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ECHOES OF 1859

26. -British Navy deals firmly with

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LETTERS OF PROCEEDINGS. Sir-In obedience to your orders, I proceeded in company with H.M. Gunboats, Forrester and Janus, to Cupcht, accompanied by Mr. Cald- well, Registi ar General, off which place we arrived at 10.30 a.m... on the 4th instant, having been de- tained 24 hours in Chimo

Bay Onar- from stress of weather. rival we were welcomed by the Elder of the Town, who related to us the atrocities which had been committed 1h his district by the miscreant pirates, he having lost; a brother and nephew, besides pro- perty to the amount of Five Thou- sand Dollars, a portion of which had been disposed of at Hutung. the He also informed us that pirate force consisted of sever Junks, commanded by "the noted chief Momems, who, Mr. Caldwell states, has been at the head of piracles in these waters for the irst five years. Receiving .on board the Elder of Cupchi. who was most, anxious to accompany us, we proceeded to Chelans, but found they had gone to sea or had gone-South-I-therefore-pro-- ceeded to Biak Bay but found they had not been there for some time.

SWATOW

NOTES

(From Our Own Correspondent

Swatow, Oct. 15.

After an unusually warm Octo- ber, the weather now appears to ba changing, and the delayed N.E. monsoons seem to be prevalling.

A very enjoyable afternoon was spent last Saturday in 'a "ball game" between the U.S.8. Tulsa and Swatow Recreation Club.

A very good showing was made by P. W. Watkinson as first base- man and W. G. Clifford as pit- cher.

If the enthusiasm, shown is kept up we should be able to hold our. own with the Tulsa when she next comes to Swatow.

turned to Eutung, and landed with

Although Swatow expected to be the armed Boats, and through Mr. Caldwell demanded tnat they easily beaten they managed to make quite a good showing and should deliver up the cargoes,

the result for the nine innings They admitted that a portior. of the cargo. ta the aniount of game was, Tulsa 19 Bwałow 17. $2,000 had been landed there, but | Considering that half of the Swa- was not there at that time, ex- tow players did not know the game we are quite satisfied with this re- cepting 200 bags of Sugar, which had been ransomed by the Owner.sult. I therefore, with the concurrence of Mr. Caldwell, told them that tney must pay an indemnity of $1,000, giving two hours for con- the end of which sideration, at time, my demand was not ac- ceded to. I should set fire to the Town. Having walted two hours and upwards without their show- The U.S.S. Tulsa leaves on Wed- ing any signs of coming to terms.nesday for Manila after a two I fired a few rockets at interval weeks stay here. #

the

when Town,

they ultimately consented to pay the money by a given time, upon which I returned to the ship, informing them that unless the agreement was fulfilled I should adopt more severe measures in the morning. At 10 o'clock p.m., a boat came on board with

Note for the attested by the amount. duly Elders of Cupchi, who were per- fectly satisfied, and expressed their thanks for the service we had ren- dered them.

over

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The shooting season has open- ed, but the would be Nimrods have not had much luck as yet owing to the warm weather.

There ap- pear to be a lot more devotees this year and it looks bad for the ducks, geese etc. when they do ar- rive.

TEAHOUSE KITCHEN

ON FIRE..

From the information that we there gathered from Asherman,

In conclusion 1 must beg to remained no doubt that having bring to your notice he zealous. landed a part of the cargoes of the manner the duties were perform-Panic in Spring Garden Lane captured junks at Hutung. thered by the Officers commanding the would endeavour to land the re- Gun-boats. I have the nonour to A fire in the kitchen of a tea- mainder there as soon as they be. Sir, your obedient servant.

house in Spring Garden Lane yes- nad ascertained we had gone away

R. J. WYNNLATT, "

terday morning caused consider- On the following morning, I re- ;

Acting Commander.able panic in the locality, which is one of the most crowded in Wan- chai.

THE

COTTON CONFERENCE

AT SIMLA

Japanese Demand Big Cut in Preference

Tokyo, October 10.

On receipt of a detailed report from the Japanese delegation in Simla concerning the proceedings

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ing concluded by November 10th. another extension of the period of validity will be made according to the conditions to be fixed by the Japanese. and Indian de- legates

A WEEK'S ADJOURNMENT

the second conversation be- tween Japanese and Indian pri- vate representatives which took place on October 6th, the Japan Cotton Spinners' Association. and the Japan Cotton. Textile Export-

Simia, October 7. ers' Association held a joint com- It is understood that Sir Joseph mittee meeting on Saturday after- Bhore, Commerce Member of the noon (7th instant), in order to de- | Viceroy's Council, will propose af cide their future attitude.

the next meeting of the confer-

an

to

The upshot of the discussion. ence adjournment of the confer- which lasted for over four hours.ence at Simla during the week was a decision to send instructions beginning October 12th and to Mr. Kurata, senior delegate, reopen it in Delhi" October or the following two points:---

REDUCTION IN DUTY

"DEMANDED

1.

1-In regard to the reduction of the 75 per cent. duty, which the Japanese delegation has been de manding, the present difference of 50 per cent. between British and Japanese goods should be brought down to ten per cent, the prefer- ence given by India to British the goods in accordance with Ottawa agreement. The present rate of 75 per cent, should then be reduced to 35 per cent.

BOYCOTT OF INDIAN COTTON

TO CONTINUE

2-The attitude of the Japan Cotta Spinners' Association in re- gard to the Doycost of indian cot- ton is as firm as ever. Should the present parleys between Japan and Indian tail to bring about a satisfactory result therefore, all -Japanese spinners are resolved to continue their boycott at whatever

cost.

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23rd.

To-day's official meeting was postponed till Monday owing to inconclusive conversations be+ tween the Japanese and Indian industrialists:

Conversation between the Japan- ese and Lancashire industrialists to-day, on the other hand, resulted in closer understanding of each other's viewpoint,

It is understood that most time was taken by Mr. Keizo Kurata, Japan's delegate, to explain the Japanese viewpoint, how the cosi of production are rising in Japar and that though the wages are comparatively low the Japanese mills spent, large sums providing amenities for labour.

The Lancashire delegates con fined their attention to challeng- Ing certain points raised by the Japanese. The conversations will be resumed on Tuesday when the Lancashire

representatives will state case

Indian industralists are invited to table definite proposals for consideration by the Government by Wednesday,

The above instruction was dis-

Such proposals will not be easy patched to Mr. Kurata the same

to formulate but the Indian in- afternoon. According to informa-dustrialists are now holding con- tion received by the Japan Cot- tinuous discussions and hope to ton Spinners' Association, the Bri- | put forward a unanimous plán, tish delegation, which has been

Simla, October 10. expecting to leave Bombay on Sunday was a busy day, all October 14th for home. has now

members of the Japanese delega- decided to postpone the date and tion preparing for to-morrow's booked passages by a vessel sail-

meeting in conference expecting ing on the 28th. This may be that as to-morrow's session the due to the fact that the parley Indian delegation will raise the between British and Indian trad-question of sundries.

ere has already been practically The Japanese Industrial dele- finished and also the British an-gates to-day held a conference to ticipation that the negotiations determine the Japanese attitude and Indian herennent. It is believed that In- between Japanese traders will have made sufficient aging of prices and quotas for dia will submit a proposal for the progress by that time to form an idea-as to the ultimate outcome dries, notably hosiery, glassware, tertain kinds of Japanese sun Japanese spinners here, however,

pottery and cement are of opinion that the booking. of the passages is nothing bút a sort of diplomatic tactics to sug- gest the strong British attitude.

The Hotes affirm that the Indo- Japanese Commercial

Treaty, which lapses on the 10th instant, continues valid for another month. during which time the present duties on the goods imported into each country from the other re- It will be communicated to the main unchanged, and that in the British Government at the car- event of a bow agreement not boiliest possible opportunity

TRADE TREATY EXTENSION

London, Oct Z Official notification of the Jap anese Imperial sanction of the Anglo-depanese trade agreement arrangemente for extension of the

has been received in London this moming

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The immates of adjourning houses lost no time. in rushing in- to the streets, carrying their be- longings with them

Happily the fire Was confined entirely to the kitchen of the tea- house and did very little damage. An early call put through to the Fire Brigade brought several ap- pliances to the scene, from. Wan- chal as well as from city and it only required a Yew minutes for the firemen to put the outbreak under control when the people who have abandoned their homes In such a haste laboured upstairs again with their precious belong- ings on their shoulders.

AIDING ARIED ROBBERS.

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