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4 p.m.-Meeting of Sharcholars of The Dairy Farm Co, Ltd., at the Com. pany & Office.

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MARRIAGES.

THE CHINA MAIL.

On Nov. 14, at All Saints Church, Ply. mouth, by the Rev. O. E. Anwyl, vienr of SINCLAIR the Parish, HAREY Thomas GREE, Flaugkong and Shanghai Banky ebiest son of the late Themias, Green, ofy Hongkong, to WISIFATI, daughter of Deputy Surgeon General Arthur Rundge, of the Tower, Compton Ciford, Plymouth.

On Nov. 13 at York, J. A. Home to Alice Jane, widow of Rev. W. Muirhead, D.D., of Shanghai,.

The priblication of this isno comvaracet 5.30 pon

The China Stail.

LOOAL. AND GENERAL

Eailway Officer for China.

Mr Biernacki, Locmotivo Department North-Western Railsey, procents from in to Chinn Abortly ou ruilway duty.

The Other Roberts.

John Roberts, the Billiard Champion, met Colonel Proudfoot at Bangalore, ou

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Notes from Nippon.

died on the 19th ult

A uophow of the Emperor of Cores

Of the capital of the Seoul-Fusan rait- way, 22 million yen mat of the total of 25

ilkons have been raken m

Tholicit manufacture of nickel coins

the 27th att, is a game of one thousand in Corea is making the narcial position up. He conceded Colonel Proudfoot 700|1 böre impossible. points, and beat him by 172.

Ceylon's Puisne Judges.

Me John Page Middleton, Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of Cyprus, has been appointed to the newly created office of HONGKONG, TUESDAY, DEHE 17, 1901. Third Puise Judge of the Supreme Court

of Ceylon

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Notes by the Way.

Cape Town is now free from Plagne.

The Blue Fennel steamier Putrochis brought out military details to Ceylon.

H.M.S. Barfler left Colombo for England on the 30th ult.

*Jack Blavin is giving boxing lessons in Kobe and McAuliffe in Shanglani,

The Standard states that the Belgian Premier will preside at the Gugar Con ference.

The .s. Malaren brought a good many troops from home, as reliefs for the fiar rison here.

Rear-Admiral

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1901.

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Polo News.

The finals in the Lucknow Polo Tours nament were played on the 29th ultime. The 8th Bengal Lancom but the 10th Hussars by three goals to one.

No Wanchise!'

Chinese officials showing no dosite to H. Yung Ju, the Mistry of Foreign go to Russia as Miniater in succession to

Affans it Paking reconintends the transfer of Yi Kông (Mantia) from Paris to St.

Rubley D. Evans USN is appointed secojid-in-command Petersburg. of the Asistioaration.

The No. 3 Uny karu capsized in a at Tadpisu on the 2nd inst. drowning many of her passenger,

The temple of Saikují, Kioto, was burn Berlin Degree for an American Lady.

down on the Uth. A priest lost his life in For the second times young Ameri-attempting to city out a status of Buddha. can lady. Miss Mary Bontgomery, has had the degree of duster conferred on hor by the Berlin University Of throo ladies who have received this bencar since the degree was oper to women, two have been American.

M.P's in Bombay.

The Emperor of Japan has conferred on Mr A. B. Pattison, Professor of Naval Engineering in Japai, the Third-class Or- der of the Sacred Treasure

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A reception was held at Osaka ou the 2nd inst. on board the sow str. Fachi

A Case of Plagne

LOC AND GENERAL

The P. and Staff.

We lens The Times of Capon) the

circles in Colo, mi who has buen p MrJ. E. Andre voll known in magic

puler with P.0 passengers passin through Colombo account of his attention to them in bustes is going home to take

ecceeded by Mr loger Quarme, who a position in the ad offer. Ile is to

has already suma frions in Ceylon, and who is coming from the bay office.

Accident to Duke of Tek.

A Londen telegraded 30th ult, In the return of cases of communicable says:-The Duke of Teck habeen thrown disease in the Colony for the week onded what hunting, sustaining a debt sicu 14th inst., one enge of plague la reported—sion of the brain, and na injury his hip. a Portuguese succumbing to the disease in subsuant telegram announced lit the the Italian Convent. One case of enteric Duke was out of danger and that thoten- fever was importet from Foochow during cussion had disappeared. The Dok of the work.

Teck is the brother of tho populár Princes of Wales. The Duke was born in 180, old, succeeded his father, the first English Duko, last year. He was married in 189

Duke of Westminston to Margaret Evelyn, daughter of the first

A Football Kick.

The strention of local football players is directed to the fact that at a Kicking Football competition in Bars, from place, one So Hmyia wan, with a kick of 186 ft. 6 inches, Moung Glo mas second

The Disinherited Heir-Apparent.

It was reported in mandarin direles in

Severni aerobers of Parliament were in Marv, 2,200 tow, built at Oaks for O, S. with 100 ft. 6 inches. Both kicked bare Shinghai on the 11th inst. than the dis

Bombay a fortnight ago, including Mr Palmer, M.P..for Reading, who arrived by the mail steamer, Mr. Joseph Welton, M.P. for Barnsley, who has been on tour in Persin, and bird. Galloway Weir, M.F. for Ross and Cromarty.

New Star in Perseus.

From Crossley photographs Perrine finds that four principal condensations Ceylon is unable to accept invitations faint nobula surrounding Suva Peraci to send cricket teams to Singapore and Calmored south-east one taittute are in six weeks.--Kreutz. Which being interpret ed means that by the aid of the Crossley telescope of the Lick Observatory a new star

enlts at Christmas,

The death is announced from Ceylon of Mr A. A. Pilians, who, ten years ago, played in the Bampshire county cricket team.

The Christmas vacation at the Supreme

famrt commonces on Tuesday, the 94th

2. Auction of Law Books by

Memes Hughen & Hough. Transfer Books of the Hongkong High Linst., and continues till Thursday, 2nd

Level Tramways Co., Ltd., closed from this date tu 29th Inst., both days

Inuary, inclusive.

SATURDAY, December 21 :--

The fire boli mang furiously about five Goods por Sambie undelivered after this o'clock yesterday, but it was only a chimney

Jate, subject to runt.

ablaze, and the firemen found nothing for

SUNDAY, December 22:-

Goods per Moles not cleared at 4 p.m.

this date subject to rent. Goods per Beagle undelivered after this

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them on their arrival.

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K.'s Hankey-Ichang line.

footed.

The Mandalay Piano Casa.

inberited Hair-Apparent, P'u Chun, bas. The débris of the Oriental Hotel was

bevis sont to join his father, the cashiered Mrs Rees, wife of a Sergeant, bas, on Prince Tuan in Mongolia, under thecharge sold by auction at Yokohamaa on the 29th ult. The electric light plant brought 1,300 application to the Sisions Judgo of Man of a couple of eunuchs of widdie agz. who yan, the contents of the building 475 yer,dalay, been released on bail, on two sureties were previously attached to the palace of and the ruids 18 yon.

of Rupees 500 each, pending the hearing of Frines Tunt, and had followed Pu Chun her appeal against the sentence of three into the Imperial Palace when the young appointed Hair-Apparent. in January, Inat year. By special permission,

it is also reported, of the Empress Dowager,

The bridge across the Inagawa at Nik-months' rigorous imprisonment passed by stor, was collapsed before it was half built, owing Headquarter's Magistrate on a charge to a defect in the design, and the engineers of cheating in respect of a piano hired from may incur disciplinary punishment. It was Messes. Misquith and Company. specially intended for the use of the Crown Sale of European Houses. Prince and Princess,

Yesterday afternoon, Mr G. P. Lam.

in Perseus moving at the rate of 4,000 In reference to the wreck of the Myert, auctioneer dispment of four lots of miles per second, a motion utterly un- paralleled anywhere bleu amongst stars or nebule, has been discovered. Such rate would carry a ladyneross a part of the sky equal to the diameter of the moon in four years.

The Latest V. O.

phe, the Yokohama Customs oficial reports that she has capsized, her stem and stern and even masts being submerged under the water. merged part of the hull, from which dasura A big fissure was made on a sub-

a stream of petroleum, her principal cargo, rose to the surface of the water around the wreck.'

To-day, William Haylock, RM.LI of H.M.S. Aurora, war inade to suffer for

the disinherited Hoir Apparent was per mitted to teko away with him anything he liked from amongst his belongings in the. Palace.

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Exciting Cricket at Sydney

and 3. Lower Castle floud, No. 31, Wel valuable lensahold property, namely Nos. 1

A special telegram from London states lington Streat, and No. 32, hacen's Rond that the watch at Sydney between Now

fetched a better price, $10,800, the par-3 53 runs, after a magnificent struggle, Central. The first lot was knocked down South Wales and Mr MacLaren's English to Mr Soares for $16,400, while than recond Eleven ended a 5. win for New South Wales

chaser being Mr A. H. M. da Silva, who The scores were bought it on behalf of Mr Lá King Jong, The other two lots were disposed of to Mr J. Edwards and Mr Rumjahn for 812,000 and B16, 2011 respectively.

Australians-First tunings

289

Second innings

429

Tutal

710.

Englishman-Fit innings

332

Second innings

Total.....

325

657

Lieutenant Price-Davies, of the King's Royal Rifles, has been awarded the Vie tosia Cross, Hois a young officer, while one into prominenco within a very short his misdeeds of the previous day. Hesir Fielding Clarke en Hongkong. time. He was born in 1978, sad is only pleaded guilty, at the Magistracy, to

At the annual dinner of the Chine 23 years of age. He was appointed Second charges of misbehaving in a shop at No.

Mr MacLaren carried away the balting 186, Queen's Road Central, and assaulting

Assciation in London, Sir Fielding Clarke, honours for the English Elore-scoring Lieutenant in the King's Royal Rifles on February 23, 1878, and receives his prof his duty. He was fined 93, with the the following speech I teet it is a very innings. In their second innings Now Constable Horige (No. 114)in the execution formerly Chief Justice of Hongkong, made 140 in the first muinge and 23 the second motion to Lentenant in Occter the follow alternative of seven days imprisonment, great honour and pleasure to return the South Wales fured badly, and the scare inis, &e., at Mr Gec. P. Lammert's fortnight age at West Point, is still in was mentioned in Despatches published in option of a further mouth's imprisonpient. kindly invited to-night, for the toast you stands were then made by Noble, Poidavin Willow Grange in the present var, and on the first charge, and $20. with the thanks of the guests whom you have read sevan wickets for 115 runs Splendid:

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Sir Fielding Clarke, Chief Justice of Jamaica, who had been in England for some time, sailed from Southampton on 27th ult. with lady Clarke for Jamaica.

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It is expected that Sir West Ridgeway will serve another year as Governor of Ceylon. Ha is desirous, it is stated, of

geting an appointment in South Africa, but nothing is available at present.

ing year. He was in the famous action at

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Duke of Fife's Promotion.

the London Gazette on January 26 last on the second charge. He went to gani. Fear. He quite recently obtained the

New Gunboat for West River.

H.M.S. Merlin, which arrived from honie in pieces little more than a fortnight ago, has been put together by the Dock Company, and is now ready for her work as a patrol gunboat on the West River. She only draws 2 it. 3 ins.; and on her prelimin ary ran made 13 knots.

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The Duke of Fife, whose birthday falls this week, holds a record, mys M.d. He is the only man who has ever been knowu to change bis rank while he ate his breakfast. After the nearrings deferrony had been celebrated in the private chapel ledge, at tho Central Police Station, July 77. 1889 he lost his Royal Inide into,

of Buckingham Prisce, on the mening of Death of Cricketer Lohmann. terday aberunon. The drop wios a distance of about 25 feet, and he sustained serious injuries, which necessitated his reinoral to Hospital.

An old coalis fell from a verandah

have so kindly received. I sponk from ex and Iredalo, which saved the match. Noble perinuco, for I have had the pleasury of scored 74, Folderia 161, and Iredale 67. dining more than once at the invitatiim of

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the Association, and I am sure that I can The Public Works Department. assure the China Association that their guests have had a most delightful evening says It was buly last week we mnounced The Times of Cason of the 2nd inst and that the China Association has fully that the offer had been made to Bir A. maintained its well-known reputation in Stanley Colle, District Enginar, Nuwara giving its guests a bit hearty welcome. Eliya, of important appointment at I myself can hardly understand why this Pretoria. We are now in a position to great honour is put upon me, but I think state that the Governments of British it is because of a feeling of Guia and Hongkong are in community- pathetic pity for are becsusa F. have tion with the Ceylon, Government, each for A London telegram dated 2nd is left the dining room, where the wedding breakys-The cricketer Lohmann has died in East for a less comfortable billet in the the Ceylon Fablic Works Departner. very happy bomo in the an Assistant Engineer to be recruited from Fast was baid, as an curd. When the men! South Africa of consumption. The disease West, 1 am sure ne ono could have lived Circulars have beeo sont to the forty odd was half over the late Queen, in raising her first developed in 1892, in which year in the Far East without carrying away the District Enginooze in Ceylon informing glass to the toast of the young couple, con Lukmann went to South Africa, where he mear kindly recollections of the people wpthem of the terins offered. Replics are due In the opening match of Maclaren's ferred a dukedors upon him, and thus, as has since resided except for a tine in 1896, met with there. I am sure that the recollec about the middle of the mooth, wher Lean at Adelaide, G. L. Jessup scored 38 be ate, he passed through two maks of the witen be returned to England and played tions of the kindness I received in Hang- selections will be made for the two peste, cans in 38 minutes. To the match against peonige surely the quickest promotion for. Surrey and fur England against the Kong, in Swatow, and Shanghai will never and the results communicated to the Victoria, at Melbourne, which the English-ever recorded."

Australians at Tards the 'occasion when fade Trom my memory. If anyone can for Governments of the two colonies whoareio men won, Barnes got wickets for 38 in Village Devastated by Fire,

the professionals struck for higher pay.got I cannot understand it. It is a pleasure want of the services of Assistant Engineora.. Victoria's second inniga.

Yesterday, a small village situated on

Dacensed was probably the most genuinely to me to know that sinen I left China, soute the shore of Gin-drinker's Bay, in the Newcricketer tant aver played for All England, has been extremely-prosperous. In my The Right Re7. Robert Brindle, who respected and most popular professional six years ago, the general condition of things The names of numbers of the Hong-Territory, about seven or eight miles from For five or six seats he was the idol of the time it was perhaps not quite en prosperous

A Fighting Bishop. kong Police who are to represent the Hongkong, was destroyed by Sro. The different branches of the Pozes at the fire is said to have originated in a stall hat crowd, and a very frat selection in azy roas it is now. I think the people were much has been appointed R.. Binhor at Nor forthcoming.cotonation seremuuice in Lon-clonging to an old woman. A spark is presentative match. Asn bowler he went exercised them as to what the outlook might inghans, is a member of the Distinguiahad don were handed in to-day. The majority supposed to have caught on to the motting story to victory and went out be, but it is exceedingly satisfactory to Service Order, The right regentleman

Lohmann has know that the crisis, which was such a are sergeants, and the question of the hooraud, fanned, by a grad bree from the at the height of his fame. 13, who are to allow themselves to be Bay, the flaques spreed with great rapidity on described as one of the very few bow-serious one, has been met by British energy class in Juonary, 1874, third class, January, reduced to the rank of the commen T.C. and, in very short time, the whole of the lers who always relied upon their heade to and enterprise. It is of comme, not without for the occasion?

buts comprising the village, (about 70 in feta Lateran out Briggs for it is un- a tinge of sadness that I am told we must loss (ruzking as Colonel) in June, 3888 number, and a quamity of property bolan.kely that the little Lancashire player will recognise the Hengkong of six years ago The Bishop's War services extend proc vor bowl again--was another. With these I believe the principal main street has bee men there was nothing mechanical about pot in the background, and that thereclam their art; they pitted their balas against thoation will here to take a back, ceat by a out where the weak spot y. 4 batsman which was a rather dreary place in of no mean ability, a fedduner who had no collection-although I think it was perhaps superior, it was after all as a bowler that interesting in connection with some cold Lohmann reigned suprane. In 1888, mings-I believe is now a thing of the past.

We note that South Afrien appears in the train (S.LR) at Madras from the Beach at 7ich he took over 200 wickets each sea left the centry one loved so well that it is 384.5, nad received another clasp, and On the arrival of the No. 27 mixed 1850 and 1890) when his star was at its It is vary pleasant to know when ene BLEND. same colours as it did three years ago,

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1881 second-clais, May 1884 and first-

sixteen years, commencing with the Egyptian Campazo of 1882-81. For this. he received the medal and bronze star,

Messrs Mekkers and. Co., geais Foring to the cccupants, were consumed by the the Norddeutscher Lloyd, have tent as a times: The floating steam Gre ougine were beautifully coloured map of the world to the scene of the contigration, but arrived mounted on cloth and rullers. The routes too late to be of much ́service. The dan batsman, and had a hundred ways of finding further reclamation; and that at Kowloon, yet he was present as the battles of Tab taken by the steamers of this popular lineage is estimated at 88,600, and many of the are marked on the map, and, at the fout, pour people are rendered homeless, are pictures of Kaiser Wilhelm II and Kai-

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Food Tainsland we mentioned in despatelius as he was on every subsequent ocasion-- obtained the two caps, and a certh clogs. Osmanier, and received promation. He was senior chaplain with the Nile force of

6.50 pin a few weeks ago, the assistant 1802: As an all-round player 'Lohamn chạn it did in the past. It is a pleasure to ither promotion. With the frontier field station-master, Mr F. Kucaswamy Pillay has clearly no superior at the presant hoes to meet so powerful and influential force in the Souden in 1885-6, he was in In this issue we publish the announce what the timo was standing on the As a bowler his resource is boundbes No Association growingininkencenud numbers. the unmistakable hiss of a snake from the work is too much for him, to trial tu veux by year. In fact I should imagine it

ment of the marriage of Mr H. T. S Grzen, of Hongkong und Shanghai |

for opposite & second-class carriage, heard

the action tions

nt Ginits. He was in the opera of the Dongela, expedition, and receival the Egyptian medal, with clasp,

he participated in the battles of Albaru and

Khartoum, recived his D.8.0., and two class to the Egyptian mediat. The present appointment is sure to be a popular one.

Bank in London. Mr Green is a Hone.arriage, anal asited one of the greasers to savery, The form of his enthusiasm in the would be difficult in the future to find, and third-class Medjidion Finally, in 1898, The flewing Blends are also recotakong boy, being the son of Mr Thomsentar and examine the place. The greasefield is contagious, and it is not too mushroom large enough in the City of London: taonded, and are unsurpassed in qualityGroom, who was Superintending. Engines cutsred the carduge, but mundu a speady to say that he has been the rugs, inportant for the Association to entertain its members of the P. and O. Company when the preexit, the snake having come in contact with factor in Surrey's proud esitical of to-day," "und guests. I beg of you to neception be faler English company had its own ropade

his feet. Chief Guard M. A. Gunther, the rain with, Lord Shelbelda halt of the guests present this evening their te i 1891-92, and was successful both grateful thanks for the kind way in which ing establishment in Hongkong. In the pluckily entered the carriage, and made a last edition of Whitaker, wo nitice that search, when, after kicking at the seats, he with bat and ball:

you have received this toast. (Cheers,) I, 10.80 Br Gred.i was Acting as Sub-Manager.

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A GOOD COUGH MEDICINE [Fan the Gazette, Tonyoomba, Australia,

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As ardent disciple of vegetarianism ad- rest. Gunther prompt y jammed the repIRSTsoak itin sarm water to soften it, of which the Chaleinen has spoken. Pooping from a severe cough for the last two 14.40 vertised recently for a seresot, and stated tile batwoon those, and with the Resistance sible without drawing the thus, and apply who have been in China have an affection

then pare it down as closely as poa that preference would be given to a gir willing to devote kunelf to the vegetarian of others it was killed. It turned out to Chamberlain's Pain Balan twice daily tab for the place, and I am sure that above all great pleasure in recaftruending it.-W. O A. S. WATSON & Co., Limited, creed of her mistress. One shrewd ap be a cobra messoring five fect. The ear. bing vigorously for five minutes at etch, they feel affection for the British population,

plicant for the situatiou said, Well, inam, it's like this. I'm a Wesleyan myself, but rage was on belonging to the No. 38 muil I'm not what you'd call prejudiced against which bad seived the same eraung from the Vegetarians, and I don't titind attend Tuticorin, and a number of passengers had ing the Vegetarian Church ouçoon & Sunday

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