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GENERAL NEWS.

Another Generous Gift. -?. The John D. Rockefeller found- ation has given G. $275,000 to Belgium to be used in the relief of widows and orphans and for the succour of the Belgian wounded.

Claim Against a Hotel. In the British Supreme Court, Shanghai, last week, Miss Soar brook made a claim against Bickerton's Ital for the rotati of a barrel of Chinaware valued at $100. Answering the Court, Mr. Bicktron said he bad the borrel in his possess on and was. keeping it under an order of the American Court. The barrel was taken to the hotel by J. B. Melton with his luggage as it only bore bis name. Judgment bad been given against Melton in the US. Court on a claim by the hotel and the debt had not yet been met lie Lerlehip said defendant had no auto ity to keep the barrel. He could; however, hold it temporarily and get the U.S. Court to decide on the ownership as between Melton and the plaintiff. The case was accordingly adjourned..

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Trade in Jungle Produce.. The war is having a most | depressing effect on the Jungle Produce trade of the Interior of British North Borses and piles of Roton and Daimar are to be seen in godowns and even abandoned at the aide of the Railway. There is no market.

Drought in Borneo,

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A correspondent sent the follow all round, so I got into s pit. Hongkong. 5th November, 1914.. ing to the London Times: We Twice during the night I tried, have not been spared the Kaiser's to get away but could act, and invocations. Will you print for when day came I found myself leading ones go by and stepped us the last words Nelson wrote in the middle of the German oat to the fourth and put my re- after hoisting the signal "Engines. Two Germans erotted me, volver to the drivoc's head and land expects" before the Battle of but I shot them both and ran for told him to Lalt. By jive, the Trafalgar "May the great God it; but they appeared all round, poor devil was terrifies! He put whom I worship grant to my and I was finally hit on the head his arm in front of bie face and country and for the benefit of with a rifle butt. A captain in equeaked. 1 hadn't the heart to No. 122 Plantation Road, Peak. Europe in general, a great and tho was taken the same night shoot him, it would have been to glorious victory; and may no land also some other soldiers. The much like murder! I let him go misconduct of anyone troish it. Germans traated us abominably past and had a couple of rounds Aud may bumanilyfter victory they took everything we had and at his cat when it had passed. be the predominant feature in the beat us and kicked us, fainted He fairly let his torse bave it and British Fleet. Fr myself iD-in the road and a German offer went off at a gallop. The last I dividually, I commit my life to kicked bim on the head, and he saw of him he was driving like a Bim who made me; and may lis has lost the sight of one eye. madman across country. I don't blessing light upen my endoav. They made us go between two know what, became of him. Well, oura for arving my country lines of men, who hit us with I thought it was about time to faithfully. To Him I resign my-whips and rifle batte. They move, so I went along in the self, and the just cause which is jeered at us, and one officer made opposite direction. I wandered entrusted to me. Amer. Amen. us a speech in English and said abont for some time when sudden- Amen.

we were cowards and everything ly I saw obrat a foot in fr at of Fight Against Rinderpest in the else. He said if bie regiment me a trench fall of men sitting

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caught any English cfficers he doan with their backe to me. I Rinderpest is still yielding to would hang them. The way they was a bit surprised and was not the stubto a <ffensive taken dur- trint the English soldiers in the sure whether they were our fellows ing the past few mot the by the camp is too disgraceful for words. or not, I said "Hu'lo!" A mạn, provincial authorities working in Many of them ar dying from I think it was an officer, who conjuration with the borean of xpaure, and they are subject to was nearest me, turned clean agriculture, says the Manda every indignity possible. I'm round and said, "Es ist der Bulletin, and the official figures going to a fertress to-mo row, I Englander," or words to that compiled at the burean for last believe, where other <fficers are.+ffect. I did not wait to say "Good week show that three more I'm quite all right now, bat v.ry morning," but shifted for all I towns have been declared free just at having been taken so was worth. I was followed by a from the disease during that per-les ly in the campaign.

regular tornado of bullets. I iod. The number of infected A Lieutenant's Adventure. ran about 150 yer le and then provinces is, however, uncharged, From a letter written by anime across a small trench into the figures now showing 25 in officer at the front on Sept. 24. which I hopped. After I had been fecled towns in nine provinces

Two days ago we there about a minute I thought it where the diarase still bangs on. arrived here, town" under shell was about time to be off, so I got Ba'anges and Laguna now have fire. I was at cnce rest, on it up and began to run again. I but one infected town each, was about 11 pm, and very dark) hadn't been more than 10 yards and telegrame received by the to the enemy's trenches with when people began to sbcot at me executive secretary show that to three scouts to ece if they were from all sides. Seeing a Lols just cases have been discovered in still there. I went on about 300 to my right I fell head foremost dreadfully lonely, and being ing from the direction of the either province during the past yards in front of my scoate. It into it. It was getting light, I hangry didn't improve things. hedge, but I couldn't see the week. The same condition ap- was a pretty jumpy job. The could see it was hopeless trying I kept fairly cheerful on the bottom of it. It then struck me plies in Lagar, Isabela, which is enemy's trenches were about 950 to get on again, Eo I reconciled whole. I tried to do everything that our troops might be holding one of the two towns infected in yarda from ours. I paced about myself to the prospect of staying I could think of, even cutting my it. Well, at dusk I shouted lutt- Should there 850 yards and then got down on there for the day and then to try hair with a very blunt pair of ly towards the hedge that I was towns remain free for a month my hands and knees and crept to get on under cover of night. I ba'r scissors. I didn't get vers coming and told them not to they will be cfficially removed on for some way, expecting every discovered the hole I was in bad far with that job! I also worked shoot and crept forth. I was from the list of infected municipal-moment to ran into the German been made by one of the enemy's]

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and I could only see a few yards as "Little Willy" I was jolly return. I lay on my back most yards from the hedge. A couple Mr. Rudyard Kipling seems to in front of me. I had a loaded thankful to "Little Willy for of the dog, and hatened to the of rounds came whizzing past have incurred the undying revolver and map with me. Every making such a nice handy hole, shells whistling fast and watched me. I fell down fit and crawled animosity of the German Press. now and then I came across a It was about 10ft, soross and 2ft, the aeroplanen. There were a bit nearer and shouted again, THE The Koelnische Zeitung invites dead German-rather creepy or 3ft, deep and at the bottom s good meny about. I peeped This time they heard me and him to join 8'r John. Trexch's Well, I couldn't think why Fort of V-shape. After having out occasionally and could so after some parlesing let me come army and admire the brainwork hadn't s'ruck the trenches, so I cogitated for a time I'came to the the Germans about 200 yards ip. I found that it was ope of of German strategy, at the same went off on my loft a bit. The conclusion that I was behind the from where I was, I was the regiments in our brigade, and time becoming acquainted with tirs had gone in and I was pretty enemy's line, and must havecrept now in front of them; they that our regiment was in position the weight of German fiste."

Sir Everard Fraser well lost in the middle of this big through between two trenches in must have been sideways on the left.

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