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GENERAL NEWS.

Standard Oil and Germany.

We learn (ys the Daily O Bulletin) that the entire share- holding of the Deutsch-Amerik. anische Patroisum A.G., the Standard Oil's principal sub sidiary in Germany, has been disposed of to German intereste The Dutch Amerikanische has espital of 9,000,000 marks in shares of 1,000 mark. It was founded in 1890, and baa rasde profits varying from 828,000 marki to over 4,000,000 marke per annum. In addition, it baa placed large sums to reserve, espital outlay &c.

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Combatant Prisoners in England. Mr. Hope states, in reply to s question, that practically all the German combitant prisoners of war in the United Kingdom who are available for employment arė |-- now either engaged on work of first-rate national importance, or will be so engaged as eoon as the necessary 40commodation them is ready. The total number of combatant prisoners in the Teited Kingdom is now slightly under 28,000. According to international desgo, civilien prisoners cannot be forced to work, but a certain number are voluntarily employed.

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British Synthetic Dyes. Calonita, May 2.-The Govern ment of Bengal in a communics- tion to the Bengal Chamber of Commerce states that the Govers- ment of India understands that synthetic dyes are now being made on a not icoonsiderable scale in England and that it may be possible to relieve to some ex- tent the great diffioalty which is at present being experienced by the weaving and dyeing inda tries to "various parts of India in getting supplies of dyes if their exact requirements ware made known to the British mai u facturers The Government of India therefore propose to send to the Board of Trade, Lendoɔ, a list of dyes of which there is most need in India at presen? and to set the Board to consult the Pritish makers of dyes es.to the extent to which they could supply the colours most required.

· Marched. With Roberts. An interesting defendant st Bloomebury County Court recent. ly was J. Jones, of Martbyr, a Wateran of the old 72nd Regiment, who told the Court that he had

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A Chinese Fight in London.

The East India Dock Road waa recently converted into 8 minista e battlefield, reports the Syren. Koives and sticks were freely used and stones and other missiles fell like hail. It was not a "tong" fight, but merely the in- auguration of the Chinese Seamen and Firemen's Union, organised on similar lines to the National Uaien by a pamber of educated Chinese interested in the ques tion. Its object is to pat the crimp out of business by unifying „Chiness labour, and the membera of the Union are standing out for the same wages, and conditione a European labour. The fight on the ceremonial day was an <ffort by the crimping houses to nip the new association in the bad.

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Passengers' Tricks in Neutral Zone.

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