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rday morning a fire an eating house at 128, Queen's Damage, which was principally to the extent of $200 was done Fir Brigade left. The place was for 841,850 with Messrs. Shewan, Go, in the North British Mercantile ice Office
the 31st March: Commander Hastings nded the inquest respecting the death of nan who was killed owing to the fall of a use at 353 East Street. The jury were
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protest ainst; tists of the colony had After this little joke, which, judging by the silence, was not properly appreciated, Mr. Browne commenced his lecture, which was most entertaining. He gave an excellent history of the wonderful discovery and then spoke of its purposes, its uses, and its application. He also showed some photographs which Mr. Gale had taken and at the conclusion many of those present had the pleasure of viewing the bones of their hands by the aid of the rays, the first to experiment being H.E, the Governor, Browne was accorded a hearty vote of thanks.
At the Polios Court on the 2nd April eight boatmen were charged with dumping rubbish into the harbour. They were in the employ of the contractor engaged by the Government and under no circumstances are they permitted to throw rubbish into the harbour. About five o'clock on Tuesday afternoon Inspector Hanson WAE in a police pinnace at the back of Stonecutter's Island when he saw the men upsetting rubbish into the harbour from the contractor's boat. The men caught sight of the Inspector almost as soon as he saw them and they at once ceased their illegal The Inspector then adopted the work. ruse of appearing to take no notice of them and steamed in an opposite direction, The following, are the weights for the Six and shortly afterwards the dumping process continued. Then Inspector Hanson Handicap to be run at the first Gymk-wheeled round, whereupon all the men hurried
Height. Weight.
below after putting the boat to the wind, but the pinnace overtook her and the men were 13.2 12.2
charged with the offence. They were each fined $5.
HC Wilcox, A. A. H. Botelho, and appier The following verdict was re- that the deceased came to his death pse of No-35, East Street, due to shoring having giving way," and the follow ider was addedWe are further of that in similar cases, viz., where party been or are being taken down, no whether tenants or workpeople, should llowed to occupy the house, and that all tions should be performed under skilled
in supervision,
on Saturday next :—
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13.1 10. At the recent examination of the London College of Music all the candidates sent in
the Diocesan School were successful. pupils passed in the elementary section oforte playing, one of them obtaining hours. Only two other candidates in the lony, were awarded this special distinction, candidate, Edward S. Ford, was very in musical theory, junior pass section, 94 marks out of a possible 100. passed in the intermediate didate also of pianoforte playing, and is the only from any school in the colony who for so advanced a section. At an on held at the school by the Tonic Solfa College in December last, the following es were obtained Elementary section. S.Ford, Alfred J. Mackie. Ele- theory — Alfred J. Mackie. Staff Nota-
grade. - Edward S. Ford.
ordinary attack and highway rob- Inspector Butlin on 30th from Samshuipo and his afternoon to the frontier to collect some money for provisions. After the compradore and the
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The
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MISCELLANEOUS.
The trouble among the Sikh Police at Shang. hai has been settled by the dismissal of some twenty of them and the return to duty of the remainder.
According to the N. Y. Maritime Register of the 24th February the American 4-masted schooner Aida, Capt. Anderson, which left Shanghai on the 1st of December last for Royal Roads, British Columbia, has not since been heard from.
It is reported that in spite of the great efforts made by the Viceroys Chang and Lu to relieve the famine in Hupeh and Szechuan, respec tively, certain parts of the affected districts have resorted to cannibalism to sustain life. N. C. Daily News.
A large rice-cleaning mill is soon to be built outside the East Gate of the city of Wuhu, the machinery, etc., to be entirely of foreign make, It is reported that members of H.E. Li Hung. chang's family are largely interested in the new venture.-N. C. Daily News.
It is reported, according to the Tientsin cor- respondent of the Mercury, that Imperial sane tion has been granted to a company intending to run small steamers on the Grand Canal to Paotingfn and to Tungehow by the Peiho. The present capital is Tls. 100,000. This is regarded as a right departure.
At Shanghai on the 27th March Major G. Morrison, the former commandant of the Shang. hai Volunteer Corps, was presented with a beautiful silver bowl, subsoribed for among the members of the Corps as some acknowled Sevices Whi appreciatio
present and command. All the officers considerable umber of men.
The Municipal Commissione
to
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a very pl Middleton presided
asion being do ing was spent, the
iding with the fifteenth teresting through it anniversary of the Club -N C. Daily News. Out of the overflowing fullness of his he says the NC Daily News, the issued the following edict jects on the 8th inst. our return to the Palace is the our subjects. In order to celebrate our we hereby order the department following matters (1) To offer sacrifice to Heaven and Earth, Ancestors and to Sajik (another ol Deities with whom we are not (2) To raise the rank of every official already obtained the sixth rank. (3); some rice to those officials who have alre obtained the 2nd rank, and to those who are over 80 years of age; and to give royal com- pliments to even the common people who are
age. (4) To feast the over 90 years
regiments. (5) To of the differen comfort the sick, the poor, widows, widowers, the childless, and the parentless. (6) To pardon those who are serving out sentences of trif crimes. (7) To reduce the sentence of those who have been banished.~ (8) To release those prisoners whose offences are not so great as to deserve a lenient consideration from us. The great blessed fate has come to us from Heaven, earth, moon, and sun, and prosperity settled upon our people from now and evermore. Therefore let this edict be known to all.
A fire broke out at about 1:30 am, on the 25th March in a large theatre in Canton Road, Shanghai. The general alarm was given, but before the brigade had time to arrive the whole building was one mass of flame. In spite of the most strenuous efforts of the firemen, the conflagration communicated itself to the rounding buildings, which consisted principally of large native boarding houses. Very great experienced by the brigade in difficulty was
wingto confined Boane of the o fighting the
perfect labyrinth of nature
it not only a diffi place being which rende
matter conflagration..
highly dan the seat of the and then
fell
one
outwards.
the
but
fire
of the flimsily
completely bloo narrow alleyways with bricks and oth and several men had very narrow escapes. It was not until nearly six o'clock that had been so far subdued as to enable to leave for home. The theatre in which the fire originated, together with six other houses, was totally destroyed, an other buildings were so badly damaged
total loss. The fire practically
scenery in th
unknowns
started among some theatre, but its canse The property was
paper
500, Sun, British The 1500
Imperia
000
NC. Dail
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