1914-06-30 — Page 3

GENERAL NEWS.

Raja Brooke's Birthday. Sir Charlea Johnson Brooke, the Raja of Sarawak, celebrated his 85th birthday on 3rd inst.

Admiral Li Ho.

Vice-Admiral Li Ho, Vice Min- ister of the Navy, left the capital for Canton a few days ago, writes the N. O. Daily News Chinese correspondent in Peking. He is to cooperate, it is said, with the British naval authorities in the the suppression of piracy on West River.

an Interesting Wedding, The marriage arranged between. Stuart Oliphant, W.S., Edinburgh, end Yvonne, daughter of the late R. W. Mansfield, of F÷B.M.'s Consular Service, China, took place quietly at Br. Miry Abbot's, Kensington, on 4th-inst

Li Kuo-chun. Li Kuo-chun, the recently appointed Governor of Kuang- tung, who received a warm welcome up his arrival in Shang- hai from Wahu, was to leave for Canton about June 26.

Disappointed:

General Kinng Kuei-ti, Tatub

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Anxiety in Wuchang.

Hankow, June 25.-Consider able anxiety is felt in Wuobang with regard to the students who have recently returned from Japan, some of whom are alleged to be connected with Dr. San Yat-sen and Huang Heing, It is reported that they are endeavouring to enlist disbanded Roldiers. The police in Washnag have been reinforced, and the town is strongly patrolled. Chemical laboratories have been dispovered.— N. Q. Daily News.

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Hotel. The Peak. Dr. Williams, medical officer entirely independently to of ita demands in this line than cherish a romantic theory worthy of health for the Port of London, provide a better steamer service, it was four years ago, when an of detective fiction, that the thief or mentions in his annual report and the arrangements whic' American coacera that 4,350 rats were examined have been made will fulfil o concesiva from the Colonist whose thefis have been betustoi Hought a thieves in both ages née Chia91, bacteriologically, of which seven a great extent the provisions Government for establishing a were found to be infected with which would have been made by service in the colony. The by the purest and most patriotic plague." An important conference the Government contract. The Colonial Government has made will not attempt to sell the stolen of motives, and who, therefore, took place between the Local service has necessitated a revoluan appropriation from year to Government Board, the Corporation in the company's e. Four year for the establishing of a

objeuig tion, and the Port of London of the company's older steamers plaat, and it is now promised that Authority on the subject of rat have baga sold, and the something definite may be done plague and the risk of human company has takes over two in the surse of the coming infection. It was pointed out modern steamers while contracts summer. In the meanwhile the that if more than two cases of have been placed in Great Britain colony is without wireless service haman plague were reported in during the past few weeks tur except euch na is possible from the Port of Loddon it would have two up-to-date steamers. The the presence of mail abips and and the financial loss to the taken over by the company are time to time which may be in a shipping trade would be very vessels of some 5,000 toos in size. position to transmit messsgon large. Allusion was made to an and they are thoroughly up-to- within the limitations and restric- THE outbreak of plague through rate date in all respecta, while the two tions upon such service by local

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