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Entimations. *

NOTIONS

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, DECEMBER

All communications Intendo for blication in "The HONGKONG TELEGRAPI" should be addremad to The Editor, I, fes House Road, aud should be accompanied by the Writer's Naine and Addrew.

Ordinary business communicatious should to addressed

to The Manager.

A. S. WATSON & CO., The Piter will not undertake to be responsible for

LIMITED.

ESTABLISHED A. 1841.

ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS.

CONFECTIONERY,

We beg to notify the

Arrival

of our New Beason's Confectionery,

IMPORTED FROM THE LEADING

London and

Parisian Houses.

SELECTIONS

OF THE

PUREST

AND

BEST QUALITY

from the Simplest to that of The Finest and Most

Recherche Character.

A. S. WATSON & Co.,

LIMITED,

THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY.

Hongkong, 19th November, 1904.

Gigant

WINE

AND

any rejected 19, nor to return any Contribution.

Two fatal cases of plague have been notified. as occurring at Yaumati,

We are requested to state that the chess match, Law v. Rest, postponed from Wednesday last will take place to-morrow (Wednesday) at 5.as p..

THE CHINA TRADERS, ANSUR-

CANCE CO., LTD.

of the shareholders of the above Company. The thirty-eighth ordinary general meeting

was held at Queen's Buildings, this morning. GOVERNOR and Mrs. Truppel of Kingchap also present: Mesirs, A. J. Raymond, H Mr. Evan Ormiston presided, and there were and the Consul-General of 1ortugal, Mr. Schubart, A. Haupt, and E. Goetz (Directors), Potier, and Mrs. Fotier, were in Hongkong the other day.

SUBSCRIPTION RATES (IN ABVANCE). DAILY--$30 per annum. WEEKLY 18 per annum. The rates per quarter and per mensen, proportional, The daily land in alivered free when the address is accessible to messenger. On coplas nolit by pont an additional $1.80 per quarter Is charged for postage,

MR. O. V. Lanning, of Messrs. Jardine, Mathe. The postage on the weekly issue to any mit of the

son and Co. Shanghai, has been transferred to -world is 30 cents per quartor.

Tientsin. He will de gically missed by the Single Copier, Daily, ton cante; Weekly, twenty-sporting fraternity at:Shanghai.

dive cents.

DIRTHS.

Mission Home, Shanghai, the wife of GEORGE On 29th Nevenber, ht the China Inland HOWELL, of a son.

On the 4th December, 1904, at Hextable, Kent, Kngland, the wife of R. D. THOMAS, 1.5. Powon, of a daughter. (y cabic.) (1317

MARRIAGE.

On the 1st December, at the Holy Trinity Cathedral, Shanghai, by the Rev. W. Gilbert Walshe, Hugh GluSON, youngest son of the late David Smith, J, P., of Woodside, Aberdeen, Scotland, to IVA CASE WENT, daughter of the late John Smedley of Shanghai.

DEATHS.

On 21st ult., at the General Hospital, Singa- pore, JAMES MCLEDD, of the Tanjong Pagar Dock Company, Singapore. Aged 26.

On the 27th October, at Bremen, H. A. DIEKMANN, senior, aged 68 years.

Un 8th November, at the General Hospital, Shanghai, JOSE MARIA CASTRO, aged 33 years. On 29th November, at the Shanghai General Hospital, DAVID WIDLER, aged 49 years.

On 30th November, at Shanghai, of typhoid, Lied. CHARLES HORACK MCMULLIN, R. N H.M.S. Iphigenia, son of Colouel I. McMullin,

Chichester,

Che Hongkong Celegraph

HONGKONG. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1994,

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

GENERAL Kuropatkin is going to Vladivostok on a tour of inspection.

THE death is announced of Mr. W. J. Melgaard, formerly of the American Trading Co.

THE Japanese have brought 2,000,000 Dutch cheeses at Gonda-for food, not for ammunition

Tux Empress Dowager has presented a large

MR. II. E. R. Hunter is going to fill a tempo. rary appointment at the Shanghai branch of

tion owing to the ill-health of one of the staff. the Hongkong and Shanghai lanking Corpora.

Mr. F. H. Arjanec, of Messrs N. Mody & Co, was given a good send off this afternoon on board of the Lightning, many of his friends being present to say good-bye and wish him hon yage.

THE Heimin Shimbun, a Socialist journal, has been suppressed, its editor and publisher have been imprisoned and fined (by sen ence), but have appealed, and its printing plant has been confiscated.

Whittall (Secretary), J. W. Ross Taylor, . Orange, G. T. Veitch, R. G. Wilcox, Captain Gud ard, W. Parlane, S. G. Newell, E. Lander,

and W. E. Schneidt..

6, 1904. CORRESPONDENCE.

We do not necessarily endorse the quinous sprossed by Correspondents in this column.

MR. DYER BALL ON THE ENGLISHMAN.

To THE BOTOX OF THE "Hongkong Ileana" SI-It was with much interest that I read an account of Mr. Dyer Ball's lecture at the Y, M. C. A on Sunday evening; and was parti The Secretary having read the notice calling cularly struck by the pains to which he went to the meeting, a

belittle those of his own race, and the general The Chairman said:-Gentlemnes,-ake re-pro-Chinese tone of his discourse. The one is port and statement of accounts which, with your pictured as a blustering, overbearing, ti mant permission, I will take as rend, have been in and the other as a meck, patient, and down your hands for the past two weeks, and will, I trodden individual. Now do you know, Mr.

Ball, I always thought England was the most

conciliatory rather than aggressive policy, com successful colonising country in existence, and that ber success was mainly attributable to her bined with a marked sense of impartial justice and that the Colony of Hongkong in particular was one of the most brilliant examples of that policy?

Englishman may strike a man, but, except in very rare instances, is not given to kicking people to death.

So far as these sante ill-treated persons having more brains than themselves," it is h moot point. Possibly they are there, but they lia in most instances dormant, or are parverted Juto pernicious channels

With regard to Mr. Ball's assertion that the to colder countries, scientists do not bear him European owes his whiter skin to hia residence

will ever remain 10. Possibly M out. The two races are quite dissimilar, ande contend that the Chiness may attribute their. Mr. Ball will

the same cause! decidedly unclassical cast countenance to

50 far as more friendly relations between the two races being possible is oncemed, the Chinaman must overcoma his prejudice against

bostile spirit to the European, and it is to be foreigners and all things foreign are this can come about. He has always shown a feared will never overcome his deep-rooted alagonism to all things which augur reform ~] am, &c.

Hongkong, Bth December.

ALBION

ACTION AGAINST THE HONG- AKONG HOTEL

A fact of which Mr. Dyer Ball must be fully cognisant, (I am aware that the lecturer was dealing with European influence in the broad sense; but as he on more than one occasion directly cites cases which involve Englishmen, and as they are the preponderating influence in the Far East, it is of no utility to get behind At the Civil Summary Court this morning, the screen of "European") is that Englishmen before the Faisne Judge (Wr. T. Sercombe do not leave their native land and come out to Smith), Dr. E. J. Howley, in the employ of China with the intention of hiring a senti-Messrs. Butterfield and Swire, in connection but solely with commercial mental influence over the pulation with the South African coolie traffic sued the": ception of the salaried missiout whom for the recovery of $4.50, being the value of an th the ex proprietors of the Hongkong Hotel Co., Ltd.

cidedly resent the notion of regarded as fendants. more later. The majority i would de- umbrella, lost while in the custody of the de their "brother's keeper," a birden which. Mr. Ball would impose on them. The reason

anticipate, have been received by you with some premium income is slightly in advance of that lutis gratification. It will be noticed that our of last year, and that the out-turn of the year's perations leaves a substantial balance to the drefit of working account, which, after making Sale provision for all outstanding liabilities and the declaration of our usual bonus to contribu- tors, enables us to recommend the transfer of $50coo to the reserve fand, and the payment of an increased dividend. You will remember our unfortunate experience of six years ago, when to help out a bad year we had to withdraw Kuropatkin has requested the Tzar to send the your directors, through the successive oc Sr. Petersburg telegram states that General $teo,000 from our reserve fund. Since then officers of the Imperial Guard to the front.cupants of this chair, have appealed to your The matter has been referred to the Grand patience in the matter of dividend until such Duke Vladimir for decision.

ume as our liquid reserves should be placed A CHINAMAN was sent to an aggregate of fil replaced in reserve. To the statement now upon a sure basis, and that $100,000 could be teen months hard labour, and eighteen hours before you the signs are not wanting in the stocks by Mr. Hazeland yesterday, on that the patience and forbearance exer three charges of housebreaking at East Point, cised by you are to have their reward. This Central and West Point, on Saturday night. year we feel fully justified in recommend: Ay immens pig; weighing over four hundred. ing the replacing in reserve of ball the amount catties, was slaughtered at Penang the other referred to, and if present indications of the Bir. Ball gives for desiring to saddle them with ground of principle, the Hotel Co. having de night. Some idea of the size of the animat may be gathered from the fact that seven

Mr. P. W. Goldring was for the plaintiff, and said that his client brought the action on the

nied any liability.

current year's working can be depended upon, this responsibility is that "they know how Plaintiff was called, and said that in the mid-

coolies failed to lift it on to the books in the remainder next year, 11 may be thought that, copies him." This argument scarcely holds dle of October last lie was a guest of the Hotel.

cooling room.

THE worst storm since the American occupa tion of Jalo caused a loss of probably $30,000 American money there on the 30th October. The major portion of this is divided between.

business with the Sulus.

we have great hope of being able to replace the on the figures before you, we could-without Any great strain-have paid a $5 dividend this year. That is quite true, but your directors are of opinion that they are best conserving the interests of shareholders in not paying away in dividends more than is represented by the

younger, looks up to his elder brother and good as between the Europeans and the Chi nese. I was under the impression that the last-named suce were proud and tenacious of their antiquity, their traditions, and their cus toms, and would be far more inclined to regard the man from the West as the younger and more him as a menter, and "take their cue" from him.

Going in to tiffin one day, he placed his bat and umbrella on the stand nutside the "din ing room. On finishing he found both had dis- appeared, but on inquiring at the office found that the watchman had brought them there. He took his hat, but it being a very fine day him, until the following morning On-the- following day when he went to the office for applied to the company, to refund the price of the umbrella, it was not to be found. He the same, but after some correspondence they

twenty Chinese traders who did a considerable interest earnings, until the reserve fand has inexperienced" brother" mther than accept he asked the clerk to keep the umbrella for

been brought up to its former level, The con- sideration of further augmenting the dividend

good work of missionaries and their exampl." Mr. Dyer Ball is able to "recognise the I am afraid he will have some difficulty in per

photograph of the portrait by Miss Carl to each intended to float loans at home and abroad. question which should demand equal, if not suading the majority of laymen of British na-1 refused to do so, a

Legation.

THE Medical College in Peking is sending eight sundents abroad to study medicine for seven years.

THE Chinese Government has failed in the may then be justified, although in the true in- attempt to establish a Government Bank, owing terests of the company the further augmenting a financial difficulties. It is therefore now of the company's reserves is, beyond doubt, a

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the greater, consideration. Increasing reserves French Minister at Peking has informed the not only afford greater security to the insuring tionality in the Enst to regard these good folk Foreign Department that French capitalists public, but they justify and enable the pro

as anything but sowers ofdiscord and hindrances would be willing to take charge of the issue.secution of a, larger business resulting, we

to the expansion of trade. The day has long since would hope, in ever-increasing profits, and gone by when preachers of the Gospel went

Mr. H. Haynes, manager of the Hotel, said October to and November, Messrs, Butterfield the plaintiff stayed at the Lotel from the and and Swire paying his bill weekly at daily rates.

[35 GENERAL. Kuropatkin is again trying to work THE foundation stone of the new Church in shareholders also directly reap the benefitforth "with neither purse nor scrip." Anyway The first he heard of the loss was on the 7th round General Kuroki's right, and cut him off Kowloon, which Sir Paul Chater is erecting as the increasing interest earnings permitti such a fashion is not in vogue in China at November. It was not the custom for guests

from Liaoyang.

a gift to the Colony, will be laid on Tuesday,

13th inst., at 4 p.m. The service will be con-

day. It is common knowledge that to leave umbrellas in the office, though some- bikin his county have been mainly times it was done. All valuables were taken

MR. Miller, U.S. Consul-General at New. ducted by the Bishop of Victoria, who will lay by the largest and most prosperous insurance caused through these missionaries, to the exist charge of by witness and deposited in the office

chwang, left Nagasaki for home by the Afongo- the stone, and the Clergy of the Colony. The lia on the asth ult

It is stated that General Dessino, the Russian Military Agent at Shanghai, has been trying to buy the Universal Gacette,

MR. T. Ferguson has been appointed Acting Gommissioner of Customs at Tientsin during Mr. Detring's absence on leave.

THE s.s. Cranley, on her return voyage firm Durban, passed Singapore on Saturday, and is expected here on Thursday next.

A EUROPEAN nurse aged 22, attached to the Russian army on the Shabo, walked into the

members of the Cathedral Choir have also expressed their willingness to attend and give their help in the service. All who may wish to attend are invited to do so.

policy which you are well aware is followed payment of increasing dividends. This

companies of the present day. The amount which you will notice has been written off our down to a book value of £86, which we con- investment in consols, brings that investment sider a safe point. Messis, Palmer & Turner's valuation report on the properties under mort. gage to the company, shows that our ad- vances under this heading are amply secured, Although it is not a matter which is really connected with the report and accounts now before you, your directors desire to intimate to you that they have followed what is now an almost universal custom in sanctioning, as from the commencement of the current finan.

ing rivalries between the two Churches and their branches, and to the means adopted to

grievance he is always ready to meet him on the man of commerce that "John" has any proselytize the "heathen." It is not against

a business fooling; but the "younger brother, who was civilised when his "elder brother"

ed-and not without reason-objection to be was yet in his primitive condition, has a decid called upon to abandon the religion of his an- it is open to question whether we should not be cestors. Missionaries may do good work, but better without them.

Mr. Ball is of opinion that, from seeing a few instances where Europeans have shown a lack

sale.

After the evidence of an Indian clerk in the office,.

His Honour gave judgment for the plaintiff with the costs of the writ,

THE WEATHER.

The following report is from Mr. J. I. Plum» mer, Chief Assistant of the Hongkong Obser- valory :-

SPIRIT MERCHANTS;\ japanese lines on the 15th ult. It appeared merly requested by the British Minister a company's staff throughout the service, which tire race must be cast in the same mould. Now valley..

HONGKONG.

SANDEMAN'S & CO.'S

PORTS.

per doz

in Japan, and she could not bear to be separat- ed from bit long.

barometer

A PEKING wire of 23rd ult. reports that the French Minister at Peking has applied to the Chinese Government for permission to enlarge the French concession at Kuangchao bay in compliance with the agreement signed between France and China in 1899. He has further asked the Chinese authorities to allow France to construct a railway between Kuangchao bay

On-the 6th at ri.go am. The and Kinlung. A concession for a railway becial year, the initiation of a provident fund for

has risen in Japan and fallen at all other sta tween these places is stated to bave been for the benefit of the European members of the of morality, the Chinese conclude that the en- tions, but more particularly in the Yangtse

that her lover, a Russian officer, is a prisoner News suggests that the proposed French rail. provision for the future, and with which they treaty ports, which Mr. Ball citea as an exam-China and the NE, monsoon is interrupted at Peking. A correspondent in the W. C. D. they consider ns perhaps in the long run a wise the overage Chinamo-especially those in the

Gradients are very slight upon the coasts of way should probably be from Kuangchou. (Can hope and believe shareholders will be in full ple-is not lacking in common-sense, and may present in the Formosa Channel, where light ton) to Kinlung (Kowloon), which, he says, is accord. Before formally moving the adaption be trusted to form a just opinion on that head.

variable winds will prevail. Moderate N.E. "interesting if true."

of the report and balance sheet, I shall being. If such were not the case-which it as- glad to give, to the best of my ability, any suredly is not-it would indeed be "very sad," the China Sea.

monsoon will continue in the northern part of further information that may be desired.

Mr. Ball deplores the fact that, just when the Mr. Ross-Taylor, in second-ng, said it had Chinese in Canton "were beginning to, know custom to declare a four-da Har when it was Sunday because the river steamers dividend, but the Directors in deciding to in- did not arrive on that day," some iniquitous crease the same after having placed the sub-ship-owners threw them back into their original THE following European telegram has been stantial sum of $50,000 to reserve food felt state of darkness by commencing to run them received by the Tokin Foreign Department confident not only in maintaining the position again. Very wrong, no doubt, but not a whit The German newspapers publish several ac they had now attained, but also that there was every prospect that the bad times had come to port city of any size throughout the world, saw. According to these it is a daily occur- worse than is to be seen in any civilized sea- counts of disturbances in the district of War- an end, and a steady advance was about to And yet at home the clergy-even Bishops-rence for residents of good position to heat- ensue. He was quite sure they would all join make it a general practice to travel by rail and tacked and wounded on the road, as many a9 with him in congratulating their secretary, Mr. boat in discharge of their duties on a Sunday, 6,000 labourers having armed themselves with ward in a long series of steps had been made amaze at such an act. Whittall, for since he had come one step for- and no one so much as raises an eyebrow in and they would all be ready for what they ali expected to get.

The resolution was then put to the meeting and carried unanimously.

CERTAIN Southern merchants have obtained permission to work the coal mines at Ichow in the Western Hills, where the coal is said to be. just as good as the Tongshan coal. The head office will be at Paotingfu, and the working capital is Tls. 100,000.!

A PAWNBROKER

AND HIS RESPONSIBILITIES.

"1 wear a moustache because my father is a Mandarin," said Cheong Kwong Yan, in reply THE death is announced of Mr. John Henry to a question from Mr. Looker, in a case before Cohen, articled clerk to Mr. J. A. Shearwood, Mr. Hazeland this afternoon, in which he barrister, Penang. The deceased, at the re-charged a pawnbroker of No. 1 East Street quest of his father, Mr. M. Cohen who is a tim- with breach of trust in sespect of a diamond ber-merchant and tin-miner in Bangkok, join-ring, valued $1,100, which he pawned with quarts. ed Mr. Shearwood three years ago.

the accused in April last for $219, but which $20.00 THE following is the return of visitors to the redeem it. He was put off on several occasions, he was unable to recover when he went to City Hall Library and Museum for the week

on various pretexts, and finally, in the middle ending the 4th December, 1901-

of October, was told that the ring was lost, Library Museum The pawnbroker produced a smaller ring and

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tried to persuade him that it was his. Evidence 88 1,167 was given bearing out the above allegations, Total...... 264

and for the defence Detective Inspector Muri- 1,216

son testified that on the 6th of October he at MUCH concern was felt amongst his friends rested a foki of defendants' shop, in whose and comrades when it was learned that Inspec-possession he found clothing and pawn tickets tor Williamson, of Aberdeen station, had dad of the aggregate value of $540. The foki was

Sandeman's Invalid Port...

Sandeman's Two Crown Part...

CA

21.00

Sandeman's Fruity Old Port

Sandeman's Five Diamonds Port...

32.00

Sandeman's Very Crusty Old Port...

22.00

42.00

N.B.-All our Wines and Spirits are bottled at

home, thereby ensuring to our Customers

all the advantages accruing from bottling dune at home under the direct supervision

Non Chinese......................................... Chinese.....

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been the

THE DIRECTORATE,

Then he goes on to say "they had their ten before the heathen." Mr. Ball does not appear commandments, and they were broken right

to have a very estimable opinion of his fellow- countrymen when he talks in this strain. Let Mr. Newall proposed the re-appointment of him just run through the ten, and he will sea Mr. A. Haupt as director for the coming year, that the spectacle of all ten being broken Captain Goddard seconded and the motion "right before the heathen" would indeed be an was agreed to.

edifying one. This is certainly a gross libel Mr. R. C. Wilcox moved, and Mr. J. Orange on the English-speaking race. And then, if Raymond and E. Ormiston on the Board of tolled missionaries be better employed in Directors, which was agreed to nem con.

a paralytic stroke, dowe his entire left side. / placed before Mr. Gompertz, and the clothing seconded, the re-election of Messrs. A, J. such were the case, would not the much-ex-

rendering his limbs'useless. He was removed to the Government Civil Hospital, where from inquiries made this morning, it was learned that he was in the same condition.

On Sunday afternoon, about four o'clock, the salt junk Wing Shing, lying at Yaumati, was about to proceed to sea, and had her on- chor up, when one of the folls on board, in hauling up the sail, was suddenly caught by the of the Growers and Distillers as compared sail as it bellied out in the wind, and knocked

to bottling done in China by Chinamen over board. Ho immediately sank, and was not seen again. His body has not been recovered.

at the service of Europeaà Firms. Hongkong, 6th December, igni

NOTICE.

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identified by the defendant in the present suit, as his firm's goods. That case was remanded, as it was alleged that another foki connected with the larceny had absconded and they had not been able to discover what he had stolen. The pawnbroker was granted a week to ex- amine his stock and find out what had actually been stolen. During that week witness called at the shop, and was told by a man there that propeny valued at $1,500 had been stolen, In. cluding three diamond rings. Those rings were not recovered, and the job was convicted.

His Worship said he would like to go through

AUDITORS.

Jeffries, were unanimously re-elected on the The Auditors,-Messrs. T. Arnold and H. U.

proposition of Mr. G. T. Veitch seconded by

Mr. W. Parlane,

Chairman stating that dividend warrants would This brought the meeting to a close, the

be obtainable to-morrow.

Mr. Looker submitted that the ring in question ACCORDING to a report received by an officer had been "stolen, last, embezzled, or otherwise at Vienna from St. Petersburg, the Commander THE North Borneo Trading Company is improperly disposed of“

of the Baltic Squadron, has been ordered to doing a brisk business in sleepers just now,

attempt the rescue of Fort Artbur from the sea then by giving employment to a considerable the evidence, and the case was then remanded side as soon as possible. All the vessels are number of Chinese. The sleepers are of com- to the 14th inst., at 2.15 p.m. 17:

to assemble near Madagascar, or off a certain phor wood, and are being shipped to 'Hong- Mr. Looker, of Messrs. Deacon Looker and Dutch island and to proceed thence to Chinese Mr. Woodin is local manager in Deacon, appeared for the prosecution, and Mr.walere by the shortest route. If Port Arthur succession to Mr. Cosulich, who left for Europe E. J. Grist, of Messrs. Wilkinson and Grist, falls before the arrival of the Squadron there, [1370 some time ago, says the North Borneq dffraid, for the defence,

It will at once return,➡Mainichi,

00 CHEONG, of No. 30, Pottinger Bert, has to ways on hand FIRST-CLASS WRITING AND PRINTING PAPERS, AND STATIONERY of every variety, Hongkong, 24th November, 1904.

kong.

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rectifying the morals of their fellow countrymen rather than in creating dissension among the kong in particular-it is a lamentable fact that natives? At present-and I speak of Hong- unless a young fellow fresh out from Hame seeks the clergy himself, they will never seek him,

Mr. Ball takes occasion to go back a matter of 57 years to instance a case of a party of Englishmen being murdered-out and out,” Mr. Ball, please, spite of your attempt to gloss the maiter over for striking a village elder. But never a word does he say about the gross outrages that have been perpetrated upon the defenceless women and children of the white race by the Chinese.

It is also another gross libel to say that there are continually cases of Chinese who bap pened to have enlarged spicen or other maladies succumbing to kicka from Englishman," An

Forecast-Moderate NE, to E winds, cloudy, fair,

pistols. The police are very often obliged to release the offenders whom they have arrested owing to the prisons being too full to receiva

orities, clarousing for means of support to be them. At famait over one thousand wives of Reservists mobbed the office of the local auth

accorded to themselves and their families. The

women in order to quell the disturbance.. authorities were obliged to make gran

grants to the

SHIPPING AND MAILS.

MAILS DUE,

Indian (Kunsang) 7th inst. German (Preussen) Bih inst. German (Seydlits) 8th inst. American (Doric) 8th inst.

American (Manchuria) 17th inst Canadian (Empress of China) 19th inst

The O. & Ú, S. S. Co.'ss. Doric with mails, &c., left Nagasaki on due at Manila to-morrow morning.

3rd inst, at 7 aim, and is

The T. K. K. Cola 1.5. America Maru has. been withdrawn from the Transpacific service by order of the Japanese Government.

The H. A. L. 13. Ambria from Hamburg left Singapore for this post on 6th inst., amy and may be expected here on 13th inst; # 12,