buil- I see from Stratis papers that they have all the nest margins are becoming too narrow to allow news procurable about the scandalous at the "gleanings of compradores," and men who Salleh bariness. If Government is not careful cannot talk the linge in outposts will be ousted, we shall have another disaster before long. and that before long.
I hear that Mr. Maxwell's return to ny is quite problematical, his ilinms "being 100
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crassing so as to involve ilk of collision," and it was obvious that, while two com vessels in certain paritions and at costalo distances in regard to each other in the open ses might be crossing so as to involve risk of collision, it would be completely mistaken to take the same view of two vessels in the same positions and distances in the reaches of a wind- ing river. The reason, of course, was that vessels, must follow, and must be known to intend to follow, the curves of the river bank. But vessels might, no doubt, be crossing vessels within Article 22, in a river. It depended on their pre- sumable courses. If at any time, twa vessels, not end on, were seen, keeping the courses to be expected, with regard to them respectively, to be likely to arrive at the same polat at or nearly at the same moment, they were vessels crowning so VIENNA COMMISSIONERS' REPORT.
as to involve risk of collision, bai they were not The preliminary report of the medical.com. so crossing If the course which was reasonably to mission despatched to Hombay by the Imperial be attributed to either vessel would keep clear Academy of Science In Vienna fot the study of the other. The question, therefore, always turned the plague is addressed in the first place to the on the reasonable inference to be drawn as to medical profession, bot it contains a variety of vessel's fature copre from her position at a particulars of general interest. The expedition, particular moment, and that greatly depended on which reached Rombay on Feb. 10, speaks in the nature of the locality where she was at that this port yesterday, and may be expected here terms of warice t recognition of the treliller moment. Their Lordships had restated those on of about the 26th fust afforded to them by the Government sathorl propositions, because they appeared to them flea and the medical officers. Their first task was decisive of that part of the present case. They to secure a sufficient supply of material for their were advised by their assessors, and it appeared investigallons, and this was one of very gest to them clear, that, having regard to the difficulty, as the salives - Parses, Mohammedan, features of the locally, at the time the Pelln and Hinda-pat every chatzcle in the way of ported ber heim-ibat was to say, when she wax pest-mortem examinations. With the assistance, near the Old Dock Bathe vessels were not however, of Colosal Gatsere, chateman of the crossing vessels within the meag ni Aritcle 22. plague committee, the fit officer of health, and I was terson ble for these on the
-*is, 15, with- the Parsee doctor la charge of one of the prison fault on their part, they did not hea. cipal hospitals, they were allmately able to double blast of the Normandie before they took the subjects (bey required action with their helm, to assume that the Up to the time of their arrival there had Vermandie would take the outside Chrand, in practically been no thorough scientific exam which case their courses would not cross, of nation of the plague. England had sent no would take the southern side of the inside chan- the scarcity of medical assistance, the English cross but not so se to involve risk of collision. doctors engaged there were too much oceupled The Chief Justice bad based his judgment for any close study of the disease. Up to that so much on the above view as on the conclusion Progress .... No less than two hundred and filly chariered time there had only been some forty dissection at which he had arrived, that the Pekin did, to junki are overdue here frem Ichang and, in con- in all-a circumstance which shows how cX-
Hongkong fact, though parting her helm, keep her
Nanyang of goods of every kind, while the storerooms of however, the expedition was established in the to the river, that was the proper and ordinary sequence, the market has been starved of supplies tremely difficult it was to obtain objects. When, course. She did so, because, owing to the band f the foreign residents are denuded. Many of these hospital referred to it came lato possession of jonka loaded in ichang a long agoas April last wealth of clinical and anatomical material, so
method of reaching the starboard side of the Chowfa many failed to start at all, and those that did that it was enabled to supply other Investigate ing up by the outside portion of the divided 4400
main channel for a vessel which had been com set sail were shortly afterwards denuded of their such as the German and Russian commis channel. trackers, impressed by the officials to tow up the sioners. It was at the same time in a sails. Lordships' asessors, and they agreed with it. Whampoa
That was also the view of their Tafyuk faming relief boats. These have now at last factory position of complate Independence, and The remaining question was whether the Fakin been mostly released and the chartered juoks are coming on again; but only to meet the owner Judgment epon the results of its reversed her engines la due time. There was tremendous summer ficsheta which will now pro The material thus collected included fall force against the Pets on that point. According Kosnaznan
evidence which was pressed with considerable Bl...steamer, for Haiphong bably delay them until the autume, The junk and exict descriptions of the progress of over masters who only collect, as a rule, sufficient sevenly cases, together with particulars of forty- Chiel Justice had found, she reversed her paddles Haimus............ to the account given on her behalf, and as the Sunghiang,uncom freight in Tchang to cover the expenses, of botte- even anstamies, and bacteriological investiga. when the vessels were only three hundred lest Award selves and thate crews for the voyage up, are often tions. It states that the anatomical symptoms apart. It was clear that she stopped her engines Rossi......... rendered bankrupt by these unforeseen delays of the plague are goners very characteristic, consequently it often occurs that a junk, upon and present no marked resemblance to those way urged that, though she might have brought Maria Valeria......
without reversing them at an earlier time, and It
And Monmouthshira .** advance, say, 100 tacir for a junk of three and a majority of cases, the bacilli from which it
bad she reversed sooner the colliston
Kwangi half tons capacity, is laid-up somewhere in tis origlasies enter the body through the skin, in
would have Gorges; the unfortutate Jask-master then second and much smaller category through the
been avoided. writes a letter to the consignee to Changklang langs, and in a third through the tonsils. The tinguished the Normandie I was at the Old as follows: When I first die. stating his care and informing you that unless you investigations went to prove that this bacilas Dock Broy, and he looked to me as if he was rend him down a second hundred taels he cannot was unquestionably the sole cause of the about opposite the Ariel. I then ordered one come on. There is no help for it; the money plague. It was not easy to ascertain the whistle, and go slow and porttite whistic has to be sent or the allodents hap aan to belleve that it did not extend He seemed to be golog netther one side por the bat was was blown, ported and the speed slackened. desert. Of course, similar pened in the old days of sailing ships with us beyond four or five days. In a number of other... My next orders were to blow one
In the days of bottomry bonds and such-like, animals inoculated with the virus
ward whistle and stop. I heard these executed. mostly forgotten by the present generation, observed analogous to those produced in the When he was 309 ft. from me I went full speed When will steam navigation sellave us from human body. The rat was the only animal leastern." It was clear, therefore, that when, or Aug. these troubles and de-Justice to the resources of which spontaneous infection was noticed, Great even before, the Pain stopped her engines the this rich region? What are all the expensive numbers of these were found dead in the dist lcts situation was seen to be one of difficulty, and Commissions about that have made Chungking of Bombay where the plague was exceptionally that the engines were not reversed unill after an of their cost would have put on a steamer and directly from man to man, or from an animal por ance that vessels should reverse their their headquarters in recent years? One-tenth violent, The epidemie was propagated either appreciable interval. It was of the utmost im tasted the navigability of the Upper Yangtso. such as the rat to man, or indirectly through engines in order to bring themselves to a stop Aug. But' papirniers et encore de papirasias-talk Infected articles of clothing, dust, &c. In the as soon as ever risk of collision arose, and if and, not action-is the order of the day. You opinion of the expedition, the introduction of the theft Lordsbips were sitting as a Court of First have your Woosung Bar we have our Rapids, plague into Austrian sexports through imported Instance in the present care they might find it Which will be conquered Brei-, G, D, N., goods in Improbable, considering the nature of difficult to say that the Pete fulfiled ber duty
The brollloy. Under därefol medical supervistow, is that respechy. But there was nothing as the" in
THE STOPPAGE OF TRADE,
inquiries,
lost between", the inmates. The diab. being the local patter, ́-It is not to be expected | which you have paid the chaster money in typical of any known disease. In the great herself to n stardalil by the time of the collision
Colo
pronounced. He was not loved in Labuns, but being, like all of the Maxwell family, determined he was at least respected, and “wisby-washy #acceniors are therefore rather at a diaconat,
Mat Salleh is regarded by the Blows and Salus as prophet seat from heaven to deliver the people from the white man Mat knows this and will come it the Mahdi to an extent that will cost the effate Government many tens of thousands before they've done, with him. We shall have pucca war with him if we are not very careful,
If the Telegraph could wake up some of our officials and get them to understand that gre or xx means ÿ, 10 OT 21 A.M, ȘI would be doing 'a good service, ‹ Verb sabi
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"THAT "BLINKED FAST. Natives are very much la favour of the Ims perial Post Office and hope it will coos extend to the Interior. They say it is only a matter of cab They want the reasonable coast rates appiled to the interior. Some nativas Ward overheard discussing the matter some days ago and they were alsging its praises quite load. This seems strange uitst what one hears of Viceroya, and so forth, condemning the whole affair. But if one could get at the bottom of things ons might find bidden in the stratum near the bed-rock that native poslal hengs had given some one a very weighty blat to condemn any systems that might decrease their sald-to-be handsome profits. Quite right, too—if they only succeed.
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10
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1
11
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Australia
Aggregating, 24,841 toas register,
DEPARTURES..
the Fahl. The evidenes of the captain of Sakte.
WASAN
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Name Shanghat acting Chulan OSBY? YES Hatlas ******
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Portland, O.
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Aggregating, 23,815 tons register.
SWATOW.
from
Arrivals. 6 Klangnan...Hankow..... Tang Kes
Agents, 6 That Amay...............). M. & Ca 8 Chill Cheloo..., & S. 8 Chowja ...Bangkok......B. & 8.. 8 HallcongÅmoy.............J. M. & Co.. 6 Loosok Bangka......B. & S. Departures.
Agents. Wenchow...Clloo & T'sin...B. & S. Kalgan. Hongkong...B. & S. Thales. Hongkong...), M. & Ca PORT-Kiangnan, Chibii, Halleongs
Cadura, Hongkong: &B,