1914-07-11 — Page 3

GENERAL NEWSIT

Change of Chinese Ministers,

Eew Yak Lin, the Clïdesa Minister in London, has received instructions to return to Peking, and Shen Sad Ling, the Chinese Minister in Vienna, will go to take his place.

Dr. Morrison.

Wo(London and China Express) are pleased to learn that there tal no truth in the report circulated About a month ago by a financial paper that Dr. Morricon, Adviser to the President of China, was in ill health, and was leaving Peking. Dr. Morrison is, fortunately, not in ill-health, but has gone on leave in the usual. way, returning to Peking in the automs. There is equally no truth in the state. ment that he had sold his house in Peking.

Chinese in London. In the Bow unty Court on the -10th ult. Judge Smyly ound or the plaintiff, for the full amount claimed, in a cave, in which Mra. Kennedy,a West India Duck Road tailoreas, sought to recover £13 add from Ab Tak, a Chinese boarding-house proprietor in Limehouse Osuseway, Mr. Osborn, for the plaicuff, said Ab Tak, who boards Chinese sailors, was in the habit of sending them round to the plaintiff's shop for suits of clothes, whiob he deduct- ed for. He bas un English wife, who manages his affairs, and it was alleged that after the lust £32 was paid she said they would not be liable any longer, and she Bailors could go where they liked for the clothes. Orders stamped Ah Tak were produced; however, by the plaintiff.

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29-Peking Committee of the Victoria M-m-delay in the arrival of plant from newspapers are widely reproduc- Jorial Park on June 5. the Eluble England, work on this scheme did ing an article which appeared Mr. B. J. B. Stephen présiding, not wake the progress hoped for, in a southern Chinese paper it was agreed to recommend for the expenditure for the twelve in reference to the bunting the approval of the Trustees months-July 1, 1802, to June of White Wulf. It says that she at their next meating that 30, 1913-being Ba, 277,000, Lentral Government considera application in the first zustance During the latter balf of 1913 thestiile wolf aduly grant be made to the Roop Munimp. excellent progress has however for this chief safei, oad that "ratal Committee for capitalising ns. been made, the total expenditure would be a batter title, whilst 3,000 of the Municipal aguual for the eighteen months being other news from Peking tells of grant of Rs. 6,000 of the Victoria Ra. 796.270. A considerable the subduing of the dragon and Memorial Park and 2.0, and to mount of land has been reclaim taming of the tiger, und that a pay the

he capitalised vine of the en. The spill at Galle Face with Lang is being formed for beating said income viz.. Ra, 50,000 to the emergency sluices has been the swalkw.

Trustees to enable them to carry practically completed, the bridge the overflow channela out important and urgent im- over

well advanced, and the provement works in the Z und is Park which cannot be undertaken outlet to the sea completed. The styled "killing the bear. This from the current revenue of the lake side walling in the Galle is apparently a aly reference to Park Funda:

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