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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

On 2nd December, at Government Civil kong. The concluding portion of the Hospital, the Wife of J. S. Weien, of article is reproduced in another column. Notes by the Way.

The other interesting document that General Dorward is leaving Weihniwợi. came into ser possession is a copy of total command of the British garrison at

Shingha The Cradie Friend, a London weekly that has gained considerable popularity with a certab eines of renders during

Ou the 2311 November, at No. 7, Soc- ohow Road, Shanghai, The Wife of R. STAULBERO, of a Daughter.

DEATH.

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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1901.

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The British Minister.

HE Sir Emest Batow, British Minis- ter, arrived at. Woosung from the Yangtao river puria on the 28th ult in H.M.S. Talbot, and left on the following day for Ink

(the eight months or so of its existenca | Billeurát, will glise, at 3, pan on Friday. Football Match

Il contains an article on Hongkong and. its Garrúor; and as it is more amusing than the Fares of Fodia nyticle we re prodace it in full elsewhere

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Air D. J. Berwick, formerly of Messrs The death if reported from Penang of Gillian, Wood and Ca.

Thers have been several lange fires in Shanghai ately, and the insurance com panies nea likely to lose heavily,

The Queen's Birthday was celebrated

as a pic holiday in the Straits Settle monts on Monday last, the 2nd inst.

quither do we care very unrh, but it is | evident from her description of Hong kong that she knows very little about the place and has accepted à grent den! an good faith. This simple-minded wo man suggests that the wealthy inhabi tants of tm Colony should speed certain amount of their money <in cleansing the streets, making sanitary THERE came into our possession lust

Cipta L. H. Morrah, the King's week two very interesting documents.

arrangements (whatever that may Own (Royal Lancaster Regt..) is seconded 218.00 One is a reprint of a despatch by His), and preventing s they easily for service with Mounted Infantry in South

could, the overcrowding of the pourer Africa. 17.00 Excellency Sir Henry Blake to the

Serrotary of State for the Colonies, and garters, Tastead of doing so, how. is supplementary to the despatch senter, these went by people content them- to Mr Chamberlain on the 13th of July solveg with upbraidling the unfortunato last, dealing with the plagus epidemie Governor, and so on. It is mostly in Hongkong. This latest despartible drivel, but serves a purpose în that it gives us outside testimony. In contains two excerpts from reports by

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5.30 p.m.-Organ Recital by Mr Geo.

Grimble at the Union Church.

General Memoranda,

SATURDAY, December 7 :-

2 p.m.-Aretion of Chiness and Japon

There are now 300 of Ngan Wing Chi's now pattern of public ticksha plying for! hise in the Colony, 100 having been placed on the strect yesterday,

-Eart Russell was re-married at the Hol.

TELEGRAMS.

CHINA MKIL'S SIZCIAL SERVICE]

THE CHINESE COURT.

RETURNING TO PEKING.

SEASONAL, December 4, The Chinese Court starts from Kaifeng-fu for Fuking on the 14th inst.

To-morrow, at the Happy Valley, com» mencing at 4 p.., there will be a football and No 2 Company, SD, R.G.A. The match hetwson ' Company, B. W. F., following will represent 'H' Company : - Goal, Whitney; backs, Edwards and Smart; ball-backs, Sweet; Pownall and Stafford A PRO-BULLER DEMONSTRA- forvants, Dobbs, Walters, Shoils, Roberts and Pugh.

II.M.S. Orlando. **

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LONDON, and December, 1001. An orderly pro-Buller demonstration has taken place in Hyde Park.

Orande and the torpedo boat destroyar In Beticing the departure of H..S.

Offer from Shanghai on the 29th ult, the

THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR. NO. Daily News saga: -The naval boros London Post says that ox-President The Brussels correspondent of thes of the fighting last year ro gradually on Rrugor's latest reports are said to show an the station, and there will soon be none inchasing want of ammunition, arms, and remaining here. Capt. Burke, of the Or-provisipas amongst the Boers.

lando, it will be remembered, was in cum- mand of the Naval Brigade during the dofence of Tientsin.

Rugby Football.

CAPE PREMIER ON THE WAR.

Sir J. Gordon Sprigg, Premior of Cape Colony,penking at Capetown, said that the Cape army in the field nunibera 18,000 non. The Colony had incurred consider. abla dela is maintaining these troops, but

brought to a close, the prospect was not discouraging, and be

Mr James Mansergh, the Sanitary En. Support of The Times of India that born Registry Ofice on the 31st October to and a team. represoring the Army. This was confident that the war was being rapidly

gineer, on the surface drainage system of Colombo (1898), and the surface! drainage system of 314lbourne (1800), Dis Excellency makes no comment on these excerpts beyond the remark it

Romething should be done to make Hongkong habitable and healthy, Portups ic fewer demands were the charitable instincts of the public of Hongkong some

minde on

A Rugby football match was played at Happy Valley. yesterday afternoon, be- tween the Rugby section of the HK.F.C. Club was miners half-a-dozen of its regular players, but nuvertheless, surocoded in ecranibling out of the tussle with a win to. On Monday night, the Chinese music their are lit, The final result of what is im, who was stabbed by another of his described as a rough, and tumblo ninth, enlling, in a house, in Hollywood Road, last with few brilliant touches, was a try!

Mollie Cooke, otherwise Somerville, whom ho had previously married in America.

mouth, R.A., was reférge

will be seen that surface drainage has money would be left in the Colony week, died in Government Civil Hospital.(scored by Clark) to u Captain-Way--| its dangers and disadvantages. Follow. to carry out Jessica's' suggestion; but, ing the example of His Excellency, wo

unfortunately, it is not the European shall not attempt to hard an opinion section of the community that is

Kruger coins are in plontifel circula-

tion in the Colony just now as curios. The sovereign is selling at $14. It had boeu ggested that there are just tou many of

csc Curios, at Mr Geo. P. Lominert's mending a perusal of Mr Mansergh's we fear it must be laid to their charre the coins on the inarket here,

Sales Looms.

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"Moxnes, December 9:--

2 pont Sale of Crush Land,

THDAY, 1 center 0-

2 je moe Bazaar at the City Hill.

The Great Ank's Egg.

[DER OSTASIATIQUE LLOYD SERVICE} THE LOOTING AT PEKING. BERLIN, November 28. The late Fronob Ministor in Peking, Mr Pichen, publishes a statement that potio of the ladies of the Logation partook in the on a subject that requires expert know-wealthy, neither is it responsible for the

looting at Peking, but that two other for ledge, and content ourselves by recoai- neglected sanitation of the place, and

aeronty-tlifeo recorded specimons. One of The French Legation had no connection Of the rare great auk's org there exist eign indies were implicated in the matter.

reports by the advocates of the open.

these was submitted for sale by auction, whatever with the auction sales of looted: that they are the people who upbraid

recently, by Mr J. C. Stevens, at his roam things by other Lagations, but Mr Pichon drainage system His Excellency's de

'the unfortunate Governor.? We

The officers for next year's Cambridge in King street, Covent garden. A vory hinted that this was dose by the British spatch also contains an article which should like

University C.D. wero elected as follows:- | large attendance resulted, and the tida, and the American Legations. General to be very candid appeared in the Times of India on the with Jessica Sykes'. But she is 50 E. M. Dowson, Trinity, honorary sourstory; guineas, and oulminated in 20 gaines, mont states that French soldiers have been Mr E R Wilson, Trinity, Captain; Mr which wore fas and big, commenced at 100 Vogrun in his scoret report to the Govern 1st September Inst. This article obviously a pore misguided female Mr L. V. Harper, Christ's, assistant trea when the egg was knocked flown to a pur-induced by missionaries to loot, wherefore dends with the recent plague epidersic that we spare ber. Only one thing fur-surer. TO GET ED OF A TROUBLESOME in Hongkong, and sets up compari ther we should like to say, and that is,

chaser for that amount. This specimen they received cheques; the Marines later soas between Bombay and Hongkong, that Jessica Sykes' takes the apheaid-

was the last of four belonging to the late refused to return the Thoques, The Dake of Norfolk has intimated KITCHEN UTENSILS, Įsible n.than easing thu lleol, and apply when compared with Bombay. What It happens that whoever is Governor of the King, he will not be able to under-

showing how wildly fongkong escaped ing of the Governor far too seriously, that, owing to his heavy duties as Earl d'Hamonville. Of the othuis two Marshal in connection with the coronation were previously sold for 300 guidens sach, bing vigor usly for five mines at each His Excellency's purpose is in reprodue for the time being suffers hard knocks, take the office of Mayor of Westminster for

and ong for 170 gunwis. Jestina.

A plaster should being this article" it is easy to guess, the which cannot always be pleasant, but, worn for a bee days, to protect it from the REQUISITES. shoe. As a general fiument for sprains, ere so as the following is an early so far as H.E. Sir Henry Blake is con--

TERRIBLE RAILWAY ACCI passago in it-The citizens of Hong-terned it would be unfair to say that

DENT IN THE STATES; kong appear to regard these returns as public criticism is carried the length of Best Winter King Edword will pass some class of six, for the commencement of which collided at full speed near Detroit, U. S. A Tow trains of the Wabash Bailway constituting sufficient reason for making nabiic know that, to a great extent, His the favourite residence of the late Empress Provision was made in the naval shipbuild- and fifty wounded,

Eighty people are dead, no one hundred Frederick. That news has been received programs for the current duancial with much gratification

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aganized appeals to the Secretary of State for the Colonies concerning the local Administration.

If Hongkong had been compelled to sadure the far

B second year.

Some Italian journals announce that

private. animosity. The Hongkong time at San Remo, in the villa which was

Excellency's hands are tied by the stem of government that obtains in Crown Colonies The ideal government

According to the Titic, the Duke of

| Another 23-Knot Cruizer.

The Admiralty have ordered a new armoured cruiser to be laid down at Pem broke Dock. The ship will be one of a

year. These vessels were designed as an improvement on the Monmouth class of cruisers, which they will resemble in their principal structural features. The Mon-

THE CORONATION.

An official notification appoints the 25th of June, 1992, as the day of King Edward's Coronation,

[-0. DAILY NEWS' BELVIDE.] RUSSIA AND CHINA.

PERING, November 28.

It is understood how that the object of

It:

worse experience of Bombay and other for Crown Colonies has yet to be over the Abruzzi will, at the beginning of 1907, mouth ships aro 149 feet long. The new Admiral Aluxeieff's visit to Peking is to Indian cities, its public men would pro. 7yed. The mistake that is too often made assume command of one of the fastest vessel will be longor. She will also differansult with Mr Laesit, the Russian bably have learnt to accept its mis. by the officials is that they assume the cruisers of the Italian Navy; and will start somewhat in armament, having a singlò | fortunes more olmaly. Which shows; public is a hostile body which is always upon a voyaga of about fourteen nonthe7-5-inch gan in each barbelte:

wrong and must be suppressed with a firm duration along the coast of Liberica. hore ensily if there were more sympathy and Reforms might be accomplished

that the Times of India does not quite A. S. WATSON & CO., referred to. The conduct of the public grasp the purpose of the public petition

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between officials and non-officials, and if the dicials would avail themselves. more

of Hongkong throughout successive plague epidennes, we venture to assert of the practical experience of the bust has been characterised by a calmness;

Population of London and New York. This morning, a Haropean had a very nurrow escape of sustaining serious injury. was 4,123,220, and in 1901 it has increased In 1891, the population of London When passing the firili Rooma, which are t 4,803,342, an incrusse of 370,122 in ton undergoing pitcration, several bricks, owing years. In the year 180, the population of to the carelawness or indifference of one of of what is now Greater New York was

Minister, on the Manchurina question

Mr Lessar has intimated that tho Shanhaiku-Newchwang railway will not bo returned to Ohim and the Manchurian question is settled.

THE MADAME FREED CONCERT,

last dresing, in the Dining Room of the A very pleasant le concert was girem

and restraint equal to anything we harness men whom the Times of India the workmen aboro, showered coal bim 2,492,091, and by the your 1900 it has in- Poak Hotel, by Madame Agnes Froad, to learned of in any coraraunity of Edvises to stick to their last,' the same Luckily, he escaped unhurt into the Ice creamed to 3.437.202, an increase during an appreciative although sparse audience,

House.

class of men, who, in London, Liver peans in India. It was not so much the recurrence of plague epidemics which pool, Glasgow, and Rull, have coped paralysed the trade of the port that in. more successfully with epidennes duced the public to petition Mr'Chum. /of disease thus the bureaucracies of had) outdid itself, last night in the Ball itcado aretagea blightly over $1,000 per year: pressin coming in the fores Later in the

Organ Recital.

berlain, but the slowness of the local Hongkong and Iudía, Administration to introduce reforma, which, it was thought, would not only

We would remind our readers of the mitigate the virulence of the plague hut have a pericanent effect upon the cou

organ recital in the Union Church to ditions under which we live in Hong-attructive gneis advertised,

morrow afternoon. The programme-an kong Our Indian contemporary admits that while the incidence of disease was

The Sectial community here (Shiang gave at the Town Hall. It was one of the largest gatherings ever known here, as well as one of the myst brilliant, and it was still went to press, says the N. Daily News guing on with thumphant success when to of the 3011, alt,

The Empire Comedy Company.

the derida of 954,611. Fifteen years ago This lady's contributions consisted of Stif London was growing the rate of 50,000, a VioDio Nacht' and, as a contrast, Take mzo, year, where the increase of the past de- Jamie Dor,' iu both of which she was heard to advantage, her clear onunciation and ex- As ngaluat this (says Triion and Traw programie, her interpretation of Daddy mixton), a comparison of the vasus of the was pachetic, and Are Mac as conclud last two decades in America shows that abandon. The Violin Obligato to the lat in 1880 to 2,492,691 ir 1890, or 31 per

rester New York, incred frou 3,901,000 ter, played by Mrs A: 13. Dugh, was well mg number, gavo her scope for power and

rendered, and she also gave the even cant.; while the increase of 944,Gil from orised), and the same composora

ing 1890 to 1910 was at the rate of 37% por both these pieces gave opportunity for dis

Label Bourne-Gene) (m

Scherzo

of nerrogsness marked her opening phrases, Assuming a tale of only 10 parlay if graceful bowing, And ataing her s A violinists of ne mean order 4 suspicion

A complete change of programme was cut during the next ten years, the popka- given to the patrons of the Empiretion p 1911 should be equal to that of last night, who funny burlesque-skit on Comedy Company, in the Theatre Royal London at the present time.

A Trip to Chinatown was performed, ashe Chinese Army, the first part of the entertainment. The

The transfer of Marshiel Su fave the

but was apparently, quickly overconis, and it is to be wiped that Hongkong will have many

was heard to deantage inDear Heart (Tito Mattei) and So the

roro olearness in the second effort Me. though one could have wished. Longoro, A When

ur world was young al-A itunes Tanenburg.c

g contributed, as su opening solu, movement ing unfortunately

Miri wa of hearing this S

of the hall,

being

comanat hear

SELECTIONS OF THE PUREST AND contemporary also says, By no streich/$100, with the option of imprisonment and night, perhaps lering something to do with patch from a reliable sourpo in Wuchagg, meant uncertain attention of this part:

BEST DESCRIPTION,

that ho

not so heavy in Hongkong as in Bou-Infringment of P.0 Regulations. bay, the death-rate was appreciably bad Che Shun, traders, residing in Salt To-day, at the Magistracy, Che Sze higher, also that the last Hongkong Fish Tan, weis charged with infringing epidemic présented a featuru for which the exclusive right of the Postmaster no parallel can be found in India. In Gencut by transmitting mail matter from artistes engaged in this really laughable Commander-in-Chiefship of Range to that six weeks, in the not very large Euro- Hongking to Cantion by other is than piece were a clever combination, and well of Hupen which was recorded in there pean community, twenty-five persons through the General Post Office Mr carned the rounds of applause given by a columns on the 27th inst, (N.-C. Dully uplne Scherzo in Minor: the opening were attacked and nine died." Our Komp, whe presided, inflicted a penalty of not too encouraging aadiene, the very cold News, has been made, according to a lis-marred by incestont chattering at the of the imagination can Hongkong be prisoners wont to mol

hard labour for two months on each. The this. The second part of the programme with the intention of planing

Having secured, however, the this well.omewhat

it is to his credis described as sanitary;'. but, having

of the audience, was of a variety character, in which the Enown General at the head of a. proposed was enabled to keep it fixed in his subse made this admission, our contemporary Alleged Abduction

thewer Cleveland and Albert gave an excel. large provincial Stummy, the several branchos cosas maner in this oceand preschich lent rendering of the duet. Jo the dusk of of which are to be eutiroly organised, drilled as an enoor well deserved-Chopin' secus to consider that ineinoranduin of

consisted of Rhapsodie This afternoon, at the Magistracy, be Twilight Mr Steve Aon was perticu- ad modeled after the bust foreign me-Impromptu no effort which brought out his Mr Stewart Lockhart and his twe ofte for Mr Hazeland, & Filipino student named "larly clever in bis singing of original votsee, thods, The Marshal's now appointment is THE SIMPLEST QUALITY TO THAT cial colleagues, clearly demonstrating Augusto Coloti ahur Amador Bresenius Rome big in being hit off in great said to be due to the joint recommenda of nerare cold, also nusisted with The technique to advantage Mr. Conoingham, who was evidently w

suffering from the affecte OF THE FINEST AND MOST

that at any rate Mr. Chadwick's co was charged with taking. Tobase-Agostine. Styles The Misser Davis, Tirsley, and the tions of Viceroy Chaug Chih tuoz a Hely Cay The Skippers of St. Ives, and mendations, have been carried out, is the daughter of a Filipino musician, out of Sisters Balley Janced and suưng up to their Governor Tuan- Fang” (Manchin), of Was RECHERCHE CHARACTER,

the Drinking Song vi sufficient to aliny all popular demand for the care of her inther and against his will, high roputation, did alw Miss Emmie chang: It is also reported, that each pro- IMPORTED FROM THE LEADING reform. Wo might say a good den 1997. Evidence was led The girl, who excelent evening's entertainment, as a similarly organised Army, in the pợng contrary to Section 8 of Orditatice 0 of Smith in her quint con pleasentries. An ice of the Expire is to be provided with more about The Tives of India nesteen years of age, stated that prissurar brought to a cfe with the face, Stanley store the intention of those st Court be LONDON AND PARISIAN ticle; but no good purpose would be induced her to go away with him on pro-r. Livingstone, Mesire Admo, Gregory, ing is within five years, and have

served in doing so. The eradition in

Leon and Huxton taking par Hongkong are different from those in

rendy for any national emergency, a grand India wo take it tint in India there

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2 Song

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