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BRUTÁLITY :- Major telegraphs that an enquiry discloses shocking treatment of the British wounded after the reas guard action in which Colonel Benson was killed. He adds that the Boer commandants are desirous but are now unable to repress
Cominaridant Muller in an attack on BOER Colonel Park in the Colstroom district, was repulsed, leaving eight killed, and three wounded. Our casualties were 31, including six officers wounded.
Commandant De Wet with 800 Boers attacked General Dartnell in the Bethlehem,
outrages and murder.
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On the 16th December, at St. Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore, by the Revd. W. H. C. Dunkerley, M. A., Colonial Chaplain, EDWARD ARTHUR COOK, of Ipoh, son of the late William Henry Cook, London, to MINNIE JANE, second daughter of Thomas Wreford; Leamington Spa.
On the 19th inst, at St. Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore, by the Rev. W. H. C. Dunkerley, Colonial Chaptain, CHARLES BASIN WHITE HEAD, son of James Nicholas Whitehead of Torquay, Devon, to ETHEL MAUD, only daughter of Col. J. A. Little, late Consulting Engineer, Indian Staff Corps.
DEATHS.
At his residence on the 12th instant, at Church Street, Penang, CHEANG KENG KWI, Captain China, Perak. Aged 74.
QRICKET.
"UNITED SERVICES & CIVILIANS This match was commenced yesterday on the Hongkong Cricket Ground. The Services ivon the toss and elected to bat. Play at first
was rather disastrous for them, and three wickets were down for but 6 runs. Wood then
lasted for several hours, during which time years in the service of the Penjem Mines, died made a good stand with Digby and put on eighty for the next wicket. France-Hayhurst the enemy charged to within 150 yards of at Panggong on the 4th, aged about 60, and made.a very good show for his first appearance our lines, but were repulsed, losing twenty
in Hongkong. His go was the result of good free cricket and contained one six, twelve fours Our casualties were thirteen.
and two threes. Smith's four wickets cost him 75 runs, Hancock's two wickets, 39 runs and GRAND DUKE OF HESSE
Howard got one for 34. DIVORCED:
men.
SOUTH AFRICA.
was brought in to Lipis where he was buried on the 5th. The deceased was suffering from con- sumption, but his death came suddenly as he appeared well only a few days earlier. Mr. Whiting's deccase is rendered sadder by the fact that he intended leaving the Penjum Co LONDON, 14th December. at the end of this year in order to get back and The divorce of the Grand Duke Ernest settle down in Australia, where his wife and Louis of Hesse from his wife Princess family of grown-up children are. One son is Victoria Melita of Coburg has been pro- employed at the Raub Mines and was present nounced on the ground of absolute incom.at the funeral. Straits Times. patibility.
PARLIAMENT will probably be opened by the King in person on Jan. 16, and it is ex pected that the Government will, at the earliest possible moment, introduce a Bill for the re- form of procedure in the House of Commons. It may be found that the Chamber will be asked to fix'its time of meeting at half-past two, to postpone questions and motions for adjournment till after the dinner hour, to simplify and abbreviate the process of Supply by transposing the initial consideration of the estimates to a committee of the whole House, limiting the duration of speeches, and sciting up an automatic system of closure, to abolish the procession to the lobbies.in favour of a voting machine, and to impose severer penalties on contumacious members, who hamper the transaction of the nation's business by factious
FURTHER FICHTING. General Mackenzie attacked a Boer lager in the Carolina district, Southern Transvaal, at dawn on the 19th instant, killing six of the enemy and capturing sixteen.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
QUEBEC is hoping to become the greatest wheat exporting port in America.
BAD FOR BREWERS-Owing to the general depression in trads, the beer brewers in Japan have experienced a large falling off in their sales this year.
Institute; and his Royal Highness has accepted that post. CHRISTIÁNTY IN THE EAST-At a meeting of the East India Association, Sir Lepel Griffin strongly disapproved of Bishop Welldon's desire to introduce religious educa. tion in India in State Schools, Sir Lepe denied that Christianity could give a higher ethical creed than the creed of a very large majority of Indians.
disorder.
Play was commenced at 2.30 p.m. and stumps were drawn. at 43.0. The game was re-
sumed this morning at ri a.m.
The following is the score - UNITED SERVICES, Lleut. Heinold, R.H
cand Sercombe Smith Mr. C, P, Franklin, K.N., & Hooper, b Sercombe Smith... Mr. Digby, R.N., c Woodgates, B Sercombe Smith Major barshill, R.A., Arthur, B. Sarcombe Smith Lient, Wood, R. N., HW.F., Woodgates, & Hancock
Capt. France Hayhurst,
Fanshawe, H.Nc Arthur, blancock Cap. Radcliffe, ut under McKinley, R. not out...
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Capt. Clapham, R.A., and Lieut. Broadbent, R. N, to bat.
FOOTBALL.
RUGBY,
WARD ROOM V. GUN ROOM. A large number of spectators assembled yesterday at Happy Valley to witness this match. The game was promoted with the object of getting the best men to represent the Navy in their match against the Club on Saturday. At half time the Gun Room had a-- goal in their favour.
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The second balf was very exciting. The Ward Room equalled with a goal and just on time the Gun Room got in a splendid try which, although from a difficult angle, was nicely.con-
THE IMPERIAL INSTITUTE:-His Ma-THE BLOOD TEST-With reference to the jesty the King, in his capacity of Patron of the
recent blood test which occurred the other day. Imperial Institute, has been pleased to appoint,
at the Mixed Court in which a native'detective the Prince of Wales to be the President of the
was the defendant, says the N. C. D. News, it appears that the "Hsi Yuan Lua standardverted. work on "the clearing of mysterious, criminal Result :-Gun Room, a goals (one penalty) cases," which is a vade mecum with all man-(9 points) Ward Room, goal (penalty) (4 darins who have anything to do with trying points). criminal cases-has the following comment on blood tests to show that such a procedure cannot be deemed infallible. The "Hai Yuai Lu" explains that if a bawl be rubbed at the bottom with a pinch of salt and water be poured into it, blood dropped into the bowl will not mix, but coagulate. So also if well-water, which is generally brackish, is used. In a perfectly clean bowl, filled with freshriver water, blood of any persons dropped in will generally mix."
AN OVERTURNED LAMP was responsible for the death of Palmyra Medina, a Portuguese woman, at the Govt. Civil Hospital. The flame from the lamp communicated to her clothing and in a few moments she was a mass of flames from head to fool. She was removed to the Hospital on Monday evening and died in great agony at 4.2 p.m. on Tuesday, the
24th inst
OBITUARY:-The death is announced of Sir William MacCormac, the eminent surgeon, from the effects of dysentery, Sir William MacCormac was born in Belfast in 1836 and created a baronet in 1897. He was for the fifth time president of the Royal College of Surgeons. He was consulting (civil) surgeon to the forces in South Africa in 1899. He has written several medical books.
THE VARIOUS HOTELS made a specialty of their Christmas dinner. An elaborate repast was offered at the various hostelries, and many visitors were noticed. The time-honored plum pudding was omnipresent, it is needless to say: and from soup to coffee was a list that would tax the powers of a glutton, Several of the hotels, the Connaught in particular, had a tasteful menu card, especially gotten up for the we are sure will be re- occasion, which
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PRIVATE CHAIR AND RICKSHA COOLIES.
To The Editor or the "Hongkang Telxogarır."
DEAR SIR-i shail feel obliged. if you will publish the enclosed correspondence in your columns for the information of numerous in- quiters, who have asked me what is to be the outcome of the Commission appointed to inquire into and report on the question of the existing difficulty of procuring and retaining reliable chair and jinricksha coolies for private chairs and jinrickshas.
I am, dear sir,
Your faithfully, R. CHATTERTON WILCOX, 6, Des Voox Road,
6, Des Vocoux Road, Hongkong, 13th Dec, 1901.
tained by many of the guests as a souvenir. Hongkong 24th December, 1901. Decorations were profuse at many of the hotels, and the bright flowers interspersed among the evergreens, made a very pleasing effect. Christmas dinner was a feature at all the Barracks, and from fleeting glimpses we had through the windows as we passed, we should judge that everyone one regretted that "Christ- mas comes but once a year,"
SIR, In connection with the Commission to inquire into the question of private chair and jinricksba coolies, on, which I had the honour to sit, I beg respectfully to ask whether any action is contemplated in the direction of carrying out the recommendations. contained
RIOTS IN PRUSSIA-A Reuter telegram 10 the Bangkok press says that they severe treatment of Polish school-children at Werschen in East Prussia, in order to compel them to speak German, and the imprisonment of parents who protested, have led to riotous THE CORONATION-it is understood that in the Report ? demonstrations outside the Gerinan Gonsulates
it is not the intention of the King and Queen al Warsaw (Russian Poland) and Lamberg
to use on Coronation Day the State coach, (Austria). Windows were broken, and the escutcheon of the German Consulate at Warsaw which was refitted for the first State function vas, dragged in the mud. The authorities that followed His Majesty's accession. Evi
I am moved to make this inquiry in conse quence of repeated and anxious inquiries that have been addressed to me as to when it is ins tended to give effect to the Commission's-aug-
On Saturday, the 14th instant, at i p.m. at subsequently replaced the escutcheon and dently, the view is taken that this magnificent gestions. The present time is also regarded
his residence, No. 7, McCallum Street, Sing: apore, Mr. ANG KIM TEE. Aged 53 years.
he Hongkong Celegraphy Pies. The sampan folk, as usual, were which wil be used for the procesions.
but closed vehicle would not be suitable for apologised.
the great procession through London, which is ACCIDENT IN THE HARBOUR At to be a feature of the Coronation ceremonials, about half-past-eleven yesterday morning a for His Majesty's coachbuilders have been fell overboard from a sampan near directed to prepare a splendid open carriage
very in getting away to the rescue, but a A well-known London correspondent hears pinnace from the Tamar, coming along at the that the King has indicated his desire that the time,.fished out the child in an insensible condition and banded it over to the sampan people. The poor little mite must have had a very narrow shave, and the Chinese method of resuscitation, which consisted in holding it up by the legs to drain the water out and then violently jumping it up and down to restore
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SOUTH AFRICA.
BOERS RESOLVED TO CONTINUE, WAR.
LONDON, December 23rd. The correspondent of the Daily News.at Volksrust, Transvaal, states that the Boers are apparently resolved to continue the war. The real object of the recent meetings was to make plans for the summer cardpaign..
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A NEW AUSTRALIAN CONTINGENT FOR THE CAPE. The Federal Government has decided to send a contingent of thousand men to
ong the Cape.
LATER.
SOUTH AFRICA. SEVERE FICHTING. Lord Kitchener reports that two hundred
animation, did not appeal to us.
THE MANCHURIAN CONVENTION- The Universal Gazette has the following about the Manchurian Convention which we translate below:-We learn that Prince Ching has already informed the Foreign Ministers at Peking concerning the drift and scope of the proposed Manchurian Convention, against which
as most opportune for making trial of the legis lation suggested, inasmuch as any temporary strike by the coolies would cause comparative, ly small inconvenience during the cool weather
Opinion seems
still
more
unanimous in favour of registration, so far as 1 ́can gather, since the Report of the Commis- sion was published, influenced no doubt to some extent by the result of the citizens. The King has resolved upon this inquiry, and partly by the evils complain course because of the fact that many Transated of having become further accentuated.. lantic and Continental personages are offering An influential resident, who had been paying large sums for a seat on the occasion. He has his chair coolies Sre per month, told me the decided that the mere fact of any seat-being other day that he had been compelled to dis sold will dispossess both the holder or the miss them because they were so troublesome, nomince of the right of occupying it
and that he intended, though flying on a high It is said that the King will, at the Corona level, to do without coolies' during the cool tion, add to the Duke of Fife's titles the "semi-weather. Another resident informed me that Royal" one of Duke of Inverness, as a mark of Royal favour to the Princess Royal, the Duchess of Fife.
THE FLEET did not make such a fine show of Christmas decorations as usual yesterday,
although be paid good wages and used the coolies sparingly, they had left him suddenly' because they had too much work, said work consisting of carrying the chair on an average thrice a day!
Some relief from the present unsatisfactory the Ministers appeared to have had nothing to The little Waterwitch was a notable excep say at the time, whilst the Japanese Min- tion up to a little after eight o'clock in the state of things is anxiously looked for by the ister is alleged to have remarked to Prince morning, the vessel being dressed rainbow majority of the residents and gener lly con Ching that if the negotiations were arranged in fashion with greenery, with an appropriate sidered most desirable, and 1 trust His Ex- the way notified by the latter there did not motto between the masts and festoons of ever-cellency the Governor will see his way to appear to be any harm in them. The former greens round the ship's sides, while her name sanction the introduction of registration, which also advised the Prince that when everything was worked out in flowers on the stern. Soon I feel confident would go far to provide, a had been arranged his highness should notify after eight, however, a signal was made from remedy the Powers and on the other hand sign the the flagship to the affect that she was to fend
I have the honour to be, Sir,
Convention.
down her decorations and be content' with
Your most obedient servant, R. CHATTERTON WILCOX. WINDFALLS IN THE STRAITS:-Goven, tufts of green at her mastheads and yard-arms, this being the only form of Christmas decora"
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 19th December, 1901. SIR,In reply to your letter of the 13th instant, I am directed to inform you that the Government is giving its careful consideration to the Report of the Commission appointed by His Excellency the Governor to enquire into matters concerning private chair ceglies,
I bave the honour to be, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
of Colonel Spens's troops whilst engaged. inment is in fuck just now, says a Straits paper tion indulged in by the other ships. Naturally' that is if one may regard the acquisition searching farms at Beginderlyn, Transvaal, of a large and unexpected contribution to the the Waterwitches were sorely disappointed, in parties, were attacked by, 300 Boers who revenues of a country in the light of a piece of more particularly so as no orders regarding: overwhelmed a portion of the forceOur luck on the part of its Government. It is Christmas decorations had been issued, and casualties which were severe, include Major stated that the personal property in Penang the flagship's peremptory signal came as a Damant of Damant's Horse, dangerously of the late Captain Ah Kwi estimated complete surprise. We don't know what reason wounded.
st $7,000,000, and that the probate duty the Admiral bad for issuing this order. Per. In a fight which took place at Tafelkop, at 3 per cent to be paid to Government will haps be had a good and sufficient one. It Orange. River Colony, on the roth instant, therefore amount to the handsome sum of seems to us that it was somewhat arbitrary and two officers and twenty, men were killed, $210,000. The recent death of another wealthy likely to dishearten and disgust men who had
Chinese gentleman,
a great deal of time and trouble and gone whose property is estimated spent a four officers and seventeen men wounded. to be valued at $1,500,000, will bring in a to no little expense to decorate their vessel, Our store is situated between the Principal Banking Institutions and Colonel Rimington arriving on the icepe other 545,000 Aquare of a million dollars We wonder if, as is whispered, the Glory's did. Hotels in Hongkong.***
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