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immediately took the first three places, with A. A. in the lead. Half-way through Pereira and Jorge gave up. A. A. Alves swam well, but could not shake off his brother N. II., who won in the last twenty yards by an arm's length.
2. 5.00 p.m.-SWIM UNDER WATER.-Two prises. (The distance is calculated to the point where the water is first broken by any part of the body.)
1. A. Humphreys, 143ft. 2. M. A Razack, 120ft.
3. F. M. Bora Pereira, 104ft. 5.30 p.m.-Four LENGTHS HANDICAP. Second Heat.
1. A, A. Alves.
2. 8. B. Moore.
3. C. M. S. Alves. Won by four lengths; time, 2 mins. 1 4/5 secs. Seven started-M. A. Razack, go; F. K. Tata, owes 6 sec; 8. R. Moore, 8 sec.; C. M. 8. Alves, 8 sec.; J. M. Roza Pereira 16, 800;
Frank Jorge 18 sec.; A. A. Alves 23 sec.; A. A. Alves, the scratch man, quickly over hauled the others, but had very little to spare when he passed, about five yards from the win- ning post, S. R. Moore and C. M. 8. Alves. The Anish was a close and exciting one. 4. 5.45 p.m.--Borg' RACE (11 to 15 years of age) 2 lengths (handicap)-Two prizes.
Won by Master Alves; time, 63 secs. Five, boys competed. The winner started from scratch, and tumbled rather than dived into the water. He scored a popular victory.
5. 6 p.m.-TEAM RACE.
Station No. 1.-N. H. Alves, H. A. Lammert, E. W. Carpenter, F. K. Tata, F. E. Ellis, A. M. S. Soares.
Station No. 2.-A. A. Alves, F. M. Roza Pereira, R. Henderson, F. D. Bain, B. R. Moore, F. J. V. Jorge, Jr.
Station No. 3.-A. E. Alves, C. E. Hance, E. B. Millar, A. J. Mackie, M. A. Razack, W. T. Andrews.
Station No. 4.-A. Humphreys, J. M. Roza Pereira, C. M. 8. Alves, A. J. Pereira, L. E. Lammert, G. H. Ruby,
A. A. Alves's team won.
HONGKONG.
Two plague cases and two deaths (Chinese) have been reported since our last issue.
The launch Kung Ho collided with a junk in the harbour and damaged it to the extent of $50. No one was hurt.
Tan Fung Chai, a girl of 19, who resided in the Central district, has died from the effects it is believed, of self-administered dose of opinm. The body lies in the mortuary.
We regret to announce the death of Mr. Jas. Cramer, chief musketry instructor at Kowloon rifle range, who died on Friday at 2.40 p.m. The funeral took place on the 7th inst., at the Roman Catholic Cemetery.
We hear that the Water Policeman who shot Chinese recently and was sent to the insane asylum for observation was removed to the gaol recently, where he is awaiting examination. Through playing with lighted joss-sticks in a house at 44, Wellington Street, yesterday morning, some children almost burned their parents house down. They set fire to several articles of clothing, but the flames were fortun- ately extinguished by an European fireman and the inmates before much damage was done.
A correspondent rigning himself Harry Forrester writes to our Shanghai morning contemporary with regard to the recent myste. rious death, supposed to have been suicide, of Capt. Clemens:Sir,-Seeing your announce ment in this morning's issue re the death of the late Andrew Paul Clemens, I beg now to state that I shall in a few days be not only prepared to upset the medio:l evidence, or part thereof, and show that deceased was murdered, but shall also be prepared to state who the murderer is, and the motive for the deed.
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CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
The appointment of Capt. W. L. Warren, B.G.A., to be Private Secretary to H.E. the Governor, is notified in the Gazette.
The steam-roller which last week fell through the road near Murray Barracks, was extricated on the 31st ult, and the hole was filled in.
It is notified in the Gasette that H.E. the Governor has been pleased to appoint the sites at Kennedytown and Ch'eung Sha Wan to be used as plague cemeteries.
Mr. G. A. Woodcock has been appointed Secretary of the Sanitary Board. Hitherto he has held the acting appointment. We con- gratulate Mr. Woodcock on his well-merited promotion.
The retura of visitors to the City Hall Library and Museum last week showed that 309 non-Chinese and 89 Chinese visited the former institution, 69 non-Chinese and 1,82} Chinese the latter.
One of the temporary coolie bath-honses at Wanchai has been destroyed by fire, dne to a spark from a water heating matshed close by. The flames were prevented from spreading by the 1 cal fire brigade from No. 2 Station.
Our evening contemporary, the Hongkong Telegraph, appears now in much improved guise and has expanded to eight poves. The general get-up of the paper has also been changed for the better. We congratulate our contemporary on its advance.
The Hon. F. H. May, C. M. G., Captain Superintendent of Police, went home on leave by the German mail steamer Prinzess Irene on the 5th inst. During his absence Mr. F. J. Badeley, Deputy Superintendent, will undertake the Captain Superintendent's duties, while Chief Inspector Mackie will take over Mr. Badeley's functions. Inspector Kemp will be Acting Chief Inspector during the temporary rearrangement of posts.
An amusing incident was witnessed in the Queen's Road near the Clock Tower just about noon on the 30th ult. A carrying coolie dropped one of his baskets from his bamboo, and im mediately there rolled and hopped into the road- way dozens of crabs and frogs, which scattered in all directions, to the dismay of the unfortunate coolie, who almost upset the other basketful in his haste to gather his collection together. Light-fingered brother coolies and adjacent doorways were responsible for the disappearance of quite half the original number of frogs, which were more easily handled and speedier than the crabs.
A novel scene was witnessed at the 'Water Police Basin, Tsimshatsui, between 7 and 8 a.m. on the 31st ult. Twenty men jumped into the water with life-belts "on, and made their way to the Police launch which was anchored about 300 yards off. The Capt. Supt. of Police has ordered the crews of the patrol launches in the New Territory to be provided with life-belts, one for each member of the
crow.
The inspector-in-charge of the Water Police, assisted by the sergeant, and constable in charge of the launch, instructed the Chinese crew how to put the belts on and how to swim with them, setting the example by jumping in first.
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It would pay the P.W.D., to send an inspector to inspect some of the buildings on Wing Lock Street, all Chinese shops used for storing rice, salt, and such commodities. Nos. 9, 7, 15, 17, 21, 23, 37, 43, 55 and 67 appear in anything but In a few of those mentioned a sound condition. the walls have actually commenced to bulge slightly, while on all of them more or less the mortar has crumbled away; and in many places the bricks are doing likewise, some of the If houses being quite honey-combed in front. they are as bad in front, how must they be in the rear and internally? On Nos. 21 and 23, as a representative of this paper passed, a mason | was engaged in filling in with mortar the holes caused by the falling out of rotten bricks. | Some of the houses also show cracks, in other the cracks have been plastered. Non. Ha to 354 are also in a most dilapidated state.
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The old National Athletic Club of Manila has changed its name to the American Club.
Mr. J. W. Hallifax, President of the Penang Municipal (ommissioners, left for Europe by the P. & O. steamer Malacca.
It is reported that Mr. W. T. Taylor will not leave Colombo to take up his new appoinment as Colonial Secretary of the Straits Settlements till the end of November.
Indo-Chinese journals announce that M. Champoudry, former president of the Paris Municial Council, has heen appointed to super- vise finances at Lang-biang,
The first block map of City of the Manila is to be made by City Engineer Meade. It will show the city block by blick, all levels, gutters, street drains, thoroughfares, widths, etc.
The annual visit to the Cocos will be paid this year by H. M. S. Rosario The Commis- sioner on this occasion will be Mr. W. Langhan Carter. The Rosario was to leave Singapore about the 4th September.
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A Tokyo telegram of the 19th ult, announced the death of Marquis Shotai, who was the sovereign of the Loochoos before the islands were annexed to the Japanese Empire. His demise occurred at his residence in Tokyo.
The British Government is said to have demanded that the cashiered Taotai Pao Tsu. lin, of Chuchou notoriety, shall be banished to Kuldjs, and that Yung Ch'uan, formerly Pro- vincial Judge of Chekiang, shall be sent to Tibet.
Great mortality is reported to be prevalent amongst the Chinese immigrants near Sibn, Sarawak, Some months back there was an epidemic of jungle fever amongst them, of which several died, while others were compelled to return to China. But with the abandonment of a certain locality the epidemic disappeared. The latest reports however are so serious, that the P. M. O. of the state has gone up to make investigation as to the causes of the outbreak.
In our report of the 31st ult. on the magis- terial enquiry into the Cochrane Street disaster, we incorrectly stated that Mr. H. Tooker, Acting Assistant Director of Public Workg deposed in evidence that the buildings were no in accordance with Ordinance 15 of 1894, where- as Mr. Tooker really said that the plans web- mitted for alterations of, and additions to, then houses in November and December of last year were in accordance with Ordinance 15 of 1894.
The latest news from Tibet via Indian sources, is that there is much internal trouble in Lhassa. One popular rumour is that the Dalai Lama is to cease to have any concern with the temporal Government and attend only in per- son or by proxy to religions matters. In that case the present chief lay minister would assume all civil and military administrative functions and practically become supreme ruler of the country. The old jealousy of Chinese influence seems to be reviving, though there is but little national spirit among the Tibetans.
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Nine of the insurgent General Malvar's officers were recently captured by a detachment of the 6th U.8. Cavalry under command of Lieut. Grant. Among them were General Martin Cabrivio, next in command to Malvar, three majors, and five captains. Numerous important documents were found prisoners, amongst which were letters giving the names of several Manila residents who had assisted Malvar with money to carry on the fight. General Cabrovio mid that Malvar, is in great distress and will have to surrender at an early date.
The Ostasistische Lloyd of the 30th ult, maken a sarcastic proposal in reply to the demand for the return of the bronze astronomical instru- ments looted from the Peking Observatory and taken to Berlin. Not only should these bronse instruments be quickly returned, suggests the Lloyd, but it should at last be publicly Announced on what day the German Mission of Apology will leave for China to express Germany's regret that her troops want to China last summer, Instead of having encouraged the Boxers to annihilate. Europena › commerce. altogether and massnere all Europeñas for China. grosted, and it An indemnity to China in might be well to comakler, shouldi China still bo On the fed insi. H.M. sloop Pharni» left for dissatialed, whither it would not be well to permit Canton, the transports Mulière and Itria for || her to place Maneku gariinons at Hamburg, Calcatis, and the Úganda for Taku.
Mr. G. J. W. King on the 2nd inst. offered for pale at the oftens of the Public Works Department one lot of Crown land at Kennedy
While the British surveying-ship Rambler is Road Inland Lot No. 1,642—and four lots of Grown land at Tai Kok Tuni, Kowloon-undergoing a refit, Ler crew will be transferred Inland Lots Non. 1,128, 1,129, 1,190, ppd 1.131. | to the gunboat Tweed.
The Britisk transport Nerasa departed for This first lot was bought for the German Club
920 abore the upset prica. The Taku and the U.8. runboat Don Juan de Austria
disposed off
left for Manils on the Slat ult.
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