1914-08-12 — Page 3

GENERAL NEWS.

Chinesa in Callfornia. Chinese, emuls in Cali fornia have tout a

memorial 10 the President of the Chinese Republic complaining of their treatment, and asking that re- presentations be made to Wash ington in the sense that they should be treated in the same į way an Japanese in Unlifornia. The President has replied that he will do the necessary, nod bas instructed the Minister of Foreign Affairs to take up the subjrot.

Daring River Rald st Chengyangkwan. Chong angkwon, Anguat 1. A particularly daring raid was carried out here by a band of armed river piratos recently and has greatly added to the alarm of the people, for robbers are swarming in the district just Bow. A set of about twenty boardled a salt boat anchored right in the midst of the con- geated shipping, abuni two in the

THE HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1914.

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The apuasi general meeting of! he Cowie Herbar Cost Com on the boats did not consider it The following "particulars are necessary to give glase and so given in a British Consular Repay, and was held in Loulan the rest of the band got clear port concerning the posedon June 29 the obairman, Mr. W. sway with their booty -Ching dreining of the Zayder 2 6.- Press.

Donald P. Wat-on, presiding.

In presenting the socounts for

I in proposed to ract the year ending Dec. 31, 1913, the Smart Detective Work. embankment, 29 kiloma (about Chirman congra ulsted, the It ingraulying to have to record 182 miles) long and with a height whareholder on the much im- Pelice triumph, 88ys the of 54 metres above Amsier proved pation. He said that thes Straits Echo, and Inspector Robert water level, or we the northern

loes, excluding the interest charge. Lattle certainly deserves commen- portion of tha Zuyder Z-e from dation for the smrt piece of de Ferykelais (A. Panloput:a £5 738 less than the previo teative work which led to the der), vin Wierngen to Prasm: Improven Birt both in the atpas year. He was able to report an capture of the five burglars, alleg. (Friesland). A roadway and simi ed to belong to the same gang, double railway line will run along aala, wat during the who were yesterday sen this embankment Within this had been maintained, he thought | rsnot your là sé improvement- tenced by the District Judge and embankment four areas, mostly it was repab a to suppose that whose activities for the next two composed of clay or sorty clay the 19.4 coats, exclusive of years will be confine! to breaking will be drained, with total a enterest charges, would show a blocks of granite for rend metal. of 211,830 hectares (523,220 sora-) The enterprising burglar has been or 27.200 beatures (511,584, or at least abow that the a little too ruterprising the past agree), excluding dykes, ronde marked upon the satisfactory olliery was self supporting. He few months. Is appears that some dansle, &c. A large fresh water increase in the bucker trade ar five weeks ago the Police got a lake with an rea of 145,000 Nebutik, ad id that ene olve and followed it up, and the hectarea (358 150 sore) will be Government of N rth Borneo atsi firat capture was made at Kom left inse the embankment to his board were doing all possible. pong Javal m› where the thieves, serve as a storage reservoir for

to make Sebatlik me universallys armed with knives, actually pas the large quantities of water flows apa fixut against their captors. ing in from the Yel and other added thas it was a free port, and mopte-i as a hackering port. He Nine daya later another capture rivers, when high tides prevent that certain was made at Mac-lister Lene and the discharge of water from the the Police now think that they lake to the ees through the winice fm importantshipowners had re- have secured the whole gang gates in the canal, which is to be and facilities being put in hand, salted in additional improvements Let us hope so at any rate. dog" through.... Wiorizon. There

will be 23 elnice gster in this also that the Government of North canal, besides two locks, a large station at Two-Sebatrik, which Borneo had provided a wireless Queen Alexanila paid a one for the traffic Canals for he hoped would be working at an visit of inspection on July navigation and for the regulation early date, and that they had 18, at the West Inis Dock, of the water level will be dag further arranged for the lighting to the Endurance, the vessel along the coast in North Holland; of Cowin Harbour. Be stated in which Sir Ernest Shackleton Gelderland, and Friesland.

Royal Mascot for Sir E.

.: Shackleton,

Frommendations

that the labour question was still- and his party intend to make the The estimated cont of the work

not as satisfactory as it might be, 189,000,000 30- sen passage. Her fjety was in

guilders, but that more labourers were ...exclusive of accompanied by the Empress (£15,750,000),

being obt sined, and that the Marie Feodorovna of Russia, interest, and it will take 33 yeara board were kiving serious con Princess Victoria, Admiral Lord to complete. The embankment sideration to a proposal for im Fieber, and others. The ship was will take nine years to construel porting Chinese from North gaily." dressed" for the occasion. by the end of the 14th year the Obins, those men would probably Sir Ernest Shackleton called first land

will have been be employed on the work of open- special attention to those who had reclaimed, and in the 17th accompanied him on a former year a portion of the land fit for ing the No. 2 Incline, which was

To these Queen habitation and cultivation should expedition. Alexanura talked for some time, be offered for sale. palling many questions. Sir From the fresh water lake the Erasat expected that the Royal surrounding distrious could draw ladies would hardly care to go an ample supply. In the dry below, but, tooy insisted on doing son Friesland, for one, bas no

In conclusion, be refired to the: 80. Queen Alexandra remarking supply of fresh water at all. This "I am going to see everything." naturally has a had effrot on the question of reorganising the com- So great was her interest and so cattle and the production of milk, pany's finances, and alsted that thorough her examination, that Inland navigationisalso hampered being sent to report upon the an expert mining engineer, was the visit, priginally intended to in consequence of the fall of the mines. He had no doubt se to last bus half shh ur, extended to waters. Dearly an hour and a half..

2

The small quantity of water in

almost ready for development. He pointed out that the Board excellent plant from the Labuan. Coalfields Company, Ltd., at s very cheap price.

had been able to secure a lot of

the result of the visit, and he such as would enable them to believed that the report would be

uccessfully arrange the matter. var

they have but a scanty and poor. subsistenco; the value of the fish caught in the Zuyder Zea is a little over 2,000,000 guilders (or about $167,()0) annually. !

Why the French Mall was late the canals, waterways, &o., soon

maat Singapore,

gota brackish, especially in the The French mal steamer west of the province, owing to the Cordillère's belated arrival here busy traffic through the looks at yesterday, says tho Singapore Free De Lemmer, Starozen, and Harl- Press of August 5, is explained ingen, and does harm to the by the fact that at about 2 am, fisheries in the the inner watere whilet near Malucon, ebe received, and to several industries. a wirelese mesange (presumably. The large fresh water lake will from the Atlantique, in port here), make more effective draining of intimating that a German man-of, the land possible, because with-e war was in the vicinity. She large supply of freshwater - thereupon put into Malacca, A always at hand, there can be no b

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little later she received an alarm harm in letting the water run to

intimation (also by wireless) a very low level in spring.

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