GENE AL NEWS::.
The Japanese Ambassador. The Japanese Amba-s-dor and Moe, Toonge have left Loudon for the north and will be absent for a few weeks.
The late Mr. E. Dillon's Estate.
Mr. Etward Dillon, F.S A., of Bayswwer, W., formerly of the imperial Japanese Mint, who died May 23 lar, intestate, left £5.672 gros, 45 518 né.
Wireless Stations For China,
The Macooi Company has issed the following statement:- "Negotiations have been pending between the Chinese Government and the company fo some time psat for the erection of a number of wir-less stations'in Obinà for internal and external telegraph services. On April 8 last, the| Chinese Government'cant an of- oial letier, agreeing to authorise the Marconi Company to issue twom«lliou'starling Fiva per Cant, Chinese Bonds in payment of the proposed stations. This dronment wa+ filed at the British Legation at Peking, and the formal contract hag been sent forward for approv- al and signature. The company has every confidence that in due course the agreement will be signed and all matnul obligations falfi·lad."
Japanese Consul la London.
Mr. K. Y maake, formerly Second Secretary at the JapanESA Embassy, has been appointed Consul in London, and has taken up his new dotika
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Floods on Vladivostok Line, The Vindivent time is faded and communication by train has
Peking, July 19. been completely interrupted for The Fish Tax Office at Loting two days. Rain has fallen in- Bsion, Chihli reports 10 the pes-antly for forty eight hours, Tientsin authorities to the eff of and the country is flooded. The that on the night of the 10th
· Sänguri in dreiß"wing its hanka. June, the office was suddenly Permission to wear Chinese visited by mang Haiyang (natives
Decoration.
of North China called pirates). The King has been pleased to After plandering the property give and grant unto Alfred and taking everything they could Chrles Clear, Eq, Superintend- lay their hands on, the Haiyang ant of the Way, Shanghai-Nan- tied up four of the staff of the king Railway, His Majesty's Royal tax office and took them away for licence and an hority to wear the ransom. After much parving Insignis of the Sixth Class of the with the pirates, was the Pcking Order of the Excellent Crop, and Tientsin Times, the four which decoration has been on Pangpie (persons held by pirates ferred upon him by the President for ransom) were released on the of the Republic of China, in repayment of $200 each by their ongnition of valuable services families. rendered by him.
Promoted.
mea-ures
be
pirate in the West River of Kusngtung and Kungsi, after the centralization of the naval 10WPT8 into the hands of be Peking authorities, drastic
will
aḍupi- ed to suppress the piracy in conjunction with the British au- thurit en of Hongkong. Admiral.. Li Ho Vice Admiral of the Navy, « is now in Canton consulting with the Liang-kung officials abou this matter. By a coincidence, some native papers report the of pirates off the appearance Wucsang coast recently and like those in North China waters, the pour southern fishern.en are com- pelled to pay chuansbu or contri butions monthly if they wish to retain their fishing rights. It i tutoresting to. ante some of the special names used by the pirares in the carrying out of their depredations on the waters. Pangpiao, to redeem a ticket, torpiao, fat ticket, shoupiao, thin ticket, salong, big wind, (ie. there are Government soldiers) aban- ̈ feng, fair wind (i.e, without Government soldiere) pangrish, assisting the pirates, shibpiso,
to
tear
tioket to
A case similar to the above recently occurred in the district Mr.Nagakage Ukabe, Attache at of Lo-ting, but the matter is now the Japanese Embassy in London, considered se finished by local has been promoted to be third officials. Another case occurred pieces (i.o. if ransom money Secretary. Mr. Okabe, it may be
at a place called Chiminchang,
18 not forthcoming at the remembered, is the son-in-law of in the district of Laanchow fixed time, the men who fall Baron Ksto, formerly Japanese The date of this occurrence wis into their hands will be mur ler.
Minister for Fraign Affairs in
Ambador in London, and now the 18th June. For the con- ed). There are many o:ber Chinese fi-ber. curious expressions used by and
巍 coast, men along the
between the pirates. Most of them
Tokyo
. Mr. Port Wheeler,
Mr. Post Wheeler, till recently
Old China Station Officers'
Weunion.
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yayenchu or fishing-salt office are similar to those names was established at Chimin-
hutze, in the Three Eastern chung some years ago by the generally used by the Hang-
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Quite recently several pirate Hunan. Both parties are forcing met at dioner at the Trocadero Restaurant on 10th ult Admiral boats met some government their way into the south of Bonan of the Fleet Sir Edward Seymour gunboats in the vicinity of Laan and north of Hopah where their After a few hurs old haunts are. The Chinese took the chair, and, the guest of chow waters the evening was General Sir Al- fighting, the pirates beached their Government still maintains that fred Gaselee. Among those presert boats and made their escape. At the reports about the actions and were Admirals Sir George Callag Chiminehang, there is a Yentous movements of White Wolf which han, Sir James Bruce, Sir John or salt yard, under the control of have appeared in the papers are George the Tien sin Salt Commissioner; exaggerated, and that it is quite Jellicoe,
but the curious thing is that some confident that the Wolves can Warrender.
days back, the nativen there were be suppressed and annihilated A Missionary to the Lopers. The Hev. A. 8. Hewlett, the greatly alarmed at the sudden before the Autumn. Birkenhead vicar, who is proceed-appearance of five pirate boate at ing in August Be the missionary Pinchangtze, which is about
The sis. Cambodge. to: lepers in one of the islande of five li from whore the Yenton is
The French Cambodge, 3.960 Japan, interviewed se to his plane, situated. The pirten threatened said that his decision to devota thoss boatmen who refused to tone, owned by the Uis East his life to the lepers was the assist them and prevented them Asiatique Francaise has been sold outcome of deliberate and careful from taking salt and other cargoes to Japanedo with delivery as Kobe ($1, Quean's thought. Having no domesnio! In addition to this, the Uhinese and will be registered at Dairen, ties and no one dependent upon fishermen are called upon to pay She was built in 1002 by Mesara. him, he has felt quite free to-chuanshu or contributions to the Uh. & A. de Provence at Port de undertake the work. At the same pirates, which sums vary from $2 Bono with dimensions 341 6ft. by time, he will take every precaution to $10 per month according to the 44ft, by 25 1tt. known to science to avoid Bize of the boats, Very few contracting the disease.
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