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CRICKET.

SATURDAY'S MATCH.

The Club played their first Naval matsh of

the present reason on Saturday last, and a very

SUPREME COURT.

Monday, 27th October.

IN CRIMINAL JURISDICTION.

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The Attorney General said he would fake f just the medical evidence before the Court rose. Dr. E. A. B. Lang, assistant superintendent of the Government Civil Hospital, gave evidence regarding the nature of the injuries from which the man Woog Fuk died. The immediate cars of death was fracture of the spinal column, falling upon the decens.d.

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intarating game it prored to be though the Bavogs His HONOUR W. MEIGH GOODMAN by a hravy weight, suck as a wall, closing in on the stad Mallah in Somaliland,

Joss of a valuable 15 minutes at the beginning of the day prevented the match from being brought to a definite occlusion. It seems to be getting quite the rule now-z-days to start, 40-minutes to an hour late. This is greatly to be deplored especially at this time of the year when the days are so short, as it gives such a very brief timib for notual play. It in particularly hard, too, on those who make it their business to be on the ground panctually, they necessarily have to await the arrival of

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the late-comers. It is to be hoped that the Committee of the Club will try and devine some means of obtaining gzester punctuality, or, if

(CHIKY JUSTICE).

THE SIBST STREET HOUSE COLLAPSE.

having, on 29th July caused the death of one Cheong Hong, contractor, was charged with Wong Fak

He pleaded not guilty. The following jury was empanelled-lesers E. Usborne, R. Mar in, E. W. Mighell, H. W Roburtou J. H. Lewis.

GH. Melhurst, E. A. Howeft, and

The Crown wae reprezented by the Attorney- General (H. Sir Henry, Berkeley, instructed by Mr. H. L. Dennys, Acting Crowa Solicitor; me, E. H. Sharp, K.C. appeared for the prisonor, instructed by Mr. P. W. Goldring,

Bolicitor.

The Court then rose and proceeded in rick shes to First Strast to inspect the locus.

Messra H. P. Tooker and E. M. Hazeland were sworn and accompanied the party to answer any questions which might he put by in Lardship, it being agreed that no discussion take place und up question he asked except through his Lordship.

The Court restamed after luncheon. The prisner's deposition having been read, evidence was called.

Chou Kai, who was in the honse 56, First Strest when the collapse occurred, was the first well fell upou Wong Fuk and the menue taken witness to be examined. He described how the

to rescue him from below the débris,

by his Lordship-The wall of the kitchen foll rat, and then the floor of the room above fell down. of

You Choong who was in the kitokea when

tint in luxpossible, arratge for thủ mátebes to another without erèuss and withont malice. the collapse occurred gave similar evidence.

be Unished on Monday afternoons. Ward again won the toss and sent in Wynne and Turner to face the bowling of Toulmin and Silver. Turnor played good orisket, bat the Major did not appear comfortable and made several dangerous strokes. However, Turner was the Gret to leave, being besatifnily caught at square leg for a capital 17. Fawoott followed but immedte:ely lost Wynne who was caught off aisa-bit Maitland in came in, but did not seem at all at home, his injured haut doubtless bothering him a good dea!; he, also, bail to play mostly against Toulmin who was keep ing a very good length. Meanwhile Fawcett was very busy and bit brilliantly. Through a misunderstanding between two of the fielding aide he was let off once, but otherwise gave ne ence. He bit ne leur than eleven 4'e in his innings of 32, eight of them coming in succession. He was eventually bowled just before I o'clock. Smith then joined Maitland and these two W

were together when the tifin bell ring, the more then being 119. On resum- ing Maitland was immediately caught, only having added two to his score, and retired for a useful though rather flakey 32, Hayhurst, who came

Bou eattled down to play bis mual sound game but lost the

The Attorney-General, in his opening state- ment, said the prisoner was charged with manslaughter, which, as the jury, was probably awore, was the unlawful taking of the life

ter was this, that, while both were liomields. The difference between murder and mansuugh- in the case of manslaughter the element of malieg was absent; if malico was present then the killing because murder. Where the case was as here one of omission, there was some- times a little difficulty, for it was then uocer. wary for the Crown to bring home to the party against whom the omission was charged that be omitted to do that which he was charged with having failed to do. The prisoner was a Chinese contractor. He contracted to pull down and re-crect certain houses in Centre Street and in the course of his work he had to take down one-story house built over a narrow lane be. the house No. 58, First Street, kis, was a tween the backs of the lotes in Centre Street auch, among otliers, the house No. 56, First Strost. No. 56 was at that time inhabited by was that he had failed, in taking down these certain people. The charge against the prisoner houses in Centre Street, to take such cire and precaution as would reader xafu tho lives of persons inhabiting this house and the houses in the zeighbourhood dependent for their support

SOMALILAS D-1 THIS A HOAX ?

London, 20th Uctober. Colonel Swayne's force, which had been

was ambushed at Erego. Colonel Phillips and Captain Angus, with fifty natives in the pursuing force. were killed and two officers and Colonel Swayne is retiring to Bobotle, having one hundred of the troops were wounded. asked for reinforcements." This is the report officially given out. Details may change the complexion of the nowe, sithough there is no hope that it will reduce the essualties. Colonel the he pursued. Since he must have boon on Swayne know the resources and daring of tas

that he was the victim of treachery. His guard against ordinary surprise, it is fura operations had bopu wholly successful since ho addition to the opture of large numbers of began the campaign several weeks ago. In

at every encounter and his plans seemed eamuels and sheep, he had repulsed the enemy. complete for the capture of the Somaliland.chief.

EASTMAN'S

KODAKS. FILMS.

AND ACCESSORIES

DEVELOPING AND PRINTING UNDERTAKEN.

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GOOD WORK. PROMPT RETURN.

WE HAVE AN ESTABLISHMENT SOLELY DEVOTED TO EXECUTING WORK FOR AMATEURS, AND WE HATE LARGER AND BETTER FACILITIES FOR DEVELOPING AND PRINTING THAN ANY HOUSE IN THE COLONY

THAN

Sergeant R. Adlington gave an account of autouncing the ambush into which Colonel ACHEE & CO.,

the rescue of the dressed from the debris and described the appearance of the house after the collapsa.

IN Y. Haggard, assistant engineer, P.W.D., put in and proved tracings showing houses in the neighbourhood of the house in which the collages happ ned. He stated that he inspected No. 55. First Street, ou 1st July and found that the western wall had fallen ont on to the passageway of No. 8 and the site of some now houses in Centre Street; the floor of the second story kitchen had fallen down on to fellow the first floor. He was of opinion that the wall

After other evidence, the Court-adjourned till to-day.

POLICE COURT. Monday, 27th October.

BEFORE ME. F. A. HAZELAND (POLICE MAGISTRATE).

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THEPT OF A COLD WATCH AND CHAIN,

London, 22nd October. Further reports from Somslilaud are given out which, although written before the despatch Swayne's command was trapped, indicate anch aggressive activity on the part of the Mad Mallah that and the public known, of them bo- fere learning of the despatch, news of ambask or of rout in found it unprepuced, counter would not have

PHOTOGRAPHIC GOODS STORF, 17A. QUEEN'S. ROAD CENTRAL. FEW DOORS EAST OF HONGKONG HOTEL Hengkung, 22nd October, 1909. VICTORIA

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The Mad Mullah has put up hard fighting since the campaign against him begun. It se of the early engagements he captured two Maxim guns. Tire English force then lost all of its camels: it was out of from supplies, and ammation rau low. The force was left with little water, miles from wolls, aud the blacks in had been drawn into a trap sometime before it the command were funking. The command became necessary to report an ambash, Colonel Swayne apparently hoped to overcome theseTHE ONLY LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTERS IN HONGKONG UNDER ENGLISH · dieadran ages and pluckily held out against

PROPRIETORSHIP AND EMPLOYING A TRAINED EUROPEAN LITHO- them until there was no hope of extricating GRAPHIC PRINTEE. himself except by withdrawing and awaiting reinforcements.

LITHOGRAPHIC WORKS.

31, WYNDHAM STREET. CENTRAL AGENCY-J. LANDHOLT, THE PHARMAct, 14, Queen's ROAD CENTRAL.

CALENDARS.

CARDS

THE BEST WORK GUARANTEED. ORDERS PROMPTLY EXECUTED.

LABELS. MAPS. PLANS. [2657 Consulting Committes bs mithorised to confirm the provisional agreement dated 8th day of August, 1902, entered inte in London between tula Company by Mr. J. M. Wheeley of the one part and the Borneo Hardwood Company, Limited, of the other part, and submitted to this secting with such modifluations and additions as the Consulting Committee may

terrorised the middle-west a quarter of a century ago. has committed suicide in Minnesota, in which state, together with his brother, Cole Younger, he was paroled out of the Stillwater penitentiary. The cause of the dead is said to have been despondency over a love affair.

THE PHILIPPINE FRIARS..

Now York, 21st October.

assistance" of Smith almost at one as the latter i was the contmetor. He had admitted that he One of the first things the sergeant did, besides fum upon the results of enquiry into the this city a protest was entered against the Company and to carry the same into effect."

This smart bit of work on the part of Sorgoont Morison resnited in the defendant's being sen tenced to four months' hard labour.

NEW, U.S. COAL-FIELDS.

London, 20th October. With the suspension of the American, coal strike the operator propose to make up for time lost as rapidly as possible. One of the syndicates in negotiation for English minas announces the purchase by related interests of entire tract known as Left Twelve Pole. The new coal lands in West Virginia, Apoluding the

fall capacity and to construct a railway twenty operators plan to work the mines at once to their miles long to provide quick delivery to the

NEGRO CREMATED ALIVE.

New York, 22nd October.

at the stake by a frenzied mob at Forrest City, Charles Young, a negro, has boon cremated Ark. He tad committed rape.

BAILROAD SCHEMES,

Now York, ad October. The Interstate Commerce Commission is in- vestigating J. Pierpont Morgan's alleged merger of the Southern railroad.

QUERENCY IN THE FI

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN SAMOA.

A despatch, 'dated Tutuila, Samoa, September. 15, says-An order has been issued by Captain worship and belief, and prohibiting any chief or Sebree proclaiming the free right of every Samoan to adopt his own form of religious. niissionary from punishing or molating any native for exercising this right. In former ratulla nod Menus had gained all the mhabi. years, when the London Misionary Soolety in tants of a town to adopt their religion, the natives enacted a local law making it a penal offence for

Roman Catholics or the Mormons desired to any person to introduce any other form of done in the interesis of peace. When the worship in that town. It is claimed this was teach their doctrines in any village they were

RELIGIOUS ORDERS IN SPAIN,

London, 20th October. « toes that he was pulling down, us

Negotiations batween 3pain and the Vatican being bound to do such acts as would render the

in relation to the maintenance and establish- safety of the inhabitants absolutely curtain. Waking up yesterday morning, between four ment of religious orders in that country will be He tres charged with having sot about the work and five o cloox, the accountant of a Chines raferred to a commission for settlement in such a way as resulted in the collapse of the boarding-house at J30, Des Voeux Road Central Spain wishes to reduce occlesiastical expenditure western wall of the house No. 56 with the ces ross to Escoriain the exact time, and discovered and to keep ent new orders. There will probab sultant cons quence that the second floor kitchen that bis gold watch and chain were missingly be no differences to adjust as to new orders, fell down on to the first foor kitchen and bariot the artioles were valued at $100. He at once What may be accomplished in respect to exis- two men who were in the house at the time. One proceeded to the Central Police station and fing orders, to whose maintenanes the Govern. man lost his life; the other fortunately escaped, reported his loss, nad Sargeant Murison, of the

ment pledged itself half a century ago, will It would be quite easy to prove that the prisoner detective staff, was deputed to make enquiries.

At a meeting of 100 German Catholics in consider will best serve the intareste of this depend was smartly taken at the wicket. Ward took down these houses in Centre Street sed searching the occupants of the boarding house, the expense.

ability of the Government to keep up exclusion of the friars from the Philippine As I bare etready said, before formally submitt followed and the score mounted rapidly, both the house No. 58, First Street; if not now admit- was to find out if anyone had left the placa

islands. It was declared that all religioning the resolution to the meeting I should like FOLITICAL AGITATORS CONVANING. batsmen bitting. Ward was very fortunate ted, it would be proved that he took down No, about the time that the

teaches morality and that the present plane ofte hear any remarks or suggestions that anyons Supposed

Louden, 20th October.. larceny took 58 and that, as a result, the western wall of No.place. One mian, he ascertained, had done so, carly in his fanfogs as he was twice badly 56 fell down that was the experts' opinion. It and this person, the defendant in the case, was

civiliantion among Filipinos is due to the friars. may have to make The Vienna correspondent of the Standard

THE AMERICAN GOAL-STRIKE.

There were no romarke, and the CHAIRMAN wissed by that usually safe catch, G. Moore, and would bo show that he inefficiently performed cross-questioned. He admitted having gone arc concerned over the appearance there of reports that the authorities at Budapest

New York, ad Outober. accordingly proposed the confirmation of the he also gave a very dificult chance at the the duty which the law threw upon him as a cou our, and took Sergamut Marison to the bouse agitators arriving to attend the so-called stratified the arbitration proposition and they

The striking coal-miners have unanimously resolation as read. wicket. Hayhurst was caught when he had tractor. It was no excuse to say that somebody bouse a box was found which the defendant, was ed. the meeting of the congress in that They steared the name of President Roosevelt

be had visited. 71. Hollywood Road. In this dents' congress. The government had prohibit will resume work in the collieries on Thursday. Was unnimously agreed to.

T. HAST BUCK seconded, and the motion believed to be competent, was appointed to do made 4; the rigour of bis hitting may the work. If a contractor undertook to tako down forced to admit was his, although be at first city on the ground that its title had been when it was mentioned during their conference

This was all the business. be guared by the fact that ho sent the a portion of a buliding or promises and if be asserted that his only possession in the shape chosen to mask a Boheme for the preal over the proposition for the president to appoint ball out of the ground nu lem.that four times. knew that in those premises persons were living, of luggage was a wicker banket standing in gation of revolutionary doctrine and that the an arbitration commission. This practically On Hooper joining. Word, another stand was

it was no ones for him to cast the performance another part of the room. There was nothing meeting would have encouraged sedition in ends the great strike.- made, though the latter id most of the scor.

of that duty upon another and then say he was of accruut in the basket, and the look of the every land where there in organised opposition sorry that other person had not dous exactly box wasthen opened with a key which Sergeant to government. If is feared that the delegates ing: With 250 on the board Ward was bowled what he ought to have done. If he neglected Murison found in the man's possession, A propose to hold secret meetings. by a ball that he never attempted to play, the to do that duty and as a consequence of his neg- search amongst the contents was made, and katsman evidently thinking it was

off leat death ousted he was liable to be charged hidden in box of cigars were found the sicket; his 61 contained three C's (one to consider would be, first, whether the prisoner

with manslaughter, The question for the jury the missing watch and chain. the result of an overthrow) and seven 's did the duty cast upon him of taking down the It belog than

than past 3 o'clock, ad culy 2 hours houses adjacento No. 56 in such a way as to co- being left for play, Ward declared the Club's whether is dit his day-in such a way as to be danger the livesof persons living in it, and, accond, inning sclosed with the total at 253 for 8 wickets. guilty of culpable negligence. The evidence Mahon was the most successful of the Naval would, be believed, bring home to the prisoner bowlers, taking 4 wickets for 45 runs. Toulminthe knowledge that there were people living in Lowled well at first, but did not seem to relish these houses and that the operations in which he the hitting of Huyburst and Waid. The field.lent of it, heardcas, and that he took no steps was engaged rendered thefr position, to say the ing was. sourcely up to the standard that is to warn them. He was charged with those expected of a Naval team, though several men two acts of negligence that he did not take suficient professional-meada to shore up the did well,meres

the other building and that he did not take the wall after taking away the support it had from ordinary presention which every man who had a dangerous piece of work to perform had cast gerous operation, it was his hounden daty to of the ammunition and the fact that the defen apon him. If a man was engaged in a dau-

His Worship, boring regard to the appearance take every care to prevent danger to the life of dant had heer bolding the license for twelve any person who was reasonably supposed to be rat in danger by the operation; and he supposed this for the charge proved, and imposed

a fine of $2511, which was paid. that the scented knew there were persons inhabiting this house and gat took no steps to shore up the building audiciently. After quoting authorities and precedent on the point ut law, the Attorney-General went on to tist be would prove that it was the contractor's duty to provide for the safety of the persons coming within the scope of the operations and that he should have given the persons living in it notion to leave the house adics up the wall, the support of which he had could see his way sufficiently to shore taken away, in such a manner as to rander it ressonably improbable that it would fail bores were actually placed, but they were out placed in the right position and were insufficient is number and in material, aud an essential part of the wall which ought to have best short apagalust them comes on for hearing next Tuesday..tract was not returned, and Britisk sovereignty was not shored, An incompetent man might responsibility was cast by the law upon the take down houses for a contractor, but the mis-contractor.

Garde and Pringle opened the bathing for the Nary to the bowling of Fawcett and Hay burst. Pringle did not stay long, being palpably eat of forms but Garde con attial down and played excellent cricket. G. Moore, who followed Pringle, hit with his usual vigour, though he appeared to play more -careful game than is bis wont and treated Hayhurst's slowa with some respect. With the scorn at 16, Garde was caught by Wyano for a capital 27 nad Toulmin came in. After making 44, in which were Boren 4's, Moore was clean bowled by Hayhurst. Mahon, who followed, being apparently "under orders," departed from his usual style of pisy and was content with keeping up his wicket. Erentually, however, he was tempted by one of Hayhurst's insidious slows and mis kitting it was caught by Ward. Several of the other batsmen got into double fignaros but none with, perhaps, the exception of Bird, showed much form Meanwhile time was getting on and, the Club were making stronuous efforts to win the match. But for one or two m takes in the fisid, they might have accomplished their desire; it was they had to content themselves with a*** moral victory".. Great credit is due to Lewin and Meaden for keep ing up their wickets under somewhat rying. circumstances, Thus the match ended in a draw, very much in favour of the Club it

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His Lordship Was he doing this without

any supervision by so architect?

The Attorney-General Absolutely. I shall prove that the work was carried out without any such supervision.

His Lordship-That is to say, there was an architect employed to prepare the plaus to pass the Public Works Department?

Attorney-General-That was for the re-construction. This happened in the pulling

true fat, nevertheless, oreditable to the Navy Of the Club bowlers Fiords came out with down.

Ohio River.

UNRECEDED FOBSESSION OF AMMUNITION. detective staff, was, in accordance with instrue On Saturday last Sergeant Kerr, also of the tions, visiting various arms-shops in the City

fascist conditions in the Philippines, and args

New York, 23rd October. The Pot pulls attention to the ruins according to law. In one shop he found six to see that business was being conducted strictly

Congress to paas last year's House Bill to floor, and on turning up the books found that thousand rounds of ammunition underneath the

relieve the currency chaos in the Philippines. Attention is called to the loss that is falling aptly ejected, and the unfortunate Samoan made, no entry in respect of the ammunition had been

not only on the people of the Philippine but who had invited the members of the oth the Government. Proceedings against the master were

ohurch was It is believed that the then driven out of his house. When the United has been adjudged insugs. His accounts, now Philippines currency bill will be among the States flag was first hoisted, the question abeat punished by the townspeople and accordingly instituted:

In his statement the defendaut pleated that turned in, do not involve the office, but they first to be considered by Congress when it this law was brought up, aud Captain Tilley did

meals, Many letters are being received from the Philippines explaining the situation, and it is believed that they will stir Congress to cuasdiate action when it assembles.

he was not aware of the presence of the ammuni

and thought it probable that the

previous propcistor was responsible. tiou In the shop.

BEFORE Ma. E. D. C. WOLFE (ACTING POLICA MAGISTRATE).

BREAKING a man's' leo. On Sunday afternoon a track loaded with beams of wood, sad iu charge of four coolies, was tining down Mosque Street, neer Robinson Boid when it broke away. An old hawker tas rushing track, and before he could get out of pursuing his calling stood right in the path of the way he wax knocked down by ons of the beams and run over, sastaining a compound fran. ture of the left leg.

coolies were placed under arrest. The case He was removed to hospital, whilst the four

ASSAULT,

to one month's hard labour for unlawfully A Greek seamen named Dimitri waa sentenced

assaulting another saman on the ship on which defendant is employed The charge had been amended from one of wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm,

AN INSANE ERITISH CONSUL

Tondon, 20th October. W. H. Stuart, British Vice-Consal at Boston,

show reckless endorsement of paper and at one timo considerable shortage in lite office accounts.

in the Boston office for twenty years. His wife's fumily made good the shortage and will probably setile for the notes. He ll bean

CANADA AND GERMANY,

London, 20th. Cutober. The Canadian Government has pruotically decided to raise the tariff bars against Ger- many in retaliation for the prohibitory duties imposed by Germany upon Canadian grain and grain products.

ALASKAN BOUNDARY CLAIMS.

London, 22nd October... priest in the dispute concerning jurisdiction New evidence has been tonal-red by a Russian over some of the gold-bearing north-west territory, long in disputs between Great Britain monts to prove that in 1815, u Kussian trading and the United states. He says he has docu- company in Alaska made amends for the destruction of the Hudson Bay Company's

near the mouth of the Stakine River. The for ten years a strip of territory ten miles wide property by ceding to the Hudson Bay Company

has since been asserted over it.

EXPLOSION ON AN U.S. VESSEL.

what he could to persuade the natives to repeal the law. For a while unthing more was said about it, but lately the controversy has sgais arizen; hence the order of the present.

commandant. Cavita, 23rd October.

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A frightful accident occurred on the U.8. supply ship Iris this morning at 9.30, Coal passer Winklalangan was fatally scalded, and the rewel damaged to the extent of $500, by the explosion of steau evaporator. Winklehagen was taken to the naval hospital at once, but no hopes ses entertained for his recovery. The Ival is a supply and repair ship bull and 1,300 Indicated horse-power. The cause of 6,100 toas displacement. She has of the explosion has not yet been determined.

CHINA BORNEO CO., LD.

"YEBISU.".

THE FAMOUS

JAPANESE BEER

OF

TOKYO.

bolders in the above Company was held at acon An extraordinary general meeting of share.

of confirming the resolution passed at the PLEASANT, Company, 4 Queen's Buildings, for the purpose yesterday in the registered offices of the

extraordinary general meeting held on the 11th inst. The Hon. C. 8. Sharp (Chairman) pre- sided, and the others present were Mastra. W A. Jupp (Acting Manager), G. C. C. Master, T. H. Reid, Hart Buck, A. G. Wood J. A. Jupp J. C, Peter, W. H. Wickham, M. .A. Baplists, and Leung Shiu Lun.

REFORMS IN. PHILIPPINES.

Manila, 22nd October. A call has been, issued for a general meeting of the Federal Party, which represents adminis memorial to Congress in regard to the needs of tration interests, for the preparation of a the Philippines. The memorial will

arge that read, trade cannot be properly developed until atable monetary system shall be devised, that there should be a sweeping reduction of the tariff, and that a Filipino legislature should be installed with the least possible delay,

FER CASE

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LIGHT.

PALATABLE.

OF B DOZEN PINTS

YEBISU" BLACK BEER.

the beet analysis and bowled well-Hayhurst is Lordship He was the man who under- carry the 10th alt., left Singapore on, the Times, from Odesss in the Standard, and from instant. Should you confirm this resolution, PEE CASE OF 8 DOZEN PINTA

took this on his own responsibility P

bowled better than he has done this season. The Attorney-General--Yes. hall give while Fawcett was not quite a good as you evidence to show there ware cracks in these walls, plainly visible, which could not but bring

The notice calling the meeting baving bean The CHAIEMAN, after expressing regret for the absence of Mr. E. Osborns, the other. member of the Consulting Committee, who, he understood, had bean summoned on a jury, said- Gentlemen, the business before us to-day is to RUSSIAN__ ACTIVITY.

submit to you for your confirmation the specia! London, 22nd October, Correspondence from St. Petersburg in the general meeting of the Company held on 11th resolution which was passed at the extraordinary

various minor, points, are giving all the leading the Consulting Committee will have the newspapera material for discussing the move necessary powers to enable them to settle, and ments and aspirations of Russia in the Far to proceed with all possible despatch to carry station, mobilization of troops over the Siberian connected with the proposed measures. I may railway, operations in Mancharis and adjoining here mention for your information that a request territory and along the Indian frontier, and has been made by the Borneo Hardwood Co trade enterprise officially promoted by treaty La, that the proposed new Company should and other recent negotiations, call fr extended continue to have the benefit of the services of editorial treatment of what is t-rined the

LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS. The Imperial German mail steamer Hamburg left Bhaaghmi on the 25th inst., at 3 p.m., and was expected here to-day, at daylight.

The Imperial Gorman mail sé amor. Gera, the German mails with dates from Berlin of 25th inat, at noon, and may be expected here on about the 30th inst. usual, The Club fielding was fair, Tarner home to the mind of a man who had any know at Shangini al 7.30 am, on the 26th inst., and East. Increase of the fleet intended for Parific ont, all necessary arrangements and details, bts,

The C.P.E. steamer Empress of India arrived again being especially noticeable. Ward, howledge of the subject that the wall was in danger; left again at 4.3 p.m. same day for Hongkong, ever, missed a catch at a critical stage of the and notwithstanding that those persons were where she is due to arrive at 7 a.m., to-morrow. game and seemed to have grest dimonity in allowed to stay in the house.

The C.P.R. ateauet Empress of China arrived properly gathering the ball. During the after His Lordship. You mean to show that these at Nagasaki at 8.a.m. on the 27th inst, and left on the mamed bands of the Flest, through enake existed at such a time that in shoring the again at 4 p.m. same day for Kobe, where she is the kindness of the. Rear Admiral and officers them?

wall he ought to have seen and been warned by due to arrive at 10 p.m.. to day. played an excellent ailection. There were a

The CN. steamer Titan from Australio, "remarkable recrudescaure of, Enasína úctivity Messrs. Wheeleg and Darby, who have hitherto The Attorney General replied in the affirms. good many spectators present who watched the live. He went on to say that he proposed 16 game with interest and it was pleasant to an put in the deposition of the prisoner before the

the fair sex so well repressated. The full scores and analyses were published in our yesterday's issue, when the result was i takenly stated to be a win for the Club..

coroner.

left Manila on the 25th inst., pm, for this port, and was due here to-day, at daylight.

PROX-

THE EDUCATION BILL

been the managers of the China Bornes Co., Ld. in Hougtong and Borneo respectively, Evude», 22nd October.

in accord wilk, our own ideas on which is quite Discusion and concessions in reap er to the the subject, and since last meeting we have bea Education Bill encourage expectations for such in communication with these two gentlemen, favon ble program that Government announces who agree to continue with the new Company. that after the disposition of clause ViLL it will I will now read the resolution, and before consider the question of special measures for formally submitting the same to the meeting p dealing with obstruction.

I shall be glad to give, as far as I to, any information any shareholders may wish to have regarding the subject matter. The

resolution is as follows >---**That it is expedient to effect sa amalgamation of this Company with the Borneo Hardwood Company, Limited, of Number. 19, Bishopagate Street Within, in the Uity of ondon, and that with a view thereto the

The HAI, steamer Silesia, frusi Hataburg, left Singapore for this port on the 26th inst, Mr. Sharp said he made no phjection to that and may be expected here on or about the 1st being dane.“

His Lordship accordingly admitted the de- The P&A steamer Indrapura, which left position.

Portland on the 30th alt, arrived at Yokohama The Attorney General said he desired to pro- on the 25th inst., and may be expected here on pose that the Court should rise and go to see the 5th prox. the locus

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The N.P. steater Tacoma left Tokohama for His Lordship remarked that he did not Hongkong on the 27th inst. approve of such procedure on ordinary ocoa-The NT.K. steamer Fawara Morut Australian New York, 21st October. sious, but in this case he thought he should. Line) left Nagasaki for this port on the 25th 126744 make an exception.

inst., p. and is expected here to-morrow.

DURING THE FAST 36 YEARS 500,000 tons of eral have been burnt in manufacturing Lenge to fill the little earthenware pots known erary where Lemco is the gruquine Liebig Com- pany Extract,

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