General NEWS.
Incendiarist in Slam. Incendiariam similar to that which occurred on the Meklong Railway last year is reported from near Chiengrak Noi, on the Royal Siamese Railway line. A bridge between that place and Bang-po-in was destroyed by fire, The damage done was consider able, and traine were compelled to transfer freight, which was carried across by porters, as the traina were unable to pass over the bridge. The damage was speedily repaired..
A Squall at Penang
During a squall which struck Penang a few clays back several trees were uprooted and a good
CHINESE PARLIAMENT.
Opening Ceremonial at Peking.
Reuter tolegraphs the "N. China Daily News" as follows.
Peking, April 8. Five hundred members of the House of Repre sentatives and 177 senators and a large gathering of Chinese and foreigners, including a number of ladies, assembled this morning in the former Financial College, which is now the House of Repre- sentatives. Triumphal arches had been erected arcoes the streets, which were lined with soldiers and polico, in the vicinity of the House. All members of the Cabinet were present by ten oolock, when a salute of a hun- dred and one guna biomed outside the city wall. The packed House in the meantime waited for the hour of eleven o'clock.
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While the great London bos-senior member of both Houses pitals which employ radium for the treatment of cancer and other diseases are making pitiful ap- The Chairman's Speech. peals for adequate supplies of the Yang Chun concisely stated beneficent element. England, is that the meeting was merely in-4, Ripon Terrace. now threatened with the loss of augural, He was glad to see practically all the availableradium that nearly the fall membership hot se'cally in constant use was present. The elections, he These supplies consist of 500 said, had been most satisfactory, milligrammes, now lying idle in and China was to-day realizing a London safe. Japan is now the hopes of many millions, some
The Chinese Loan. applying for this radium for pur- of whom had long striven for such posos nadisclosed. Unless some realization He felt sure mem- at a recent meeting of the Nation- (March 13.) Mr. Gianell asked One comes forward with the bars realizoted their great respon al Union of Teachers at Sheffield, the Secretary of State for Forsigu money to purchase it there is sibilities and would endeavour to dealt in general terms with the Affairs if he would say to what general apprehension that the do credit to their country and the intentions of the Government section of the Six-Power finance radium, with an additional 300 olectura themselves. He was pond with regard to education, He group the person belongs who milligrammes that will be ready of the honour conferred upon in announced that be regarded the changed the word for advisors to shortly, will go abroad.
hereby declaring the opening of denominational difficulty as in-that for directora in the draft Motor Bandits in Calcutta. both Houses of Parliament..
soluble, and indicated that, while terms of the £25,000,000 loan pre- The Calcutta papers give pro
the Government's proposals would sented to China's representatives minence to an extraordinary story
involve increased expenditure, for signature; what explanation or of motor bandits. It appears that
the burden on local rates might apology had been offered for what a luxurious car drew up outside sident Yuan Shib-kai's Message be relieved by increased national was regarded as an attempt to the Currency Office on Wednes. The bands again played, and the grants. The present system of deceive China; whether the im day morning, March 20. The proceedings terminated, the Mes-administration through local pression so created had yet been driver approached a Bengali sage not being read. Nearly all authorities would, he said, be removed; and whether he was clerk, who had juat cashed three members were dressed in foreign continued and developed. thousand-rupee notes, and said clothes and the pr ceedings were his master wanted him immedia-earnest and of a decidedly sim- tely. The clerk entered the car ple character. Perfect order pre- and was driven. ff at a furious vailed. The House will meet for prce. He was found next day its first business on April 10. dazed and helpless lying in a The President's Message. ditch on the Grand Trunk Road. The following is an extract The money was missing. He was from Fesident Yuan Shih-kai' taken to the Hospital, where he Message to Parliament:- said he was seized and drugged immediately on entering the car and the money was taken.
Mosquitoes in Colombo.
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now in a position to state the correct terms of agreement for that loan and the present pros pect of its completion.
Sir E. Grey I have no offici- Vice-Admiral Prince Louis of al information on this point, but that may Buttenberg presided on March 17any mistranslation at the annual court of the Sea- have occured cannot have been men's Hospital Society.
due to anyone connected with the Mr. Austen Chamberlain, who groups, as the correspondence was "Today, the eighth day of the| furth month of the econd year seconded the adoption of the between the six Legations and of Republic, is the day fixed for report, said that it was the fact the Chinese Government. I can- the opening of the first National that his father, when Secretary of not make any further statement At a recent meeting of the Assembly an event which is State for the Colonies, was largely set the loan negotiations for the Colombo Marioipal Council, a unparalleled in the 4,000 years instrumental in starting the Lon-present.
·letter was red from Major James, of our history. We have adopted don School of Tropical Medicine, I.M.S., euggesting the passing a republican form of Govern- that had really brought him (the of an ordinance enbling the ment and sovereignty must now speaker) into touch with the work necessary measures to be taken be placed in the hands of the of that society, and it was at the to reduce the stegomiya mosquito people. Since the inauguration request of the present Secretary! in Colombo. The work is to be of the new form of Government of State for the Colonies that he started in selected areas. A draft direct power of the people has undertook the chairmanship of a of the proposed ordinance drawn been lacking. The two Houses committed to endeavour to raise BEST OF ANCIENt chinese up by Major James in consulta- have now been elected by the funds for the necessary develop- CURIOS, JADES, ORNAMENTS tion with Dr. Marshall Philip people and will directly represent ment of the school. The most was submitted. This gives power them. All the representatives of pressing need was a larger pro- 72 Queen's Road, Central. to enter houses and all buildings the prople are "patriotic and vison for inquiry and research. for the purposes of dealing with of
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The report was adopted. draft ordinance was adopted and and the prosperity of the 400 will be sent in to Government. millions of the people, dating from to-day, will originate io Voyage to the Moon. Designs have been placed before their Parliament I therefore take this opportunity to con- the French Society of Physics for
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