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-LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Notes by the Way,

Thère $54 scarcity of coflus in Fonshow.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1902,

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Notes by the. Way.

A Military Divorce Suit.

Captain Hodgsoo, of the 22nd Madras Infantry, has obtained a decreo nísi against | day- his wife in the Medras High Court, the

It is expected that the Nile flood this co-respondent being Captain Moors, of the

HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, APOINT 20. 1902. year will be the lowest on record.

LOCAL AND GENERAL

SEASONABLE The Plague in India,

WINES.

per Dozen.

The Government returns show that the

plugn has increased in Boubay and Myeur ni thay in the rest of India it is quiescent.

Splendid Gift for 'Honest Johu.* ́

An Bulan Daily News special Fondin telegram states that Mr Andrew Carnegie,

2nd Madras Lancers.

Liquid fuel is now being used for tea Inoculating the Punjab. dryer Ceylon tea estates.

King Emanuel

contributed 10,000 lire to the Campanile Restoration

Fumi.

The death is announced of Sir Edward Hertslet, K.CT, a rotired official of the Foreign Office.

M. Lamaire, eurenant Governor of the French Congo, has been appointed

$6 59 to $19.00 who purcissed the inte bral deton's library

of 80,000 volumes, has presented it to Me - Governor of Pondicherry. John Morley.

LIGHT HOCKS

WHITE WINES.

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The German Squadron.

Major de Wilton, the new Inspector General of Police of Ceylon, arrived at

Mr Richard Seddon, the Premier of New Zealand, complains that the English people are making gods of the Boers.

The Oxirantinghe Flugd understands | Coloniio on the 5th inst. from Mauritius. 30.00 that our Admiral von Ablefuir, second in command of the German cruiser squadron, bus teen appointed to be naval administ rative officer and will leave for home about the middle of this month. Roar Admiral Count Bandisain, till now commander of the | yacht einzellern, has been appointed second in command of the cruiser squadron, and will be uncevóded by Confiatuler von | Voodi ceter.

H. PRICE & CO.,

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MEMOS. FOR TO-MORROW.

Meeting. Traster Borks of the Hongkong Hotel Ca, Ital., closet frean this dute to the

7th August, inclusive.

Miscellaneous,

Re-opening of Diocesan Seksgol, and

Orphanage

Goods per l'arcomate not cleared

A pan on this date subject to rent.

General Memoranda,

Prty, Anggast SJ-

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The New Governor of Kuangsi.

H. Wang Chih-ch'un, who has been ¦ here for the past fortnight engaged in pro- euring srus and making uniforms for newly-raised brigade which H. E. had been permitted by the Throne to caise in Anhui and take with him to Kusugsi to crush the rebellion there, left Shunghsi for Canton yesterday (says the N.-C. Daily News of

Me Chamberinin is communicating with Lord Milner on the position of British Indians in the Transvaal and Orange River Coloriy

À consultative body will replace the Naval Boiler Committed, and will watch the experiments moulting from the Committeo's

recommendation.

He will let the Dolhi manZOUNTER.

13.786 Paguo innealation, were per formed in Punjab during June, making a total of 198,155 since the 1st October, 1901, anil a grand total of 85.374 since inoculations were first commenced in 1897.

Flood in Torinose.

There has been a bad fuel in the south of Formosa uying to a violent gale of wind and rain which visited the island un to Ist instant. 70 botmon aro missing. and it is stated that 14 corpses have been

washed on sharo,

The City of Peking.

The Kobe Herald learns that the repaix of the shaffof the P.M. finer City of Peking will not be undertaken locally. A new thrust shair had been rdered from Philadelphia, and is expected to arrive at Kobo at the end of September or in the first week of October. Meantine, the liner will remain in Kobe.

The Coronation Arrangements..

Four case of plague ware reported ta

TELEGRAMS.

[REUTER'S SERVICE

DEATH OF A SHEIK.

LONDON, August 18, 1902.

Letter received from Tipoll announce.

A meeting of the Sanitary Board takes the death of Sheik Sensei, at Kane, plaça to-morrer

Three Heroes.

Lord Kitchener, Admiral Seymour and General Gaselue rode abreast in the Coro nation procession in London on the inat. There were two million spectators; 16,000 troops lined flie route.~

A Correction..

neur Lako Chai.

·THE KING ́AND THE BOER

GENERALS, „

Lords Roberts nod Kitchense mot the Boer generals, Totha, a Wet and Daluroy at Santiminplay, and accompanied thema.on board H.M.8, dfire to the topal yacht at Cowes, whera Lord Kitchener presented thom to lie Blujasty. Their ruptlun by It appents that our rendering of the Kingi was of the mout cordial nature. special tulegram from Singaporo yesterday Convention was wholly informal, and was incorrect, the fire reported being at politica were strictly avoided. His Majesty. Pontianak, town in Dutch Borneo, For referred to the Bours persovering gallantry this information, we are indebted to our in the fell, and their kindness and con aganing contemporary.

sideration to the British prisoners and wounded. The interview. Instal a quartor Ship in Distress.

of an hour. Lord Kitchener afterwards The American sailing ship is entertained the Bier geterals to lunch on having encouriered a typhoon in latitude board the Wildfire, and then made a tour 16 N., logitude 131, E., while bound for of the fleet at Spithead Manila with a cargo of coals, put in hero in distress. She lost her bowsprit, fore topmast, main topgallantrisst, and had a qutuber of sails blown away, besides sus taining other dainage.

The Twelfth.'

THE TARIFT NEGOTIATIONS.

The Times' Stringhai correspondent tele- graphs that the Protocol of the now Chinese tariff was signed on Saturday by the representatives of Great Britain, Amori- can, Bolgian, and Darch representatives ad referendum. The Chinesa Columission-

are unable to sign without imperial: A

Ors

sanction.

IN. HONOUR OF OUR ALLIES. The Itoyal yacht, when passing the Japan young birds have died in grest nombors.ese warships ou Saturday, went dead slow The shooting prospects were worse than as a tack of special hongar to our allies. they had been for seven yenes.

THE DISTURBANCES IN

FRANCE.

Gymkhana on the Folo Ground.

The following is an extract from a

A London teloganın, duted 5th "inst., legram in the Shanghai Timci :-His status tint, the 'sportsmen were dismayod Majesty has conveyed his grateful scknow. by the reports coming from the Scottish ledgments to the Duke of Connaught nud. Moors. It appears that owing to the in- the other officers for the splendid arrange-clemency of the spring and early summer. ments and display by the military at the It is now definitely settled that Lord Coronation. De was pleased throughout, Kitchener arrives in Indis, aftor visiting and wishes all who had the plans for the Khartoum, about the end of November,day in charge, and all who engaged in the proceedings in any capacity, to feel assured of his deep appreciation.

Stanley's Awfuls' in a Collision.

A Calcutta telegram dated 7th just. states; The official statemout on the Khatauli raslway nocident atates that fifteen vatives were killed and nineteen injured. the Europeans injured Mr George Trim women, all members of the Stanley Opera will Tua since died. Two men and two bust month from Anhui for Cantun, also bound for Kuangxi. It is stated in local

Company, were also injured severely, Stoppage of the Tramway. mandarin circles that while in Peking late.

sigong them Miss Fanny Stanley, Miss Besidents at the Peak were again Fanny's numerous Far Eastern admirers inconvenienced this morning by a toppage .F. Wang Chih ch'un beenme quite friendly with the Freud in the Capital | Captain Gülfer, will shortly be relieved of recovery. She was her inst with the within se many weeks. Through some steamed out in 268.

will sympathise her and wish her a speedy of the peak trainway--the third stoppage

Mr U. B. Fey, the colelanted cricketer, just published an interesting booklet on the subject of diet and exercise for training, with tables for the guidanon of those con-

11. Extraordinary Meeting of the 13th inst) in the Chinese cruiser Nohas

Sharebelders of Queen" Mines, Ltd., I shong. The Wancheng was also acoom. at the Company's Offices, Noon Extraordinary Meeting of Sharepanic by her sister ship, the cruiser Nua- holders of Givers Freehold she, both of which slips are filled with Ltd., at the Company's Offices.

the troops of the new brigade, numbering over 2,000 men in sil. It will be rouem-

SATURDAY, Angust 23:

Mines,

cerned.

2. p.m.--Auction of theholl Fumbered that 3,4 men had already aniled College, Cambridge, has been appointed

ture, at the Residence of Mr J, M. Beattie, Strawberry Hill, Penk.

WLONE DAY, Augost 97:

Noon. Meeting of Shareholders of Th

Hongkong Flotel Company, Limited. at Company's Hotel.

A COLD AT THIS SEASON

18 most annoying, and should not

Junglected. Chamberlain's Cough Re Medys will relieve the lungs, make expec toration easy, effect a quick cure and leave the system in a healthy condition always cures and eures quickly. For sale by All Doolers: WATNA Ld. Gent Agents.

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Professor of English at the Women's College, Tokio University. Japan.

The Genaan" Naval Attachu in Takio,

his post, and will probably be succeeded by Dallases. Capt. Trummler, commander of the gunboat Habicht on

station.

the West àfrican Eucalyptus Oil for Fever.

H.E.'s well-known friendliness towards the Russiaus made it an onay matter for him to fall in line with his Gallie friends, who are to be his auighbours to the south for some tire come, and it might have been dee to policy to oneiliste, if he could, his, powerful neighbours on the south-eastern boundaries of Kuangsi. Hence there van- not be much in the rumear which H.Es eampies seem to wish to port upon the Brooklyn might prove a theory ho held in run short of quinine, I tried the ex-

CÍPERGIRENTANY

Coronation Day at Sea..

Cuboration Day on beard the Hinglagg Americs Lás Kiondschon was celebrated

Miss Emma H. King, the young woman-who submitted to inoculation with the germs of consumption low than a year ago in order that Dr George D. Barney of

N. J.

A plantur correspondent writes to Indien Gardening and Printing: At this etason of the year we are very much incon vehicused by garden coolies getting ill with n kind of fever that lasts many days. Hay

Strike of Tobacco Workers.

For more than three weeks (says the whilst on porte from Hongkong in Singe Manite Time of the 2nd inst.), thastraggle are in west festive mater, which help-between cuployers and employees has been ed to compensate those travelling by her going on, and has caused considerable inse for not being able to join in the celeb to employers, ituring out the question of the Calcutta paper...

Outfitters WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS.happy ccasion, to ensure the success of

Manila and Brazilian

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'Ping Pong.' -

Complete sets, ranging

in Price from $1 to $15.

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The Hongkong Polo Club are giving a

Lokon, August 18, 1902. Gymkhana on the Polo Ground, at Cause.

Thousands of the populace resisted the way Bay, on Saturday, the 23rd instant, to citsing of the Couvent schools, in three commence at p.., when the members towns of the Department of Finisterre.. will be At Home to their friends, Brittany. The froops sent to enforce the Through the kindness of the Colonel and deerees were compelled to breach the Con- Ofteers, 2nd Royal Welsh Fusiliers, the rent doura and expul tis porrisons of pea- Band of the Regiment will play staring the ante, why sag hymns and throw filth st afternoon..

means or other not get clearly accounted for, the cars remained on the same line of the cross-over points, and traffic stopped about eight o'clock. Steps were taken to adjustmatron and the cars resumed running about the tiffin hour. The inconvenience to business people was great owing to the

carcity of chairs.

the basfegere.

THE FLEET AT SPITHEAD DIS- PERSED BY A GALE,

rain at Spithead, compelled the abandon- A gule of wind, with mist and torrents of

ment of the evolutions of the flect, which

DEPARTURE OF BOER

GENERALS.

The Boer genorals, Botha, De Wet, and terd returning to London soon. Delarey have gone to the Hague, but in

THE SHAH IN LONDON, His Majesty the Shab has arrived in London, where he was received by the Prince of Wales, who afterwarde drove with ted by Life Gaards. The route of the pres hita in state to Marlbomugh House escor cession, was lined with troupes

RESIGNATION OF Mr SCHWAB

Mr Schwab, President of the great. American Steel Trust, has retired on ne conut of ill health.

regard to tuberculosis has died in Dovertriment of giving the fever strickon coolics Smart Work at the Docks.

The O,&0. Pacific liner Doric having a few drops of oucalyptus oil on sugar, with vary gratifying results; the coolies been delayed in Manila, and having to like the change from the bitter quinine.dock for painting this trip, the Duck Nearly all any coulies have recovered. It Company was urged to give hor quick may interest souse of your readers on tea despatch. She was taken into deck it estates to know if this. The effects of Kowloon this morning at 8.30, and, being cucalyptus oil in fovers is well known, adds helped by dry weather, the ship was giren two coats of paint tothe bottom, one cost of black on tapsido, se repans to inc BIG STRIKE OF SHIP CARPEN

TERS, plates on rudder, and undocked again at '0 p.m. today, or in, the remarkably, short- time of 83 hours.

further evi! tú

Embezzlement at Nagasaki.

tions on shore, selds the Sharp fra the loss of meccy to the six thousand eýä A/S. WATSON & CO., Pre Captain Luwschloss, the genial taborers who have been thrown out of Her Weight in Silver.

and propular commander, had the saloon employment. The factory owners are not A singular freak was that of a wealthy instefully decorated with bunting, which affected to any serious extent, as they have repident of Koniggschak, Germany,recently

3000 Men want more Money. was very effective and presented a gay ap ample stock in hand. It would appear, Or the betrothal of his daughter, Herr

Hongkong has enjoyed perfect pr pearance. A special ditmor haul also been therefore, that the strike witt be indefinite- Dochatschek had announced that he would

munity from anything. Cordering on a prepared, which was set out on extremely ly prolonged. The factory owners have give her ass marriage portion her weight fast at the Nagasaki Local Court on te period, but now the spall is leiken, for no Judgment was delivered on the 13th general strike of worker for a long partly Creation Mengs, which were

in the in silver currency. Accordingly, on the Chinese charged with embecting from the fower than 300 ship-penters in Euro- given to each passenger sod will be kept future, and that is that, owing to the de-wedding day, the bride was formally Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, Nagasaki, penn and Chinese croylny bare struck by them as souvenirs of the great and struction caused to the tobacen crops by the weighed in the drawing room in the pre- the sum of Yen 10,000. The Nuusaki Press work, and male a demand for increased

recent rains, there will be insufficient sence of the assembled guests. The Indy says Kau Jesota was sentanned to three wages. which no trouble land been spared by the tobacco to provide werk for all the work turning fue eles at 62 kilogrammes, a Captain and Officera. The music had also people even assuming they are willing to sack was at one tilled with silver crowns to time of Yen 20, and, on lineo, to six information, at the fargo establishment, of years' imprisonment with hard labour, a The strike originated, according to our received the same amount of attention, be return to work at the old rates. The out- the saine weight, wilt balf a kilogramme months polico surveillance. Sho Shintei the Hongkong and Wipes Bout Com ing specially selected for the occasion. Look for the strikers is a very black one.

over for the weight of the bag. The exact Champage having been quaffed, the

was sent to prison for six months with pany, Limited, at fungo, where vlose number of crowns was 15,300. The bride hard labour, and is to undergo a similar on 1000 carpenters are engaged. Captain, in a most befitting speech, the English Cricket.

About a Celebrated sentiment of which were appreciated to

weighed 137.pounds. It was the best she perind of surveillance; Iwanaga Tsune week or ten days ago, some person or per- could do, although her envious friends kichi, the Japanese scavenger who found one authorised by the Carpenters' Guild, a the full by the British passengers on board,

aasert she had eaten all the fat and flesh-Yon 700 und appropriated park, to three very strong organization, posted up called upon all present to drink long life

producing food she could hold from the months' hard labour, and four other Japan-ticket, where it would be seen in the works, and prosperity to His Majesty King Ed- ward VI and big noble Queen, which toast

date of her betrothal up to the day, herese, concerned in the concealment of some intimating test, goless in increase of pay marriage was celebrated, was drunk with much enthusiasm, the

of the money, received minor punishments. I want conceded, the man would come out un Band playing God Save the King. One BLEND of the passengers, on behalf of the Kritons, thanked the Captain for his great courtesy and kindness, both in what he had said and somersetshire all he had done; and also the other passen- Derbyshire. goes for the way in which they had honours el the toast remarking that all would remember this occasion with the happiest, recollections and naked all present to driuk the health of Capt. Luneschloes and his

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The following table shows the relative positions of the English counties in the cricket championship at 6él; August ;—

arbite KY Jancashire Notte

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The Domestic' Difficulty.

Hongkong: Volunteer Corps.

94-20

Warwickstore... Keat Worcestershire

14:99

In the Mixed Court at Shanghai on the

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Gloucestershir

Middlesex...............

Unzen Swept by Typhoon.

As a wrong impression has got about

strike on the following day. There are seven or eight headmen among the carpenters who are believed to be the organizera of the fluild and of the present trouble, but dog were cele enough, when neked for informaation. 16 shield themselves by

16th inst., a houseboy was prosecuted by in consequence of the paragraph we pub. -16-20 Mr H. Clapp for leaving his employ with-lished on Monday, we now give the follow-feigning ignorance and pretonling that

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that the men did not seen to have appoint any of their Lumber to confer with

more dificult of adjustment by the fact

-23+39 cut duy notice, Mr Clapp said the boying details. Major Pritchard R.G.A., | they knew nothing as to the originators of 500 had been with him for some eight wonthe remaius as Commandant of the Corps under the strike. The situation was alsa rondared

and his duty was to elian dishes and things, the nos constitution as Garrison Artillery. but in the course of doing so he continually The Corps, with, at present, the oscoption caused breakages. He had warned him of "D" Infantry Company, has, we under the Manager as to their demands. The result was that the carpenters one at The Japstese steamer Kole Maru often and told him that when things were stand, been converted from its formation of muse, as the placard said they would, Officers, and with the N. D. E. Company, arrived at Shanghis ou the 14th inst, from broken he just inform the master or mis. Field Battery and A, B, and C and they have been out ever sings and have every prosperity. This toast was given in Japanese ports. Shy brought the latest tress of the house and no more would be said Machine Gun Companies into two Com

even cong to the trouble of making the grand style to the tune of "He's Jolly advices concerning the big typhoon that re-about it. Recently a number of things pantes of Garris Artillery. No. 1 Com the Uuluny. The when carplayed in thin movement a fairly general nee Throughout Good Follow and the toast of the German contly swept Japan and carried ruin and were found broken which had not beep pany is commanded by Major Chapman, particular branch of trade at Cosmopolitan Emperor was also honoured with much en devastation in ita path. The town of Unreported. Not long ago the hall lamp and No. 2 Company by Captain Sanders Duck als et de pontering. thusiasm, the Band playing Doutschland, a user resort situated in the moun, they had po gas in their house--fell down Each Company is again mb-divided into able in amount just now--is said to be, work of the Dock Coopmy very consider for Ever A dauce siterants took place tains alwut seven hours' journey from Naga- while lit, having been inproperly fixed by right and left hall companies, each hair except for a few hands Froor Hongkong n the upper dock, which had previously, saki; suffered greatly from the typhoon, this buy. He was told then that if such a company in command of a captain, Captains still and not considerably u arrat, Ship

who remain at work, practically at a stand..

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this purpose, and everybody enjoyed the height of the storm and the roof was blown for a new lamp. In spite of this, the No, 1 Company, with Listonsuts Sayer Chinese perils on the other side of evening" thoroughly, So ended any from the Shinza Hote). Dr. Warwick Win-accident occurred again, and might have Armstrong and Uliver as subalterns, and with the Dock Guildemen, and made a tha Harbour also came out in prapathy which will live lung in the memories of all

ston's house was partially unroofed. Many set the house on fire had it not been seen Captains Forbes and Underwood of No. *simi ar demand under similar impossible who participated in its festivities.

houses were considerably damaged, and by prosecutor. He was then told to buy Company, with Lieutenants Smyth, Niebol conditions of settlement. The strike hardly

is now believed to have reached the small tw is left standing in the new one. A few days afterwards the son, Lantourt and Skinner in command of yards on this side, and the day before CHOLERA INFANTUM

town. No casualties were reported, boy asked his wife for one dollar, which sections. Captaia Mitchell rutosina is com yesterday the carpentem employed by GHOULD be guarded against, and pro- Stoners

Shanghai for was Imned in order to enable him to end of Engineer Company, thu con out. The men are believed to want a nu Mesars Bailey 2nd-Murphy also, coman vented by treating the child at the first unusual looseness of the bowels. Japan experienend an unusually mough purchase the bup. At the end of the stitution of which is unchanged, with Laali-iversal rate of 65 cents per day, the present Mothers can not be too careful about this passage. During the longer part of the trip wonth. the dollar was deducted from his tenant Crake as subaltern, especially in hot weather. They should

wages. The boy then left without any

which luft

havn medicine ready for such an emergency passengers were haps below, the high seas No horter remedy is prepared than Chan making walking on deck a dangerous'un balaio's Colic, Choleru nad Diarrhoedertaking.. Remedy. Every household should have a

bottle at hand. Get it today. It may save Ina pablic park. Swell to small boy л life. Foz erio by All Deaters; WATKINS What are you crying for my little man? 191 | Ltd., General Agents.

Because you are sitting on my tart?"

rates being for those in Europest service 60 conta a day and for those employed by Chinese fifnis 40 cents. Wunder, and the warning. There were some seran or eight Nam (petulantly): I don't see why yo• Chinens employers are willing to grant an days' wagen' due at $7 per month. The should besitate to get married on £600 u. | increasn aliding scale secrding to Cuart fined sucused 82 and ordered thisthan that do But, my darling, we will come to speedy termination sa it year. Papa saya my gone never cost moramezit. It is to be hoped that the strike his sight days wages be forfeited and paid must have something to eat. Oh, Wile way, hauld it continue, afect other to the Chinese Hospital

Jiam, Alwaye thinking of your stomach branches of the shipbuilding industry hère,