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Non-Bleeting of Shareholders of The

DEATHS

THE CHINA MAIL.

At the Homestead, Tai Pak Choong (New) Territory, on the 10th February, at 10 a.m., CHARLOTTE Many, the beloved Wife of James Edward; aged 2 years.

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Notes by the Way.

Chefoo in trying to become a Bluni,

On the 6th February, at Vevey, Smit,jality. zerland, EDWARD DAVIS, iam of Shanghai, and formerly of Canton and Foodhow; desply regretted,

The pubistation of this isnie commences' at 5.45 p,

The China Mail.

RONGKONG, WHONESTA, PCRETARY 12, 1962.

EDITORIAL COMMENT.

NOW LOGS WATER

SUPPLY.

The public will be pleased

Bangkok se foyer and smallpox,

LOCAL AND GENERAL,

Green Island

Work is shortly to be commenced on the new lighthouse and additional quarters at Green Island, and ite completion will be suffering from dengue welcomed by all matiners whose business it

is to come to the port.

General Funston is expected to return The Guillotine. to the Philippines.

At 'dcole on the morning of the 30th ult.,ative who had killed a French-

The Manila Golf Club oponed its linksman near Haiphong, was executed in front of the Chines Theatre. This is the first at Pasay on the Jet Inst.

execution with the guillotine that has taken [ place in. Lindylong.

The Refuse Destructor.

We are glad to

The surrender of another large batch of Filipinos in reported from the Philip pines:

The sex at Shanhaikurin was complete. to learn that at last, aly frozen over at the New Year for out into start is to be made with the offing. the Kowloon Water Exten-

Jon Scheme. In the Go. vennent doodle of Saturday last, it is notified that tenders will be received for the construction of a masonry Re servoir Dan and Byewash Dam and anj Overver's Bungalow,' with approach roads and diversions in the neighbour- | hood of the live aile stane on the Tripo

Road. The extension works are in chari Thanks of Messrs Deason, Bam and i Muille, who may be tenster to parli on j the work with all possible speed. If year, the island of Hongkong hins { suflerer! must-from the water faminer but the serreity on the Kowloo Pen- sehi has also been felt saverely becuase of the absence of welle, and as the

Hongkong at Shanghai Banking requirements of the Peninsula are grow, Corporation, at City Hall.

Transfer Broks of The National Banking at a more rapid rate, perhaps, than of China. Ltd., e'nsed frun this date is the case in the city Victorin, ifis a

to the 1st March, inclusivo,

MONDAY, February 17-

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11 Meeting of Shareholders of The Hongkong Hue Manufacturing Co., Ltd., at the Company's Offices. 6.30 pm-Mecting of Perseverance

Lodge.

THURSDAY, Felauary 20:--

Transfer Books of The Hongkong Fire Insurance Co., Ltd., closed from this date to the 6th Marek, inclusive. CHINA WARES. | MONDAY, February 24-

Noon.Mesting of Shareholders of The Hongond and whatues Dock C, Ld., at the Compatty s Officvs. SATURWAY, March 1:-

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Noon. Meeling of Shareholders of The National Bank of China, Ltd., at the Bank Premises.

TRUKSEAT, March 6:-

11.30 .. Meeting of Sharehollars of The China Fire Jesurases Co., Ltd., at the Company's Critices. 12.30 p.m.-Meeting of Shareholders of

Ltd., at the Company's Offices.

The French Mail of the 13th January was delivered in London on the 10th February.

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Parcel mails for Europe, &c., par s... Pate, will close at 3 p.m. on Friday, the 14th February.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1902.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Cable Nows

The Amy-Shanghai cable was restored yesterday evening. Both cables to Shang- hai are now in working order.

The French 'Admiral.

Admiral Bienuint, who has been Chief of the French Admiralty, replaces Admiral Pottier on this station.

Lighting the Red Sox.

The steamer Afrique, which is to be employed at the construction of the new lighthouses ju, the Beit Sex, in utrony on the spot, having been down to Perim to

note that last foal." the work of erecting a cattle crema- terium, and refuse destructor at Kenttely Postage from Shanghai.

L'Echo de Chine of the Oth inst, un- Town is about to be countenced. The dés- tractor is to be used for burning the car-nounces that in future the postage to cases of dissued cattle and the refuse from Heugkong by the French Post Offies in to plague-stricken properties.

Postal Rates.

Au mamdod scale of rates of postage chargeable at Hongkong and the British Postions in China, which will come into force on Sturday first, is published in a Government Gazelle Extraordinary. Arten tion is specially called to the changes in the A severe chock of earthquake was felt rates for the correspondence to the United

·Kingdotaal cvrtajn Bitish colonies.

in Yokome, a 11.2% on the right of the 2uk.

The trasport Henrur, with the 2nd Infantry on board, left Manile for the United States on the 1st inst.

Four British ertisers and American cutters are searching for the missing British cruiser Lindor in the North Pacific.

The death of Caprain Nishimura, of

wise precaution to forward the the. Kusari-nguru, tak place on the 27th extension of the Kowloon Waterworks, ult. at the Yoshida Hospital, Kobr.

We do not know how dw nutsør stands

in the Colonial Office in Loudon ; þulší

The death is announced in the P. and is at least olivious that in an urgent. Times of the 1st inst., with great con- matter of this mature Hongkong cannot corn, of Mr E. J. Lindsay, late agent of wait for the awakening of the Colonial the Chartered Bank at Tientsin, Ile leaves

a widow and one chiki. Offer stall.

Fire.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The regulations for the duposal of shes from vessels in the Hurlwur, pub- lished in the Gastle of 7th December

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Communiable Diseases.

TELEGRAMS.

[RETTEE HERVICE.]

SOUTH AFRICA

De Wet Again Escapes.⠀

Loydon, 10th Febrimey, 1902.. Commandant Do Wet, on the 8th. instant, was within an enclosure of our mounted troops, but realizing his position, he ordered his en to dispense and seek. safety. He himself succeeded in breaking the blockhouse live by rushing cattle at the

wire fence, and escaped mixed up with the cattle. The Beers list 283 in killed, wounded, and prisoners, and 703 borne, including a quantity killed, wore captured. Tel British casualties were yery slight.

WEI-HAI-WEL.

The Earl of Onslow, in his statement in the House of Lords, said that a. careful

be 25 instead of 15 centimes, and from the enquiry had shown that Wei-hai-wei was 1st March nost the exchange. for sale of only to of fortification at great stamps, is fixed at 2 franes 60 centimes to pete. The iden of fortifying the pla00 and keeping a large garrisou there had been the Mexican dollar.

abandoned, but it wouki be an extremely assful place for small arms and naval gua

Cargo Broaching.

About seven o'clock last night, Mr W. practice and it might also be used as a B. Brown, chief officer of the s.s. Changsha,ilitary and uasal sanatorium. The Chrin- arrested a boilermaker employed by these Regiment would be disbanded and replaced by police raised locally. The Does Company, in the set of breaching the Colonial Office took over the Colony on the

Steamor's enrga. Today, the prisoner was tried before Me Kemp, kind was sentencedt January, and it was believed that nyder, to suffer six weeks img isonment with lard the administation of Mr Lockyer (Stowar

The Water Famine.

The raurn of commitnicable diseases labour. rupted-in the Colony during the week ended 7th February shows that there was e intal car of diphtheria, 1 fatal case enteric fever (both of which belonged to the City), qud que case of small-pox--a Chinese caso impestad from the Straits per s.s. Hung Ber

A. NeYacht.

Messrs Shan Tice and Co., boatbuilders, Kowlooy, we constructing a fine craising yacht to the order of a gentleman rosiding in Koren, who is at present in the Colony, The vessel is 70 feet long, 20 feet heau and 11 feet in depth. She is schroner-rigged, and will love for the North-as soon as she is roady. The lunch is expected to take

dace in todays or so.

Commissions of Enquiry.

At the Magistracy to-day, before My Kemp, Mr Sizany, of the Public Works Department, prosecurel V. C. P. Collice. No. 1, Woodlands Termce; for allowing water to run to wasto. The water was turned on to barrel which was full to overflowing. The Magistrate imposed a perity of 810, with the option of inuriven, days' iraprisonment.

Conflagration at Quarry Bay.

Yesterday forenoon, fire broke out among the mat-sheds at Quarry Bay couple be Messrs Butterfold and Swire's workmen employed at `The "com- struction of the dock there. It spread rapidly, and in less than half-an-hour pine large zaatsheds and a stack of dried -grass: -were destroyed; involving a loss of-

Lockhart its revenus would increase largely, god that it would become an important commercizi port like Hongkong, The Government had Intention of Strandering or returning the place to

China.

[DER OSTASIATISCHE LLAVE SERVICE]

THE WAR ENDING.

BERLIN, February 5,

To England it is the geueril opinion that the war in South Africa is nearing its oud." Load Salisbury has intimated that he tends to rosign his portfolio as spun au pienco. has been restored.

PRINCE HENRY OF PRUSSIA. The City Council of New York has resol ved to offer H. H. H. Prince Henry of. Prussia the freedom of the City.

Last night the tire ell was rung for last, are to be enforced on and after Satur selected to sit on the Commissions of E-$1450. The wind, foctunately, changed else Flannelled Fools, Ehi

the sixth time this math, fire having broken out at a coolie bath-house at the Praya end of Suip Street The brigade was promptly on the scene, but their services were not

demolished.

day.

The following gentlossen have been

quiry at Singapore into the Educational Systom of the Straits Settlements and the

the little Colony there would have entirely Another sensational bit of basting is

sult of emcker Bring

From the census returns in Iloilo effect (if my) of the Eastern Shipping Con. sappered. The fire is said to be the veroported from South Africa, says a sport

has been gathered that out of a total pop-

farance on the trade of the Settlemente - EducationHon. C. W/S. Kyotersley, The Hongkong Fire Insurance Co., required, the matshed being quicklylation of 415,000, at least 100,000 have | 0.M.G., Hon. Lim Boon Kang, M.B., Hon. The late Mr E Davis.

died ring to the effect of the war and W. J. Napier and Messrs H. W. Firastone, P. J. Bigess, John Anderson, and W. Grigor Taylor.

Shipping. Hon. T. H. Kershaw, Hon. J. M. Aeon, Hon. W. J. Napier, Ton. WC. Howa, M.D., and Messrs C. W Laurd A. Gentle,

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The New Stamps.

The Weekly Topicist writes in the

famine.

Stefagoce Free Press-We have seen the The Burna Electric Works Syndicate four new English stamps with the King's have arranged with the Mandalay Munici hend, issueil on January 1. And amid the pality to construei na.electric lamway in emotions excited by these, the chief of that town, I will be the first electric which is surrow at the disappearance of antramway in the province. egy that has adorned British postage stams since they were first issued, there i

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The Astor House Hotel Co. Limited, Shanghai. is purchasing the Hotel des paid-up shares (vaino 8900 each) in the Astor House Hotel Co.

The Seizure of a Launch.

ing contemporary. The other day, it will be remomborod, Captain Richarda mado two separate hundreds in a macch, and scored, in all, 286 out of 311, witliont any

The N.-C. Daily News of the 7th instint the other batsmen making more than 6. says-Very great regret was felt yesterday New Captain Sheppard has acored 140 out throughout the settlement when the news of 157, the next highest score being 9. and was art of the death on the previnys day there being six cyphers in the innings. The of Mr Edward Davis, of Messrs Wisner notab was between Bloemfontein Garrison.

& Co. Mr Daris came to Canton sond thirty fund Cisilinus,

years ago as teaman to the firm of Oliphans &C, and was well known and liked there Accident at Artillery Practice." A corespondent writes as from Can-

and subsegsently at Fouchow. After the ton, under the date February 10, resting closing of the firm of Oliphout Co., accident occurred daring Artillery retize Yesterday afternoon, & isther serious the recent trial in that city over the seizure Davis established bitself at Shanghai as a of 5. stati Launch by the Chinese Insportal ten-inspector, afterwards joining the firm of pia hong ago e May 8, 1901. E union with the widow of Mr Harold Vale, uf cept in a limited circle, the cast Shanghai. His health was not robust when of the boat mported the matter to the excited my special incurent enlly. The

dica

on Stonecutters Island. A derschwent

wore hiring shell over a sen range when

those of the four occupints. The master

will is a gouend feeling of surprise sint Tritit 1. so far na it is within reach of Colonies, also in Shanghai. for 150 fully Maritio Gustoms on a charga of smuggling Wiener & Co., and brightening his life by a shell burst over a dust-bost, wounding Government departments, is not capable of more artistic production. The Queen's head was rendered sarved the subjects by long use. The United Kingdom kept. with respectable conservuiser, the effigy of Georgy Lehmann, the Surrey cricketer.ense are much puzzled over the fact that the stear launch had, it is alleged, three the slip of a loss on its stumps while the who died in South Afries, is buried t girl of eighteet became the aetion, the Mugersfontein, in the next grave to that of sets of papers. Another point they can. nother, the widow, the grandmother, the the inte Gnueral Wauchope of the High-not understand is the frequent postpone great-grandessther, Canada sel a good ex-and Brigades what was killed at Magersmen of the trist. And last of all that it SEASON.auiple, forty years ago, o suing a series fontein.

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should be thought necessary to send tḥe; the end to Peking, as it appears impossible to come to a settlement at Cauton.

tracted to Mr and Mrs Davis.

Empress-Dowager turns Reformer.

few Chitose who have tried to follow the he left Chinn some two years ago, and he Police, and the men were removed to Hea at Vevey in Switzerland where he hapitul where their wormis wore dressed. gone for his health. Deep sympathy is Fortunately their injuries are not danger- universally felt for his widow and his twuous. A piece of shiolf was found on board, stopdaughters and daughter, by the my The accident illustrates the danger of cross friends when their artling quilities at

ing a range when firing is going on. Wo believe that all tat periple, se given ampie warning when firing practice is in. of what were called widow's weeds.' Bur

progress, but how it came to pass chut ja the old country clung to the girl's profile, in

The Kobo City Office returns of com-

The following is a copy of the decree shell was feed when the host was passing spite of thui tempration of a double jubiles-tagious diseases for sever-days ending - 2nd-

issued by the Express Dowager of China, is not known. It is auggested that the The seevasion of King Edward was in SHERRY

inst, show 3 cases of typhoid forer nod

already published by us in telegraphic form ; shell (night not have been property fu9ed, opportunity for a striking charge,

cnses of diphtheria. Ne deaths from those The Franco Chinese' Frontier.

M.Doumer, accompanied by General-Deurre of the Empress Dowager abolish- and exploded prematurely, King has a fine, iar, English-coulyses were evarded during the same

Dodds and Admiral Puttier, has been on aing the old law prohibiting intermarriage syaire's face, with suggestions of lol gest

perior.

visit to Lackay on the Frune China frou between Chiyesa and Manchos. Also as hear and force of character: A full-

ther. He there met the Tastal of Mongie the custom of Rot-binding amongst Chinese The Star Spangled Banner. face miniature on lnglish stampe would

who had come down to Taokay in company women je injurious to health The gentry Inte-looked very well indent; but instead

As the roon gun is fired today, Sarur, Lil Londonderry and his advisers have contains the full reports and financial of M. Samson, the French Consul at and netables of Chinese descent are

enrastly exhort: bair | dey, February 1st, 1902, the 24th Infantry adopted a plnia and zeragry profile which statements of the Belish Comessions at that play. M. Dupont, the French Comcommended to

Tientsin, and it will be seen, wirk aureli sul as Okou, also came down to Laukay, families and all who come under their in- battalion will present arms and with the satisfaction that the Chuirman of the The Chiese mandarin was received with a fluence to absrain henceforth from that band playing the Star-Spangled Banner,

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The f. dâd T. Pines of the lat fust,

The Menda Tikes of the 1st inst. says

Steward, is my bath realy yet?" In Council is able to say: The satisfactory salute of derco guns. His numerons evil practice and by these means gradually the first garrison flag ever huisted in the

gination completes the Bure with a

rorenus of the year indicates that the tire ever had an arms. The conference abolish the custom for over. The Empresa Philippines by authority of the Secretary.

dressinggowa and a sponge. Apart from troublous times of 1900 have in po' wise but weer him and M. Doumer is reparten Dowager further states that she has care of War, will be raised on the Dow CD fpot. the King's head, the design and the colour./impaired the wonderful vitality so character to have been fury cordial. It lasted half fully avoided the words We prohibit, so flag-stal ar Headquarters Post of Manila.

ing of the news strips is good-the half.istic of our Northern trade.'

WHISKY.porny being the same pretty green as

forintly, the penny a rich carmine, the Correction.

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Tan-hour He made Okéon his head quarter. On the foch ult., he returned to Lackay to witness the military manicures attended a banquet, which, we are

that dishonest officials and yamin under The garrison dag is the largest flag used in Fings may not have any excuse to browbeat,, the Army, having a fly of 36 feet and a and oppress her Chinese subjects who do hist of 20 fost. It is furnished only to not imediately follow this deere on the posts designated in orders from time to

two-pener-half-penny a fine blue, and the In our paragraph headed An Unfor. and sixpenny like-the colour of the last penny tanite. Shipping Company, wo regret to told, massed him very much. During the strength that they have disobeyel the tinie from the Headquarters of the Army stanip. At the first glance, however, one say we were misled into reproducing one day, M: Boumner opened's now bridge, the Imperial commands. Finally, whenever and is hoisted only or bolidays and BRANDY.might take them for Belgian stamps, to or two unfortunate orrore. The Inviper Chinese officials being present. The Go girls and Fung women are in the future important decisions P. II. GO. No. Qualey Guaranteral, which they have a superficial resciablanon put back to Hongking on the 29th ult. vernoeneral took the opportunity of required for the Imperial palaces they are 148 Headquarters of the Army, 1901, The Topicist is tot a philatelist, and is and the Kwight Companion was wrecked saying that the bridge would greatly assist to be chosen as of yore from Manchu authorizes. Hendyuarters Pust of Manila to not up in the artistic (1) vagaries of the near Yokohama, not neur Kobe. The in the development of trade between Chins familia, Chinese families being exempted use the geartisor Das world's postal authorities, but to is nut local representative of the Fastland and and France, and he hoped the goof reis usual, in order that the dynasty may avoid the ecil practices of the previous aware that any government be achieved Asiatic S.S. Co. has as yet received notions haveen the two ropotries would con- such artistic trimple as the unsightly advices that the Truravelli bns put back to tinue. The Total responded in a fow Ming dynasty which led to the destruction blotches which wie of the Australian Portland on account at fire on board. The words. Two days later, he returned to thereof. post offices have sent out. We do not need - Tagra which grounded at Pulau Sau was Mengts, his departure being ngualved by British wessol, whereas the Thyry shartered the repitition of the 11 gan salute, the to specify these They are well known.

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