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SUPREME COURT.

Tuesday, 28th October

IN CRIMINAL JURIDICTION.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29cm, 1902

Witness Sometimes one hour, sometimes one and a half, sometimes two hours d

His Lordship Then your work in regulated by the chits you receive?TENERIAT ON

Witnesses it I have no chits I inspect new buildings if I have, I leave these alone. Barose His Box UN W. WEIGH GOODMAN to his superior offers that he had more work Mr, Osborne Has the witness ever reported VTOL (CRIER JUSTICE),

than he was able to perform?

THE FIRST STREET BOUGH COLLAPSE, The hearing of the case in which Cheong Hong contactor, is Mekarged with man slaughter in connection with the fatal collaps of the wall ez a house le First Street on 29th July,

Jur Losure. E. Osborne, R. Marlin, E. W. Mitchell, H. W Robertson, G. H. Medhurst, E. A. Herett, and J. H. Lowishinveldeado The Crowns represented by the Attorney, General (Hon. Sir Henry B. Berkeley), instrupted by Mr. H. L. Dennys Acting Crown coliciter; Mr. E. H.Sharp, K.D., appeared for the prisoner, instrusted by Mr. F.-W. Geltring. solicitor.

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P. T. Crisp, inspector of buildings, under at. amination by the Attorney Genera), mid he had not previously known tho nocured, bor had he ever been naked by a to inspoof this house. On 17th June he got a chit from Mr. 'ooker to go down to Centre Street to see if the nay houses had bour started. He found that the new hinses had been commenced and reported accordingly to the offion; he did not see No 30 Tirs Shot. At that time the of houses were in the cures of demolition

Cross-oramfied by Mr. Sharp, KC-Bo Lar as the F.W.D. was concerned, it was his duty to Inspect dangerous buildings. He me thoring at this place. He supposed he should inspect any abering that he saw, but if he did, so he would never get mut of Queen's Road, On this occasion, he did not fuspect the shoring, na he had not tile to do so he had other work to do, and thought it smill stand over until another day. The presence of shoring against a wall did not necessarily man that the wall was au old one, Bometimes whoring was put up against a perfectly could, nomwaller de strapresside By His Lordship Of Inte he had been assisted Is the inspection of balldings by My Haggard, who, however, had a good deal of offee work to

do and really could not help very much.

Mr. E. Osborne forman of the jary)-Will witness tell the jury what qualifications as has for the position of fospector of buildings for

Witness I was hood draughtsman in lasers, George Trollege & Sons, one of the largest building Arms in London, de Mar Vy

Mr. Osborne-Az buildings, does the Fitness, not consider it part of his general duty when a house is being pulled down to see that the adjoining houses are pro perly shored up Usa Tristam

Witnes Wall, of course, it is part of my duly, Fadmit, but I you saw the sumber of chits I have every morning to attend to yon would be surprised how I get through the cbite at all without looking at shoring. I gat ehits from the polios and the Sanitary department, and anonynions letters and if I let these things get bebind I would never got through.

Mr. Osborne-Bot, being on the spot, it would not take roxy nucli longer for any ons who went

down to inspect the building to see that it is properly shored and do the job thoroughly**

WithYes.

Mr. Osborne-Th jury would like to know whether the witness was specially work

Witness-I have on several occasions. The Attorney-General-I understand that. you cannot go away and do what you like, but that your work is mapped out for you?

Witness-It 18 mapped out for me by the chits. If I answer these chits I have dous my daty for the day.

The Attorney-General-He follows his in- structions and he has done his duty.

His Lordship-Can you give me may idea of the number of works last year; that is, now houses and the various things you bad to attend to coming under this definition? I take it that that means the demolition of houses?

Witness-I could not give you the exact it was some thousands. There were figure; 2,000 new houses being erected.

Abe Attorney General-There were 2,860 now houses being erected last year

Witness Yes; and I dare say there were about 3,000 houses being altered.

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JT. E Herelt, R.E.. gare technical evidence, he having visited the scene of the collapse in the beginning of September. He was of opinion that the wall of the first-floor this wall falling out the floor of the upper kitchen fell out first and that in consequenes of kitchen fell down.

By His Lordship-If he had been contractor for the taking down of those houses, he would certainly live put in a different class of shoring said possibly in different positions,

This closed the evidence for the Crown. Mr. Sharp, in oponing the case for the defence, asid he proposed to tell the jury very shortly what was their explanation of the way in which the collapse occurred, reserving until afterwards any further remarks or argament. But at the outset he would ask the jury to carefully distinguish between this case and the recent long series of collapsen of new buildings in the Colony. This case had bean generally spoken of and regarded, he thought, as one of that series of collapses which naturally the general public had not taken the trouble to distinguish between and it had been generally thought that this was the first of the series of collapses which had come before the Court and annual attention had therefore been drawn to ite gbmitted that this case was entirely

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besides this portion of the wall was clarly I architeet, if he had had the pulling down of the exteroul and always had been external. So there t'entre Street houses, and therefore the taking www no question of the exposure of an internal down of the wait of No. 58. First Street, he

would have considered a vertical phoring suffi Lei Tak, painter, was the first witness client unless he had noticed that the adjoining for the the fence. On the date of the collapse he wall was showing signs of weakness, when KODAKS. FILMS. Street. He was sitting in the passage a short against the wall. was living on the serond Boor of 38 First probably he would have placed sloping shores distance from the kitchen when he got the list A Tarnet, architect, gave evilance corrobo intimation of the collapse: he heard nose.rative of that of the previous witness. There was nobody in the kiteben. The noise considered the supports put up against the wall provided from the direction of the kitchen, which collapsed were amply saffolent to replace He stood up and then saw bricks and mortar the support taken away. dropping down on to the kitchen foor. A great quantity fall, Theme came from the

The Court afterwards adjourned. western wall wing to the weight of the falling material the floor of the kitchen foll down. He could see the western wall of the kitoben wall. The debris from the appor kitchen knocked against that wall and the fores knocked that wall out into the lane. He after- wards. ran down into the street.

Cross-examina-The reason he did not give evidence before the Coroner was that he was not asked by anyone to do so. He came for ward now because Mr. Sharp asked him. The wall of this kitchen did not fall inwards because the lower portion bulged oat,

Chang Kew, mother of the last witness, gave evidence of a corroborative kind.

LATE TELEGRAMS.

NEWS VIA SHANGHAL.

SOUTH AFRICA. EX-PRESIDENT KRUGER,

London, 23rd October. President Krager wishes to give up his residence Intiation comes from Amsterdam that ex- there and return to South Africa. He has been led to this conclusion by the imperturities of his family and friends, and is said to be willing by ceasing to advocate it, if the British to renounce his irreconcilable platform, at least

Li Taun, plambor, depased that he was, at the

authorities will consent to his return. It is time of the collapse, on the site of the Centreeported that, he cares to remain in Europe only Street houses looking at some old pipes he wanted long enough to supervise porsonally the publica- to bay. While standing thore he heard a noise

tion of his memoirs. and ou locking up at the wall he saw total of coming from the direction of 56, First Street: the second floor fall inward into the kitchen. The floor of the top-floor kitchen dropped down in a sloping direction and the brick which west down together with this floor shot out into the lane. The bottom part of the wall can outwards.

Cross-examined-He had not attended the

Coroner's enquiry because he did not know the Corner required his attendance; he had his own business to attend to, and he was never sent for,

Teng Kwan, scaffolding contractor, 48, irst Street, said that the scaffolding work in scaner- tion with the new houses in Centre Street was done by his firm. Witness supervised the erection of the shoring. Subsequently, defou- dant came to the shop and said that the typhoon signal was up and he wanted the staring at No. 56 to be made wate

Lai Yom, accountant with the scaffolding firm, said that the original contract price was fixed at $110, the extra shoving coat 240, nad was to be placed against the western wall of No. 56.

The mistress of the scaffolding firm corro

borsted.

MENACE FROM UNEMPLOYED,

London, 23rd October Capetown advices report moussing conditions because of the large, number of unemployed in the rebel districts. Natives there bave spent and, fuding labour overstocked and living dear, the money allowance distributed among them, they are vesting their discontent in disorder

AND ACCESSORIES

DEVELOPING AND PRINTING UNDERTAKEN. GOOD WORK. PROMPT RETURN.

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

ACHEE & CO.,

PHOTOGRAPHIC GOODS STORE, 174, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.

FEW DOORS EAST OF HONGKONG HOTEL.: Hongkong, 22nd October, 1902.

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which the vigilance of the government has not VICTORIA LITHOGRAPHIC WORKS.

et boun able to repress.

DOSES AND ZULUS CLASH.

London, 23rd October, Despatches here credit the Times of Natal with forebodings of troable in Zniviand be tween Beers and natives. Bitter feeling exist-

since Zolne were killed by Boora iu Vryheid threatens to result seriously. The Zulus retain Shoghat The the arms farzished them for the war.-

- GENERAL NEWS.

BRITAIN AND KUSSIA IN AFGHANISTAN, Berlin, 22nd October, According to statements made by the Go- vernment the House of Commons, the ghanistan are very unfavourable, MOROCCO-BEITIH MISSIONARY MURDERED,

Berlin, 23rd October..

A British miestonaty has been murderad is Fa; no political importance, however, is paid to the incilent 0. Lloyd, -

ODERSA TO NEW YORK.

London, 23rd Celober. Shipping reporte to the Standard announce burg, Sarato and Orel to regular service that the Russians have detailed the St. Peters- between Odessa and New York, vid Naples, The service will begin early next month. Shanghai Times.

THE DANISH WEST INDIES.

Berlin. 23rd October, The Danish Landsthing has rejected the treaty whereby the Danish, possessions in the States of America.

31, WYNDHAM STREET.

CENTRAL AGENCY-J. LANDHOLT, THE PHARMACY, 14, QUEEN' ROAD CENTRAL THE ONLY LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTERS IN HONGKONG UNDER ENGLISH THE

PROPRIETORSHIP AND EMPLOYING A TRAINED EUROPEAN LITHO- GRAPHIC PRINTER.

THE BEST WORK GUARANTEED, ORDERS PROMPTLY EXECUTED,

LABELS: MAPS. PLANS.

CALENDARS. CARDS

NORTHERN NOTES. The following items are from the P. & T. Times of the 14th-18th inst

[2657 are well known. He has given what is seem ingly a straight forward explation, and in this He has been storing them for a friend, who liet the most curious feature of the incident. takes them down to the eoantry and sells them According to the native papers there is somo there at a good profit to R. C. converts, Ha chanch of a part of the profits made by the confesses, moreover, that the friend has already British Railway Administration the last six disposed of several in this way. It would be weeks before the lina was banded back. being existence, is at all common,

interesting to discover it this procedure, if in divided among the foreign employees of the

British Administration. liue, as the Chinesa Gorernment is greatly ANOTHER NEW STEAMSHIP SER- pleasent at the way the line was worked by the

It is reported that M. Witte will visit Corsa the reorganisation of Coreau fianca with the object of supporting M. Alexieff in

The Russian School which was started in Paking last year and fell through by reason of tried again, pupils being paid 86 a mouth to the non-attendance of the pupils, is about to be

attend. Truly everything goes by contrary in

Chius.

Kengaged by the Government, for the wok that he was doing next door that caused operations in Centre Street, The foundations Western Indfea would be coded to the United Ernest richly deserves his holiday. Mr. make the Union Pacific a competitor with

* Witzeld-I shall have been two years in the tere,de of the Government next November was engaged from Here Trollope Sous office to domy onto Hongkong for three year and they were willing to take me ono at the end of that time.

BAKOA.

Berlin, 23rd October, tion of the Samen indemnity in furour of Germany.-. Lloyd.

The King of Sweden has decided the ques-

laspestor of dangerous different from practically all the other Cross-examined-The reason he did not attend Russo-British negotiations concerning Af.

cases in the series of collapses which had the enquiry was that he did not know it was occurred during the past wet seasou. These going on. were preotically all casea of collapses of new buildings, completed or fa course of erection; and for the condition of each buildings ocasion J. Orange, civil engineer and arcbilæet, of ing collapse of course the weather was, he the firm of Leigh & Orange, said he had had supposed, the immediate accelerating cause-ao experience of the Colony since 1839. He had doubt the contractor was primarily responsibis, visited the scene of the collapse several times If the work or material was prime facie since it happened. He found that the whole Estimates from Paris place losses in Martin

LOSSES AT MARTINIQUE,

London, rd October. defective, the contractor in these cases was no of the west wall of the first and second floors doubt responsible. But this wall was an old had gone. He considered that the shores placed ique from the volcanic eruptions at 300,000,000 wall. For the condition of that wall and the against the wall were sufficient to replace themes. If the island were abandoned the logs material of which it was built, it was not pre support that had been removed, judging from has become the commercial spital.

would be five times as great. Fort de France tended that the defendant was in any way the external appearance of the wall. This responsible. He had pothing to do with the wall was not a well built wall; it was defects in that wall. He was not responsible practically in two parts, with a hollow for them being there and had nothing to do space between; it was not properly borded. His Lordship What is your salary, Mr. with them in any way unless they were such These defects could not have been observed Crisp Fo

defects as he ought reasonably to have dis- from an external examination. Apart from Witness $150, with compensation bevered on an ordinary external inspection those defects the wall should have stood; the His Lordship-That is 150 three shilling of the wall. That was to say, if the defects thickness was quite adequate for the height. dollars B

in this wall had led to the collapse, the Ho noticed nothing unusual in the way of cracks defondent was in no way responsible whatever in the wall. A house might have a crack and in the matter, unless it could be shown yet be perfectly strong. There was no distur beyond all reasonable doubt that it was his bance in the western wall oLtributable to the it. The only connection between this case and the serice of collapses of new buildings this the thing socurred was that the wall was Lad not been affected. His explanation of how year was that they hap; ened about the same weakened by the phenomenal wind and rain in time. That of course was due to the phenomenal June and July At any time, under these weather we had lied for two and a half months before the collapse, and it was extremely unfor

cirenmstances, a sudden, gast of wind night cause the western wall to fall inward; the tunate for the defendant that the accident weight of the wall falling in Du to the floor would happened when it did that was to say, when cause the floor to full, and the western part, re- these other collaguas courred-becuase, as keceiving she greater part of the debria, would foll had sold, it had drawn an acount of attention to this case, which there was no question at all the first-floor kitchen and stoot it into the lane. first; and the descending debris would foros ont would unt otherwise have been drawn to it. As That was his theory, and it seemed reasonable to the facts, they were largely in agreement looking at the present position of the wall. with the facts which had been laid before the The western wall of the second floor kitchen- Court, but they took the story one step farther the portion which fell first--had to all appear back, as shown by the evidence of prople both ance always been an external wall. If the wall inside and outside the house, who saw all that had fallen outward, he did not see how the floor, the shipment of troops and supplies,

courrod, what portion of the wall west would not have stood in the same way as the first, and in what direction it went. The roof hadstone. He believed that several old

done partially heretofore on transports, world otherwise fall to commercial lines not fitted for defence accepted the ovidence that had been houses had

that work. given, except that of one or two people who

collapsed daring the past wet season. On the day previous to the collapse there was a. were in the house. But in carrying the story rainfall of 3.235 is, accompanied by a westerly one step farther back and showing why that wind of 19.2 miles average force. The shoring happened which did happen, their evilenes of a dangerous wall was work of a kind that would be entirely opposed to the theory of the Chinese contractors were well accustomed to, prosecution. That was the theory evolved by and work which they did uncommonly well. nou who visited the site after the collapse and, in the absence of any other evidence, that the the bricks and mortar. If after the collapse Huding the debris outside in the lane, assumed,

Cross-examined-The rain driven by the wind on to this wall would auften and weaken wall had collapsed outwards and that the debrie had fallen immediately into the position in that would be against the wind-sal-rain theory. the brick and mortar were found to be hard which it was found. 'wo of the witne ses call. He could not say why eas portion of the wall ed by the Crown sa having been in the house should fall, as the result of the wind sad rain, when the collapse occurred were not in a more than suolber. position to see the whole, wall, that collapsed. Of course at the Coroner's enquiry no evidence was called by the defence at all, because at that Lime as body was bharged.

His Lordship Were you engaged at in

spector of buildinga ?

Withesis ongoyed as clerk of the works on a Government balding. My agreement ways nothing about the inspection buildings

His Lordship On what building does it say en what building

The Attorney General The Supreme Court

(Laughter,

Witness No they could not tell me what building it was going to be..

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The Aftorney General-1 think you we sent here and them by your superior officers? On that day in question you wore cent down to look at this parucular job, sud you went and did it _____ Mr. J. H Laws-Does the witness take it that when he has got speelfie anders too and dos certain duty he is to do nothing, ela that might come made; his soie pe

His Lordship Wall, in this case all que can Bay in that it is anfortunate that he did not inspect the shoring, or that his special attention had not been called to le he went down to se a certain thing and found that that thing had not beat began.

The Attorney-General Mr. Urlap is an exordingly

went to do one thing

point fa that may map. He did not attempt to do the house No.

shoring was

was not completed.

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The Attorney-General-Of coarse they were at litary to give evidence.

interested in this wind,and-air theory?

The Attorney-General-Are you not mother Wiless-No, indeed.

The Attorney-General-Did you not have a whole set of your houses collapse ?

Witness-No.

enquiry going on just now with regard to the The-Attorney-General-Is not there an collapse of your houses in Kowloon City Bond? Witness-It was not a set of houses, bat one wall in a block of houses.

The Attorney General-You were the archi tects for 34, Kowloon City Road?

Witnices Yes.

collapse on 18th July?

The Attorney-General-And there was Witness-I cannot speak as to the date. The Attorney-General You were

Witness-Our dem was.

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The Attorney-General-I want to know wind-and-rain theory? This house in Kowloon whether your firm is interested in supporting the City Road foll and killed ten people?

Witness-Yes,

The Attorney-General And did not another of your houses on the Traya fall in August and kill some other people?

Mr. Boarp replied that the Chiness were not given to rushing into Court. The story of the defence was that the second story portion of the wall fall first. They had the evidence of a good many witnesses, meat of them entirely disinterested, and that would show that this of the stor part fell first. Tho top part of the wall fell inwards, that was towards the east, and end of the 20 outwards, as had been assumed. It fell in and all that fullowed was a consequence choring of that Practically that gave the jury the whole explanation. The weight of this portion made no

of the wall was some foar or five tous. It fellarebitect? s being put

on the floor which admittedly was not in a very Sound condition. It drove that flcer into a baked would very likely

position diagonally moross the kitchen below, thes are those of build the lower end being towards the west; the brick work tumbled after it and as it got Into that sloping position it was quite clear- in fast one witanes said he actually an it-- that the brick work which had fallen upon the sloping floor went in an sealanebs down that foor and knocked up against the wall of the first-floor kitchen, which gave way and lot the debris shoot cut into the lane and spread a little bit over the adjoining site. If there had been a brick pine under this floor it was quite likely that the floor would have withstood the weight of the falling debris. Witnesses would be called who were on the top floor of the house when the collapse occurred mad on the neigh- bouring alle of the Centre Street houses which hand been demolished, who were in a position to from the qutside the whole of this wall simultaneously and to say which

part foll first That being so, he thought it would be made perfectly clone by expert evidence that the collapse could not by any possibility "have been caused by the removal of the support The collapse was produced at the Uime that the support, was taken sway, but the wall fall to the opposite direction to that in which it was shored up to prevest falling, and

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Witness-Yes.

DISPOSING OF ARMY TRANSPORTS.

Manila, 23rd October:" Inability to obtain acceptable prices for the army transports offered for sale in San Fran. cisco bus inclined the War Department to place several of those ships at the service of the insular

the withdrawal of a large part of the transport government for us among the islands: Two or wore conld be profitably so employed, for with

SOMALILAND.

arrival of Colonel Swayne and his command at

London, 23rd October. Official news from Somaliland reports the safe Bolatls. in its retreat. The wounded are doing well Mid Mullah did not attack the faros and reinforcements are hurrying forward. Shanglini Times,

THE ANGLO-SIAMESE AGREEMENT.

The Siam Observer of the 16th. inst. says:- It has already been announced by Renter's that HE. Phya Sri, as Special Envoy, has succeeded in bringing to a settlement certain pending questions between Great Britain and Bian. We are now enabled to give some details regarding these questions and the understanding arrived at thereupon. The whole matter for in consequence of the recent large intraduction discussion between Britain and Sim has arisen of British interests and capital into Kelantan Some readjustment of administration became expedient. This will now be effected in the best possible manner. As the result of the negotia. tions we gaderstand that the status quo in the two States of Kelantan and Tringganu is not only maintained but emphasised." The e States will remain permanently as acknowledged dependencies of Siam. Having regard to the influx of British

Siam will under take that their administration shall be placed on

VICE FOR THE FAR EAST. With the arrival of the Crook comes the Company, through the Oregon Short Lines anocancement that the Union Pacifle Bailroad which it controls, has decided to compete for the carrying trade between the Pacific coast. and Honolulu, China, Japan, and the Philip

stood that they include the absorption of one or pise Islands. While the plans of the company

two steamship lines now plying in this trade, are as yet only partially matared it is under-

together with the purchase of several of the We hear that the report recently given in government's transports in the event that the the nativa papers as to Sir Ernest Salow's fur latter are offered for sale under the recent plan longb, is quite correct, and that His Excellency saggested by Becretory Root to dispose of the will leave Peking within the next fortaight, army transport service, and let the government We are sure everyone will agree that Bir Patronage ont to a corporation under contract

to the to

company making the lowest bid. Tais Townley will be Chargé d'Affaires in e absonce of the Minister,

the Great Northern, Northern Paciflo and the Dr. Morrison hus returned to Tientsin after Southern Pacifo, both of which companies now to Feking. The Dooter was greatly impressed States sell the Griant. It is stated that this an extensive tour in Manchuria. He goes-np outro steamship lines between the United by the remarkable courtesy of the railway new enterprise will be extended to every port effeine and the liberality of their arrangments of importance in the Orient, and particularly to all over the system courtesy and liberality, the Philippines where Manila will figure prominently, The Oregon Short Line in- terests, like those of the Union Poolfic, sro The Industrial School, Peking, bis sent over $34,000 worth of enamel and cloisonné ware to controlled by the Vanderbilta and John D. the Hanoi Exhibition, in addition to carpets

Hockefeller, of Standard Oil repute. This and even the conservatives seemed pleased at aloue will result in the expenditure of immense and various lines in marins. A grast aumber being a fact the new steamship line will be of officials inspected the goods before they left,

property and its development at this port the iden of the exhibition, and contributed is of money for wharfage in the harbour of somo chuice exhibits themselves.

Manila and the necessary warehouses, etc. The Governor-General of Moukdon has issued With the consummation of this scheme Manila a notification that double taxes will be levied and other Oriental ports will be brought in close on the people in order to meet the "indemnity commerce in the United States Manila Times. relation with the very centre of industry and

the missions that no extra taxes should be levied was distinctly stipulated in the agreement with claims of missions and native Christians." It

the notification may lead to trouble. on the people, and the folks at Chiashow fear

moreover, which is extended to all,.

The presents of the foreign soldiers is likely to have vory considerable effect in the future of these Concessions. Time-expired.men of all nationalities are offering to stay in North

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Chins; and in their former civilian capacities JAPANESE are s-oking to make new openings for them. relves in the Far East. There are numbers of men of excellent character who sea trying to effect this new departare. The proposed ventures in the way of market-gardening, dairy- keeping, to say nothing of stores, &o., are largely dependent on this element,

TOKYO.

We bear with very great pleasure that Mr. H. Cockburn, C.B., Chinese Secretary of His the rank of Firat Segretary of Legation. This Majesty's Legation in Psking, has tuon given PLEASANT. honour is unprecedented in the history of Chinese Secretarias, pad we should like to regard it as a proof that the Foreign Offer more bigbly appremiates the importanes of the position, and has a deeper eonseof the arduousness of the duties. Mr. Cockburn will have the warm congratulations of his many friends and admirers in China.

The Empress towager is said to be much PER CASE OF dissatisfied with the list of officia s nominated by the Grand Council as successors to the inte

a footing suited to the new conditions. This Lin Kung-yi She insists very emphatically will be done by the appointment of new advisors on the best man being nominated, regardless of himself appoint officials to be advisors to the members or not, to the Bajulis. H. M. the King of Siam willage or whether he is a personal friend of the Rajabs of the two States, and the Rajabs will On the 10th, at 8 am, the Dragon flag was FER CASE OF

hoisted at the Newehwang Railway Station to ti scoompanying strains of three blasts from a locomotive's steam whistle.

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aalminister the affairs of their respective States with the advice of these officials. For the posts of advisers competent British oficials will undeabtedly be selected by His Majesty. It Major Dick had an unique send-off on the need hardly be remarked that the Singapore 16th inst. With his usual modesty and wish to The Attorney-General-Are you not prepared agitation for the annexation of the two Blates avoid" fuss and feather" the Major had asked to suggest that the wind and rain brought them has never been constenanced by the Imperial his brother-officers not to come to the station, down?

Government, and is now faslly quashed As but this is no way precluded a remarkable Witness-I am not prepared to put forward regards Pataui, this Stato il es un ata 10 denonstration of regard by the offers of the any theory.

have entered into the negotiation ut al As other forces. There was a very large attendance have to when these cases are enquired into.

The Attorney-General-I suppose you willa Siamese provinco, it stands on a different of French headed by Col. Arlabosse and the footing from that of the dependencies of General's A.D.C., and a goodly wamber of Witness No doubt one of the members of Kelantan and Tringganu. Tie wlerstanding Italien, Japanese, and Russian offers, beside a SPECIAL ILLUSTRATED our firm will look after that,

arrived at is, we believe perfectly sitifs ctory representative of Germany. Thirector Lisng of farther, Mr. Attorney.

His Lordship-I would not press that matter to him, and the Kajaks of Kelantan and the Railway Administration was also present, Tring and are to be congratulatest upon an and a number of British civilisus. There was By bia Lordship-In his opinion es an arrangement which will strengthen their ad- grand fasillade of fireworks, and coolieses

ministration, and which, it may be remarked, followed the slowly moving train with long will secure to them a better position than poles which were very much alive with crackere. that of th mere" "AgureLoads which the A pencetal householder this week from Hajahs of the Federated Malay States are said information received" made a close inspection to be, according to a writer in the Straits of bin boy's quarters, and found four rifles con Times. The new arrangement appears to be cested therein. The boy is an old and trusted satisfactory from every point of viewxcept servent, one of the very low whe" remained that of the Singapore anti-Siamese agitators. faithful through the Biege, and his antecedents'

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