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His Majesty the Emperor of Cores has been were right when they 'advocated increased facilities for trade rather than a money in-nominated Honorary Knight Grand Comman- demnuity is the best reparation possible. A dor of the Most End Order of the Indian certain money indemnity is necessary.. This Empire. cannot be disputed; but as we bave claimed

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The School of Chinese, started under the suspices of the China Association, has been re- moved to more commodious premises in Vernon, Place, London: Alrendy there are some tex students.

FRIŊAY, JANUARY 18TH, 1901

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LONDON, 16th January, 8.5 p.m.

PRESIDENT MOKINLEY

CONVALESCENT. President McKinley is recovering from his attack of influenza and has partially resumed werk again.

line of policy is not to draw an enormous sum from the Chinese people in continuance of the old and ineffective policy hitherto pursued by foreign Powers in their dealings with China, but to teach the Government and people of the empire alike that the time has gone past when they can roaintain their attitude of exclusiveness

Captain William Leckie Hamilton Browne, towards and superiority over the rest of

of Her Majesty's ship Severn, died somewhat the world. It is by putting intercourse, more particularly commercial intercourse, between suddenly at Harwich on 12th ult. He held the the Powers and China upon a rational foot-silver medal of the Royal Humane Society, ing that this is to be achieved, and Lord awarded him in 1971, while a Sub-Lieutenant, for jumping overboard, and holding up, until the words about not treating Chin differ-assistance came. Lieutenant L. Edge, K.M.LI, who had fallon into the Harbour at Hongkong,

The Venezuelan Government has seized ently from any European Power, glided over-

Commander Jahn D. Daintree, of the Am-two British steamers at Caracas for use the really important point. For this the framer of the amendment is himself much phitrile, in Chatham Reserve, relieves Com to blame by the unfortunate phrasing which mander Ernest Gaunt at the Naval Depot, Liu against the revolutionists. he adopted. It was perhaps with some idea Kan-Tao, anil assumes the newly-created post of this that Mr. WALTON ultimately with of Queen's Harbour Master at Wei-hat-wai- This, saya service contemporary is another drew his amendment.

"stone-frigate "appointment for the new navi- A Census will be taken of the whole Colony gat.ng officers, and, considering the climate,

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H.E. Yuan Sbo-houn arrived at Shanghai on the afternoon of the 11th instant took over the soul of the Shanghai Taotsiship soxt day.

THE VENEZUELA REVOLUTION— SEIZURE OF BRITISH STEAMERS.

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LONDON, 15th January.

SUPREME COURT,

Thursday. 17th January,

IN ORIGINAL JURISDICTION. BEFORE HIS HONOUR SIR JOHN CARDING Tos, C.M.G. (Chiar JUSTICE).

-LI SHAUNG V. THE WING YUNG TAI FIRM,

In this case the plaintiff sued the defendant for recovery of possession of the tenement No. 19, Jervois Street; $500 for meene profits; and also alaimed costs.

Mr. Blade (instructed by Messre. Wilkinson & Gist) appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Robinson (instructed by Mr. Holnes) for the défendanta,

The evidence for the plaintiff was continued and the hearing was further adjourned.

POLICE COURT.

Wednesday, 17th January. BEFORE MR. HAZELAND,

HONGKONG SANITARY BOARD.

Yesterday afternoon & eating of the Hong- kong Banitary Board was hold. The Pro- sident (the Hon. R. D. Ormsby. Director of Publio Works) occupied the chair, and there were also present, the Vice-President, the Hon. F. H. May, C.M.G. (Captain Superintendent of Police), Dr. Bell (Acting Principal Civil Me- dical Offcar), Mr. J. McKie, Dr. Hartigan, Mr. E. Osborne, Dr, F. Clark (Medical Officer of Health), Mr. Fung Wa Chuon, and Mr. G. À. Woodcock (Secretary).

A NEW MEMBER. -The PRESIDENT announced that he had re- aived a letter from the Colonial Necratory stating that His Excellonoy the Governor had a member of the Banitary Board in plus of appointed Lieut. Col. Hughes, R.A.M.C., to be Lient-Col: Brown resigned, ».

THE ANOPHELES POOLS AT KENNEDYTOWN.

The following letter, dated January 8th, from the Colonial Secretary, was submitted:

In reply to your letter No. 178 of the 23rd November, enquiring what steps the Covera- ment propose take willi a view to the aboli- tion of the anopheles pools in the immediato neighbourhood at Kennedytown, I am directed to inform you that an overseer of the Publie Works Department accompanied Dr. Young to Kennedytown on the 2let ultimo, and that as FATAL ACCIDENT ENQUIRT. An enquiry was opened into the circumstances the result of their inspection men of the Publie attending the death of coolie who died in Works Department were eat to work on the Stit hospital on the 8th inat, as the result of injuries izst, and are now Alling up the hollows pointed sustained during blasting operations in Robin-out by Dr. Young in the neighbourhood to

which you refer."? son Rond the previous day.

Dr. Thomson cave evidence, and the enquiry was adjourned till the 22nd inst.

THE HUNGHOM CLAN FIGHT.

The five bollermakers who were arrested in connection with the plan fight at Hunghom on the lith inst., and whose case was remanded from Monday last, wore again placed in the dock. One of the defendants had his head bound up, another was so weak that he had to Mr. Francis be accommodated with a choir.

The following minutes were appended: - Dr. Hartigou I visted the Kennedytown premises on Jan. 4th, when not one of these pools had been touched. It seems a pity the work could not have been one whilst Dr. Young was in the colony to superviso. The Inspector who accompanied Dr. Young is not, I am informed, the person in charge of the work."

CAPE COLONY. The invaders have reached Clanwilliam and are paraned by a strong column.The Boer appeared for the first three defendants, read Professor Kosh's report on malaria and its

H.M. the Emperor of Japan has bestowed the third order of the Rising Sun upon Colonel has been extended for four mouths. By that force from:Calvinia has not made any further

Woguck, of the Russian army.

Calonel Buck, the U.S. Minister to Japan, who has obtained leave of absence, was to leave Yokoharus by the Siam on the 8th just.

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The Japanese section on the Peking and Tientsin railway has been handed over to Fiald Marshal Waldersee, in accordance with instruc-

ons from home.

To-day being the two-hundredth anniversary of the establishment of the Kingdom of Prussia, all the German men-owar in the Harbour will dress ship and fire a salutes of twenty-one guas at noon iu honour of the

event.

The railway line between Pehtsung and Lotsi, arecrding to the Japanese papers, has been fin ished since it was handed over to the Germans who pushed on the work. Ouly a bridge re- A. S. WATSON & CO. mains to be spanned, and this is expected to by

completed by the 15th inst.

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An official despatch has been received by the Japanese Naval Department stating that the Japanese Erst-class battleship Hatsnee (15,240 toas), which is under construction in Eugland [20 and is abnost completed; will leave for Japan

towards the end of this month.

The Government of Burma have placed two- On the 18th December, at St. George's Church, Catford, by the Rev. J. Herbert Wesley Kane, lights on the wreck of the us. Koking at the nuaisted by Cumon Mariol, MABEL ALICE, youngwi daughter of Mrs. GEORGE CLARK, and grand-months of the Rangoon river and two light dnighter of Mrs. TILLING, of the Farm, Perry-keepers have been engaged to watch the derelict hill, Catford, to JoHN AMBROSE JUPP, of Hongtil something permanent shall bo dous to kong.

remove the obstruction to navigation in that rection of the Bay of Bengal:

A Portsmouth Correspondent of a home con- temporary learns that Vice-Admiral Sir Harry Rawson's period of command of the Channe Squadron, which expired the end of the year, time the new battleship Formidable, now com pleting at Portsmouth, will be ready for san, and she will be commissioned to 1opics the Majestic as flagship. Admiral Bir Compton E. Domvils will succeed Sir Harry Rawson, and he will hoist his flag on the Formidable, the largest and most powerful batleship in the British Navy.

Linot. Braunersreuther, the Captain of the Port at Munila, in his annual report to the

Military Gorormer, gives some interesting fgarce showing the advance of the port. The tonnage of the entrances, during the fiscal year of 1900, was 800,902.50, .ns against 395,863.17 in the preceding your, or an increase of 101 per cent. ; the coastwise entrances in 1899 were 191,187.88. and in 1900 were 373,015.36, an increase of 96 per cent.; foreign clearances in 1899 were 366,190.12. and in 1900 were 782,354.19, an in- crease of 113 per cent.; constwiss clearances in 1899 were only 196,092.57, while in 1900 they amounted to 345,337.19, or un increase of 76

per cent.

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The local polico have in custody two men who are alleged to have escaped from the Boer camp in Ceylon, states the Hougour Gazette of the 31st ult. Both the men had scoured their passages by a Chinese stester the Seang Leong for Penang, kuten information received from Colom- bo they were arrested on board by Inspector Barnes. They do not admit that they were ever

They in. the South African War, but they say they gave their names to the Inspsotar as Loopold were runaway sailors from Colombo, Hannah and Paal Werner respectively. They eny that they are Swiss and that they had come originally from Antwerp by the Fatoufele They further stated that they were proceeding to Sumatra via Penang. On the Inspector making enquiries he ascertained that they had come from Colombo, where they were wanted. conducted ander the direction of a French en- gineer, will be concluded by the end of March The description sent from there tallied with that HONGKONG, January 18th, 1901

uert and that the work of ennstraction on the of the man in every way. One of them had a MR. JOSEPH WALTON, M.P., raised an in-line will at once he begun. It is yet uncertain scar on the back of the right hand and the other whether the capital necesary to the undertak- had a gunshot-wound. They gave in their name, as Reishaul and Hirschland to the Captain on teresting point when, in his amendment to ing will be raised by means of the flotation of

a loan on foreign markets or of the introduction embarking at Colombo, and these are the names the address in the House of Commons last month, he moved the addition of the words of foreign capital through method. It is proof the missing men.

"We further humbly submit that no de-bable, however, that the latter methods will be "mand should be made on the Chinese resorted to." ** Government for the punishment of Chinese

The Daily Press.

HONGKONG OFFICE: 14, DES VEUS ROAD CI. LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STREET, EC.

A Jiji special telegram, dated Seoul the 6th. says: It is understood that the surveying of the route of the Seoul Wiju railway now being

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advance. The Beers attacked Zumfontein oa Monday morning and were again repulsed.

The British casualties at Belfast on the 7th inst were 14 killed, wounded and 55 missing. THE LONDON GLOBE FINANCIAL: CO. The London Globe Financial Co. has liqui datail by the way of reconstruction.

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and Mr. Looker for the other two.

After evidence had been heard from the Chinese detective who helped to make tho arrests, the defendants were again remanded cross-wwmmonses against each other, and a joint It is understood that they intend taking out anmmons against the detective.

BEFORE ME. KEMP.

TRIADNAN. SUSPECTED TRI What is presumed on good grounds to be un- otherTriul Society casa, prosecutions rogarding which unlawful socisty keep cropping up every now and again, was heard at the Magistracy

The Hon. F. H. May Has Dr. Hartigan -prevention "angle

The Hon. R. DOrmsby" It is not possible. to collect solies, lime, coinent, oferters, ate. during the holidays Dr. Young only explaine December. Men were sent to the work as soon as it was possible to do so." what he wanted on Saturday evening, the 2nd

Dr. HARTIGAN stated that at a previous meet ing Dr. Bell said. Dr. Thomson had been vou- missioned to not se Medical Officer for mosqui Loes and would report from time to time. should like to ask if Dr. Thomson was doing tho work.

Dr. BELL said he did not think Dr. Hartigan had a right to ask him a question directly, and The death in aanounred of the Bishop of yesterday morning, when Wong Man, a coolie, it it was an official question he could not answer it uniosa ho had permission. He stated what was formally sharged nuder this head.

Sorgeant Burchill, of the Water Police, Dr. Thomson had been set aside to do. Whe arrested the mon on a sampan in the barburther he was doing it or not, he could not say, on Wednesday. His manner and actions led If the Board wrote in officially they would get the sergeant to believe that he had something an official answer. ou luix person he wished no one to ses, and o search resulted in the discovery of papers head ed Fuk I Hing"-a branch of the Triad Society. The translation of one of the passages therein contained is-"Obey Honren and act: the barrier is open and the road clear."

The hearing was adjourned for a week to

THE ATTEMPT TO TURN THE "CANTON RIVER."

CAPTAIN SCOTT ABOUT TO SCOREANOTHER TRIUMTH.

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that he

Dr. HARTIGAN said he happened to know that Dr. Thomson could not have been doing the work for the simple reason met hira going about his every.dng work.

Decom- Continuing. Dr. Hartigan sali ber 6th, I moved that the Government bo asked to detail a subordinate ofles who should be instructed in the manner of recognis ing and dealing with anopheles ponds. Both THEFT FROM HONGKONG CLUB. Man Pai U, of no occupation, pleaded not Dr. Young and Dr. Thomson, who were then guilty to stealing one tub, value $1.50, the pro- carrying out this anti-malarial measures in this Alfred Phillips, steward at the Club, gave of the Inspectors of our own Department or one porty of the Hongkong Club, on the 17th fast.colony, were willing if so directed to touch ous tails of the work The P.C.MO., in acplaining evidence, after which the defendant was sen- of the Road Barveyors of the P.W.D. the de- his reasons for not supporting my preposition," AKISKY PRACTICE.APA tenced to two months' hard labour.

One boatman, and eleven boatwomen, were with whose object he was in couplets accord, brought up on a charge of neglecting to exhibit said: This matter had been engaging the a light on their boats between sunset and sunattention of the Government for some months

past," and he went on to say that view of the appointment of Dr. Thomson as rise on the 17th.

special medical officer he did note the necessity.. Major Brown likewise did for another man not rete with me, because the Government

As announced by us some daya ago, Captain pealed to and asked if he could suggest any insana of floating the sunken dredger, the Canton Parcy Scott, C.B, of H.M.8. Terrible, was on-permit of the citing of expert evidence. River, as the Admiralty work in the Naval Yard Extension was being seriously delayed through want of dredging. Captain Scott consented to make a trial, and last night his efforts were nearing success, while to-day providing the tackle stands the strain, the dredgor will be temed on an oren keel ready for float- ing. For the information of our readers who may be anxions to learn how the almost completed operation has been performed, we may recapitalate the information we gave's few days ago.

In the position the occupied under water, the dredger lay with her head east. 330 fuut from Murray Pier. She is 180 feet long. 36 feet of 1,000 tons. She was embedded in the mud ham, and 15 feet depth, of a uros weight of about four foot forward, and her mast and dor rieks had been formed many feet downwards by the heavy weights attached to them, thus eup porting her at an angle of 30 degrees with the ker up again was to turn her over topside up surface bottom. The first step towards getting At the after end of the dredger an anchor was thrown out in a northerly direction-- that was erectly opposite to the direction it was intended to turn the vessel.

The ob

P. C. Hodson said he was on duty on Wed. nesday night off Yuamati, and saw the boat belonging to the first defondant without any light at all. The other defendants had a light, but it was hooded.

The first defendant was fined $5, and the remainder $3. The finos were paid.

A GONTRACTOR HEAVILY FINED, Lai Tai, contractor, 45 Pottinger Street, admitted that he had caused an obstruation in Wellington and Wyndham Streets by allowing there at 0.15 am. on the 15th inst, and was a quantity of building material to be placed fined $30-which he paid.

CRICKET.

FUSILIERS.

The above Match will start at 11 am. to-day and continue at 11 am. on Saturday. The fol- lowing will play for the Club:

T. Sercombe Smith, A. G. Ward, Lient Noble, R.N., Läent. Strong, R.M.L.L, G. Ex

ject of this was to prevent hor from sipping, HONGKONG CRICKET CLUB 7. ROYAL WELCH and to assist her to maintain her equilibrium. Three enormous tackles of 100 tons each were taken from the Praya to the claims round the dredger, and anchors for these heavy atrains were placed in positions about On the ten feet, apart, so as to distribute the strain over about 90 feet of the Praya. north side thaze were three lifting lamps, and the tara her. The novel feature of Capt. Scott's plan was to pamp air into her from a torpedo boat destroyer (the Handy), and so displace tara-over, she would be turned round stern to the water; and then, if novos atleaded the the Praya, dragged into shallow water and then pumped ont.

NORTHERN NOTES.

themselves intended to do at nuce so much more than I asked for. Mr. Tuay Wa Chuen privately expressed himself as taking the same view, so that not one of those threo merabers opposed my motion per sc, and two at losst wera strong supporters of the necessity of carry-

believers would not, I presume, kurosupported ne ing out anti-malarial measures as repeatedly President and Vice-President being non- urged upon us by the Colonial Ofies. The

under any circumstances. Now, sir, what is our present position? Dr. Thomson's appointment annonread by authority" with so much gustoup is a myth. Dr. Young, who was promised, but never given, an officer to instruct, has left the colony. A medical mas may have been re. quisitioned from home whose work will be in "the medical officer for mosquitoes," whose duties the laboratory and in no way to replace that of would be eminently practical, and who in say case cannot arrive here for some months, and The Government yacht;Sea Belle left Singa- pore on the 7th iust, taking as passengers the

United Kingdom, has requested us to put in The Harbour Department has issued the Hon. A. Murray, Colonial Engineer, and Cap.

kiel, Capt. Ainslie, Lisut. Kriekenbeek, Lient, the measures whick the Secretary of State, Lieut.-Colonel Toversham,

By kind permission of Colonal the Hon. R. force are either utterly neglected or left to be "officials which would not be equally im- following regulations to be observed to-morrowtain Craufurd, R.N., the Master Attendant of combined lift and pull-over was expected to Forsyth, Mr. Franklin, R.N., Ident. Lamb, and supported by the most eminent scientists in the ovolio under the ignorant (because uninstructedj posed in the case of a European Power at the regatta of the Royal Hongkong Yacht the port. They were ex route to Pulau Aor

supervision of subordinate officer of the P.W.D. and also that reparation should be sought Chab-1. A red burges will be hoisted at a to survey a possible site for the proposed new

H. Bortio and Officors, the band of Raynd Welch carried out haphazard by the careless Chinese This description is not exaggerated, though it may appear ao. The P.C.MO, told us on Do, **in increased facilities to trade rather than staff on the judge's stand five minutes before the lighthouse on that island. The proposed Pulau

Fusiliers will play on Saturday afternoon,

6th that this matter had been engaging the at by a money indemnity." The new Under-starting of a race, and will be kept flying until Aor light was originally suggested last Feb Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Viscount that race is finished. 2. During the time that ruary by Captain Symons, of the P. & 0.8.s,

On Wenesday 15th, the chains were passed

The P. & T. Times of the 29th ult. contains tention of the Government for some months past. this red bargee is flying, all boats, junks, eto, Parramatta, who represented that vessels on

On Dec. 10th, by special request, Dr. Young CRANBORNE, to whom fell the lot of an-

are to keep outside the western boundary of the the direct ran from Hongkong to Singapore round the dredger, but before this could be done the following items ---

it was necessary to blast with gun-cotton four

It is reported from Peking that L.Hangsent in a report on the Kennedytown Nulleb. Certain pools, quite small and easily dealt with,. swering Mr. WALTON, cxpressed the opinion

course, in order not to interfere with the ocm often travel 1,300 miles without seeing a light tunnels through the coral on which the vessel chang is dying with influenes.

The river bas opoued again contrary to ex- were pointed out as the foci of disease: these that this was asking too much. He con-peting crows. 3. The western boundary of the and that therefore it would be advisable that they rested. This coral really saved the vessel from

being totally lost, for if the bed bad been on pactation, and the weather has been exception were to be immediately filled up. On Jan. 4th, tinued: If the Chinese Government arc

course will be drawn from the judge's stand off should have some light to enable them to asoer- “to be treated like a European Power they the Kowloon Goodowns to the gunboats moor- tain their position before pulling up at the tirely of mud there would have been little possi-ally mild the last ten days. It seems possible accompanied by Dr. Young, Lexamined these the dredger from the destroyer, and the tank The Boxers have been collecting at Ching and except olearing away some of the brushf "must behave as a Europeau Power. We ing-bavys off the Royal Naval Establishment Horsburgh light at the entrance to the Straits. bility of saving it. Air was then pumped into that we may repeat the winter of two years ago. pools, and found them swarming with anopheles hai again and calling themselves Christians, but wood and leaving much actually overhanging at Kowloon, and cautioned on to Taikoktsui With commedable expedition the matter was steamer Sabine Rickmers was requisitioned to "know perfectly well that they have com- "mitted the greatest outrage, and in a Point. 4. Launches following the races must pushed through at Singapore and $20,000 for assist in heaving. The actual work of turning when a native Christian wont the other day the worst pool, nothing had been dous. cured, in this manner. Two pools were filled ** manner which no European Power would keep astern of the sternmost of the competing preliminary expenses were voted in this year's was commenced yesterday morning,, when with twelve men to arrest some Boxes, the A few days ago another infected nullah,

on the Praya, commenced to do the hauling seven of the party. I refer to the fact boats. This last regalation does not apply to Budget, and, if everything is satisfactory, the three steam engines, manned by bluejackets professing Christians turned on them and killed that near the Netherole Hospital, was being The Germans and Japanese are reconnoitring up with mnd-which it would be a mockery to think of for a moment.

the launch of the umpire or other official of the lamp, without the necessary tower, can be par The proceedings were watched by a large "that they have absolutely ignored the

chased next year for £4,000. Ship-masters, number of spectators, and at 11 am. the vessel the west bank of the Peilio between hore and call shan-mam, and which was certainly not lime At 1 pm. Taka for river pirates and Boxers. It is re-to be washed out by the firztahower, and lost. *sacred character of diplomatic envoys and

making fresh pools for the evicted anopheles to howovor, are by no means agreed that Pulau had been turned soven feet.

water, and from the water the deck of the ohun, this week. have, in a time of peace, allowed the Im-

harbour to A leading citisen, whose house and marine growth. In the afternoon the hauling

property lls in the West District, and whose sex- "to unite with rebels in order to bombard given seven performances of The Belle of the most natural one, Pulan Mankio, is in the dredger could be seen to be covered with a sub- Was energetically resumed, and the crowd of

vanta suffered severely from malaria traced to in- spectators increased the greatest interest be.

foction from anopheles, after five months corres "the envoys of friendly Powers. That is New York, which we believe to be the hands of the Dutch.

profos-

HARMSTON'S CIRCUS.

ing manifested, amongst those present being

pondence with the Government is told that all his ills come from leaving broken tea-pots in his "not behaving like a European Power, and record run of any piecu played by a

H.. the Governor, Mas Gascoigne, Lady of enemy. "it is quite impossible to treat a Government sional company in Hongkong. A Gaiety

On the 20th, a party of French soldiers 100 garden, and, that the Government do nothing Haraston's Circus gare their second per Bruce, Mrs. Powell and others. A large gather- Girl is bound to draw good houses here; it is "which behaves like that upon the same

miles west of Tientsin, to search for arms. quitoes were found in the public nullah and in musical esmedies. It has not long ago been audience. The programme was most succesfully

carried out, and the performances of al balconies in the neighbourhood.

Whilst the principal credit for raising the When the French arrived outside the village pools made by the broken and diasted Pok- "naturally be treated. I think that the revived in London, when it caught on again the rtistes envoked enthusiastic applanss *European Powers are well advised to exact almost as well as at the original production. The performance of Ajax, the contortionist dredger must be given to Captain Scott, who and were crossing the frozen crock which surfulum conduit, and its overflows. L. have "just and due reparation for the wrong, Mr. Pollard obtained the scrip, band parts, and was really marvellous, as was also the dis devised the plans for raising the sunken vessel, rounded it, several Buxers opened fire, killing given these examples because I can personally similar manner it can only end in failure which we have sustained. If the Chinese models from Mr. Goorgo Edwards, of the Gaiety play by Gilbert Elred and Stewart Bros. The the success of the operations will be also due to Lient. Contal of the Marine Infantry mail vouch for their acotary uno disce was mest artistic, and was much enjoyed ceived from the officers and mon of his ship. the Chinese out killing many, and burned the being carried out in the east of the colony in "Government expect to be treated in any Theatre, where it was first produced. The musical entres by Charles B. Weatherly the able and indefatigable assistance he has re- wounding another officer. The French drove once. If the compaign against malaria

On the 22nd, a party of French attacked 23 brlag, discredit on carefully thought out plan other way they must behave differently. Lilliputiana put the piece on for the first Space will not permit me to give any more The operation of pumping the air in the dred village. No one will disputej Lord CRANDONNEZ's time in Kimberley and it was the company's details, but the company are bound to ger from the Hondy was carried out by List

such excellence of programme. A matineerible. The rigging of all the heavy tackle Paotingin, driving them towards Kunisien, proved and, in Major Ronald Ross's word contention as to the advisability of exacting biggest success right through their last tour draw crowded houses so long as they continue Litchfield, torpede lieutenant of H.M.S. Ter armed Chinese at Cho-chow, between Peking and whose efficacy have been in great measur

¡n Bonth Africa. As very full house is ex-

Pho Treigondas, the famous Ford, the boatswain of the Terrible, who thin line a strong force of British left here on subject, allow the murder still to continue. just and due repuration for the wrong pected at the Theatre Royal to-night, judgings for children will be given on Saturday after was done by Commander Ogilvy, and Mr. As the latter place is towards the Peking Then addressing the London Art Club on thi Bustained, and in so doing the Allies by the booking at the Robinson Piano Co.. artistes from the London Hippodrome, arrived worked hard, assisted by a number of blue Thursday and Friday, for Ysagtenn, composed The Brush Medical Journal, speaking on th will not be treating the Chinese Govern the managers advise the public generally to by the Coromandel yesterday to join the Cirens jarkets from the ship. We trust to be able of 1,200 infantry and cavalry with 2 gun support giren by Lord Lister to Las Mosquito The members of the quartette are Malles, Ders, to announce to-morrow that the work of pompon and a maxim under Major General Malarial theory, says "The frank acceptance o ment differently from any European Power reserve their seats early to avoid disappoint Mons, Tessie and Daisy De Johns, and they farning has been finally acomplished. When Cummins, with 10 days rations. The British the theory by so great a master will do muo scour the country in the vicinity of Yangten the practical measures to plainly indicates. are described as being the "reigning consation the vessel is on an even keel it will take about a force, in conjunction with French will no doubt to insure its Panerai soceptance and to hurry o But the ment. A Gaiety Girl will be produced for under similar circumstances.

week to flost her. of Continental circuses." mover of the amendment and his supporters three nights only,

club.

To-night our little visitors at the Theatre

"perial forces of the Chinese Government change their bill to A Gaiety Girl, having Aor is the best site, but the difficulty is that the starboard funnel was about a foot below ported the Japanese lost two men at Haino- this should not suice, a broken water-pipe was-

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Last week various more or less starling reports were current about Chinese forcas mp posed to be approaching from various quarters But the cavalry and artillery both went out for a considerable distance without seeing any sigus

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noon next.