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intimation.

STILL LEADING." WATSON'S

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LIQUEUR SCOTCH

A. S.

WHISKY.

$15 per case.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11 1906.

tion of the line. Mr. Kwong arrived in Can- ton last month; but matters Have, unfortun ately for the Company, 'not brez proceeding too smoothly between the Directorate and the Engineer-in-Chief. As Chinese teclinical experts in railway building are not to be had for the asking, the position as assistant superintending engineer has been going abegging. Apparently unmindful of the ob- ligations towards the Hongkong Government, the Company has had recourse, in the first instance, to an American subject to fit the position as assistant under the En gineer-in-Chief. The directors addressed a telegraphic inquiry to the prospective nominee, Mr. Smith, to ascertain the terms upon which he would be willing to place his services at the disposal of the Company. The terms attributed to Mr. Smith will be Icaint from another column, 'with which it is beyond our province to deal. The flagrant breach of the agreement under which Hongkong made the redemption loan to the Hu Kwang Viceroy is of immediate concem to the Colony; It remains to be seth what steps the British Government is likely to take in the event of the American engineer being appointed to the assistant- ship to the Engineer in Chief. Sir Matthew Nathan has shown a predilection, so to speak, for the question of railway enterprises

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIÉS.

POLICE.

'A sum of five thousand dollars in aid of the

REPAIRS TO "HYGEIA," A sum of five thousand-eight hundred and forty-six dollars in aid of the vote, Medicat Departments-Oller Charges, for the following items:-

A meeting of the Legislative Council waste, Police and Prison Departments, A.-- held this afternoon. Present: His Excellency Police-Other Charges, repairs of typhoon the Governor, Major Sir Matthew Nathan, damages XCMO, His Exc·llency Colonel Dari lag, a.E. (Commanding the Troops), Honi Mr. T. Sercombe Smith (Colonial Secretary Hon. Sir H. Spencer. Berkeley, & C., (Automey General), Don, Mr. A. M. Thomron (Colonial Treasurer), Hon. Captain F. f. Dadeley (Cap tain Superintendent of Police), Hon. Mr. W. Chatham (Director of Public Works), Ilon. Mr. A. W. Brawin, Registrar General, Hon. Mr. E. A. Hewett, Elon. Dr. Ho Kai, M.B., c... Hon. Mr. Wei Yuk, Hon. Mr. W. J. Gressen, and Mr. A. G. M. Fletcher (Clerk of Council).

ABSENT.

Hon. Mr. H. E. Pollock, K.C., and Hon. Mr. Edward Osborne.

MINUTES. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed.

THE LATE CAPTAIN BARNES:LAWRENCE, His Excellency, addressing the Council, said that the constitution of this assembly, and the conditions of life in this Colony were such that we were frequently called upon to regret the departure of members and others. Often they but would return; but it was seldom they were called upon to see them go to their last resting place. Since the last meeting of this Council they had had to deplore the un- timely death of the Hon. Captain Barnes Law.

A-Staff: Health Officer of Port, repairs of steam launch Sybil, $973.

-Hospitals and Asylums: Hospitals. Hospital bulk fyret of /fzgels, 4,873; Total $5,846.

Infectious Repairs

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY, A sum of one hundred dollars in aid of the vate, Charitable Allowances, Society of St.

Vincent de Paul.

This was all the business.

THE FUBT-HAN RAILWAY.

CHAIRMAN RESIGNS.

(From a Coirespondent]

were men going home on well earned leave, Railway Co., Ld., has sent a déspátch to 11.E.

Canton, Ioth October. The Secretary of the Mercantile Administra tion of the Kwangtung section ofte to the Viceroy Shum to the effect that the Chairman and Vice-Chairman have tendered the resigna tions of their respective positions, Mr. Wong King Tong, the Vice-Chairman, st the same time requesting the Board of Directors to elect another man at as early a date as possible. relieve him. To this H.F. Viceroy Shuni re-

VCANTON-BANKOW RAILWAY,

Y

FOREIGN ASSISTANT ENGINEER.

AMERICAN CONSTRUCTOR'S TERMS.

[From Our Own Correspondent.]

Canton, Toth October, The Yuel-ban Railway Co.-received a reply to the telegram which they despatched to the Americàs engineer, named Smith, asking him on what ternis he le willing to give his services to the Company, as assistant chief engineer. He replies that he is willing to come to Cau- ton, on the understanding that he be employed by the company for at least five years at the salary of $25,000 gokl per annum, which equals $50,000 per annum local currency. "The Pis sident, Mr. Chang To Chai, will consult with

TELEGRAMS.

"HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.?!.

SERVICE.

امید

MANCHURIAN CURRENCY.

UNIFORMITY DESIRED,

{ From Our Own Correspondent.]

Shanghai, 11th October,

3.20 p.m.

With a view of securing uniformity

of currency in Manchuria, it is pro-

Mr. Kwong, the chief engineer, on the matter.posed that the silver mints of the three Eastern Provinces shall be 'concentrated at Mukdon.

JUNKS IN COLLISION; * L

'SUIT FOR DAMAGES.

At the Supreme Court this morning, before his Honour Mr. A. G. Wise, Puisne Judge, presiding in Summary Jurisdiction, Yuk Leung, owner of junk No, 298, sued Fung Lau, master of another junk, for recovery of the sum of $224, being the amount of loss and damage sustained by plaintiff by reason of defendant's junk having rub into plaintiff's and caused the damage, and also for damages for detention of the plaintiff's junk, for the purpose of repairs,

In Canton.

Mr. Quto kong Sing appeared for the plain- tiff, Mr. R. Gardiner, of Mr. O. D. Thomson's office, representing the defendant, .

**[Straits Times.]

Motor Accident in Spain.

London, 4th October. -----

while maloring to Lagranja to see King

Spanish Ministers of Marine and Finance." Alphonso, met with an accident. The car overturned and the Ministers and a General were pinned underneath it. hurled several yards.

The chauffeur and Aide-de-Camp were

The Boundary Question..

At Cairo the Turco Egyptian Commissioners have signed the boundary agreement, which

to a point three miles west of Akabah, the only....... deviation being a small concession to Turkey near Akabah.

ia Southern China, and it is not to be im-rence; an efficient, capable officer, and a noble, kimi-hearted and honourable gentleman, (bear, agined. that he will consent to the stipula-hear), who had fallen a victim to his zeal for plied that the Company cannot well spare Mr. tions of a compact of which he is one of the the care of the interests of the Harbour and the Chan To Choi, the chairman, and the resignaihe owner of registered junk 293, On the declares practically a straight line from Rafah contracting parties to be so easily over-rid-shipping community in general, in the distress den on the part of the other party to the following the typhoon of the 18th ult. He was engagement. Mr. Consul-General Mansfield sure that the sympathy of the whole of the hon. has, probably, by now been in communica. members of the Council were with the widow tion with Sir John Jordan in Peking on the

and daughters of the late lamented member, (Hear, hear.) subject,

LOCAL AND GENERAL,

„Two grass cutters were ned $z each, by Mr. F. A. Bazeland, at the Police Court, 10-day, fol trespassing on Crown land, at Cheung-sha-wat, yesterday,

OWING to pressure on our space this evening the account of the "Typhoon Relief Fund *Entertainment,” which, we may say, was a pronounced success, is unavoidably held over till to-morrow.

FINANCIAL MINUTES.

The Colonial Secretary laid on the table Financial Minutes Nos..73 to 77, and it was agreed that they be referred to the Finance Committee.

H., E. the Governor said that the vole of one thousand two hundred dollars, asked for in vote No. 73, was to cover the cost of repairing the damage done to the Public Gardens and trees by the typhoon of the 18th ult, but most of the repairs can only be effected by time. Bu the Superintendent of the Butanical and Forestry Dept, had informed him that it would take at least ten, and perhaps fifteen years, before the Public Gardens would took as they did before the disaster. The vote of

WATSON & CO., THIS evening, at the Union Church Literary $49,000 asked for in financial minute No. 74

LIMITED.

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS.

ESTABLISHED A.D., 1841.

·Hongkong, 28th September, 1906.

NOTICE

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Club, Mr. W. H. Williams will lecture on Past and Present Monetary Systems," at 9 p.m. sharp. Mr. W. M. Watson will occupy the Chair and it is hoped there will be a large attendance.

The six-a-side football matches commenced at Happy Valley yesterday afternoon, on the Hongkong Football Club ground. There were only two matches played-Benderson's team wersus that of Ranking, and Kendall's versus Aucott's. The first match resulted in a draw,' there being no scaring done. In the Ken addrowo to The litor, T, Ice Howe Road, and dall-Aucnti game, Aucott's six won by a goal, should be servinganded by the Writer's Name and

which was shot by Mead. Addre Ordinary busino soinuunicationsunutá be witressed

to The Manager, "-",

All communications intended for publication in "The HONGKONG TELEGRAPH" should be

The Editor will nok undertaku to be compensílite for any rejectol MH... nos to return any Contribution.

SUBSCRIPTION RATES (IN ADVANCE), DALT-130 persona

WEEKLY $18 per annum.

tign should not be accepted. As regards Mr. Wong King Tong, the vice-chairman, H. Viceroy Shum thought the Board of Directors might do well to consult the beads of the 72 guilds upon the subject, since they were res ponsible for the election of the vice-chairman,

CHINESE MANDARIN, HELD-UP

GADL PRISONER WANTED FOR MURDER..

Fau Ning, a coplie, who was convicted st

the last Criminal Sessions and sentenced to seven years hard labour for being concerned in an armed robbery, committed some time last month at Chuk Tsun village, dear Sheung shui, New Territory, is now wasted by the Chinese authorities at Canton for murder.

The Viceroy at Canton has applied for his extradition, and as the charge preferred against him by the Chinese authorities is more serious than the one he is now serving time for, his Excellency the Governor, Sir Motthew Nathan,

has approved of extradition proceedings being opened against the prisoner.

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Accordingly Fan Ning and another coolie were brought beforeTM Mia H.-H. J. Gompertz, this forenoon, on a charge of committing mur der within the jurisd ction of China. They denied the charge.

Mr. Otto Kong Sing said that plaintiff was

29h August last he was being towed by the steam launch Kwong Lee, from Wing Lok Street 10 Capsuimun, but they had not proceeded far when defendant's ́judk came up, going north, and crossed plaintiff'i bows-that is, she crossed the bows of the launch which was towing plaintiff's junk. De fendant's junk got clear after crossing, when she suddenly turned about and collided with the plaintiff's junk, striking the latter on the stern quarter, and damaging her to the extent men-

fioned.

Vuk Seong, the owner of junk No. 298, cor- ceeding to give further evidence when his roborated the above statements, and was pro. Honour asked him for his licence.

Ratification Treaty.

A Parliamentary Committee nt Wellington has reported against the rtification treaty with Australia, and the reciprocal preferential treat-

ment.

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Law Conference at Berlin. An International Law Conference which has opened at Bérlin, has occasioned articles in the German Press, in which are reviewedthe Anglo- German relations, and they express the hope that the deliberations of the Conference will be the means of further consolidating the harmon- ious relationship of the two nations.

Vice-Consul Murdered. The Swedish Vice-Consul at Batum has

Witness - I haven't got it here, my Lord, His Honour: Well, it must be produced to identify him-without it, he may be any coolie i been murdered. how can I tell?

Mr. Otto Kong Sing 1 thought he had it

with him, my Lord, I instructed him to bring it. His Honour: How long will this case take ? Mr. Otto Kong Sing: It will take all this morning, my ord.

Mr. Gardiner: And then I shall have to ask for an adjournment. I have two or three wit- nesses I wish to call, but they are at present in Canton.

His Hondür: Well, as the case is not likely

to finish to-day, you (to Mr. Otto Kong Sing) must see that this man produce his licence at the next hearing.

Revolutionists Again.- Revolutionists have wounded the President of a Court-martin) at Askabad, and killed two officers. The judges were badly bruised.

'CANTON DAY BY DAY.

MOKE MONEY FOR THE TYPHOON FUND.

[From Our Own Correspondent.]

Canton, roth October: Tuotai Wen of the Hongkong branch of the Chinese Telegraph" Administration received a telegraphic message from Chau Fu, the bew Viceroy of the two Kwang, ordering him to. advise Viceroy Shum to transfer 5,oca Trèle of the Canton subscription to the Kiangnan Ro

Fund. This amount was duly handed over la lief Fund to the Hongkong Typhoon Relief

the Committee of the Tung Wab Hospital, who at once, telegraphed to His Excellency thank ing him for his kindness.

DAYLIGHT RUBBERY,

was for meeting the cost of repairing the damage to public works, buildings, etc. wrought by the same typhoon. This would include repairs to sea-wafts, roads, buildings, bridges and drains, etc. At the last meeting'd sum of $10,000 was vored making the total to be spent at present $69,000, and on account of The murder was alleged to have been"com the typhoon of the 29th ulte, further damage mitted at Namtao. Some months ago the was done, it was thought that it would be neces-

head mandarin of that place was journeying sary later to ask for a further vote, as he did not on horseback in Lùng-wa-ma-ki-inn, He was think the damage sustained by the Goveroment acc mpanied by his braves." On the way on land and in the shipping would fall at allshort they were

Mr. Otto Kong Sing: Very well, my Lord. held up by seven men.. The of $120,000, This was ten times the amount streets were blocked and five out of the

Witness, continuing his evidence, said that put down in the Estimates for 1907 for repair-seven robbers proceeded to rob the officials,

the defendant's junk after, crossing his bows, went about 40 cheungs and then turned round, ing damage done by typhoons, the figure There was a fight hetween "braves" and rob having been based on the experiences of pre-bers and in the melee one of the "braves" was the launch blew a warning blast on her whistle, and came right at them. Seeing her coming vious years. The sum of $5,000 asked for in shot dead. The mandarin was wounded in

but the defendant came on and ran into wit Financial Minute No. 75 was to cover the cost several places, and one shot which-would have of repairing the damage done to the boats of the proved fatal struck his belt and glanced offness's junk. Immediately after the collision Police Department, for refloating the launch Fan Ning, who was well-known at Namiao, witness sent a dinghy to the defendant's junk which went aground; for raising the launch

was said to, have been one of the robbers asking defendant to come on board and inspect

the damage, which was abore watermark, and Yesterday afternoon, al 3 o'clock, another rob- which sank, and to cover the necessary outlay in After the "breve "was killed the robbers left the latter did so and an inspection was made. bery was committed here. The scene of the out- Then they went on to Sham-shui-po. Witness's rago was at Wah Ning Street, outside the city, days immediately subsequent to the typhoons. Then followed the armed robbery, in the

junk was still being towed, and defendant's fol. at the house of a man surnamed Lui. Seven Financial minute No. 76 asked for a vole for New Territory and I an Ning was captured,

lowed, and they all anchored off Sham-shui-po. or eight robbers entered the house and pre. 55,846. This was required to meet the cost of

Soon after his arrest a fight occurred at

Witness then asked defendant to pay for the sented revolvers at the occupants. Lui resist- repairs to the Hospital-ship Hygein, the launch Yaumati and one of the combatants was of the Medical Officer of Health, and other arrested, and at the Police Court was fined $5 him he had better bring an oction for its re- powered by one of the miscreants striking him damage done to his junk, when the latter tolded them for a time,, but eventually was over- boats of the Medical Department. The sum for creating a disturbance in the street. Ic THE case against George Street, a warder in the of Stoo asked for in Minute No. 77 was neces- had no money to pay his fine and went to gao!. to the Harbour Master. He was delayed for lunately a maid servant, who was on the roof at

covery, Witness then reported the occurrence on the head with the butt of a revolver. For Victoria Gaol, who is 1eing charged with the manslaughter of Wu Luk, a prisoner in the de l'aul, and the present vote was necessitated the men who were concerned in the Namta

sary for payment to the Society of St. Vincent Word reached the Canton authorities that two of four days, trying to get defendant to come to the time, raised the alarm and the robbers de

Police Court, this foren on. Mr. H. H claim its allowance last year, and now asks accompanied by several witnesses, arrived in Gompertz committed the defendant to stand that it may be paid now, together with this the Colony and they identified, Fas Ning and his trial at the next Criminal Sessions. Bail

year's 'allowance. This method of letting the other man-the one, who was fined $5 for was allowed in the sum of $500. Mr. F. B. L.

these allowances: un on, and the claiming fighting-as being concerned in the murder. Bowley, Crown Solicitor, of Messrs. Dennys two in one year caused a good deal of incon. The negotiations for their extradition were and Bowley, prosecuted on behalf of the venience, and, I is Excellency added, he had then started. Crown, and Mr. E. J. Grist, of Messrs. Wilkin- taken steps to provide against, its occurring son and Grist, represented the prisoner.

again.

THE annual general meeting of the Hongkong Branch of the Royal-Sanitary Institute was held in the rooms of the Institute, No. 9, Beaconsfield Arcade, on Wednesday evening last. There was a fair attendance of members, and the following office bearers were elected,

Cugh. Treasurer: Mr. P. T. Lambie. Secre tary: Mr. E. Ralphs, Committee of Manage.

Mr. Hemmings and Mr. A. P. Samy, ment: Mr. P. N. H. Jones, Dr. Francis Clark,

The rates per quarter and por moasem, proportions for the session 1907-Chairman: Mr. A. H. hire for boats for the use of the Police during the the village and was not heard of for some time.

The daliy inson is delivered frou when the wildren in acomible to ewanger. 'On copies sont by post an additional $1.80 per quarter is charged for postage. The postage on the wookly imao to any part of the

world in 80 cenia per quarter. Slogie Copies Daily, ten cotite: Weekly, twenty.

five cents.

The Hongkong Telegraph

HONGKONG, Thursday, OCTOBER 11, 1905,

CANTON-HANKOW RAILWAY.

gaol, on the zath ultimo, was concluded at the owing to the fact that the Society did not der murder were in Hongkong and an official terms and arrange about the payment of the camped without any success. The house is

It is now two months since that we published the protest lodged by H. M.

MR. H. H.J. Gompertz sitting as Coroner and Consul General at Canton, on behalf of the a jury held an inquiry at the Magistracy this Government of Hongkong, against the pro-afternoon into the circumstances touching the posed appointment of a Belgian engineer to death of Tsang Fuk, alias Teang Sin, whose upervise and conduct the completion of the death took place yesterday in the Victoria Gast trunk line. The Viceroy's reply was "that Hospital. The deceased was a prisoner in the the Canton-Hankow Railway haying received Imperial sanction to be under mercantile management, the employment of men and the management of all money affairs are all under the merchants, As to the Railway Company employing engineers, the power

goul, and was undergoing a term of one year's imprisonment for returning from banishment. e was twenty-six years of age, and was sent to gaol on the 11th August lasi. Dr. W. Moore, of the gaol hospital, who held a post-mortem examination on the body, was of opinion that

death was due to exhaustion fróm psoas abscess

caused by tuberculosis caties of the spine.

LAW OF EVIDENCE.

The Attorney General moved the second of the Bill entitled An Ordinance to amend the law of Evidence.

The Colonial Secretary seconded and the Bil, having been read a second time, was taken through the subsequent stages and passed into

law.

MERCHANT SHIPPING,

Consideration of the Bill entitled An Ordi- nance further to amend the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, and for other purposes, was postponed,

OPIUM. |

The case was adjourned.

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BANGKUK FIRE BRIGADE,

FORMATION OF VOLUNTEER CORPS.

We are gald to be able to say that the pro- posal to form a Volunteer Fire Brigade in Bangkok is at last taking practical form. The

idea has, of course, been discussed occasionally these many years after a big fire, and then quietly forgotten till the next one. But in April last, when the suggestion had been revived after the big blaze in Sempeng, a very fair number of Europeans took the trouble to announce through our columns their willing ness to enroll themselves as active members of the Brigade. The opinion was generally ex pressed that there would be no difficulty in necessary funds, but no one felt

the

is vested in the Company; the Viceroy The jury returned a verdict of death from seconded by the Colonial Secretary, the Bilira upon to take this first step and call a

has nothing to do with it; therefore, the natural causes." Viceroy requests that the above facts may be communicated to the Governor of Hong. kong." The attitude maintained, by Sir

Do the motion of the Attorney General,

entitled Ao Ordinance to amend The Prepared Opium Ordinance, 1891, was read a third time meeting. Now at last an important preli- minary step is being taken. Firms are being and passed.

asked to say what they are prepareer subscribe towards starting a proper

damage.

His Honour: Where were you? Witness; At Sham-shui-po, my Lord.

for that. You knew the number of the junk.

His Honour: Well, you can't claim anything

which bad run into you, and so knew that it was registered here and could be easily traced, and you could get hold of her at any moment. You could have gone on to Canton at once instead of wasting four ways doing nothing at Sham-shui-po. Where was the junk repaired eventually?

"

Witness: At Canton. His Honour: There you are, you see ; you wasted four days for nothing. Who paid for the repairs?

Witness: I did, my Lord.

1'is Honour: Have you the accounts ? Witness: No, they are not paid, His Honour: You have just this minute said you had paid them-what do you mean?

Witness: I have that defendant has not paid mom, but I'mean

me..

situated in close proximity to a Police Station and it is quite a mystery how this affair could have happened in broad daylight.

RAUB CRUSHING.

Messrs. E. S, Kadoorie & Co. kindly inform us that they are in receipt of telegraphic .nd- vices from Singapore advising them that the crushing for the past four weeks of the Raud Australian Gold Mining Co., Ltd., is 882 oz. smelted gold from 5,442 tons ore.

ARTS AND CRAFTS EXHIBITION.

Intending exbibitors are requested to communicate, ne a general ule, with the soperintendents of the different classes. The secretary will be at the City Hall daily-except Saturdays and Sundays-from 3 to 5 p.m. to......

offer any assistance and advice. The address- His Honour: Well, let's look at the accounts." Witness produced accounts showing payment ing of too many letters to the secretary which in tacis of the equivalent of $214 for repairs should really be dealt with by those in charge to junk 298, At Canton, in September last. of sections is throwing rather more-work on Continuing, witness said he had been this official than be can manage. The various navigating for nine years, and he knew the rule sections should be self-contained and self- of the road and the Harbour regulations. collision did take place between the two junks,

For the defence it was admitted that a controlled to prevent misunderstanding.

The Council then adjourned till Thursgade. When this has been ascertained, but they contended that the launch towing |

the 18th inst.

FINANCE COMMITTEE.

A meeting of the Finance Committee was held immediately after the meeting of Council, the Colonial Secretary presiding....

the idea is to call a meeting of those, ia plaintiff's junk was to blame, by reason of her terested, and that meeting will then be in a contributory negligence, in not keeping out of position to get to business at once. Necessarily the way, and she ought, therefore, to have been there will be many ready to argue that such a

made a co-defendant.

Plaintiff, recalled, said that on account of his proposal is futile and to prophesy failure. But Bangkok is in need of increased protection

Mr. Gardiner: Could you not have gone quicker?

It was unanimously agreed that the following from lire, as is evidenced by the face that the lote position he could not alter his course.

votes be recommended for adoption by the|from this cause in the present year already Council.

Cuas Un Yau, a native of Namhoi, was arraigned before Mr. H. H. J. Gompertz, at the Police Court this morning, ùn a charge of Matthew Nathan was that under the terms

'street snatching. Detective-sergeant Murison of the British loan by which China was prosecuted. Defendant denied the charge of enabled to secure the redemption of the snatching, but stated that the person who Cantón Hankow Railway from foreign con- snatched the gold hairpin from the woman cessionaires, China has agreed that, in the gave it to him, before his escape. The com event of foreigners being called in to give plainant who is a widow, residing in Po Yan the benefit of their advice, she will recognise last night when someone rushed up behind her, Street, had just left, the Chung Hing theatre Great Britain's claim to first consideration. grabbed the gold hairpin which she had in- In other words,, that no foreigner will be her hair, and which she valued at $10, and A sum of one thousand two hundred dollars appointed unless it be found that no boked. She raised an alarm and the defend in aid of the vote, Botanical and Forestry De Englishman is prepared to offer his services ant was captured by the crowd. Sergeant partment-Other charges, repairs of typhoon

Murison said that accused had a previous con- damaget. or is of sufficient ability to fill the post.viction, and his Worship passed sentence of Following the protest the railroad company six weeks! hard labour, six hours' stocks and A sum of forty-nine thousand dollars in aid succeeded in obtaining the services of a to receive twelve strokes with the birch. He of the vote, Public Works Extraordinary, ty Chinese engineer to supervise the construc- will also be banished.

phoon damages.

TYPHOON DAMAGES....

FO-H TRY WORK.

PUBLIC WORKS..

Witoets: How could I go quicker, when I was already going full speed, with a full pressure of steam??

amounts to upwards of four million ticals. And if little can be done too often, on account of the scarcity of water, that does not alter the

This witness caused some amusement when, of most useful work. Moreover, the latest of fact that the existing Brigades do a great deal

on being shown a chart, ho" was "töld" to show these brigades, that raised by the Siam where Capsuimun was, he gazed vacantly round Electricity Co., bas came to the front in quite the Court-room, and then suddenly waving hit a remarkable way and has won the respect of aross in a way to embrace half the points in all engaged in extinguishing fires here. There the compass, he said "Ob, Capsuimun is over he doubted that the proposed Volunteer Brigade East to South West!

the result of efficient training, and it cannot there There belog anywhere from North would show an example in efficiency and The Court then adjourned the case till to: thoroughnasi.-Barghoh Timer.

morrow at to m

SHIPPING AND MAILS.

NAILS DUE. Canadian Tarlar) #yth inst.' American (Amirica Marsi) 14th inst.

· French (Australien) 15th inst. Indian (Namsang) 16th inst, American (Siberia) 20th inst. Canadian (Empress of India) 21st fast; German (Willebad) aznd inst:

The ss. Lowther Castle arrived at New York on 3rd inst.

The Silk per 45. Minnesota shipped from Hongkong on 7th ult, arrived at New York on 9th inst

The C. P; R. Co's sis. Tarlar arrived at Sbangbel at 3 pm, on rdth ingt, and left again. at 3 am, Thursday, for Hongkong, where she le due to arrive at 3 pm, on îgth (nik