GENERAL News.
Crowded Singapore. Hotels.
The number of visitors in Sins
SERVICE MATTERS.
Captain H. G. Sergeaunt. Cupt II. G. Sergeaunt, for some gapore last week may be gauged years in Hongkong in charge of from the fact that all the hotels the Volunteers, is appointed an in- were taxed to the limit of their struotor of gunnery (second class.) accommodation, and that passen- gers arriving by the Montoro perforce had to live aboard the Vessel.
"Lleut Col. Burr.
Singapore is a well-known figure Among present visitors 16
in the Far East, Licus-Colonel Kurr, who, with his daughter is spending a few days there prior to returning to Japan,
New Magazine'Rifle.. A service paper announces that
Yokohama Census Returns. A codsus of the population of Yokolisma shows that at the end of last year it numberei 455;212 (representing 89,931 households). showing an increase of over a new magazine rifle is to be a 11,000 as compared with the pre-once issued for trial to selected vious year. The number of for- eiga residents (including Chinese) is given as 8,205.
An Anonymous Benefactor. "A bonefactor who-e name for
the present is not to be disclosed. has promised to defray the cast of erecting a new pathological block and institute of hygiene in ea nection with the medical school of Middlesex Ilospital. His scheme will entail an expenditure
of at least £10,000.
THETM HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, APRIL 4, - 1913♪
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The 2nd Bn. Gloucestershire to let; fine itaston; 8 rooms; tonais Regiment, from Malta, is to rend croquet lawns, lieve the 2nd Bu. Somerset Light No. 8, DES VEUX VILLAS, No, Infantry, at Tientsin. Two trans-32, Peak, 5 moms: ports are to visit Bongkong pixi trooping senson from home. The first will leave Southampton early in September and will prob by convey annual reliefs and the A Relic of Nelson's days. Gloucesters to Ching-wang-tan, An enormous quantity of gun. | for Tientsin. The second leaves power and other naval stores has early in October with reliefs and been dito vered in a cave near and drafie for Ceylon, Singapore Cape Dolla Testa. It is believed and Hongkong. The Lomegoing that the e atores were placed deuils from Tientsin will, it i there over a century ago by Lord expected, tranship from the fi-ar Nelson, when bie fleet was oruis to the seconl transport at long. ing off the Sirliuian coast and kong, the former continuing her watching the French fleet shel-voyage to ladia with the 2nd Bo. tered in Toulon."'"-
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FOR SALE.--Birds of Paradise. Ready for Hats-Apply "H." "Hongkong Telegraph."
BOAT RACE ETIQUETIF.
For Radium Development.
Royal Dockyard Engineers. It is announced that in the A decision has been come to event of the failure of the negotia by the Admiralty that in future: tione now proceeding for the electric il engineers serving in the
A story of the etiquette of Boat radium development syndicate to Royal Dockyards are to be borne
Race practice is told in the take over the historio baths of on the establishment, the follow-
"Liverpool Post. "Uawritten Bath, the city will undertake an ing pensionable scales of salary
The number of motor-care in tradition at Putney says that the independent development scheme being submitted for the non-pen- Calcutta continues to increase two crews shall never row the so that the most may be male of eionable salarios now payable with wonderful rapidity, and if same distance on the same tide, the recently discovered radioactive Electrical engineers (higher the number of cars does not al- and, indeed, they are seldom out properties of the mineral waters grade), £150, rising by annulready exceed that of horse-drawn rowing together.
increments of £20 to £350, with vehicles it soon will. A visible The coaches arrange the times an official residence or an allow ign of the progress of motoring for practice by mutual agreement In the Singapore police court, ance of £50 or £75 in lien hare is the big brass board on the simple method not always on the 25th ult, mention was electrical engineers (lower graite, gate of the Asiatic Society which understood by outsiders, far Siemers, the secretary of the ments of £15 to £400, with an Association also has its office there. Cambridge and Holal van Wijk Co., Ltd., isficial residence or an allowance charged with criminal breach of of £50 in lin; first nasistan trust in respect of a sum at electrical engineere, £250, ring present stated to by $108154 by and increments of £100 faspector Frayne asked for a 35 second assistant electrical werk's postponement and accused engineers, £200. rising by annual was remanded in custody, bail of increments of £10 16 £250, $3,000 not being forthcoming.
Singapore.
that when
made of the case in which Cuis- £300,,ising by annual incre-announces that the Automobile There is Harvard were
No murderous intention.
India and Imperial Defence.
The Association is likely to training for their race, the Cam become a very fulluential one and bridge trainer met the Harvard should take a lead in the very trainer and asked him casually: necessary improvement of roads When are you taking your men in and about Calcutta and Bengal, out to-day? "Ah! don't It is indeed surprising that the you wish you know," W88 Association has not already made the unexpected reply. publio its opinions as to the
I am told, writes the London inadequacy of the roads. For Correspondent of the Manchester bad se ihe road are for any Guardian, that great annoyance to or for pedestrians, it
In the case of a young wap named Willcox, who, as was je. ported in the "Telegraph" last week, was picked up dying cat side the Bristol Grill, at Calcutta, in some of the omservative news
to cause death.
"
Permanganate Treatme tfor
Rübber.
8 being used in India by the is the motorist to . #hom Rabber planters are interested
reports which persistently appear they give the most trouble. The in the published rosalie of Dr. the evidence given at the inquest papers here that the native rulera app:ches to Caloutta are a dis- Warth's ex o iments of treating showed that death was the result have decided 10 present a number grace to any city and serve to sheet rabber with permanganate of a blow given by another Farof Droadnoughts to the navy prevent the greater number of of potash to prevent mould, taya pean shop resistant. It appears The fact that the genuinerest of torists from venturing beyond a correspondent to the Sourabaya the limits of the Maidan and the "Handelsblad." This method is these reports has been authorit That Willens provoked the latter
European "quarter save to visit now being employed in the east assaulting him first. The ively denied seems to have no the Tollygunge clubs or Barrack-coast of Sumatra. Several lots police are not taking the mattere errent effect. The reports have further at there was no intention now, however, lol to a spirited poro. The dihunities of motor-of rubber so treated have already pro eat by leading Europeans, ingin the moflussil are no doubt reached the markets and have who are indignant alout the greatly exaggerated, and the mo- been favourably adjudged. A to-ist who understands his car solution of 1 in 1,000 is used and A fiindu Superstition. - manner in which it - ir A curions incident occurred at ought to extract from India and who takes reasonable precau- the shee's are moved about in it Jhelum recently in connection a larger ontribution towarde tions should be able to travel long as soon as they come out of the
distanc's in Bengal without great rollers, with the visitation of plague in Imperial defence. The foot that oily. The Hindu citizene that these attempts tre made at a difficulty: Those who have tried took a bluck falo, and after time when e commission is actual have usually found the worst swearing it. with red ochre and ly considering whether the mil-road and oil drove it out of the town and ary burden of India cannot be with trafo, then turned it loose. A large con- reduced is cited as an instance of and other obstacles to course of people followed the the extent to which, fodian in the neighbourhood of animal, shouting at the top of questions are understood in the Calcutta. When a road worthy of the name connects the Grand their voices and beating ton-toms,
quariera concerned, A c'm
Trunk Road and Howrah Bridge, This, says a correspondent, is a
parison is drawn between the Hindu way of averting calamity conditions in which the Feder when there is a respectable ap pronoh on the Calcutta side to a
Presentation to Mrs. Taft,
ated Malay Sister hare given
the
chief trouble children, doge exist
The Washington friends of eadnought and hoss which modera bridge, when Chitpore
Road allows accommodation for
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before her leave-taking of the oer expenditure, and no public widened, and when many & Liquem,
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White House. It will be a dia dab. The States have hitherto other streets in the centre and mond necklace, and its cost will contributed nothing he £2,000. It was the desire of the crst of Imperial defence, widened and improved, then the Mrs. Taft's frienda (states the and the only militory forcent of the motorist in this city New York Herald") that this they maintain is a small body will be a happier one and far gilt should become known to no of 868 Sikhs and Pathans. The more value will be realised from one except themselves, last of all Indian Government, or the om-the many fine and costly cars which pravall in almost every line of business should to her, but the secret would not the country's revenue on purposes of the Maidan."The Asian.” Mrs. Tufi, before it is presented trary, expends nearly one-fourth of which under prerent conditions so
seldom proceed beyond the limits produce alertness all round. As a busineis ho133 of keep.
of defence, and, in addition, the
wide operations we are watching for every available 'An Oplum Prophecy, Indian princes maintain a fine- A letter in regard to the opiam body of troops who are available
opportunity of bringing to the public generally the trade in China as fecently for servios wherever wanted. Bishop at the Plough,
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received by acutissionary in These have already been employ- The Bishop of Barking, speak Shanghai from the Rev. A. Rel on Imperial missions in Chine, ing at the annual dinner of the Saunders, a missionary on fur- South Africs, Eat Africa, and So-Ilford Farmers' Association, said lough in Scot and, in which he maliland. It will this be seen that he had been referred to as the for cash. We invite the enquiry aud court the com- say: I am just now engaged the taunt of irresponsiveness on Episcopal Ploughman."
At
in an effort to secure in my city on the part of India to the Imperial their plonghing match be was parison of the keen-buying house holder. expression of the public opinion call is both fallacious and mis induosd by his friends to have
in regard to the opium trade, and obievous. It is pointed out his photograph taken, and be
it promises success. I believe moreover that the opium question overheard one elever man remark,
that Chine will be relieved from in which one of her chief sources He-sia'tino ploughman, he: QUEEN'S
sil treaty obligations in regard to of ri venue will largely disappear, got his legs crossed." The only the opium trade, and will by ani her anxiety therefore is how answer he could make was that quite free to carry out total pro- to avoid rather then incur addi. he was resting after his great hibition at once
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