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The remaining three predictions' are of THE PIEROT AND FIERETTE TROUPE- the same bloodcurdling type. We can from HMS Terrible again delighted a full imagine Mr. JOHN REDMOND and Colone!" house last evening, and would do well to conYesterday afternoon, a Sanitary Board meat LYNCH blowing up the Houses of Parlinsider the advisability of giving further pering was held in the Board Room,
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REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR.
THE CONVOY DISASTER := FURTHER DETAILS.
LONDON, March 5th, The correspondent of the Standard a Klerksdorp states that the escort of the convoy recently captured by the Boers twice repulsed the enemy. The latter than charged on three sides with tremendous impetus and recklessness, dividing and overwhelming the coluran. Some of the Northumberlands who had succeeded in fighting their way out,
year was further argued this morning and the Acting Chief Justice, His Lordship A. G. Wise, reserved judgment, MISS JUAN BUREN had her servant, Chong Seng, before Magistrate Kemp this morning charged with stealing one letter and $15 As the charge was proven Cheng Seng is now safely lodged in Victoria Gaol for six weeks.. INSPECTOR KNIGHT had the owners of Nos 53, and $5 Nullah Lane arraigned before Mr. Kemp this morning for not complying with the Sanitary rules, re-cleaning and lime washing. They were fined of 57 respectively, THE CHARMS OF HONGKONG could not. be resisted by In Kan who returned to the Colony after an order of banishment had been made against him. He is now consequently studying Hongkong within the walls of Victoria Gaol for the space of a year.
Mr. FJ. Badeley, Acting Captain Superinten dent of Police; Hon, W. Chatham, Director of Fublic Works; Mr. E. Osborne, Mr. Fung Wa Chúa, Mr Lâu Ghi Pal and Maya, đi Woodcock (Secretary) On the motion of the President, seconded by the Director of Public Works, the report was adopted.
VETERINARY SURGEON, The appointment of Mr. A. Gibson. Colonial Veterinary Surgeon, vice Mr. CV. Ladds pensioned, was confirmed.
DRAFT DEPOT BYE-LAWS. The Secretary, Mr Woodcock, laid on the table the Draft Depot Bye-laws as substitution for those made on 18th April 1901.
The President I think that we many proceed to make these bye-laws. They will have to be approved by the Legislative Council.
On the motion of the President and seconded by the Director of Public Works, the bye laws
were considered, claue by klause, and were finally passed. KAMANUMAN BATS ORDINANCE.
A draft entitled the Rats Ordinance" 1902
re-formed and charged the enemy with fixed East, No. to Triangle Street, Nos. 1- and was laid on the table. Dr. Clark said-These,
bayonets, but were hopelessly outnumbered. Thirty Boers were killed, and twenty-eight
wounded.
LATER,
THE ARMY ESTIMATES. The Right Honourable William St. John Brodrick, Secretary of State for War, in in- troducing the Army Estimates, said that service with the colours would be for three years, with nine years in the reserve, and that the pay would be a clear shilling per day rising to eighteen pence.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
THE GERMAN FLAGSHIP Fuerst Dis march has left for Woosung.
DENGUE FEVER, of joints-aches notoriety, says a Perak paper, is said to have broken out in Bangkok.
WRECKAGE of the British warship Condor has been found on the Vancouver coast, which renders her fost certain.
FOR INFRINGING the Sanitary Board rules, the owners of No. 241, and 243 Queen's Road Triangle Street and 36 Nullah Lane bave were fined Sio each. The Snes were paid. Insper tor Ross was in charge of the cases. JUNGLU is reported to be suffering, from influenza. A newspaper, financed by him, has just been started, and Na-tung, the ex-Boxer chief, who lately returned from Japan, whither he went to apologise for the murder of a mom ber of the Legation during the Boxes rebellion, is appointed inspector.
A FAREWELL DINNER was given to Q.M.S. Wallace, RE, who is shortly leaving for hoine, at the Kowloon Hotel last night by some of his friends, Mr. J. J. Richards pre sided and a very enjoyable evening was spent Speeches were made by the Chairman and Mr. J. H. Downs and were suitably responded to by the guest of the evening. MISSIONARIES OPEN A COLLEGE-It is reported that the various sections of mission- ties up north have amalgamated and have just opened a College having for its object the teaching of English to the Chinese The College is divided into four departments where art, Scripture, religion, and medicine is taught Many students have already joined
the finest American Beer in the SiR HECTOR MACDONALD has been ap- THE AMERICAN MINSTER, Mr Edward,
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printed to command the troops in Ceylon, and succeeds General Hobsen next month. BETRAYING SECRETS-We are informed that for letting out Cabinet secrets, no less than
y cunuchs at Peking have been discharged.
FOR UNLAWFULLY KEEPING`a com-
mon gambling house in 29 Chinese Street, So Kan was mulcted in $50, which he promptly paid
At Avondale, 70 Sirangoon Road, Singapore, on 26th February, the wife of J. CLEMENT | HONGKONG RIFLE ASSOCIATION :- CUFF, of a son..
There will be a competition to-morrow for the Short Range Cup and Spoons; ranges 200, 500 and Cox yards.
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Cargo remaining on board after the 11th instant, at 2 PM, will be landed at Consignees' risk and expense into the Godowns of the longkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Limited.
Consignees of Cargo from SINGAPORE and PENANG are requested to take IMMEDIATE DELIVERY of their Goods from alongside; such Cargo impeding the discharge of the vessel will be landed and stored at Consignees' risk and expense.
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NOTES AND COMMENTS.
A Prophetic Forecast.
TENDERS will be received at the Heid Quarter Office, Fletcher Street, until noon on Friday next, for supplies and services as set out in an advertisement appearing in another column.
STAMP COLLECTORS will do well to attend at Mr. C. P. Lammert's sale rooms in Duddell Street at 2 aclock to-morrow, when a fine collection of rare Chinese, British colonies, South American, and Portuguese colonies stamps will be sold.
N. Conger, gave a dinner to the various Chinese Princes, and peers, at the United States Legation on the 28th alto. The dinner was largely attended, and the utmost cordiality existed between all the various nationalities gathered. It may be mentioned that the sanction of the Empress Dowager was pre- viously obtained before the princes and pee were allowed to attend the function.
BY KIND PERMISSION of Lieut-Gol. Baillie and Officers, the Band of the 22nd Bom- bay Infantry will play at the Hongkong Hotel to-morrow (Saturday) evening, from 8 to 9.30 pm.:-
"PROGRAMME":
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THE FREIGHT SHIP MALACCA, Captain E. G. Andrews, arrived at Bombay on the 14th ult. from Yokohama having left that port on the gilt January and called at Kobe, Shanghal, Foochow, Singapore and Colombo. At Hong kong she embarked the No. 2 company R-GA., consisting of 3 officers, 161 non-commissioned officers and men, 3 women, and to children for Bombay; and a officers, 95 non-commissioned officers and men for London. During the voy. age, she experienced fine, clear weather and light N.N.-E. winds.
regulations, up to No. 4 have been drawn up by the Harbour Master and are now referred to this board for considemtion. There is only one point that strikes.me, and it is this, that in the second line of. No. 1 it is required that
all shores used for securing ships in docks must be protected so as to prevent the entrance of rats. I have just been speaking to the Har bour Master, pointing out to him that when a ship is in dock she uses 100 or 150 shores and that most of these shores are placed against the sloping side of the ship and that no rat that some of those shores might be in the im could possibly climb up the side. But he says
mediate neighbourhood of a port-hole. The last two regulations have been drawn up by myself. think they are very desirable. They are not very drastic. One is simply a penalty: probas bly it will have to go to the Attorney-General" for his consideration.
Mr. E. Osborne-As regards the question of shores, I think we had better refer it to the person who is competent to speak of the subject, and that is the general manager of the Hong- kong and Whampoa Dock Company, They are the only people outside the Naval Yard with docks; in fact, they are the only people who have docks; and they would be able to tell us better how to prevent rats going on board ships when they are in dock. As regards rats on shore. I should like to have seen, and hope we have power to make very much more drastic bye-laws than these. I should like to see, con- sidering that it is generally recognised rats are the principal cause of plague, a in new houses, and also in the nature of a in the nature of a ceiling abolished, at any rate
wooden floor less than a certain distance from the ground, in fact, any place that might be termed a breeding-place for rats. That is a matter which perhaps the Medical Officer could tell us how to embody later on.
The President We already have the power to remove ceilings.
Mr. F. J. Badeley-Will the regulation as to ships apply to launches?
Dr. Clark-If they are alongside a wharf, yes, Mr. Badeley But you see them there in twenties and thirties. You do not seem, to touch at all the question of rats coming here on
cargo-boats and so on shore. I do not know whether they do so, but the regulations do not touch that point at all
THE DEATH OF LI TEET SOON, las- pector-in-chief of the Szechuen mines is re- ported. Post humous honours have been con- In another column will be found a "pro-ferred on him by the Court, and a substanual, phetic forecast" sent to us by "one in pension granted to his family. inystery," which expression we can only in- terpret as meaning some fearsome and pain- fal cerebral complaint. The prophet eer- tainly makes a good and fairly safe start in predicting eclipses, comets and earthquakes from 1902 to 1905, for during 1902 alone there will be five eclipses and it is only too. probable that comets and earthquakes will both be in evidence somewhere or other. As for troubles in North China, we are all expecting them, but when it comes to a great revolution in China and the placing of a Chinese Emperor on the throne with the help of two island empires (Japan and England ) we rather doubt it. We have 21st. heard such a deal of talk of a rebellion with this object that we are growing rather sceptical on the subject and must respect fully decline to believe anything of the sort their daily wages from four candareens to eight the Far East are offering more attractive terms Protection of all abores used for securing ships?
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until the would-be rebels really accomplish something. Besides, we fancy that aiding, an anti-Manchu rebellion hardly comes within the terms of the Anglo-Japanese Agrocment.
Plague, cholera, drought and famine in sth unrest in India are very poor prophesies. The first four are already with us and likely to recur periodically, while the sth can always be depended upon owing to the little idiosyncrasies of the Indain fronter Tribes, who look upon an expedition over the border as a kind of annual tea-meeting or school-treat:
THE HAMBURG AMERICAN LINE has established a coaling depot at Kingston, Jamaica, for the use of its own ships and for the general traffic. The company has further resolved to institute a service of tugs between Hamburg and the Rhine ports. ENGRAVERS ON STRIKE:It is reported that the engravers at Fatthan have gone on strike, owing to their owners refusing to raise
Dr. Clark-It was not considered necessary, because rats do not pass from a ship to the shore or from the shores to a ship during day-- light; they pass backwards and forwards at night Junks will be required to moor away from the Praya wall or the wharves at sunset. That and other circumstances led the Har bour Master to think that it would not be ! necessary to make the same regulations for these boats as for steam vessels at present. THE GERMANS IN NORTH CHINA, it is stated, are actually recruiting Sikhs and other the Government that they have considered am prepared to move that the Board Inform Indians for policing their settlements there these regulations and approve generally of The men recruited come apparently from the them, and also that they approve of the ad- Straits, Hongkong, and other British posses ditional regulations which have been added sions where Indians are enlisted as Police; and since they were sent down, but that they beg the Germans would seem to be outbidding the to direct the attention of the Government to British authorities for their service, says an the second line of No. 1 with reference to the Indian paper, just as the British authorities in
in docks and to suggest, whether it would not
be possible to arrange that shores would not for service in the Native Army.
be put in the neighbourhood of portholes nther. HIGH DECORATIONS FOR BRITI than require a guard on every shore which is used for securing a ship In. dock. These tegulations are seat to us merely for con sideration
Hon. W. Chatham seconded:
candareens. It is expected, that the employers than are offered by Military authorities in India will meet the demands of their employees. COLONIAL PREMIERS AT THE CORO- NATION-At least six Colonial Premiers are SHERS: Information from Tokyo states being invited to attend the Coronation. These that the Japanese Government contemplates are Mr. Barton, Premier of the Commonwealth presenting Lord Lapsdowne and Sir Claude of Australia; Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Premier of Macdonald with the highest decoration in re the Dominion of Canado ; Sir Gordon Sprigg.
Hon, A. W. Brewin-I do not sea the good Premier of Cape Colony; Sir Albert Hime, Precognition of their services, in connection with mier of Natal; Sir Robert Bond, Premier of the Dual-Alliance. Prince Komatsu and Mar. touching launches, because they do not com- Newfound; and Mr. Richard Seddon, Premier quis Ito were decorated by the late Queen municate between ships and the shore and do Victoria and King Edward VII. respectively, not leave the water of the Colony, it would be of New Zealand. Six suites of rooms have
and consequently the latter will allow his two just as well to make restrictions against com- been engaged for them by the Government at a large London hotel.
Ministers to accept decomhons from the coun- munication between different houses, because, try with which England has entered into an after all, what we want is to prevent rats com- alliance.
Buying from other places outside
The motion was then EX-BOXERS ON THE WAR PATH was carried unanimously "That this Council AGAIN-News has just reached us of re-
of an annual subsidy of $30,000newed activity by ex-Boxers on North From by the approves The anti-dynastic movement in Spain being paid to the British Indian Steam Navig latest advices, we learn that the railroad he- - That the has been in operation for some time andation Company for a period of three years, in tween Peking and Tientsin has been partially
How our prophet manages to reconcile a religious revival throughout the Moham-
medan world with the downfall of Turkey and the Commander of the Faithful, we fail SINGAPORE HOMEWARD MAIL SER- to see. Surely, as the religion of the Pro-VICE-At the last meeting of the Singapore phet goes up so does the Sultan, the head Legislative Council the following resolution of the Moltinmedan church, and the two statements do.not seem to fit in.
is somewhat on a par with the anti-Man- chu rébellion. As for the violent death. of the Emperor WILLIAM II of Germany," there is no such person, for the KAISER'S title is German Emperor and not Emperor of Germany; Thus, despite the very blood- thiraty prediction of Hongkong's prophet,
consideration of their guaranteeing to carry a
destroyed, and the sleepers torn up and burat.
Homeward Mail via Negapatum and Bombay The telegraph lines have also been destroyed; by a steamer leaving Singapore at 5 pm on and other ravages reported. Imperial tropps alternate Wednesdasy, ie, the week following have been patrolling the disturbed area, but so the P. & O. Mail, and that the Council further far no captures have been made. agrees to increasing the share paid by the also been issued, containing
we fancy that the life of KAISER WILLIAM Colony in respect of the subsidy for the to the various milit may still be regarded as fairly safe. Besides, Mail and Coolie Service from Negapatam to utmost to capture if he were killed who would supply Europe
with mailed fist speeches such a contin- Penang from $25,000 to $30,000.
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