GENERAL NEWS.
A Kobe Conflagration.
The Kobe Post Office bas been destroyed by fire. The damage in estimated at one million yan The mail was removed asfaly and no telegrams were barnt, but the telegraph instruments were dee- troyed.
Patriotic Clyde Shipbuilders. Clyde shipbuilders have par- triotically refused to tender for the building of Norwegian cargo: vemmals, to be delivered sa soon sa possible after the war. though
minimum of $30 a ton dead- weight was chored.
Russians In England. "If a young Russian, having elected to go back to Russia to fight changes his mind, he has to go into the British Army without the right of an appeal for exemp tion, was the fleet of a King's Beach Court decision.
Brigandage in Honan. A correspondent at Kingteek- wan writes that last night (the 26th alt.) about 100 brigands set fire to an inn near Kingtaekwan. They fired the back and waited in front for the inmates to come out and then women and children were all elaughtered or barnt except ons woman who was carried away. At daylight the brigands reached a small town and carried of several persons for ransom. The richest man in the country has been kidnapped and several tens of thousands of teele demanded as ransom. As there was a military camp near the place of Beixare the military are suspected of conniving at the deed.
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Queer Situation at Yochow. The Obins Marchacts Steamer Kacilee arrived here yesterday (says the central China Poet of December 6) with a number of Northern troops which, after re- maining for a while at the Chips Merchants band, were subse- quently landed st Woohang. We learn that these soldiers were the 2,000 which left bere by the steamer for Yockow sad on sr. rival at that port there were refused permission to, disembark
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from the issuance of a patent APPLICATION has been made in the foreign country. The to the Directors of this State Department has been saked Company to issue to ADELINA Washington, October 30to ascertain through the Spanish O. DE GUTTIERREZ of Hong- situation in the case of whether similer courtesy is shown in lieu thereof upon the state-st 3. 2... at the Public Works War bae caused an anomalous Embassy at Berlin, which has kong a duplicate certificate of
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American inventors in Germany.ment that the original certificate Department, and before a Com of his money squandering tea dencies, is (ays the
Mr. Newton explained to-day for one share No. 7217 dated 26th mittee presided by the Engineer Pictorial) a son of Prince and
that the American Government October 1896 has been lost or Director of the Public Works AND NOTICE IS tenders will be received for the adopted a liberal policy in destroyed. Princess Frederick Leopold, a beather of that sirman, Prince
protecting the patent rights of HEREBY GIVEN that if within contract of Erection of a build enemy inventors during the war. 30 days from the date hereof no ing for the Colonial Secretary's Karl, who was brought down
The President has not ordered claim or representation in respect Office." by British aring men В
any sequestration of foreign or such original certificata is few months ago, and who office announced to-day that the hostile patent property," he said, made to the Directors they will died as the result of his wounds Bareea within the last few weeks The Trading-with-the-Enemy Proceed to deal with such ap- thereafter, and a nepbes of the had refused palents to about sixty set only authorises the President plication for certificate. late Duchess of Connaught. His war inventions, acting under the mother is a sister of the German recent is giving the Federal through the Federal Trade Com
grant licenses to Empreee, and there has always Trade Commission and the Patent mission to
The Patents Commissioner's
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enemy
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RAUL M. DE FARIA E MALA
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tween the two sisters, the higher stion of patenta which the enemy provides for licensing American been rather acute jealousy be Office authority to prevent public manfactures of articles covered Dated 1st day of December, 1917. week days.
[by enemy-owned patente. This act position of the Empress being might use.
under manufacturera A corps of West Point and neutralised, to her mind, by the fact that Princses Frederick Annapolis graduates, trained in Leopold, the wife of a very rich the technical problems of war. man, always managed to get more scan the thousand or more patent of her own way. This despite the papers issued weekly for detail fact that the Frederick Leopolds of military significance, and
"The practical effect of the were anything bat a popular or choose those on which patent happy couple, as Mics Keen, who proceedings should be suspended sot, therefore, is to provide for the working of German patented for seven yeare was a governees to during the war. their daughter Princess Victoris deprived of patent righte may be rapervision of the Federal
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