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murning an interesting case of Steamship Co. has received H&S Bank sa, 745 ex rights obtaining money by false pre-stelegrams from Its Hankow do Rights b 140 prem. teneas was conducted by In-agent containing the following Bt. of E. Asia B spector Blackman...
On the night of the 4th The Inspector said the two inst mutiny broke
that Cantons defendants, a man and a woman,) which was worse than were going round from place to which took place at Ichang North Chinse
year. lace with a subscription paper last
Fires were Unions and soliciting donations. The started in eight different sections Yangtases paper stated that their relation of the city. The Bank of China, Far Easterna had died at the Tang Wab the Chamber of Commerce, the Hospital and that they needed Road Bureau, and 20 edd other money to defray funeral expenses. arganizations were either barnt Chine Fires Several donations were made but or looted. The N.E. E. godowns, H. K. Firss
trace as well as those of other shipping- The Police were able to
ly two. The delendants went to companies have suffered greatly. 1. Praya East, in which were Nine or ten Japanesa shops have the offices the Coal Coolies Guild. been looted, two Japanese re There thes saw the secresidents have been injured, while try and put his name down for] from 60 to 70 Chinese have been Before he paid the money he killed or injured. The following poned to the Tung Wab night, all Japanese women and Hospital and asked whether the children were taken aboard the urs of the defendants was true. Company's str. Tayuen Marr, The hospital people said they while the men are in the Japan knew nothing about it The ese Consulate."
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-secretary of the Coal Coolie The Chinese press yesterday Quild called a district watch-stated that a local organization to arrest the defendants here Lad received word that over but when the watchman was on 1,000 houses were burned and
Kailans the point of doing so the de-more than half the shops in the fendanta tore up the subscrip-city have been looted. The fire Langkats
would not have been sa serious Shanghai Lorna tion paper.
The Secretary of the Tung had not a strong wind been blowShai Explorations)
Raube Wah Hospital examined, said he ing at the time. The foreign knew nothing of the case in firms are not included in the Tronohs
indigent Dumber given. an
H.K. Wharves
. Docks 3hai Docks N. Enginearings
question. When patient died the hospital paid for: Trouble, states another mes Docks, Wharves, Godowas, Er.. The cofia.
sage. baa also taken place atf The first defendant said the Shasi, a town in the vicinity of second defendant's mother-in-law Ichang. A number of foreign was sick in hospital, and they missionaries are residing in this were raising money for her town. children.
With reference to the Wuchang The woman when asked, what affair, a telegram has been receiv was the name of the mother-in-ed by the N.K.E. agency stating lat, said she could not remember.that the trouble was caused by The Secretary of the Tung some 1,600 soldiers of the 2nd the Battalion who had arrived from Wah Hospital said that Police brought the defendants to Icbang to be disbanded.. iba hospital to identify the Another report states that the L. Reclamations b. patient. The woman defendant outbreak of looting and in-West Points picked out a woman patient in cendiaristn 指紧 Wuchang is the hospital who denied knowing attributed to the soldiers of the ber.
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21st Brigade, upon their receiving Ewos The defendant: The reason a proclamation announcing their Kang Yiks why she did not want to claim disbandment, me was that she had a serious quarrel with me.
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The Magistrate
Very nice of ber, that you wanted to raise money for her sad she would not recognise you.
The first defendant wanted to produce witnesses and he was remanded together with the other defendant in Police custody.
PITY THE TENANTS. Petition Addressed to the Government.
As foreshadowed in our report
b.
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Lau Kung Mowa The burning and looting wert Orientals extensive and systematic, and Cottons b. met with no official resistance, Yangtzzepoos except at the Tuchun's yamen.
The first foreign consular'party which sought to enter the city Cements was refused admittance, but the second party was allowed to enter.
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China Light old b. Do. Lightnew b. Chips Providents b. Trimity School, an American Dairy Farms missionary institution. was Electrics H.K. 8. 2416 83. 2446 wrecked and ransacked. Many Electrica Macao D. Chinese civilians were killed and Hongkong Ropes b. wound.d.. but there were no Hk. Tramways b. 13.40 x casualties to foraigners.
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the transfer of thirteen ment Bank and the National Ar-Steel Foundries louses in Broadwood Road and sembly. Some of the soldiery Water-bost Trace from the ownership of who landed at the foreign conces. Watsons
Hongkong Land Investmentsions in Hankow with their loot Wm. Powells Company to that of a Chinese were arrested by the foreign Wisemane syndicate of land speculators, police. All is quiet at Wuchang
twenty families, who were at present. The Hankow City ven notices to quit by the new troops and police are reported to *wners, have petitioned the have been paid $13,000, which is Lvernment for its assistance on expected to keep them quiet for their behalf.
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WEATHER REPORT.
We believe that such a step i Later reports from Wachang June 164. 18h. 05m.--Warning without precedence in this Col-show that following the rio to Hongkong. Coast Ports, &c.: ony, and its adoption denotes the created by the 2nd Division, other-Typhoon within 60 miles of keen anxiety fel: by the people troops of various places joined in Lat 20 N. and Long. 113' E.. concerned. Although three the disturbances.
month will have to elapse before
the notices expire, the outlook
for these tenants is by no
means
SHANGHAI COAL MARKET. Mesure. Wheelock *
bright, and in their petition to the Government they urge it to Shanalal in their circular of 2nd, lake fall cognizance of the cir- June, say: Japan Coal: There While is no change to report in this
cumstances of their case.
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RIVER LEVELS,
Jane 17d. 10h. 10m.-Waming to Hongkong, Coast Ports, &c.: -Typhoon within 60 miles of
As a guide to skippers and others interested in the water levels Lat. 22 N, and Long. 112' E. of the river we have boon requested be the Bath of Conservancy moving N.W.
Works of Kangtang to publish the following table of water levels. June 178. 10h. 12m.-Local The levels are taken at 10 a.m. each day..
it is doubtful whether the Govern-market since last writing which signal No. 4 lowered.
June 17d. 11h. 55m.--Pressure ment possesses the necessary has been very dull and there is legal powers to interfere on behalf practically no demand whatever has decreased considerably from of the tenxats in such a case, at present the coai market in Weihaiwei to Shanghai and from it is hoped that an investigation Japan has also been equally Hongkong to Haiphong. The into the facts will convince it of quiet.Fushun Coal-No chan typhoop appears to be feeble the desirability of enacting a new K-Fuchung Anthracite Coal:-intensity. It passed within 100 law, such as is already in exist. Very little new business has been miles of Gap Rock early this ence at Home, for the protection transacted within the last two morning on & N.W. track.
The depression over Tongking of the tenant against an emergency weeks. In sympathy with the of the character now confronting coal situation in Japan the Kabasdeepened considerably. An- the Broadwood tenants. It is ping Coal market is slightly" other is shown between Weihai- suggested that, in accordance easier. Stocks are, however, not wei and Shanghai. with the practice followed above the average and arrivals Home, a landlord shall be requir- from the North pass quickly into
at
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notice to quit, As one tenant affected by the present case says, the present) conditions of a house lease do not ensure continuity of occups- tion for the tenant in the event of the bouse cbanging hands. A clause in the agreement pro- vides for its cancellation in Buch
event. The ап would get the three months Humility notice, but that was all the safe. Wine Direction guard he had.
Previous
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7 p.m. st a. m. at 2 p.m.
......29.53 29.48 29:44, 84 80
Barometer tenant Temperature
The reply from the Government to the petition has not yet been received. Meanwhile, the new owners of the Broadwood bouses; are having extensive repairs to the houses carried out. Tenants! who have asked for an extension the period of the notice have, a set, bad no reply.
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+14.70
-0.80
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9.20
+57.00
17.00
16.00
+27.25
+15.15
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