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do not appear to properly consider this aspect of the question. In fairness to his backers, the public and himself, Jones had no right to face Newman in the ring, and probably no one knew that better than he. For the honour of the ring it is to be hoped that the other sile were not aware of the fact.
As for the other events, the most notablo was the ten-round contest between Barett, R. E., and Johnstone of the Amphitrite. Hard slogging ruled right through. Both men took hard punishment, and they were equally fall of grit. Johnstone showed least signs of the frav, but when time was called Barett was, if anything. the better staying man, and a draw would have
been A more proper awari the referee's (Mr. Christie's) decisica that the than R.E. man was beaten. It is related of Barett that on one occasion when a well-known and popular patron of the ring met him suffering from a big gash in the h-ai be asked the R E. with much concern what had happened. "Oh, nothing much," replied Barett, in his quiet way, only a cart-wheel ran over it." That is the sense in which Birott always takes his punish ment, and, he has taken a lot ia Hongkong, always pluckily.
The Wigwam Club's lawn tennis tournamenr is slowly drawing to its clos. The final of the Championship has uaforally been delayed by R. Hancock's absence in Shanghai, when he returns he will meet Trimmingham. In the “* A class Singles, Swan and Trimmingham bave to settle which of them is to meet Sims in the fia 1 round. In the "B" class Lawson has already reached the final stage but Tibby and Birnes have to meet in the third round, and the winuer of them has to play Coppin for the right of meating Lawson. In the Doubles ons tie in the semi-final rough awaits completion Worcester and Swan v. Boyd and Murphy, and the winners have tɔ třỷ couclusions with Trimmingham and Humphreys, who yester- day upset Brown and Knyvett.
HONGKONG.
OMPAX.
The recognition of M. G. Liébert, Consul fo France, 88 Acting Consul for Russix in Hongkong, is notified a the Gazette.
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Mr. J. W. Norton Kyshe, Reg strar of the Supreme Court, with Mrs. Nor on Kyshe, left for England on the 24th ult. by the Coromandel.
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H. E. M. Inagaki, ho has just been raised in rank from Minister to Envoy Extraordinary and Minister. Plenipotentiary for Japan at Bangkok, passed through Hongkong on Friday on the Wakasa Maru on his way south from
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It seems to us a very discreditable fact that though there have been 200 Volunteers on Stonecutters Island and a much larger force of Regulars, there was no doctor within nearer reach of the island than Kowloon, in event of such accidents as cccurred on the 24th ult. But for the fortunate possession of a certain amount of ambulauce class kuowledge by u member of the H.KV.C. a serious fatality might have been recorded.
CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
Reports from the New Territory state that beginning of the week did considerable dama go the gale of wind which prevailed at the to the rice-crops.
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The appointments of Mr. *. Seth as Registrar: Kwangsi rebels-on paper,
Once more Kweilin has been captured by the of Companies and Official Trustee, aud of Mr. | the same story repeated, but this time we read Perhaps it is only J.W. Jones as Deputy Registrar and Appraiser, | at in the columns of our French contemporary are notified in the Gazette
it Shanghai.
The only cases of communicable disease enteric fever, all outside the city of Victoria. reported in the Colony last week were four of The sufferers were three Europeans and one Japauese. No fatal caso of disease was reported. |
and Hou. Gorshom Stewart left for Shanghai The Hou. A.M. Thomson, Colonial Treasurer, on Friday by the s.s. Hamburg. Mr. Thomson returns shortly to take up the post of Acting assumes the Acting Governorship. A number of Colonial Secre ary wh u the Hon. F. H. May other Hongkong residents also went up by the Hamburg, som no doubt with the intention of atteuding the Races.
We understand that the
neg tiations prepara tory to the buil liug of a turbine day-steamer for the Canton River traffi: are under way, and a. be introduced to the Far East no distaut date Parsons's patent will doubtless ing to note that the spacial commission sug. It is interest- gested by Lord Inverclyde to investigate the economy of the steam turbine and to advise as Cunarders which are to be built, has been to its suitability for the two new high speed appointed by the Cuuard C many. commissiou will conduct many trials.
The
the committee appointed by the leaders of the It was decided on Thursday, at a meeting of Chinese community, to look fte matters con- nected with tu address to the Governor, etc.. that the Chinese community should join in the address presented by the European community to His Excellency, and that there shou d be uo public banquet as had been i teaded at first The presentation of a souvenir to Lady Blake when the Chinese community was acting aloue, will, however, be proca-ded with by the Chius', and the question of a permanent memorial to Sir Henry Blake will be settled when it is seen I bow subscriptions come in.
The questions at issue between the Govern- ment and the Tramway Co. with reference to the laying of the lines throughout the city at last appear to have been satisfactorily setiled, for operations in Queen's Road have once more been resumed. At the ity Hall the line has now been led into Des Voeux Road, and in the neighbourhood of Wellington Barracks the carved part of the track is nearly completed; while Queen's Road at Arsenal Street has been widened and greatly improved.
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Messrs. R. Hancock (Hongkong) and E. Buxton Forman (Shanghai) met at. the Country Clah, Shanghai, on the 17 h alt. to decide the Interport lawn tennis singles. The play was so one-sided as to be ucinteresting. Hancock admittedly outclassing his opponent; his net play was vry fine. Hancock won the first game. Forman the next four, and Hancock then took the sat at 6 4. In the s-cond set Hancock won six games off the reel, and as he won the next two he gained altogether 13 games in succession. Forman wou the third game in the third set, but Hancock won by 6-1.
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section of the regiment. Tha Tientsin men The Tientsin detachment of the Sherwood Foresters has changed places with the Peking
16th ult. commenced their route-march to Peking on the
New York San Life of Canada, and Mutual According to a Japanese native paper, the
and Yokohama have received orders from their Life Insurance Co.'s branch offices in Tokyo
lives of military and naval inen in Japan, China, general offices not to accept insurance on the
and Russia.
A Chinese paper in Shanghai is informed that the Board of Rites has been requested by the Imperial Household to cease all preparations for an elaborato celebration of the Empress Majesty has personally commanded that only Dowager's 70th birthday next year, as her the usual ceremonies as carried out on ordinary birthdays are to be performed.
'The Ostasiatische Lloyd publishes the foll wing telegram dated Yokohama, 18th October:- Some time ago a number of steamer companies received orders from the Govern. ment to relain some of their ships in Japan for ¦ last few days all companies were informed that the eventual transport of troops. During the
their ships. there was no longer any necessity of retaining
It is rumoured that the Police are going to take over the Bay View Hotel agai+ as a station, doubtless because of the increased traffic that will follow the completion of the tramway in that district, coupled with the many cases of robbery that have taken place recently on the Shaukiwan Road, As the Metropole Hotel has beau acquired for the purposes of a brewery there would then beno hostelry on the Shaukiwau Roud, and it will certainly fail to attract so Dany cycling and ricksha pirties as it does now.
The visitors to the City Hall Library and Museum for the weak ending 25th October, ware 2 0 non-Chineso and 67 Chinese to the former, and 51 non-Chinese and 2,017 Chinese to the latter institution.
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It has been arranged that the new Jubilee Barker Road will be formally opened by H.E. the Governor ou the afternoon of Tuesday, the 3rd November, when the works carried out by the Jubiles Committee, namely Aberdeen, will be handed over by the Chairman, the Hospital and Road from Kennedy Town to
on behalf of the Committee, to the Government.
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The Shanghai correspondent of the Times writes that neither Wa Tiog-fang's appoint- ment as Vice-President of the Bard of Con merca in the capital nor the establishment of this aw board raises expectations among the Government is not so much influenced by Chinese merchants, who are fully aware that
commercial necessities as by the desire to recognition of the country's financial and create new posts for the ever-increasing number of officials and at the same time to increase the Court's opportunities of lucrative patronage.
The following telegram has been received at the Japanese Foreign Office, Tokyo, being dated Japanese Consulate, Vladivostock, October 10-According to an order (No. 58) issued by the Viceroy of the Russian Far Fast on altuches of the Rus-ian Legatious in Japanl the 10th of October, all military and ass. China and Corea are placed under the c-nʼra! of the Viceroy, as directed by Imperial Ord - ance on the 30th of August, and these attachés will hono forth address all reports to the Viceroy.
the pretex of his present poor health, sent for Prince Tuan, Fays the Shanghai Times, upon às 80 Pu Shun, the former Heir-Apparent to first kept the matter secret and asked the go to him from Peking. Prince Tsai Ying (P) at opinion of a certain prince (presumably Prince Ching), and finally asked the Princess Jung Hsu to take a favourable o, portunity to pump the Empress Dowager as to what ought to be doue with this troublesome youth.
In the past it has ben the custom to limit the examinations for the bursaries awarded by the Shanghai S. Audrows Society to children School in Shanghai, whila boys and girls of Scotch parentage attending the Public studying at other schools were debarred from entrance to the examinations, In future, as the result of the ananimous resolution of the annual meeting of the Society in Shanghai last week, all Scotch children here, whatever school they attend, will be given equal opportunities of winning the bursaries.
The Shanghai Times "went one better" than its Lond n namesake with regard to the telegram dated Peking, 14th October:-"At Peking plot, for it published the following the same time that the wire was laid into the Legation magazine someone removed the breech-block of the 4.7 gun which defends the Carriage Park. The missing piece has since been traced to a place in the Chinese city and a godown wherein cases of piece-goods were
recovered. There was a battery alongside the stored, but the timely appearance of the firewire, but it had not been connected. The mu with their quencuiug apparatus soon put out the fire, and it is anderstood the damage done is not very serious.
With reference to the correspondence which Chinese coolie observed smoke issuing from Shortly after midnight on the 24th alt, a has recently appeared in the Daily Press the ventilator of one respecting the quality of the gas supplied in godowns and gave the alarm at the
Wanchai the Colony for illuminating purposes, we are
fire informed that the bad lighting complained of is
station, a band engine and posso of firmen due to the inadequacy of the maing. The Com-discovered that a small fire had broken out iz soon being despatchel to the scene. It was pany is at the present time laying new mains in Connaught Road and feeders to the miu in Queen's Road. When this work is completed, there will, it is stated, be no cause for complaint on the score of a deficient supply.
whole affair is enshrouded in mystery, and is being rigidly investigated. We still await the result of that rigid investigation of the enshrouding mystery.
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