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1870 be for the defaults aforesaid suspended for the period of six calendar mouths from this date and the Court recommends that a certifi cate as first mate be granted to the said William Daniel Camerou for the aforesaid period. The expenses of this Court fixed at £16 18. 10d. are approved."
Dated at Shanghai this 9th day of August, 1898, (signed) R. P. Cochran, Commander, Royal Navy, H.M.S. Phoenix President of Naval Court; W. P. Ker, H.M] Acting Vice- Consul at Shanghai; C. F. Preston, master of the British steamship Parramatta, members.
THE NEED FOR A SULVEY OF THE UPPER YANGTAZE.
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station at the Feng-wan-shan Hills that a riot took place on Tuesday last at Naizee, a village near the Hills, largely inhabited by native Christians. About 1,000 men marched in a body and attacked a Christian family who were believed to have a large quantity of rice stored up. The attack was quite unexpected and so far as we can learn was made upon innocent persons. Several were injured but no lives
were lost.
The Roman Catholic chapel was burnt down to the ground and the Native Christians had to
flee for their lives. The cause of the outbreak
is traceable not to hostility to Christianity but against the hoarding of rice with the object of enhancing the price.
The chapel was largely built from votive offer-
ings and was only used occasionally, there being no resident priest.—Mercury.
Shanghai, 6th Augu
A movement has been started in Chungking with the object of pressing upon the British Government the necessity of having a proper survey made of the waters of the Upper Yang- It appears that the rice disturbances at sik. tsze, with a view to improving the present most ing and Chipaochen reported in these columus inadequate means of communication between yesterday were in a measure connected with that important city and the cuter world. The each other. the rice godown of the miserly movement has the hearty approval of Mr. farmer at Chipaochen having been raided by a Litton, the British Consul at Chungking, and band of hungry rustics from Pootung had the following petition to the Marquis of Salis-crossed the river to join the Siking rioters, bury is in course of signature :- To the Marquis of SALISBURY, K.G.. Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, etc., etc., etc.
We the undersigned British and American subjects resident in West China, and the Valley of the Yangtsze liver repectfully beg to repre sent to your Lordship the exatious delays in
communication between West China and the Lower Yangtze River. These constitute not only a hindrance to trade, but a danger to the lives and properties of Missionaries and others resident in the interior, on account of the diffi. calty of affording proper protection against rioters.
These inconveniences are primarily due to the absence of regular steam communication between the Lower River gud Chungking.
It was formerly considered impossible for steamers to ascend the rapids above Ichang, but in the spring of this year, Mr. A. J. Little a British subject, succeeded in bringing a small launch up the rapids, and to Chungking.
His experience has proved the navigability of the Upper River by steam, but it has also shewed the necessity of a careful survey of the river from I'chang upwards before steam com munication can become regular and profitable.
Under these circumstances we venture to submit for your Lordship's consideration the advisability, in the interest of British residents and British trade in West China, of iustituting such a survey by naval experts at an early date. We have the honour to be,
With great respect, Your Lordship's
most obedient servants.
FIRE ON THE“ BARING BROTHELS” A1 KOBE.
SUPPOSED INCENDIARISM,
Kobe, 12th August.
Fire broke out at 12.30 this morning on board the American sailing ship Baring Brothers, lying in Kobe harbour.
The vessel is completely gutted. There are rumours of incendiarism on the part of the crew, as the vessel was loaded and ready for departure.-Nagasaki Press.
RICE RIOTS AT SIKING.
Shanghai, 5th August.
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- A number of discontented villagers in the vicinity of Siking have for the past two or three days formed themselves into bands and raided a number of rice shops in Siking as well as the farmhouses of well-to-do farmers in the vicinity. A large quantity of grain has thus been taken by the raiders and distributed amongst their families and a sort of reign of terror has set in in Siking. In consequence of this all the shops! in the place have closed their doors and trade Las been suspended for the last two days. Assistance is said to hate been asked from Tsai Taotai bere by the mandarins at Siking.-N. C. Daliy News.
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having been shown the way by the victims' fellow townsmen. In the compound of the pilfered farmer was a private chapel, this man being a Roman Catholic, the chapel being used by his family and other families in the vicinity. In the riot five or six rooms attached to the chapel in question were plundered and broken down. It is is stated that a short time ago when the local authorities at Sungkiang, within whose jurisdiction belong both Siking and Chipaochén, notified the various villages out- side Suukiang that rice at cost price was now ready to be sold to whoever desired to buy the grain. the headmeu of Siking and Chipao- chon amongst whom it seems was the plundered farmer, declared to the' district magistrate of Loabsien that there was no necessity of selling
rice at cost price and therefore they refused the privilege on behalf of their townships, ex- pecting doubtless to force the villagers to buy their rice. This so enraged the people round about who, by the way, are cotton cultivators and therefore depend upon importe s for their rice, that a resolution was taken to take away the rice stored up by their headmen and then apply to Sungkiaug for the purchase of rice at cost price afterwards. This first part of the programme was adhered to, causing the rice shops, etc., at Siking to close their doors, but as is usual in mob riots the programme was ex- ceeded, resulting in the destruction of the private chapel above noted.-N. C. Daily News.
TYPHOON IN FORMOSA.
GREAT LOSS OF LIFE AND SERIOUS DAMAGE,
Taipeh, 8th August.
An unprecedented gale with heavy rainfall has been experienced here, lasting from Satur- day morning to Sunday night. This caused the river Tamsui to overflow, and the greater part of the city of Taipeh has been submerged. About a thousand houses collapsed, and many persons were killed.
The houses damaged, boats wrecked, and people injured in some way or other are almost innumerable. The water
subsided this morning and the wind dropped. Serious damage has been done to property out. side the city of Taipeh.
Tokyo, 9th August,
A telegram of the 7th inst. from the Taipeh branch of the Formosan Trading Company
says:--
A disastrous inundation has been experienced here, and a large number of people have been either killed or injured.
other places, as railway services and telegraphs Nothing is known about the damage done in have been interrupted.—Kobe Chronicle.
The Soo Paosays that the recent steps towards progress made by the Emperor were all adopted on the strong recommendation of Mr. Kang Yu Wei, who has been ordered to return to Shanghai to manage the Chinese Progress, now altered to Chang Yen Puo instead of Shih Wu Pao, signifying that it will point out the Information was received here yesterday truth in representing faults and deficits.- afternoon from the Roman Catholic Mission' Mercury.
Shanghai, 4th August,
[August 20, 1898
CANTON NOTES.
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[FROM THE CHUNG NGOI BAN PO.”] The Kwangsi rebels have not been quite sub. dued, though they have been driven from all the principal cities which they seized during the first outbreak of the rebellion.
They have now divided themselves into small bands to make attacks on the villages, and a number have suffered more or less from their rarages. Com- plaint after complaint has been made to the local authorities coupled with requests for protection, protect themselves from the rebels, can do but the authorities, finding it difficult enough to nothing for them. The high officials, thinking, that the rebellion is quite at an end, take no notice of the remaining rebels, who might at any moment become as formidable as ever. The Canton soldiers despatched thither, being im properly paid, are staying in the district of Paklau and refuse to take any further steps to cope with the rebels, saying that no pay no kongs who are paid by the merchants and inhabit- work is their rule. At present only the native lu
ants are willing to go forward to oppose the rebels. On the 19th inst. several hundreds of rebels made an attack on the place named Sz-oi-hum, in the district of Pingnam, and as the place had no defence whatever, they commit all descriptions of crimes and to ab. were able to stract all the valuables from the shops and family houses. On the 11th instant over a thousand attacked Tawongkong, which is No-resistance being offered, the rebels carried the centre of trade in Chamchow prefecture. away not only the money, but also the valuable goods. The Prefect of Chamchow sent to Wuchow for assistance, but the request was not answered, as the force in Wuchow was scarcely sufficient for its own pretection and the Canton soldiers not being properly provided for would not obey orders. where trade is usually very large is reported to Business in most of the places
be still at a standstill.
rialised the Throne to be allowed to resign his The Viceroy of Canton has again memo-
sometime ago on account of illness, but the post. The Viceroy sent in his resignation
leave granted. It is reported that His Excel- request was refused and only several months' lency has had a relapse and has made up his mind to return to his home in Hanan province.
A merchant, name unknown, has petitioned the Gorerument to be allowed to open a coal mine at a place near Pakhoi, which, he says, he weiyuen and a mineralogist were conveyed by has lately discovered. On the 15th instant a
the gunboat Fou-Po to the said place to examine the site.
The Viceroy has memorialised the Peking Government to be allowed to enlist two thousand five hundred more soldiers for the protection of Kwangtung. He says that a good number of soldiers were disbanded after the China-Japan war by the order of the Peking Government and that the present force is not sufficient to keep the province in peace, as rebellions are so common at present.
It is reported that the superintendent of Custons, named Chong Shan, is expected to
arrivein Canton in a few days. The officials have made every preparation for His Excellency's reception.
HONGKONG,
H.M.S. Powerful arrived on Saturday morn- ing from Japan.
steamer Taiyuan was towed into Melbourne From Australian papers we learn that the recently with her shaft broken.
Mr. W. E. Crowe, Government Analyst, who has been home on leave, returned on 15th August by the N. Y. K. steamer Sado Muru.
take place on 17th Aug. at the offices of Messrs.
The sale of inland lot 1,413, etc., advertised to.
Hughes & Hough, has been postponed inde- finitely.
The Singapore Secretary of the Raub Austra- lian Gold Mining Co., Limited, has received the following telegram from Raub, dated 9th August" Rough cleaning up of battery yielded 3.200 oz. amalgam, estimated quantity of stone crushed being 1,400 tous." At a rough estimate of 37 per cent. of gold in the amalgam this would give 1,184 ounces of gold for the month's work, out of 1,400 tons stone.
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