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LATE TELEGRAMS.
NEWS VIA RANGOON ‘AND CEYLON. THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA,
LONDON, 25th May. KLITSINGER'S ATTEMPT 30: BREAK
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500 Boors under General Kritzinger, with Comniandante Fouche and Loiler Vanreuen, mado a dash southwart from Zourburg before daylight yesterday morning, eroming. the rail- way between Thus and Steynburg, An ar moured train then came up and shelled them. Lt. Col. Gorringe's killing several horses column is in hot pursuit, anunturi
TWO ENGAGEMENTS
A strong patrol of Border Scouts were attack. ed by 10 Boars in Konhardt district. A. Hra ased. The Bours lust 13 hours killed and 7
ended.... General Viljoen, in attempting to cross Bir Bindon Blood's lines, neor Carolina, azt break northwards, was repulsed with loss.
London, 28th May. KBITZINGER'S STRATEDT. Previously to Kritzinger starting on the southward raid, 200 Boers audler Lategan attacked a patrol of Cape Moanted Rides at Papkloof, north-east of Banger. The patrol were off-saddled, and the Boers Bred wounding several troopers. Reinforcements arrived, and the Boers retired. There ware six British casualties, azil the Boors last several. This attack was a foint to distract attention from Kritzinger's movement.
It is rumoured that Gorringe has overtaken Kritainger at Bamboerberg. It is stated the Boers are badly mounted
A CAPTURE ON THE SAND RIVER. Reuters Pretoria correspondent says Colonel Wilson with a portion of Kitchener's Scouts captured eighteen of Beyer's sousmando, forty wagons and quantities of ammunition at Nylstroom on the Sand River. Our canalties were seven. The enemy were mostly on foot and excapeil, fighting a stubborn rearguant
action.
LORD MILNIE IN ENGLAND. Mr. Chamberlain yesterday entertained Lord Milner at Claridge's Hotel at luncheon. The guests included the Duke of Cambridge, Lord Salisbury and other Ministers. Mr. Chamberlain, in toasting Lord Milner, eulogised the work ke hal accomplished, and spoke of the greater work that was before him."
Lord Milner in reply said he recognised the necessity of demonstrating that the sentry will not abandon its agents, nor what had been spent in prosious lives and millions to obtain Ho ridiculed the ides that the war the same. could have been averted by further attempts at conciliation, and believed the time was coming when the most forbearing statemanship would be required in South Africs.
London, 28th May. KLITZINGER DIVZITED. The invaders nnder Kritzinger, who made a dush southward of Zarnburg on the 24th, captured a post of 41 Colonials near Marais burg, and bad some desultory fighting with Gorringe in the Stormberg, hills, before break ing southwards. They were 55 miles north-east of Cradock, on the 20th, where they faced Scobell's column. Their progress was inter rapted at Bamboosberg by the swift movements of Gorringe, and the other columns of the invaders tarned north-east at Cloets.
A despatch from Lord Kitchener says the columns report 63 killed, and 25 wounded, 267 prisoners and 82 surrenders.
PROGRESS OF AFFAIRS.
No now has yet come to hand of the serious fighting with Kritzinger's force, but several columns are operating against him.
A squadron of Kitchener's Scouts captured fifty Bours near Pieterburg.
General Elliott arrived at Harrismith on the 24th from Kroonstad,, having swept the coun-" try wall and brought in 1,700 horses. He waJ wiped all the way, and had a few casualties.
FATAL ACCIPENT AT PRETORIA.
The Boer General Sukeemmm, lately residing peacefully at Pretoria, was showing his family a Lyduite thell, preserved as a curio, when it exploded, killing Schoeman, mortally wounding bis daughter and seriously mnding his wife
and two others.
Simla, 28th May.
LATEST CASUALTIES.
The following are the latest casualties in South Africa.
15th May, killed, Lient, Alexander, South African Light Horse,-16th May, killed by an explosion on the railway, Major Heath, 3rd South Lancashires-19th May, died of enteric, Lieut, Walton, 4th Royal Lancashires.20th died of a fall from a borse, Lieut. Colonel Cari Harwell, Royal Engineers, slightly wounded, Capt. F. Lids, Prince Alfred's Guarda-1st May, wounded dangerously. Capt. E. Treffery: slightly Lient. A, Bowles, both of the Imperial Yeomanry: dangerously, Lieut. F. Nugent: severely, Capt. 0. Gasling both of the 4th Rite Brigade 23rd May. wounded severely. Second-Lient. Jones, 6th Dragoons
The body of Lieut. Contson, let King's Own Scottish Borderers, which was reported missing on the 18th was subsequently found.
London, 30th May. UNSUCCESFUL BORE ATTACK ON A VONVỜY.
Fourteen Boers were killed and nine wounded in an unsuccessful attempt to capture a convey between Potchefstroom and Ventersdorp.
GENERAL NEWS.
EGYPT AND UGANDA.
London, 24th May.
Sir Harry Johnston, Commissioner of Uganda, has arrived at Mombasa and sails immediately for Cairo to see Lord Cromer, Lako Victoria Nyahza has risen, owing to the rains, two feet abors the highest recorded important effects on the irrigation of Egypt.
EXPLOSION IN A WELSH COALMINK
London, 24th May.
believed this is a faint to cover a subsequent advance into the Mahomed Gerad country.
THE ERUPTION IN JAVA.
London, 25th May,^: Three Europeans and 178 nativen perished in the eruption at Keloet in Java
ELECTION NEWB.
London, 25th May. Mr. Gore, the Conservative candidate,. has been elected for Oswestry, having polled 4,518 "gainst 3,430 polled by Mr. Bright, the Liberal candidate. The vacancy was caused by the death of Mr. Stancy Leighton.
GENERAL GATACRE RECOVERS.
London, 26th May“
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. THURSDAY, JUNE 13TH, 1901
THE ANGLO-RUSSIAN HAILWAY DISPUTE.
The Times special correspondent wrote from Tientsin on the 19th April
pending
agreement to
deteriorated in quality Hitherto our tonnage percentage has been higher by two points than our number of vowels. Last year the two per ventagna were equal, while the German propor tione had a difference of six in favour of the tonnage. The Germans have not only bought our biggest ships, but we have made no attempt to compete with them by running other big ones instead..
can republics, with a distinct refusal to accept any responsibilities. Australia has never feared to discharge the bardons involved, in a protes torate. The colonies of Queenland, New Bouth Wales, and Victoria pledged themselves for four years to the payment of fifteen thousand pounds sunually towards the opet of administer ng British New Grafon. Norfolk Island, Lord Howe Island, and Pitcairn are gororned by and had oh B a solution
But even now we do not know the whole of New South Wales;
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NOTICES TO CONSIGNEES
THE PORTLAND AND ASIATIC
STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
FROM PORTLAND (OR.) AND PORTS. THE Company's Steamship
· “INDRAVELLI,”
The question of the ownership of the land which gave rise to the recent Anglo-Engiant inoident still remains unsettled, and is likely to remain so unless the British Government shows greater appreciation then it has done hitherto of the intereste at stake. The necessity of our loss. The transfer of the Holt Line the beam practicable, New Zealand would have having arrived from the above ports, Con- averting the imminent danger of a confist Blas Faznel steamers took place on July 1, cheerfully taken charge of Bamos rather than signees of Cargo are hereby requeried to semil
and this six months change of flag ex- see German rule made absolute. The absolute in their Bils of Lading justified double juniod the temporary screen plaited the drop of our percentage of antipping grobilities of foreign aggression in the Bonth and tako turmediate din for countersignature Any Cargo impeding the discharge of the General Gataore has recovered from Eking & settlement of the question of owner. fy that year's consalar report from 78 per Pacifig, ecapled with a readiness to accept the ship or frota alongside. ·
for there were limits oven to the admirable cent to 65 per cent. The transfer of the control, should occasion arise, of any falands riding accident and has resumed command of discipline and self-restraint of our Indian Sullish Oriental-the Red Funnel line did not under European protection, is the only vessel will be landed and stored at Consignes
saldiers under such: systematical provocation as nut takes place until lat April. Therefore policy compatible with the safeguarding of the risk and expense. that to which they were then subjected
there were thres months during which they paramount interests of the Commonwealth. It is also a just and a reasonable policy, and the Eastern Districtv
it was assumed that the agreement would be per is the returns now before me a British.
the drop to 38 per cent. will be followed merits the unflinching support of the Imperial reciprocal yet the Russians are still pushing
The their roads through land claimed by the railway by a still further drop the year unless British Government. company, whereas the latter are not allowed to enterprise is equal to the occasion, tara another sod of the projected siding, May, June and July of the past two years, and following table gives the returns for April. Thus the Russian claim, hitherto unsupported will bring vividly before the reader the great. by the slightest avidence, has operated so as to suspend the rights of the railway company and change that has taken place :--- deter indefinitely the completion of a work of recognised public utility.
THE FLAQUE IN SOUTH AFRICA.
London, 28th May. Two privates in the North Lancashires have been seized with plague at Mafexing, having arrived from Capetown on the 19th April.
THE DISTURBANCES IN RUBBIA.
London, 28th May,
Tho Nowe Fremya has been suspended for a week for an article attributing the success of the revolutionary propagands which led to the recent disturbances to the miserable condition of the working classes, and orging the necessity of reforms to avert a rising.
THE SHOOTING AFFAIS AT PRETING.
London, 27th May. American wontries wern poster on Saturday to divert the traffic past the Legations at Peking, owing to repairs to the streets. The Germana alone refused to obey, and a German offer drew his sword and rushed upon a sentry, only desisting when the soldier brought his bayonet down to the charge. Later on a soutry fired on a German soldier who was dashing past and wounded another Gertaan.
THE DISTURBANCES. IN RUSSIA.
LONDON, 28th May. Two hospitals at St. Petersburg are filled with workmen who were wounded in the outbreak on the 20th Guards and police prevent their relatives from visiting them.
Two ofleors and 23 polics and Cossacks were wounded by stones at Katsis, in Trans Camtasia, thrawa by a crowd supporting the political do monstrations of the students.
SOMALILAND.
London, 27th May. The Ogaden Somthis have expressed their
willingness to pay a fine for the murder of Commissioner Jenner, bat have asked for a month's extension of time and this has been granted.
London, 28th May,
Tendors for the one million of India Bills repayable in twolve months at 931. 64. Od receive about 57 per cent, and above in full.
COUNTY CRICKET.
London, 28th May, Yorkshire, Lancabiro and Surray are bracketód well ahead of the other counties in oricket.
Ranjitsinghji in his first match, Sussex v. Gloucester, scored 65 in the first innings.
ATHLETICS.
London, 28th May. O'Connor, of Waterford, made a record long jump at Dublin yesterday of 24 feet and nine
inches.
THE AUSTRALIAN CENBUS.
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British German.
The Russians are, apparently, speculating upon the company's being unable to proatee doonmentary evidence of ownership owing to the destruction of railway property during the siege last June, and perhaps with good reason. Russian troops occupied the railway premises fire, and the by until they were destroyed
doca British.. safes-books, contents of the company's meats, spocio, everything-disappeared, but not through fire. Camful examination subsequently showed that these safes, which were the latest Chubbs, had been uninjured by fire, but expert hands had skilfully opened them and romoved
the contents before the fire ecurred. while the building was in the occupation of its Russian protectors, who allowed no one admittanes. The remainder of the milway documents were seized later by the Russians at Tong-shan, bat those were low valuable, except from an engineering point of view.
April
May. 1899, 1900. 1839. 1900 Ships 28 11 20 Tons 22,836 0,334 18,220 9,440
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Optional Carge will be forwarded untoes notice to the contrary be given before 3 P.M. TO-DAY.
Any Cargo impeding her discharge will be landed into the. Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company Limited, and, stored at Consignees' risk and [616 Claims will be admitted after the Goods
No have left the Godowns, and all Goods remain- ing undelivered after the 17th inst., will bo subject to rent.
All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods aro examined on the 17th inst, at 3 P.M.
Nevertheless, part from circumstantial evidence, which should alone be sufficient to Chinese witnesses should be available, unless settle the question of ownership, plenty of they are overaved by the Russians, as, when
come into existence, freights P. D. C. the railway bought this land, it undertook not jumped up to 378. 6d. 528 Gd., and the Germans TEACHER'S "Highland Cros to eject the Chiness owners until it had went ahead. They are extending feeders to their D. G. provided now houses for them on another site, lines in sil directions. The Siam and Borneo PEAK BLEND do. and this
process of removal was not completed purchases are part of a steady policy which is when the troubles broke out last year. But putting steamers on the Burma and China rivers, the Russians are bringing the greatest pressure and others running down into Oceanu. Mean to bear upen
the Chinese, and, in fact through while an independent British steamer may call out their so-called concession they spare not our British colonies in voin. The merchants effort to obtain transfers of vil native-owned cannot depend on tramps; they must ship by landa, one respectable Chinaman having even the regular liners, as a rule. They are made been threatened, I am assured, that bis ancestral to pay through the nose for the convenience, graves would be desecrated if he persisted in
even after we allow for the 10 per cent, rebate his refusal to sell the plot containing thezi. allowed at the end of the year. But that The question, indeed, affects not only the rebate is not paid if a single ton of merchan- piece of land required by the railway for the dise has been shipped by an independent construction of & siding, but many other valu-steamer. Thus a British merchant in a British able blocks, which are indisponsible for future colony may be forced to refuse cargo to a development. Russia's claim to a concession British steamer, and then to ship it by a twice the size of all the older concessions German because the lattor is in the together previously granted by treaty to the principal trading Powers would be Indierons if one merely considered the infinitesimal propor- tion which her trade and shipping and the bear to those of other nationalities. But the very exorbitance of her claim, based upon right of conquest, which she in common with all the other Powers disavowed in advance at the outset of the joint operations, and upon a grant from Li Hung-chang, which it is doubful whether he was competent to make, betrays the political ambitious which underlie it. The commanding position and atornious extent of this Russian concession, which not only comprises the most important railway station and the property of milway
hypothecated to British bondholders with the special sanction of the Foreign Office, but dominates the Paiho along two miles of A great automobile race from Paris to Bor-river frontage facing the other foreign conces as took place to day. The winner covered sious, practically places in the hurds of Russia the distance in 34 hours, the mean speed being the fintare control of a treaty port which has
Be that as it may, we have capitulated to the long been the chief emporium of foreign trade in Northern China, and, judged by the extra Germans. There is at hand in Germany n forty miles.
ordinary increases of imports and exports period of great economic stress. Every effort MACHINERY
Tears until the present 'crisis, I be made by means of preferential through, daring rosent promised even to rival Shanghai at an early rates and no forth to help the German manu- date. The British Government has formally facturers to force their goods into new markets. intimated that it is unable at present in any So far, by the aid of their own intrinsic worth way to recognise the validity of the Russiau the friendly relations of the Siamese, and, the concession, but this intimation is of little value possession of the only really regular lines of Co so long as Russin continues steadily to enforce communication with Bangkok, our goods have her claims at the expanse of British rights and
gone ahead in Siam. What will happen when British interests. The onus protandi clearly they have to face the handicap of carriage in lies with Russia as the latest comer, and she German bottoms at rates in advance of those should be called upon to define and substantiate charged for German goods?-Bangkok Times. her claims or withdraw them.
number of her subjects residing in Tientsin of cargo carried. In fact the British steamersWNERS of HOUSES situated in the to be left in the Godowns, where they will be
London, 28th May. The population of Australia, according to the consus, is 4,550,651, being an increase of 7+0,756.
FRANCE AND MOROCCO.
London, 29th May. The French press is jubilant at the Sultan of Morocco's conceding to the demands of Fratice relative to the questions affecting Algeria and to the indemnity for the murder of the Franch subjects for which three warships were despatched to Morocco.
AUTOMOBILE RACING.
Loulon, 29th May.
THE GERMAN EMPEROR AND TRANCE.
London, 30th May.
A French General and Colonel were present yesterday at a review of the Guards felt at Berlin, and subsequently attended luncheon given by Emperor William, who declared that in China it was that for the first time French and German soldiers had fought a common fos, He toasted the Officers and the glorious French Army, and read a telegram from the Tear for his great services in the Chinese affair and praising Count von Waldersoe's ability and discretion in accomplishing his difficult and ungrateful task.
THE CRUSADE AGAINST RATS.
One excuse given for the sale of the Siam line was that they did not pay. This seems hardly credible to those who examine the values trading with Bangkok had the most valuable of the cargoes in and out. Every ton of British shipping in 1893-4 carried cargo worth 109 dols, increased the following year to 119 dols. In. the same years German vessels took 71 dols., and 166 dois. per ton, Franch 11 dole, and 8 dola., and Scandinaviau 98 dols. and 100 dols. The valas per ton given in the Consular return
given are: for 1808 none of later date British, 153 dols,, German, 132 dols. French. most 68 dels.; and Scandinavian, 111 dols. The valuable cargoes, or the best filled ships-which- ever be the explanation of these figures-are not the worst paying, and if the other nationali. ties were able to trade and extend on their lower values, no one is likely to believe in the non-paying theory as regards our own vessels.
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Western Division of the City of Victori who have not had their PREMISES LIME- WASHED and CLEANSED in accordance with law aro reminded that the period' during which this work should be finished ends on the 30th day of June, 1901, and the Sanitary Board being convinced of the ascessity of CLEAN- LINESS in its efforts to STAMP OUT PLAGUE, is determined to RIGOROUSLY PROSECUTE any Owner in default after the above named dats.
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The first formal declaration of the foreign When the next Consular report for Bangkok policy of the Commonwealth of Australis has A now process is announced whereby rats
For comprehensiveness and practical service can be destroyed wholesale on shipboard, without arrives it will have a serious tales of British taken the form we anticipated the ennfucia.
tion of a Monres doctrine for the South Pacific this Work stands unrivalled. All the new words damage to ship or cargo. The method is one shipping losses to tell. But it is not likely to of fumigation by a gas which is fatal to ruts. come to hand for another five months or so, The principle has not yet been accepted by the which the Chinese have of late years boon com An Americen sanitarian, who claims the process and in the meantime I bare prepared from the Federal Government, but the trand of Australian pelled to coin to express the numerous objects in as his invention, has described it to London daily shipping returns of the Siamete Custom policy and sentiment for the past decade have machinery, photography, telography, and in of
HIS Machine is in good condition, and newspaper representativo. He saysThe old House a few tables showing what our loss in ran strongly in this direction, and the speaker science generally, which the rapid advance
Put briefly, the who advocated the policy was voicing the foreign relations has imposed upon them, are method of fumigating a abip and destroying ita that direction has been.
is being sold, as it has been replaced with s vermin was by placing a bowl of sulphur in the proportion of British vessels trading with opinions of the great majority of his fellow here given in extenso. Each and every word la hold into which a hot poker was inserted. This Bangkok has fallen in three years from 76 per cuantrymen. The Colonial Governments view fully illustrated and explained, forming exercises was a dangerous praction My invention cent, to 38 per cent.: while their tonnage has ed with deep suspicion the spread of German for students of a most instructive nature. Both Larger and Quicker Machine. consists of cylinders designed to generate dropped from 78 per cent. to 38 per cent. Ia sud Dateh influence in New Guinea, and it was the Court and Punti pronunciations are given, carefully marked on the best sulphurous soid www sofa high strength by the the samo period the German resols have risen in deference to their protests that the Home the accents
attained. The typography simple method of burning rolled sulphur from 7 per cent. to 51 per cent.; and the Government asanmied a protectorate over the
principle hither until it vaporises, and admitting air into the tonnage from 6 per cat. to 45 per cent. This great island bordering upon the northerly displays the success of an attempt to make the chambers where this vaporising takes place, has been brought abs by the transfer of the limits of Queensland. Far-sighted Australian Chinese and English type correspond in the size when the combination of oxygen and sulphur Holt Lize and the Socttish Oriental Fleet to politicians are now actively concerned at the of body, thereby affecting a vast economy of a clearness not previonaly space, achieving » vapours supplies the desired sulphurous acid the Norddeutscher Lloyd. Taking the returns progress of French intrigues in the New gas of a strength of 18 per cent. We fumigate given in previous Consular reports, and com- Hebrides. By a convention signed in 1887 attained, and dispensing with thoen vast margins vessels whose holds are filled with general paring them with the figures before ma for France and Great tritain pledged themselves and vacant spaces which have heretofore chirac- of the work the To illustrate the vast soope any internationaİİ cargo, forcing into them the gas of this the past year, we get the following table show to respect the integrity of this group, and terised Chinese publications.
e percentage of chief competing nationsin entrusted the settlement This gas is generally kept in the holls under regard to Lattened-down hatches for twenty-four hours,
1897 1899 1899 1900 in the Pacific. Since then, French oficiale Chalmers Vocabulary contains about 16,000 have bean busy at the familiar trick of Chinese characters, and Medhurst's English and 38 76 the crew and passengers meanwhile remaining
p. o. of vessels 14 British... aboard without experiencing the slightest dis.
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registering bogus "citizens," and converting Chinese Dictionary about 100,000 whilst this tonnage 77
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them into spacious Landowners. This shabby work contains more than 50,000 English words comfort, We gave a practical illustration at
vessels 5 € 16 45 ths Albert Docks, London. The British India German.
tonnage
policy is not confined to the South Pacife, and upwards of 600,000, Chinese characters ४ 7 19 Steam Navigation Company applied to us to vid
have had oscular demonstration in the Again, despite all the grammars and other vessels D 5 their steamer Munera of rats. Although the Freneli {
Persian Ualf of the purpose to which Franco elementary works as yet published, the student intends putting such saurais sujets, for whom of this difficult language absolutely requires ex- tonnage vessel's cargo had been delivered several days
vessels 11 before operations were commenced, and it is well Scandi-
she accepts no responsibility, and who openly amples to display the various applications and tonnage 11
equivalents of different words which have one ase the protection afforded by French papers 15 carry of revolting and barbarons slave general meaning. Of these examples this work known that rais go on shore with the over thiroo hundred were found killed, as
2 Vessels
trafic. The dual control in the New Hebrides contains more than five times as many as any tennage countless cockroaches and other vermin. No All others
Among others the nations showing cannot last, and it is the aim of the Chauvinists other Dictionary hitherto published. portion of the food left in the galley was at all
For practical purposes the arrangement of the
to its injured by the gus, and even the cigars and the greatest activity are the Russians, Danish, to prepara superficial evidences of French
pages cigarettes belonging to the officers and left in wal Dutch. In 1897, the Danes had one vessel supremaer and so pave the way to a claim for work is so complete that a reference
exclusive influence when the question comes up enables a person who understands English to A letter to The Times from Peking praises their state rooms were unharmed. This process of 323 tons. They have since established
for readjustment. The Commonwealth have a
effectively with natives who under the conduct of the Indian troops in the Beldia now in use at New Orleans, a city that suffers rogalar line, and last year their figures were and otherwise, but says that in view of the from periodical surges of yellow fever, and it twelve vesels of 8,103 tona. The Dutch, with very real interest in the future government of stand nothing at Chizes. In this respect the deliberate insults offered by Continental troops, has received the hearty endorsement of the none in 1897, had last year thirteen vessels of these islands, which are their nearest neigh work will be found indispensable to all Europeans bours, and lie in the direct steamship route residing in China, and to the natives themselves. provision must be made for a proportion of quarantine officiule. Dr. Jno, N. Thomas, chef 5,216 tone. Although tho
to Canada. It is natural that encroachments it explains subjects fully with which very few whites in the event of future on-operation of medical offer of the port, recently stated- the British and Continental Contingents.... For the killing of rats it has no equal emony is no new fact, it has not hitherto been possible by a Power which has established a trouble indead of them are perfectly acquainted To BEING an Account of the Doings of the
IMPERIAL COURT OF APPEAL. disinfecting agents, and to rid a slip from to gauge to the full the disastrous affect of this some penal settlement at their gates should parties resident in England and interested in
London, 25th May.
It comprises upwards of two thousand large plague ports of those wel-known, carriers of that deal, and of that ether by which the Scottish be jealously resisted. The Monroe doctrine China it cannot but be invaluable occasionally. fearful disenso it is without a parallel".
Oriental steamers passed under the same tag. favoured by Australia differs materially from It might have been expected that there would the monstrously one-sided principle the United quarto pages.
4 Vols. IMPERIAL QUARTO, Fries $20. BEEF IS THE MOST NUTRITIOUS of all have been a large increase in the number of States advance as having the force of
A Largo REDUCTION in PRICE is made animal food. It takes 400bs. of the best beef to tramp steamers flying the British flag. But international law. In its modern inter- ruake Ilb. of Liebig Company's Extract, is the anells not been the case, and it will be prstation the policy laid down by Presto Purchasers of SIX or more Copics.
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An explosion from firedsmy has taken place in a colpit at Caerphilly, S. Walos. Five miners were rescued. The rest, nunfbering 18, are in a serious condition and badly entombed The interior of the mine has been wrecked and filled with after lamp.
25th May. Nout of these entombed in the mine at Caerphilly have been recovered. FAR EAST-C, NTINENTAL INSULTS TO INDIAN London, 25th May.'.
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The Daily Chronicle says India will also be represented at the forthcoming conference in London on the new Imperial Appeal Court.
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2ND MATT. ROYAL WELSH FUSILIERS in the NORTH CHINA CAMPAIGN, 1900. Reprinted from the Hongkong Daily Press. Price-10 cents per copy cash. Copies can be obtained at the Soldiers' Club, or of Bouksellers.
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