THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1903.
INLAND Lot No. 1793, Bituate below the Jubilee Road, Kennedy Torn and comprising an area of 1500 square feet will be put up for sale by public auction at the offices of the P. W. D. or Monday, the 19th ist. It is held at an annual Crowa rent of $18, and the upset price is $450.
FIFTY-CENT silver pieces of the Straits coin age are being circulated in. Ceylon, and are too readily taken for rupees-especially when one balf-dollar is placed among a dozen rupees, DURING, the absence on leave of Mr. L. A. M. Johnston, postmaster, general, who is proceedi ing 10 Weihaiwel on public service, Mr. S. BEIGHT Powers are still maintaining troops in C. Ross will officiate in the Hongkong office.
Two Japanese, who were arrested near Vindi vostock on a charge of being military aples, while" enraged at the salvage of the Gaisin Maru, were subsequently released without any
trial,
THE Keiho Maru, which arrived at Chemulon on the the 18th ult. from Chin ampe with a full cargo of cereals, crnet fire at 2 a.m. on the 19th, and was scuttled and sunk to save her hull,
MR. WJ. Tutcher has been appointed to act ns superintendent of the Botanical and Afforest- Fation Department during the absence of Mr. S. T. Dunn, who is proceeding to Weihaiwei on public service.
THE Nichi Nichi's Peking correspondent learns that the Empress Downrer has of late begun to realise the extent of Russian ambition, and has become inclined to rely upon Japan and Great Britain.
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We understand that M. Reau, the popular Coul for France, who has been in the Colony for several years, is shortly leaving Hongkong. and will be succeeded by M. Liebert, ex- Consul at Pakhoi.
MR. Edward Jones, first haarding officer, has been appointed acting assistant harbour master, during the absence on vacation leave of Com mander Robert Murray Rumsey, R., 1.8.0 or until further notice.
IT is reported that the price of silver at New chwang has gone up exceedingly, and that there is not at present much difference in value between the Japanese and Russian paper -money and Mexican silver.
COMMANDER Helm sreaks highly of the new coastguard steamers Mindoro and Samar, which have arrived at Manila from Shanghai.. It is thought that twelve knots can be got out of them without undue pressure.
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THE Japanese Consul at Newchwang reports to his Home Government that the cases of bubonic plague reported there from the first outbreak of the disense up to the 19th ult, have been returned as zoz in number,
THE Japanese str. Chishima Mavu, which, on the evening of the 21st instant, collided with the N.-D. L. S Seydilte near Kiutoan, was brough! into the Huangpu on the 27th ult, and was Watched below the China Flour Mill
To meet the demand for labour the Federated Malay States have endeavoured, hitherto with out success, to arrange for a direct line of steamers to carry Chinese. labourers from Canton to the ports of the Malay States,
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At the instance of Sergeant Kerr the masters of the ss. Saxonia and Kagoshima Afaru were fined $in by Mr. Sercombe Smith on Wednes. day, for failing to provide the moorings of their vessels with the regulation rat-funnels.
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THE NC, D. New says that the cover of the September issue of the Pall Mall Magazine represents a 'somewhat disgy-hued giji with red hair, whose clothes seem to be slipping off her, in a field of exaggerated poppies.
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AT the Magistracy this morning an Indian belonging to the 14th Rombay Infantryappeared before Mr Kemp to answer a charge of stealing $378.79, the property of the Regiment. The case was adjourned until Tuesday next.
His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Mr. E. A. Hewett to be a member of the Medical Board under section to of the Medical Registration Ordinance, 1884, during the absence of Mr. Robert Gordon Shewan. DURING the week ended at noon on 26th ult. were reported as having occurred in the Co- two fatal cases of plaque and one of choler
lany. Since January 1st 1,410 plaque rases have been notified, 1,237 of which proved fatal.
THE Wai Wu Pu has been notified by the French Minister at Peking that the survey of and Yo Ling Chnu in Kwangsi has been completed and the work will begin this winter.
THE trans-Pacific iner St'eria due for the first tims to arrive at Madila in November, will, when she leaves there, take all the people con- nected with the Saint Louis Exposition Board and all the remaining exhibits to the United Stater
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THE Echo de Chine states that the Governor per interim of Kwang Si has reported to Pekin that one of the rebel leader, Tcheng, has been stain and the other, Wong, has fed into Tonkin. He states that he has written to the French authorities requesting that this chief be handed ovΕΣ.
THE new vessel of the Messageries Fluviales,.
Peking. The agregate number is about 1,550, consisting of 300 Germans; 300 English, 200 connecting Bangkok with Saigon is the Quane Fench, 340 Russians, 150 Italians, 150 Ameri-Nam a stemmer of 800 tons. She is command cans and 300 Tapanese, All these. foreign
ed Captain Bahu René formerly captain of the troops are comparatively healthy, says on
Dohas. The Quang Nam used to run on the exchange.
Saigon Philippines line: She arrived in Bang kok on 23rd.ult.
THE Peking correspondent of the Asahi reports that the employees of the Peking Branch of the Russo-Chinee Bank have of Inte aban doned their usual duties and are busily engaged in business other than banking. It appears that they believe that a war between Russia and Japan is imminent.
WE are in receipt of the revised pmspectus of the Canton Hongkong Ice and Cold Storage Co. Ltd., and in comparing the list of officers with that published in our columns some time since End that the names of Mestrs. Chau Tit Sai and Chau Tung Sang, of Hong kong, were omitted from the board of directors.
THE Sin Wan-pao reports that the 'construc tion work on the Canton-Hankow Railway is progressing and the first ar has been already built. The second o now being construct- ed and freight cars the number of ́about twenty are almost ready. The Anished portion of the line will be opered some' time in November.
MR. Yamasaki, engineer to the Kawasaki Dock. yard Company, Kobe, who recently proceeded building industry there, is expected to return to America for the inspection of the ship early next month. On his return the Dock- yard Company is expected to begin the con. vessel of 15,000 tons. struction of a large slip to accommodate a
THE first consignment of Chinese colton of the season has been received at Kobe to the amount of 270 bales, of which 240 bales have already changed hands at the price of 27.10 quotation now ruling on the Shanghal market yen per picul It may be added that the is somewhere about 26.30 yen for September and 25.25 yen for October,
notified with reference to Government notifica IN a Gazeite extraordinary issued to-day it was tion No. 237 of 17th April, 1903, that quarantine kong have been withdrawn by the Government regulations against vessels arriving from Hong- of French Indo-China. Every vessel on its arrival in the ports of Indo-China will accord ingly receive free pratiqué,
AN Imperial decree states that the post of pre- fect of Yunnanfu, Yunnan province, being a most important one, the Viceroy and Governor of the province are commanded to select from amongst the substantive prefects of Yunnan the man beat fitted for such a post, and let Chu Chan k'o be appointed to the prefecture vacated by the nominee of their choice.
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ON 22nd uit, while the N. P. liner Olympia was at Yokohama, Captain Truebridge, the widely known commander of the ship, was pre- sented by Lieut. Milns, late of the 34th D.B.A on behalf of his shipmates, with a handsome silver ten service on the occasion of his taking over the command of the Victoria.
MPDICAL examination with quarantine at the discretion of the health officer is now in force against arrivals from Manila, Amoy and Shanghai, while sanitary measures are adopted against Hongkong at Manila, Netherlands India, Rangoon, Shanghai, Siam. Indo-China, Labuan and British North Borneo..
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GREAT Britale has asked the Sultan if he AUGUST was quite a busy month for Sandakan, | We learn that nothing has yet been done wit intends to put into effect the reforms in Mace 29 vessels entering the port, totalling 19 342 regard to the wrack of the Chinese gunbeat donia which were promised. Austria and tons, and ay vessels clearing, totalling 14,163 Huang Tof, which sank off Breaker Point in Russia, though most interested in the Balkantons. Of the entries 19 were British, tonnage the early hours of, the, 18th August Matters question, want a unanimous agreement on the 5,937,9 were German, tonnage 6,922, and are at a standstill, owing to the mandarins not part of the other Powers as to the remedying of was under the Norwegian flag, 383 tons. 17 having decided on: the choice of any of fan the bad conditions in Macedonia and Bulgaru. British vessels cleared, 6,858 tons, 9 German, several tenders submitted for the raising of the -Ex
6,922 tons, and Norwegian, 383 tons SFP vessel.-Advices from London says ho YEUNG Shiu, a coolie, was charged at the that the Canadian Pacific steamer Empress. underwriters are congratulating themselves, Magistracy on Wednesday with unlawfully offer of India is not to blame for the collision with and two boxes of cigars to a sanitary inspector. ing a bribe of Sro, two pots of preserved ginger the Chinese war vessel Huangtai,
also charged with unlawfully inducing Yeung Lui Fo, the master of a confectionery shop, was Shiu to offer the bribe. The case was remand ed until Friday. Bail to the amount of $250 each being allowed.
Tan estimated population of the whole of the Straits Settlements for the year 1902 wan 581,219. The births registered were 14.5" and the deaths 24,970; giving respectively birth and death rates of 24.96 per mille. In igor the births numbered 14,568 or 25-37 per thou sand and the deaths 12,876 ar 39.89 per | thousand.
Gomez Jesus was fined 3,250 pesetas and AT Manila, on the 29th ultimo, Dr, Dominador sentenced to four years and two months impri- sonment, for founding an illegal association with the purpose of committing certain crimes being that the organization was formed to un- punishable by the penal code; principal of which lawfully enhance the price of labour.
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IT is now confirmed that Mr. Yamakawa, Kobe manager of the Yokohama Specie Bank, has been promoted to London, and will sail for England on the 6th proximo. The Kobe THE Thibetan Mission, under Colonel Young-tion of a silver cap to mark the appreciation of
Bankers Union is contemplating the presenta husband and Mr. Claud. While still awaits the valuable services which Mr. Yamakawa
has rendered during his stay in Kobe.
the arrival of accredited Chinese and Thibetan officials. Meanwhile, valuable zoological, geological, and botanical reserches are being made and the weather in camp is reported to be perfect, being about yo in the day and 38 at night,
On the 21st ultime the night train from Hanoi to Namdinh (Tonkin) ran off the line. Nobody was injured but the passengers were delayed several hours in consequence. The accident was occasioned by a water-buffalo which, while crossing the track, was knocked down and killed, throwing the engine off the metals,
TAM Ping, a house coolie, was sentenced to three months by Mr. Sercombe Smith, at the Magistracy on Wednesday, for stealing 4 table knives, a nutcracker, a corkscrew, a walking stick, and a $ro note, the property of Inspector
ceiving part of the stolen property was sent to Andson. A hawker who was convicted of re-
prison for one month.
Mr. Carnegie has promised to give to the MANILA is to have a Carnegie library building. Philippine Government a fine building to cost not less than $100,000, on condition that the appropriate site and that, it shall provide for Government shall furnish for the building an the institution an annuity sufficiently large a cover actual running expenses.
IT is notified in the Gazette that H.E. the Secretary of State for the Colonies, to appoint Governor was pleased, with the approval of the Bertram Leeds Thomas Barnett, M.B. D.P.H. to be an Assistant Medical Officer of Health, LR.C.B., Edin. DP.R. (Oxon.). to be an Assis- in April last. Hold Macfarlane, LR C.P., tani Medical Officer of Health.
AT a meeting of the Straits Legislative Council on 18th ult. Mr. G. S. Murray asked if the Ordinance No. 8 of of root and No. 28 of 1902, A VALUATION is to be made under the Rating Coin Import and Export Bill had been brought before the 30th April next, of the rateable tene- in with any intention on the part of the Goments in Victoria, the Peak district, Kowloon vernment of ultimately prohibiting the circula- Point, Vaumati, Hunghom and Aberdeen, for of British or Mexican dollars in the colony? the year commencing 1st July, 1004. As re. The Governor replied that he could give his assurance the Government had
gardis valuable tenements situated elsewhere in: d ng such fate the colony the existing valuation will be adopt tion."
ed as that for the said year.
THE French Consulat Hankow has in augurated a school for the instruction of the French language and science. The number of students to be admitted is to be limited to a good grounding in Chinese before they can twenty and they must prove that they have had be admitted. The course is to be three years and the graduates will be given posts on the railway.
THE Wiju correspondent of the Arah informs us that on the 30th August is Russian soldiers behaved badly to the Chinese Mounted Highwaymen " at Ta-ku-shan and that the next day Lin Taib, a notorious chief of the "Highwaymen," accompanied by 260 of his followers, left the Russian camp, carrying away troops at Feng-hwan cheng have been ordered 30,000 thels of silver. A number of Russian
to pursue them.
FROM a recent issue of the China Times we learn that the railway from Chengting to Tai vuanfu is to be a narrow-guage French line, built-be French engineers exclusively, The funds. by the issue in France of 20,000 bonds Russo-Chinese Bank will raise the necessary of 500 francs each, bearing interest att per cent. French interests will be represented by Mr. C. R. Wehrung an the directorate of the Russo-Chinese Bank,
THE latest N.V., s'eamer, Nikkomarw, which is being built by the Mitsu Bishi Company at Nagasaki, was launched on 23rd ulto. She is intended for the Australian line. is of 5.600 tons, and qualified to receive the shipbuilding en- the "social hall," was shown at the Osaka couragement bounty. A partion of this vessel, Exhibition. The passenger accommodation of ANOTHER rich haul is being made by the Chi- provided by Japanese steamers.
the Nikka-maru is sait to be superior to any nese on the West Beach, Chefon. The large quantity of kerosine oil that has been stowed
WHEN about a thousand milas, off the Pacific very badly, and the sandy beach is fairly soak ed with oil. Owing to some reason or other of the Gaelic sighted a four-masted schooner the oil has come to the surface of the sand and aying the signal "N. V." indicating that the the Chiese are gathering it up in bucketfuls.
vessel was short, of provisions. The Garlic We learn that one lucky Celestial got awaymate and a number of men put off from the bare down on her, and a boat containing the with no less than 25 bucket loads.
schooner and a note given to Captain Finch, informed him that the Andy Mahenty was out fifty-four days on her trip from Mexico to Port.. land. She had run short of provisions, and a liberal supply was sent aboard.
In spite of all efforts of Governor Chou Fu of Shantung to prevent it. the Huangho has broken its banks near Ninghai, in Lishing prefecture. The break is about 300 Chinese feet long: No human lives were lost, thanks to the precaution taken by the Governor. The Chinese Government recently refused funds to repair the banks, asked for by the Govamor.
ON the evening of the sand ult. a godown in Kobe containing tea, belonging to Messrs. Hunt, & Co. was discovered to be on fire, but the police extinguished the outbreak in the large amount of tea is certain to be condemned course of twenty minutes. It is said that n and two thousand or so packages of eighty pounds each, which were to have been sald, is stated to be only a small portion of what will be disposed of in subsequent sales.
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the follow-changes: The Kiutaan Light vessel Coast Inspector, Shanghai, draws attention to A NOTICE to mariners issued by the Acting
has been shifted to a position mile N. 65 30' W, of he former station; and the Fairy Wreck lighted Rell Buoy, with a conical superstructure, Unlighted Bany has been replaced by a Gas- painted green, bearing the word "Wreck" in white letters, and showing an occulting white light every 6 seconds, thus-Light, 4 seconds; Eclipse, 2 second. All bearings given are magnetic.
IT is generally believed among the business men who are acquainted with Mr. A. H. United States Senate, who has been in the Stewart. Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms in the Philippine islands for the last three months studying the results of the Chinese Exclusion agent of the State Department of the US. Act in its application there, and who is a special
States, he will recommend that the rhinese Government that, upon his return to the "nited Exclusion Act be abolished in so far as it applies to the Philippine Islands.
Tax new Supreme Court was opened at Penang on 17th ult. and, according to the local upon the entry of the building by His Majesty's Gazette, the opening ceremony attendant judicial officials was not made the occasion for a grand, impressive cefemonial; quite the re- verse. The action of Goverment in this res- false economy that has been practised as pect is perhaps no less to be regretted than the regards the furniture provided; which is un- worthy the honour of a place in a British Court- room. It cannot be described as anything but
cheap and nasty,"
Les établissements de la mort" makes some Le Courrier Saigonnais under the heading
hospital and barracks at Salgon. A list bas strong remarks on the management of the
six Europeans died, of whom uearly all were from which it appears that no less than ninety heen published ofthe deaths during five months,
soldiers, The paper puts down this heavy death rate, which the oldest residents say has seldom bean equalled, to the bad treatment characterizes as centres of infection and accorded in the hospital and barracks, which
THERE are, roughly and in round (figures, at least, 1,000,000 acres under sugar-cane cultivation in India, about 2,600,000 acres, or approximately nine-tenths of the whole producing area, being in Northern India. The cane is grown in such a way that the weight yielded to the acre is much below what it would be with rational cultivation, while in that weight there is an undue proportion of woody and fibrous sub- stances to sacchariferous juice.
Judge of Kiangsi, who is to accompany H.L. A HIGH mandarin, lately Acting Provincial Ko Feng shih, Governor designate of Kwanghi is at present in Shanghai with the 'object' of purchasing a number of Mauser and Mannlic- her rifles to arm a brigade of troops which are Ko Feng-shih in Kwangsi. The N.C.D. News tu be under the special command of Governor says that from all accounts it would seem that unless the rebels in that province return to their allegiance Kwangsi will soon become an armed camp, that is, if Viceroy. Tsên'a 'scheme is to take effect.
A FORMOSAN despatch states that an extensive forest of 'hinoki has been found at the foot of Niitakaya, the highest mountain in Formosa WHEN applying for licenses in the Federated Messrs. Kawai and Dagui travelled through cally examined and certified to be sound.is area at 2,000 or 3,000 cho. The trees are Malay States ricksha canlies have to be medi-
a portion of the forest recently and estimated Every paller must wear a badge-not transfer mostly hinoki and they are of exceptionally able-when playing for hire and on the back of large size. The place is about 45 miles to the each puller's license and counterfoil the im-
east of Kagi and it will necessitate the com pressions of the finger tips of his right hand struction of a railway should the timber be cat may be imprinted, and the puller is liable to
as there is no river in the district. The total he taken at any time to the Sanitary. Boart value of the timber is estimated at hundreds of Office in order to have such impression verified. million yen. It is expected that the Formosan Government will make further investigations THE profit and loss account and balance sheet
and then start felling the trees. of the Osaka Shosen Kaisha for the first half of this year shows that the net profit for the half-year, after putting aside Y566,000 to re serves for insurance, repairs, and depreciation, was Y344,301, and the divisible balance was Y581,543. After paying a dividend to share- holders at the rate of to per cent per annum, the sum of Y315,543 is carried forward. The Yr1,226,622, total assets of the Company amount, to
LORD Charles Beresford told a good yarn at a lunch to which he was entertained by the Dublin Port and Docks Board. An admiral on the China station wrote to the Admiralty asking that a new forevard might be sent out as his had been carried away. In reply he was
would like to know who had carried away the informed that a new foreyard would be sent out, but before it was sent out the authorities forevard, what he had done with it, and where he had put it.
IN connection with the approaching departure of H.E. Sir West Ridgeway from Ceylon, it members of the Ceylon Legislative Council, was proposed at a meeting of the unofficial that a public ball be given in Colombo to.Sir be a display of fireworks and illumination of the West. Lady and Miss Ridgeway, and that there harbour on the eve of, or before, their departure. Also that the ladies of Ceylon do present souvenirs in the shape of a necklace of gold and precious stones to Lady Ridgeway, and a bracelet to Miss Ridgeway-both to be of Cey lon workmanship. A large general committes was proposed to carry out these suggestions
THE annual swimming sports in connection with the Diocesan Boys' Schoo! were held, by kind permission of the Colonial Secretary, Hos.. F. H. May, C.M.G., at Stonecutters Island, on Wednesday, The entries were very numerous following is a list of the prize-winners-School and all the events were keenly contested. The
Potato and Spoon Race: J. C. Primer, 2 G. championship:-1 (1. Muskett, 2 G. Witchell; Wong; Plank Race-A. G. Siemssen and W. Drude Arithmetic Race U Wai-tak, z Wel Wing-sam; Life-buny Race: Chu Yuen and W. Jenkins; Diving under buoy-Chan Wing to: Team Race:-G. Evans, H. E. Edwards, U Wai-tak, and Chan Lam-fai,
A DISCOVERY that may, prove to be of immense commercial and strategical importance, has just been made in the delta of the Amur River by Col. Schanke, Chief of the Geographical Expedition of the Pacific Ocean, and the Russian engineer, M. Chubinski In the northern part of the Amur delta the expedition channel, which allows vessels drawing thirteen has come across a rather deep navigable feet of water to enter the Amur River, while a little dredging of the bed of the channel would allow vessels drawing eighteen feet of water to enter. The troop transport.ship Kamtshadal has been the first vessel to pass through the new channel and thereby to reach Khabarovsk,
A CHINESE Beaman, aged 40 years, appeared before the Sydney Police Court the rotber to answer a charge of smuggling three tins of opium from the steamer Australian lying at Pyrmont. Accused pleaded guilty, and Mr. Robinson, of the Crown Law Office, who p peared to prosecute, said that the smuggling of opium had become so frequent that the Cus- toms authorities bad to put special officers on to watch particular boats arriving there.Even the maximum penalty seemed to be no defer- ront in connection with that kind of offence; but it was the only protection the Common- wealth had against such breaches of the law. A fine of £100 in default three months' gaol was imposed.
patrolling the ship for some time, they were Two pudding-hawkers boarded the, Hong Wan I on Monday afternoon to sell their wares. After called by a native employed by the compradore of the ship, who commenced sampling the wares without asking the price of the articles. He then inquired the amount of the damage and was told 2 cents each. He refused to pay, and offered one cent, which was not accepted. Both men became excited and the compra- hold of a copper-pan of boiling water and dore's assistant is said to have taken thrown the contents over the hawker. The second hawker standing by," immediately summoned the police and the accused was arrested and the hawker, whh was frightfully scalded, removed to the Hospital.
way as a means of transport of troops was DURING the recent military manœuvres in
tested. The and Brigades of the 31st and 35th Russia the utility of the Trans-Siberian rall-
infantry divisions together with twoldetach ments of artillery, all of which were stationed near Moscow and Kiew, were transported, units, into the Transbaikal, where they took together with the necessary material for there
different garrisons in part in the manoeuvres conjointly with the this region. The operations terminated, the men were taken back, by the same means, to their starting points, without a bitch having occurred on the railway or any delay being occasioned to the ordinary traffic service. This experiment has shown with what facility Russia can concen... line. trate troops in the Far East, thanks to the new.
AN Osaka contemporary reports that the Cap- tain of the P. & O. steamer Bornea, on anival at Moji on 19th uit, applied to the police authorities for assistance to deal with the mutinous conduct of about forty fadian seames that fears were entertained that several of the and others on board. The Kobe Herald saya
mutiny was apprehended. So far as the Herald crew would desert. Nothing in the nature of a can learn. Borneo, for some reason, shipped a Bengali crew this voyage, instead of taking on the requisite number of hands at Bombay and the Bengalis are not particularly fond of hard work. Owing to this a number of the considemble sum of money as wagie, by the way--and at this port others were shipped in Singapore. Evidently, the P. & O, skipper's their place for the voyage to Japan and back to action was more of a precautionary than suppressive and punitive nature
the proposed line between Kuangchow Bay there for the last two years, has been leaking coast an his last homeward voyage Capt. Finch 'death. Further particulars are to be published. SEVERAL Japanese capitalists (the Japan Tímar men left the ship at Singapore forfeitinga
A Taxio despatch to the Mainichi states that M. Pavloff, Russian Minister to Seoul, has received orders from Europe, to return home immediately. He will set out for St. Peters burg by the Siberian railway in the course of a few days.
THE King has not been advised to exercise his power of disallowing with respect to the follow- ing Ordinance:-Ordinance No. 8 of 1903. entitled-An Ordinance to amend the Malay States (Fugitive Criminals) Surrender Ordin-
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TEH Liverpool Journal of Commerce says that the American ship Helen Brewer, Captain Mab- rate on her stands at go guineas per cent. She any, may now he said to be given up, as the left Sourabaya for Delaware Breakwater on the 28th of February. Both ship and captain were very well and favourably known in Hongkong. It may be remembered that the Helen Brewer was ashore near Sourabaya three days after sailing, but got off and proceeded,
A CELESTIAL entered a house at West Point and told the mistress that he was an inspector, and requested her to show him the meter. She took him at once to it, and the wily thief com menced taking out movable parts and fittings. She asked him what he was doing and he told her that he would carry away the fittings and THE British Admiralty has given notice des clean them, so that the light would be brighter, cribing the character of the lights to he ex She agreed, but no sooner had she turned har bibited along the southern part of the Red Sea. back, than the sham inspector made an attemp They are repectively at-(1) Jabel Teir. (2) to steal a silver toothbrush chain. Be was Zebayir Islands, Centre Peak island. (3) Abu arrested, and was sentenced to six weeks hard THE master of the steam faunch Chas. Wai All, Quain island. (4) Mokbe, on the south labour. attended before Mr. Sercombe Smith on a fort. Further notice will be given when these charge of neglecting to fly the flag while having lights are exhibited, which, it is understood, twenty cases of kerosene on board. His Wor will be not long hence, as the lanterns are in States Army, brother of Lieutenant Arthur ship imposed a fine of $50 or one month's im- place and everything points to an early
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prisonment. THE enormous sum of $474,891 was collected MR. 3 E. Levy, head of the firm of Messrs. at the port of Victoria: Vancouver an Chinese E. D. Sassoon & Co,, of Kobe, died suddenly head tax during the period from July, 1902, to at Kobe, igth ult. He was very well known August 31 Jast. This easily beats all records in business circles, and his death at the early within years when immigration from Oriental age of forty-als will be generally regretted parts has bean at all normal,
When he left his office that evening be ap. peared in good health and in excellent spirits, FRENCH journals state that in view of the pre, but shortly after arriving home expired, the sent position in the Near East division of the Cause of death being heart failure. French Mediterranean squadron, consisting of deceased who leaves a widow and three chil. ben vesicle, including several cruisers and the dren left. Hongkong for Kobe some six years armoured ship Brennus; has been warned to go be in readiness to proceed eastward,
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A Toxio despatch to the Asahi'states that the Russian have again landed a large quantity of building materials at Mirokudo, Corea, and have started the construction of dwellingen all probability this is a preparatory arrange ment to reconstructing the telegraph lines,
A CERTAIN high officer ar Sasebo writes to a Japanese exchange that the Navy could be put os war footing any moment The young officers are eager for wear to come. It is, how over, doubtful there will be any war in the new futurpat Tokie officials ay ng Indecisive,
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THE Manila Times reports that Robert Murrah who is claimed to be short in his accounts to the amount of $350 while acting sales clerk in the Quartermaster's department and who was apprehended on his arrival in Hongkong is now confined at Parian station. Murrah left Manila on the 3rd instant, and before he had reached Hongkong his shortage was discovered arrested upon bis arrival in Hongkong. McKay by the military authorities who through the Civil Governor intervened so that Murrah was of the Secret Service with the proper extradition papers was sent after and returned with the fugitive from Hongkong,
reports) are said to be directing their attention to the auriferous district in Kagoshima-ken. with a capital of one million yen which is Already there exists in that locality a company working the Ushio gold mine and which in shima and a number of Tokyo capitalists. Mr. cludes among its shareholders Viscount Taka
Now Mr. K. Murai, the well-known tobacconist, Asano is also exploiting the Fake gold mine.
southern district to prospect for gold. Mr. K. for he is reported to have sent an expert to the seems to wish to have a share in the enterprise,
Wada, ex-director of the Fukuoka Iron Foua dry, is also understood to be carrying on a similar search,
with the late Fope Lea in the first volume of THERE is an interesting account of an audience
with the Catholic Bishops in Australia, New He was an Irish Protestant, but he get on well the reminiscences of the late Sir George Bowen
Zealand, and other parts of the Empire. He was also an accomplished linguist, and his cons versation with the Pope was carried on, in Italian. His Holiness began with a reference periodically to the Vatican, several of whom to the reports from colonial, Bishops, seat spoke highly of the services rendered by Sir George. The Pope thanked his visitor for this. only carrying out the instructions be had res kindness, and Sir George rejoined that he was M. E Comp. Jas. Lochead, assisted by M. Erived from the Imperial Government. Hia Comp. H. B. Bridger and J. A. Tarrant. M. E. Holiness added that he had every reason to be Comp. Jewett then invested his officers for the satisfied with the good relations between the ensuing year as follows-Scribe E., M. E. British Government and the Catholic ecclesias Comp. Jas. Locheat P. Z.; Scribe N., Comp. E. tics all over the Empire. While speaking to A. Earby Treasurer M. E. Comp. A. Tarrant," says Sir George, "his Holider, held, in P. Z. F. S., Comp. J. R. Lee; 1st. A. S. Comp. most gracious and paternal männerithe band Steward, Comp, B. J. Spittals Janitor, Comp C. H. Ross and A. S. Comp. J. Wiltshire of my youngest daughter, a girl of 12”
J. Vastone-Contributed.
A NATIVE couple were charged before Mr. J.
A VERY interesting meeting of the S. Andrew's kidnapping and harbouring four young girls Hall on the 23rd ult. when M. E. Comp. T. H. H. Kemp at the magistracy on Thursday with Chapter, No. 218 8.C., was held at the Masonic
Mr. Looker (of Messrs. Deacon & Hastings) from the interior of China on the 30th ultimo,
Jewett was elected and installed 1st Principal, for the ensuing year; M. E. Comp. W. Clares appeared for the defendants. It appeared from 2nd, and Comp. P. D. Hyett, 3rd Principals evidence that, on the 39th ul., the defendants' The installation ceremony was performed by kidnapped the girls from a place beyond LIEUTENANT Douglas MacArthur, United Canton, brought them to Hongkong and placed them in an immigration boarding house with MacArthur, United States Navy, commanding the Intention of taking them to Sandakan, officer of submarine boats at the U.S. Navy British North Borneo. The matter soon got, Yard, has been appointed by the Government to the ears of Inspector Hudson who, with the shipped to the Philippine islands on the tran custodian of the 2,000,000 pesos which will be aid of a District watchman, cleverly arrested port Logan, sailing October tat. The money Justica. His Worship remanded the can, bail them yesterday and brought the culprits to will be officially turned over to Lieutenant of the amount of 5500 being granted, MacArthur by Major Hardie just before the trapnia wrot Veel leaves San Francisco. When Manila Is reached it will be consigned to the United States Sub-Treasury.
A copy of the Kobs Chronicle, after it had passed through the hands of the Russian cea sorate, has been brought back to Kobe by a gentleman returning from Vladivostok. The CAPTAIN Panton, who for many years has com copy in question is that for April 27th this manded the N. P. Co's steamship Victoria year, and the front page contains a huge dab using between Japan and China ports and of lampblack blotting out a Reuter's telegram Tacoma, has retired from active service afloat headed, Practical Cession of Manchuria marine surveyor in Tacoma harbour for a num relating to the negotiations in Peking is cars In order to take up position ashore-as Demanded. On the same page a paragraph ber of large grain and shipping firms of the fully blacked out, and two paragraphs on the city Captain A. Dixon will bring the Victoria fourth page moet the same fate, notwithstand to Hongkong, where the command then fallsing that one of them is devoted to pointing out upon Captala J. T. Dobson. Captain R. that the Russian Government did not at the Ridley takes command of the Tacoma, baving time seem to have any belief that hostilities been promoted from his position an-chief were imminent. Delivery of the issue in ques officer and senior chief of the line. Captain lion was delayed by the censorate for about a Truebridge does not, 30-stated, transfer his forbight by thrua wacks after the paper rachad command from the Olympia to the Victoria, Vladivostok..
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THE further hearing of the esse in which 5. A. Neville, mate of the s... Powas, was charged with A MEMBER of the Burgher Contingent in kicking a native woman on the Canton wharf, DURING his recent tour in the Far East, Ges. Somaliland writing in the Diamond Fields on the 20th it was continued at the Magia. Kuropatkine, the Russian Minister of War, Advertiser, thus describes the Somalie-tracy on Tuesday. Dr. E. A Laing of the inspected at Khabarovsk the results of the was always under the impression that the Government Civil Hospital, deposed that the which had been taken in 1961 by Gen. Grodekoff, This in entirely incorrect; they showed remark told him that she had been kicked. There topographicial surveys of Manchuria, and Somalis ware ferocious, bloodthirsty fanatics. woman was admitted on Sunday at 630 and who was Commander-in-Chief of the Russian! forces at that time. Gen. Kuropatkine found the bushes, moving carelessly, and slowly, and the left side of her back. She was discharged able coolness and daring when circling round was a sight wound, the size of a sixpence on that it takes too long a time to produce the exposing themselves purposely. There were resultant maps on a scale of 1 to 400,000, if the no frantic rushes; all their movements were wound in question was caused by a kicks on the following day. He did, not think the surveys are sent to St. Petersburg for the pur- marked with utter disregard and their coun but probably from a stick, such as the pin of minking the maps in the cartographical tenances, lighted by a quiet smile while peer end. of, an umbrella ora amall bara boo department of the War Office. The Ministering through the bushes, seemed far from the Defendant said he was on duty on the Foun the Far East require, without the least delay, with possessing. They are splendidly mount women and went down to clear them a of War is of opinion that the Russian forces in diabolical cast of countenance they are credited and he saw several loafing conlick Amongst the a complete map of Manchuria and of the new ad upon Somalis ponies, which for nimbleness All ran away except one whom he got hold of Russian Fossessions. Therefore, the map is and staying powers could not be equalled and tried to "bapt him off the boat, but missna. to be printed in the Far East. The Russians Their dress is characteristic of the country, af him and accidently, kicked the womie are famous as mapmakers į but it is well known gaudy turban, several yards of pure white linen then attended to her, had was subsequen that the Japanese have had forsome time most surrounding their bodies in diversa positions, told by Captain Morrison that he wan elaborate maps of Manchuria. Gen. Kurepata Sandoller of antique style saddle of ancient by the police. His Worship Agreed king became aware of this fact recently, and manufacture, and French pattern til Their was an accident on his part, but sad defe thus his action in the present case la accounted Individus abooting castor be armed guite had no business jo kick · He was 'neelirnid "" "They ass seriptioneir deals a to pay the woman Of An conspexisation