October 8, 1904.]
Early next year the 119th Bombay Infantry and 129th Baluchis may come to ongkong.
Mr F. Haz land, the seufor Police Magis. trate of the Colony, is returning from his holiday by the & O. steamer Ceylon, which left L nd n on the 17th ult.
We have been favoured with a copy of the Middelburg Observer, published by T. M. Mr. Pollock at Middelburg in the Transvaal. Pollock was formerly on our staff, and we are glad to see he is doing well.
Two companies of the Sherwood Foresters have gone into camp at the new rifle range. Old Kowloon City. A company of the 110th Mahratta Light Infantry have at the foot of Customs Pass.
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The Governor and Mr. E. A. Irving, Inspec- tor of Schools, paid a visit of inspection to Kowloon Schoo. on the 4th inst. H. E. asked that the pupils might have a half holiday. The boys sang the National Anti em. Replying to a telegram from the Col nial Secretary, the British onsul General at Shanghai has tele.raphed that the quarantine restrictions were withdrawn the 17th September.
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Four (hinese candidates for pilots' certificates were examined at the Harbour Master's Office on the 6th instant. All failed, and were put back for a fortnight. European candidates will he examined in a few days.
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In a criticism of the new book by the writer whom the Sunday Sun of Manila calls Henry Savage Slander." that paper incidentally remarks: "We have one of the healthiest cities in the Orient. As compared with Hong. kong, it is a paradise.”
The new China Review at Tientsin is deci- dedly newsy." It mentions that it has been arranged that, after Lord Curzon's return to India, Mr. R. Nathan. C.I.E., at present Deputy Secretary to the Government of India in the Home Department, will join the Viceroy's staff as Private Secretary. Mr. Nathan is a brother, of the Governor of Hongkong. and of Major Nathan, of the C. E. & M. Co. -
CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
MISCELLANEOUS.
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According to L'Indo Chinois, people in the exquisite town of Hanoi, of which the neighbouring settlement, Cochin China, is envious, in spite of their peculiarities, are not a
Hanoi' soit qui mal y pense." bad lot.
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It is reported that the Japanese Minister at Peking, Mr. Uchida, has told a member of the Waiwupu that the Japanese Government knew President Chou. Erh hsun as a competent official and is quite willing to welcome him if he be appointed as the head of administration
of the three Easteru Provinces.- Universal Gazette.
General Petzel. commanding the German troops in N. China, and Mrs. Petzel, celebrated their Silver Wedding on Sept. 25th. The reception was held in the morning, and they received the congratulations of many friends, Admiral Yeh both foreigners and Chinese. sent one of the most interesting bouquets, con. sisting solely of flowers which represent in Several tiffin and din- Chinese Good Luck." ner parties were also being given by German officers to their friends in celebration of the event.
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The Shanghai Mercury says that the work on the New Ge man Club (at Shanghai) has begun, and on the 22nd October the foundation stone will be laid. Prince Adalbert of Prussia has kindly promised to be present and to assist in the ceremony-in fact the Prince asked that the is date might be fixed on the 22nd Oct.. being the birthday of his Imperial mother the Empress of Germany. We learn that pre- parations have been made by the committee appointed for the purpose to make the ceremony as impressive as possible.
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It has been found that, Mr. J.Mitchell. who disappeared from Shanghai some time ago, causing suspicions of foul play," left on the night of the 2 st September by the C.M. str. Anping, going on board about five minutes before her departure for Chefoo, and getting When the land officer certifies that a reassign-his ticket on bord. This accounts for the reason ment has been made for the sole purpose of enabling the mortgagor as the owner of any property held from the Crown to obtain a Crown lease, and a new mortgage of the same property similar in all respets to the previous mortgage is made immediately upon the grant ing of such Crown lease, reassignment and new mortgage are exempt from stamp duty.
From October 24 to December 31 obstructions will be laid in an area to the south of Stonecut ter's Island. The area will be defined by two small black buoys, each surmounted by a white flag, laid about 1,500 yards south of the southernmost point of Stonecutter's Island The east and west boundaries wil be drawn due north to meet the Island. Anchoring within this area will be prohibited, but there will be no obstruction to through naviga ion.
A Chinese detective was recently observed vigorously punching a hawker in the vicinity of Des Voeux koad. Two Europeans interven- ed and put an end to the assault. The hawker expressed an ardent wish that the matter could be brought to the notice of the detective's superior officers. It was suggested to him that the best means of doing that would be by summoning the detective for assault. But the hawker would not entertain the idea for a moment, explaining that he feared this would result in greater violence to himself, if not by the detective, then by "hired loafers."
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that enquiries among the shipping offices failed to show where he had gone to. He returned by the C.M. str. Taishan, and on landing, pro- ceeded to the Hotel des Colonies; and there met a friend who told him that a number of people Mitchell thereupon had been looking for him.
29th. disappeared again. September Detective Sergt. Gilfillan, who was in possession of the warrant, succeeded in arresting the man on the 30th. on the French Mail steamer, where he was booked under an assumed name. Не was subsequently arraigned at the British Consular Court on a charge of defrauding a Chinaman of a large sum of money. There are other charges.
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The N.-C. Daily News of the 1st instant say that the party conducted by Lieu -Col. Manifold, which travelled by way of the Han River iuto Szechuan, has returned to Shanghai after an
We under absence of about eight months. staud that the Mission, so far as it has an feial purpose. was an entire success, while from the point of view of a travelling trip it was equally sujoyable. From one who accompanied the party during the earlier stages of the journey we have already published a series of articles des- criptive of the important and flourishing cities up the Han River. Those who continued with the expedition into Szechuan confirm all that has been previously written and said of the immense potentialities of the great province At about four o'clock a.m. on the 1st inst. a which only needs to be more accessible and to lukong noticed smoke issuing from No. 11. possess itself greater facilities in the way of Eastern Street, in the Western District. He communications to be one of the richest in blew his whistle, and three other e nstables came China. The wealth is there, but the people are Well-meaning on the scene.
at present exceedingly poor A fire was found on the second floor, in a corner, burning fiercely. The heap attempts bave been made in various centres to consisted of a quantity of inflammable material ain an insight into "western learning." Halls soaked with kerosene, and several bladders of huve been set aide as schools, and there have kerosene, containing about two quarts each. been would-be scholars in plenty, but the diffi- One of the bladders had just become ignit-dculty has been to find anyoue to give the when a lukong rushed into the fire and snatched teaching. The only instructors likely to be it, and another, away from the flames. The availible in the near future are Japanese, who fire was smothered with damped blankets. not only have valuable sympathies with the When the Fire Brigade arrived, under Mr. E. Chinese order of intelligence, but can subsist R. Hallifax (deputy superintendent of police), on smaller stipends that would be required by and Mr. H. G. Baker (chief inspector), there foreigners. When Col. Manifold's party passed was nothing left for them to do. It is said that through the west they found no symptoms of the premises were heavily insured. The lukong' di turbance and everywhere met with ourteous Col. and Mrs. Manifold who plucked the bladders from the flames will and kiudly welcome. probably be rewarded for his bravery,
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The Shanghai Rowing Club opened a new signified boat huseo on September 29th, and " the same in the usual manner."
The Tientsin Autumn Race Meeting will le held on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd November. There are nine events on each day, but the values of the respective races are not yet filled in the programme.
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An examination, open to all qualified natural. born British subjects, for appointment in the Civil Service of India or for Eastern Cadet- ships in the Colonial Service or for clerkships in the Home Civil Service, will take place in London commencing on the 1st August. 905.
A Japanese school has been established at Yingkou under the authority of the Japane e Military Administration Office. The opening ceremony was held on September 20th, when the Foreign Consuls and some Japanese and Chinese traders, numbering about a hundred, were present.
This emanated from the Foreign Office. A statement was made by a member of the deputation from the London Chamber of Com- merce which waited upon the Prime Minister on 25th ult, that the Russian Government had paid compensation in respect of the sinking of the German vessel Thea. H.M. Ambassador at St. Petersburg has informed H.M. Government that this statement is incorrect. The owner has taken steps to appeal from the decision of the Prize Court at Vladivostock to the Supreme Admiralty Council at St. Petersburg,"
At the North Randfontein mine on 30th August the Chinese labourers endeavoured to strike. They objected to the deduction from their wages of the £3 advanced to them in China. and demanded that it should he con- a present. Immediate repressive sidered as measures were taken, and 50 ringleaders were arrested for disobedience to orders. The coolies at the other mines are contented. The steamer Courtfield, with 2,152 Chinese coolies on board, i has arrived at Durban. There were a few cases of dysentery on the voyage, but no deaths.
Mr. Holland, the inventor of the Holland submarine, claims that he has invented a practical flying machine with four wings, which he will be able to sell for ten dollars. The machine will be capable of moving from forty to fifty miles an hour. Mr. Holland says When I invented the submarine I was laughed at even by scientists and by mechanical engi
I believe neers, but they do not langh now. that I have solved the problem of flying, and I predict that my machine will be in general use in five years' time.
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With regard to the appointment of Captain Wirren to the command of the Port Arthur squadron, the China Re iew learns that Captain Wirren was only promoted to his captaincy three years ago. There are 11 ciptais in the Russian Navy. and Captain Wireen is the seventy-seventh in seniority. been promoted above the heads of many senior officers, and may resort to some exceptionally bold course for saving the remaining ships in Port Arthur as an earnest of his promotion. The Japanese will now be more visitant than ever in watching the squadron.
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The death of Herr Johanu Nölting, of Shanghai, which we briefly announced else- where morning, is thus referred to by the N.-C. Daily News: Shanghai lose a very old and a very much-respected resident in the person of Mr. Johann Nolting, who died here at noon yesterday of heart disease at the age of 64. He was the doyen of the German commercial community here, and there can be few, if any. in the whole commercial world here
He came out to Bangkok antedate him. originally in 186!, and in the following ye r he came to Shanghai, which has been his home for 42 years; he had only made two trips home in that He was for some time, the last being in 1883. years a partner in the firm of Telge, Nölting & Co., afterwards joining the firm of Tanmeyer, & Co., of which he was head partner at the time of his death. For many years he was one of the leading comedians in the brilliant company of amateurs who delighted so many audiences at the Concordia Club, in the little theatre in the Foochow Road. Mr. Nolting and his amiable wife had a large circle of friends of all nationalities, for he was one of those kind. who never grow old and quiet genial men who cannot but make friends and cannot make enemies.
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