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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1903.

BIRTHS. On the 8th April, at Mayfield, Singapore, the wife of W. WOLLDER, of a daughter.

On the 18th March, at Lahad Datu, Darvel Bay, British North Borneo, the wife of A. ZANDER, of a girl.

DEATHS.

On the 25th Januray, 1903, at Seaforth. A. S. WATSON & CO., England, JAMES GALLAGHER, formerly chief

engineer, Saikio Muru, aged 63 years.

in the and April, at Cubbon Road, Bangalore, OWEN VINCENT Norris, II.C.E., formerly of the G. T. Survey of India, and late Engineer IW.D., Mysore, rethed, eldest son of the fate Lieut. Waller Norris, Asst. Com. Gen, Madras establishment. Deeply,regretted.

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HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1903.

THE RELK OF THE BATTLE

OF MANILA BAY.

According to a Reuter telegram printed in another column, the Americans have raised Admiral Montojo's flagship Reina Christina which was sunk by Admiral Dewey in Manila Bay during the Spanish American war It was on the 24th April, 1898, that Commodore Dewey, then at Hongkong, received a telegram stating that war had commenced between the United States and Spain and urging him to proceed

Never pass LeMpoyon's New Store without stepping in He always like "something to please you.-Advt.

FIRE was dis overed on the F, & O. stealer Pekin at Kobe on the 5th inst. It broke out in the forehold in a large cargo of cotton, but fortunately it was detected before it hard made much progress. When the mail left Japan the number of bales burnt was not known but it was thought they would exceed so, while over 1,000 had probably been damaged by water.

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A MEETING of the Justices of Peace was held this afternoon at the Magistracy to consider an application from L. Comar for an adjunct licence to sell and retail intoxicating liquor ou the premises situated at No. 61 Des Voeux Road Central. Mr. E. J. Grist, of Messrs. Wilkinson and Grist, appeared for the appli- cant. Mr. F. A. Hazeland presided, and there THE Chafen Express says:-It is stated that well also present Mr. J. H. Kemp, Captain our Commissioner of Customs, Mr. A. Carl Lyons, Mesars, A. Seth, R2H. Craig and C. D. will shortly remove from Chefon to take charge Melbou re The were on police objections, of the Statistical „Department of the same ser-

and the application was unanimously granted. vice, which is located in Shanghai It is with much regret that our residents generally anti- THe Sin Wan Pao is informed by its Peking cipate his departure, and the same sentiment correspondent that the late Yung Lu took by equally applies to his estimable wife and talent-mistake some drugs of a "cooling relay ed sister, who will indeed be greatly missed. month, consequently his health was greatly impuired, and it was owing to extra care that For several THE Nippon Yusen Kaisha steainer Wakasa. his chronic trouble did not recur. war, which arrived at Kobe on the 1st instant days, the Empress-Dowager daily caused to be from Europe, took fifteen aborigines of the sent to her favourite, ginseng, bird nesis and other delicacies. She also commanded the Malay peninsula, and India. These types are to be exhibited in the jinruiskan (human.race

Court physicians to attend on him. hall) just outside the Exhibition. The same. steamer also took a tiger, three large snakes, n number of goats and monkeys and four croco dites for the Osaka menagerie. AT 7 a while an old native woman was wending her way along Connaught Road, a heavily laden truck cam: rushing down the road, and struck her with the requit that she was knocked down and received serious injuricy, She was immediately sent to the Government Civil Hospital, and the coolies supposed to have been in charge of the imok were arrested for reckless driving. The case, which was pending the medical report regarding the in-

A PRETTY wedding was solemnized this morn- ing by the Rev. F. T. Johnson, MI.A., at the St. John's Cathedral. The contracting parties were Miss May Hunter, only daughter of the late Mr. W. I.. Hunter, and Mr. Tomas Cock, of Messrs. Greaves and Company, of Shanghai, The bride was attire! in a beautiful dress of

råh brocaded satin, trimmed with chiffon lace and wore a veil and orange blossoms. She carried a lovely shower bouquet, and wore, as her only ornament, a large diamond cescent, given her by the bridegroom. The bridesmaid was Miss Eva Hurley, and the duties of best |

The bride was given away by her brother, Mr. T. Hunter of Messrs. Ja dine Matheson and Co. A rec ption was afterwards held at the bride's residence-No. 1, Old Bailey. There were

TELEGRAMS.

(Reuter's.)

LONDON, 12th April, The Somaliland Expedition. The Mullah has fled from Walwal to Dik in the North-west, Italian Somaliland is now clear of the enemy,

The King at Gibraltar. The King has held a grind review of the garrison at Gibraltar

The Bagdad Railway. The Standard has reason to believe that

which England, France and Germany par- an agreement was concluded last week by ticipate equally in the control of the Bagdad railway. The revenue will be guaranteed by the Turkish Customs; three English directors have already been chosen.

13th April.

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Military

To the drafting of this Petition, I have purs" in el, und carefully avoided all allusions and, statements which might be' in any way offen- | sive or objectionable, and I think I have been successful in making no allegation which is not literally trus' and 'capable of proof; and therefore, I am at a loss to account" for "the": charges that the Petition is a "barefaced "attempt by a few of the Chinese to control "the affairs of this Colony," and that" "the" "Palition contains a number of mis-statements

of fact which have aroused the indignation of £ larga section of the European Community." You have a copy of the Petition before you, and even at the risk of trespassing somewhat 100 lengthily on the space of your paper," I must endeavour to prove to you, taking the l'etition paragraph by paragraph, that there is no foundation whatsoever for the charges made against it,

the Petitioners and the nature and extent of Paragraphs and a contain a description Of their intarents in the Colony. I can conceive no objection to these paragraphs.

Paragraph 3 states that past administrations were characterized by Justice and ability, and for which the Chinese are duly grateful; there cannot possibly be any objection to that, surely.

Sir James Edwards has been appointed Blake's administration was the most appreciat

Paragraphs 4 and 5 state that Sir Henry Colonel Commandant of the Royal Ened and admired by the Chinese and that in gineers in succession to Colonel Com consequence they seek for continuation of mandant Simmons.

his administration, especially at this troublous time. I am confident no one will gainsay this. Paragraph 5 requires no comment as it saves only as a connecting paragraph.

The Resignation of the Governor General of Algeria.

The resignation of M. Revoil was due to a personal dispute with M. Combes, the French Premier and Minister of the Interior.

Paragraph 7 needs scarcely any remark, as all the institutions are either completed and open' to the public, or are in the course of erection, except the projected Chinese Mater- nity Hospital the building of which 'will, I trust, be commenced within the next fortnight.

your readers, especially the Chinese, to a by His Excellency call for no further remark perusal of their pass books or account boks for the last five years.

at onc to the Philippine Islands where he down for hearing this morning, was adjourned man were undertaken by Mr Harold Austin. Relic of the Battle of Manila Bay. Subscriptions to the various charities promoted

sels.

was to commence operations, particularly endeavours either to capture or destroy ves- against the Spanish fleet, and use liis utmost

The following day the American squadron left Hongkong for Mirs Bay and sailed for Manila two days later. At five o'clock in the morning of May 1, the batile of the Bay commenced and the Reina Chris- fin. with the flag of the Spanish Admiral, weighed and steamed towards the American ships. She was roughly handled, and set on fire and with ten other ships were des- Per Dtroyed and ultimately sunk, The details of the battle are so well-known that repetition is needless, suffice to say that Admiral Montojo reported 38 men killed and wounded, afloat and ashore. The Reina Christina, which was built at Ferrol and launched in 1886, was a steel cruiser of 3,520 ions dis- placement and 3,970 indicated horse power, having a speed of 17.5 knots and carried a complement of 370 men. She was 282 feet in length, with a beam of 42 feet, and mounted 6 6.2-in. (Huntoria), z 2.7 in.. 3 2.2-in, quick firing, 2, 1.5-in., 6. 3-prs, and 2 muzzle loading guns. A rumour was A. S. WATSON & Co., circulated in the Colony to-day to the effect

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that the old flagship has been sold in its present battered condition to the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock fo. It is, of course, discredited. The most likely version is that the Reina Christina will be brought into port and undergo the necessary repairs at our famous shipyard at Kowloon,

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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

THE English Mail of the 14th March was delivered in London on the ith inst.

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THE Supreme Court is undergoing a spring cleaning and the Chief Justice did not sit lo- day.

DR. Pentecost has arrived in Peking and is FURNITURE holding meetings in the American Board

chapel. DEALERS.

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H.M.S. Glory left Kobe for Yokohama yester day, and will leave for Shanghai on or about the 23rd. H.M.S. Talbot arrived at Shanghai on the 13th.

An interesting article on Chinese Politics as gathered from an interview with Mr. G. Man- ington, recently in Hongkong, is printed on the third pagt.

THE police report that the dead body of a na- tive was found banging from some scaffoldings at Kennedy Town yesterday evening. It is supposed to have been a case of suicide.

TELEGRAPHIC information has been received that the Imperial German mail steamer Zieten left Genoa on Sunday, the 5th inst., at midnight. She will consequently arrive in Hongkong a few days later than the time table date.

A CAL. laden junk collided with H.M. des troyer Handy" on Saturday evening, ad PHOTOGRAPHIC caused slight damage to the warship. A local wag is of opinion that now that H.M. ships DEPARTMENT. have changed colour they are a menace to

harbour traffic.

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THE Bear to drink in the tropics is the Bear.

Tde la the tropice SA Z MIGUEL

THE Statesman says that as the statutory term of Lord Cu zon's Viceroyalty is nearing com- pletion it is becoming daily more and more evident that the prospect of his early retirement is regarded on all sides as nothing less than a grave public calamity,

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Keith McDowell, Cat.fi at pre cat Pituupalnomernus presents, conspicuous among them being a pearl necklace with diamond pendant, from the bide's mother, and an emerald and diamond ring from her brother The happy couple depart to-morrow by the German mail Sachsen, on their honeymoon tour to Shanghai

THE Strat Times hears that Dr. Donakl

Medical Officer of North Nigeria, has been appointed P. C. M.D. of the Straits Seulements, Though his local appointm· nt is a peaceful one Dr. McDowell is no stranger 10 the grim hard. ships and horrors of savage warfare. He was P. M. O. to the Ashanti Field Force in 1900, and also to the subsequent West African Field Force. He is a son of Sungeon Colonel E. G. Mellowell, C. of the Scots Guards, who Egypt in 1882, and the Sedan in 1884. so he served out in China in 1850, and afterwards in comes of fi, hiting stock. He is only thirty-six years of age, and was married two years ago.

THE Hon. Treasurer of the Alice Memorial and Nethersule Hospitals begs to acknowledge with thanks the following donation to the funds of the Hospitals:-

Butterfield & Swire

Jardie, Matheson & Co.... Reiss & Co...........

D. Sassoon, Sons & Co.

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The Sin Wàn Pastures that it is reported among the officials of Canton city that the rebellion in Kwangsi is gradually quieting Wuchen, Tsinchou, Linchou and j'inglo; but down; there is hardly any vestige of rehels in on the left bank of the West River as Nan- ning and other places, they are till active As to Marshal Su's troops of twenty five-battalions, they are really nominal in number; while many desened and joined the insurgents, those remaining only look on, passively withour rendering any assistance to the other troops, m fact they are an abstraction to the campaign; consequently the edict commanding Marshal Suth go to Peking for an Impe ial Audience was issued. The same edict further appointed Major-General Huang, who was transferred at the request of Governor Wang Chih Chun from Yunnan to Kwangst, to be Acting Com mander-in-Chief of Kwangsi,, therefore the military authority of the whole Province will henceforth he centred in a 'single person, that is Governor Wang Chib-chun; therefore the prospect of quelling the rebellion is more favourable than it was.

It will interest a great many people in Singa- pore and the Far East generally to know that Captains Behrens and Madsen (both formerly of the Kingsin Line) now in com mand respectively of the Norddeutscher Lloyd | THE following cards were returned from the steamers Kinntscher and Strassburg have Royal Hongkong Galf Club's quarterly meet.

ing. been decorated by the German Emperor with the Order of the Royal Crown of Prussia The decorations were conferred in the mi dle of | Mr: E. E. Deacon March, and the interesting news re ched

...E. J. Grist. of these well-known ship captains wili jain in L. D. C. II. Dalrymple, K.N. 93 Singapore by the Inst mail The many friends W. C. D. Turner

expressing their satisfaction at this recognition Mr. W. W. Clark by their Soy reign of the sterling servi ́es of Dr. J. R. Raymond - both the gentlemen referred to.

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Christina, Admiral Montojo's flagship, The Americans have raised the Reina which was sunk by Admiral Dewey in Manila Bay; eighty skeletons were found on board and fificen shell holes in the hull.

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In support of paragraph 8 1 need only The Americans offered to bury the re-mention the establishment of the Kowlo n mains with naval honours, but the Spaniards School for European children and the pending propose taking them to Spain.

conversion of the Belilios Reformatory for the same purpose; the institution of High Schools for the sons and daughters of the Chinese was sanctioned by the Secretary of State for Prince Ching has been appointed to the Colonies (vide his despatch No. 408 dated succeed Yung Lu,

the 6th December, 1901) and may now be on- sidered a fuit accompli; the College of Medi- cine for the Chinese by the Government with an annual sum of $2,500; and the adoption of most of the recommendations of the Educational Committee which are about to be put into force.....

VICTORIA RECREATION CLUB.

The crews picked in the Scratch Four Oar Race to be rowed on the 4th May, at 4 p.m., over the usual Course are as follows:-

Stution No. 1 Rost

Bow H. M. Bain * J, HT Seth

3 F. K. Tata

Stroke G. H. Rubie C. H. Eyre (Cox)

Station No. 4 Shumrock,

Bow J. P. Jordan -2 if. A. Seth. 3 R. Witchell Storke H. S. Holmes

F. W. White (Cox)

Station No. a Thistle llow S. A. Moore z H. C. Austin 3 L.A. Musso Stmke F. D. Bain C. J. S. Alves (Cox)

Station No. 3 Kornblum!.

Bow G. Remedios 2 F. M. Reza Pereira 3 A. E. Alves Stroke A..J. Mackie 5. A. Seth (Cox)

BIG FINE FOR EXCESS OF PASSENGERS.

At Singapore on the afternoon of the 71b inst. Capt. C J. Mattock, master of the s.5, Amura, 80 responded to a summons issued at the instance 80 of Chief Boarding Officer Dennison, to explain 8how in a recent voyage from Longkang he 986 carried as passengers two hundred adults and 108 22 86 a child in excess of the number allowed by the 15 = 88 ship's license. The fact was admitted. Mr. 489 Brockman remarked that the case was a bad one, and imposed a fioc of$5 for each passenger in excess, the aggregate amounting to $1,052.5 To this was added a fine of $50 imposed on Captain Matlock personally, and the costs, 50 cents, the whole figuring up to $1,113.

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JOHN Wylie, a youth barely sixteen, appeared before Mr. J. H. Kemp this morning charged with oblaining the sum of $o under false pretences from two native women. It appears that Wylic on the 13th instant went to Nos. 10 and 8, Lower Lascar Road, and represented hiinsell as a Government officer, in charge of water taps. After making a sort of inspection un the water services in the houses he con-Comdr. W, H. Ni-? demned two taps and ordered them to be,

cholson, R.N. removed, but pointed out that if he was raid $10, he would send men to have new taps fixed. After receiving the money, he gave the un suspecting women a sort of receipt mentioning nothing about the taps or the money paid.

At any rate the police got to hear of it, with the result that he was arrested. The Magistrate sentenced him to six months' hard labour. It may be mentioned that the prisoner had recently been discharged from the gaol where he had done five months, for a similar offence.

Ar their sale rooms this afternoon, Messrs.

Hughes and Hough offered for sale by public auction the leasehold property known and re- gistered in the Land Office as Sections D. and E, and the remaining portion of loland Lot No. 704 known as Fernside, Robinson Road, There was a fair gathering of some of the lead- ing talpans and compradores of the Colony, Mr. Ho Kom. Tong started the bidding at $10,000, and it rapidly rose up to $15,000, $7,000 $18,000, $19,000, 50,000, and then to $25,000, the bidders chiefly being Mr. G. T. Veitch of Messrs. Jardine Matheson & Co and Messrs. Chan Hewan and Tam Tsz Kong A fresh start was however, made by Mr. Veitch offering $20,oon, which was increased to thousand by Mr. Tam Tsz Kong Mr. Veitch, however, raised the amount to $27 000, at which price Mr. Chan Hewan called $27,100, and secured the property. We understand Chee are also interested in the deal. that Messrs. Tam Tsr Kong. and Low Hip

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HONGKONG CHINESE HOLIDAY.

Next Monday, the 23rd of the 3rd moon on the Chinese calendar, is an important annual holiday-Tin How-far the Hongkong Chinese On this day the religious repair up the Canton River, some two and a half hours journey from this city, and worship in the multi-deity temple at Shek Wan, so named Tin How after the Go 'dess. One of the indulgences prayed for on this day is an increase of family, while there is an inner temple dedica ed in several special family gods. A buzaar of jass pigins" is also held in the locality, the whrle affording a splendid opportunity for sight-seeing globe trotters. The river steamer Chu Kong, and various other similar craft and launches will run excursions on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday.

THE LILLIPUTIANS.

CORRESPONDENCE.

-(We do not necessarily endorse the opisivas expressed by

Correspondents In illa columna,Į

THE CHINESE PETITION RE THE GOVERNOR:

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Paragraph 9: That the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance has been passed in an immersely improved form after the return of Sir Henry Blake, will be generally acknow. ledged by both Europeans and Chinese alike I need not enumerate the many effeċilve and reasonable sanitary measures adopted during the last five years, as these are well known to everyone and are being carried out daily by the Sanitary Authorities. The question as to whether these measures were initiated by His Excellency, or whether he was advised to adopt them, or, even according to some “has been moved by outside agitation into adopting them, is immaterial here. Nor need 1 touch upon the opening of the Government Dispensaries in the New Territory and at Wanchai, or upon the New Bacteriological De partment under the superintendentship of Dr. W. Hunter, or upon the employment of Chi- nese trained in Western Medical Science in ́ this Department and in the Wanchal and New Territory Dispensaries and other places or upon the establishment of public, bath houses in Taipingshan and elsewhere, or upon the conservation of open spaces the latest instance of which is the proposed reservation as a fublic park of the resumed area in Taipingshan next to the New Wing of the Tung Wa, or upon the training of the many and various nullahs which have been carried out and are now still this paragraph concerning the increase of the being carried out. With the statement in

Water Storage and the better regulation: of water supply I will, for the sake of conven ence, reserve until I come to deal with paragraph-13 of the Petition,' and

In connection with paragraph`to so far as ́it deals with my statements concerning the Now Territory I beg to refer you to the Reports on the New Territory published by the Govern ment printers in the years 1900, 1901, and 1903, from a perusal of which" you will gather. that my statements are correct. But as regards your remarks concerning the neglect in the collection of Crown Reat on the part of the TO TIK EDITOR OF THE "Hongkong Telkorace "

Government which I, however, did not touch Hongkong, 15th April, 1903. apon in the Petition I have nevertheless, in Sir,-As one of the signatories of the Chinese view of your severe criticism, made cerinin Petition to the Right Honourable the Secretary enquiries from an official source and now beg of State for the Colonies praying for an exten- to lay the result of my investigation for the sion of His Excellency The Governor's term information of the public. It appears that the of office and also as one who is chiefly respon- original scheme "for the collection of Crown sible for the drafting thereof, I venture to ask Kent as announced, by His Excellency in you to be so good as to allow me space in your August 1900 could not be carried out effectively valuable columns to enable me to make some 'on account of the extreme reluctance on the observations in reply to the various criticsms | part of the owners and occupiers of land in the and remarks which you and your contem. New Territory to pay rent before his claim has poraries and certaiù correspondents have been demarcated, investigated into and thought fit to pass upon it.

allowed by the Land Court And in order to As a preliminary observation, permit me to effect such collection, the only remed state that the Petition in question is not the understand, which could be resorted to by the creation of a few leading Chinese as alleged, Government was by a distraint, and in but is the outcome of a very general and strong order to distrain for rent, one must have desire among the Chinese of all classes to keep a rent roll and must be able to identify H. F, the Governor with them for another term by map each plot of land on the reat roll. of office. Any one who cares to make enquiries Furthermore, the Government has found from among his Chinese friends and acquaintances actual experience that to execute the dis will soon discover the accuracy of this state-traint warrants in the New Teritory under ment. Even your correspondent, Mr. Ha these circumstances involved a lengthy process Kom Tong, who, with his friends, objects only and necessitated the employment of a large to the inclusion of a part of a sentence in staff of men Thus it will be seen that the paragraph 3 of the Petition having reference to small amount of revenue derivable from this the fact that Sir Henry Blake has, with the source has apparently not been the outcome ( aproval of the Secretary of State for the official neglect ne alleged, but is due to the Colonies, sanctioned the institution of a high enormous difficulties of discovering the oc• school for the sons and daughters of the upper cupiers or owners and compelling them by legal classes of the Chinese, writes at the very end process to make payment. of his communication to you that the object of In regard to the improvement and augmenta- the Petition has the unanimous approval of the tion of the Police Force, bey to refer you id Chinese Community. I beg to quote bis very the Reports of the Captain Superintendent of

Policeforthe years 1899 to 1902, A careful pētos words, With the object of the Petition. I "emphatically assert the Chinese are ent rely ❘ of the staigments and figures thereid contained "at one, but with the inclusion of this school | w`uld soon justify the assertions, prediked in **cluse opinions do not entire concur." this paragraph concerning this force The To continue, permit me to assure the numerical strength of the Police Force has been European Community that there was never increased since the 17th April, 1899, from 630 to any thought on the part of the Chinese or of 919 at the end of 1902. Concering the im- the framers of the Petition of giving them any provement and augmentation of the District e, it is true that between the offence, nor was there any intention on their Watchmen

03 the numerical strength bed past to create ifl feching unpleasantness yen's 189 between the European and Chinese sections only been "mily increased from 66 to 74/but

lo mind that this force is only and kept up entirely by the slightest suspicion or indication of such a

Eriptions of the Chinese' Yates thought or intention, I would have positively voluntary refused to lend my assistance in any way, but payer. The force has been re-organised and would have done my utalost to suppress it is now centralized in one building under the Since my return this Colony from England, "upervision of a resident Furopean sergeant of now more than 21 years ago, and soon after the Police Force" "I may add that as a pricus the lennessy regime, it has been my chief tionary measure a detective branch constating object and anxious endeavour to promote of to members his already been sanctions friendly relationship, perfect understanding, is soon to be added to this force and cordial co-operation between the British In dealing with the point a and Chinese inhabitants of the Colony, on all sion of secret societies, of which, in my humble opinion, the pro- better than by quoting certain extr sperity of this Colony so largely depends. 221 | Repors of this Capriler Süpert

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We have received the Kokumin-Skimbum ta Japanese paper published in Tokio) of the 3rd of April which is its 4,000th edition It is a special copy for the occasion and contains no

"BELLE OF NEW YORK."" less than ninety-six pages. Besides these pages Pollard's rendering of this play with his there is a supplement in the shape of a book of juvenile opera company, at the City Hall last poems, entitled Chiyo no Hikari (Everlasting evening, was very commendable. Miss Lily Light). We see by a Kohe exchange that this Modïe again made a fine young man about contains national songs composed by Their town as "a young spendthrift," and were it not Ir is stated that the racing authorities at Cal-Majesties the Emperor and Empress, The for the indispensable programme, would not culla have decided that a sum of Rs.: 7,000 is to pieces by the Emperor were illuminated by be recognised as a young lady in disguise. Miss beaded in the race for the Viceroy's Cup. Lord Kuga, eighty-nine years old, and holder Irene Loftus had a difficult part as A mixed The winner will get the Cup and Rs. 20,000, of the Junior First Court Rank, and th se by ale pugilist and performed it with credit, but, while Ks. 5,000 and Rs. 2,0 o will go to the the Empress were illuminated by Count is a little too "genteel" to-do justice to the second and third horses respectively.

Higashikuse, Vice President, of the Privy part. Ma ter Fred. Po lard had the pleasant Council. This brochure, prepared with special duty of singing a Flag Sang" which appealed MESSRS: Carmichael and Clarke, the ship end of it there is a note, written by, Count Americans, and was loudly encored. His of this Community. If there had been the it m

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