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You savvy Dent's, masta! No got dis side, now. Befo' time plenty big houso. My Fata he catchee one piecee waifo, all same taipai. That- side he makee live big tanka, my tinkee fankwei
CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
NEW HOSPITAL AT SHANGHAI
Recording the formal opening. on October 26th, of the new building for St. Luke's Hospital talkee "receivin ship." China fashion talkee at Shanghai, the N.-C. Daily News said:-There
'tanka.' Dent office be b'long aussi, littee way cross watta. My Fata he talkee my one piecee gliffin come t'at side, belongey-name Mackellar. Ch'hoy! Dis Mackellar plenty hand- littee sing- some, all-same missy, all-same song.
ho can makee bobbley. Fankwei oluks. Mackellar he fins, talkee Lady Mackellar plentee laugh. Mackellar angly. No can talkee so fashion. He flins have got watta top-side.
talkee my
Mackellar Bymby, my Fata he catches plenty sick. Takta. folleign takta le talkee Macke lar have makee catch smallopox: my Fata, all men. go shore side. Ten, wat-ting Takta he fin' out "Lady" Mackellar blong ploppa missy."
You mean the Doctor found out this clerk actually was a woman?
Hai My Fata talkee my so fashion. He
tinkee spose Takta no look-see, no man savvy.
What became of her? Did your father say? Wailo! He b'long someting yingjen talkee love 'fair - b'long follsign mandalin chilo- makee lun after young man come China side flom Yingling-xide. Have look-see Canton-side. Shanghai-ride. Hongkong side. den Amoy. Makee finish dollah, catchee job taipan Dents Wan pieces missionalee catchee lady-clothes, make cllection; sendee ke home Yingling-side Lodyay he taiyun, hai-yah Makee lemema olo-time stoly. You pay my twen' cents, masta? Are you quite sure that's all true, Ah Tung? Aw li. No fear. You no savvy sposum Chinaman talker lie, he makee die chop-chop? No can talkee lie!
HILARY MORCH WITT,
THE BRITISH CHINA SQUADRON.
THE GROWTH OF INSUBORDINATION,
The Naval and Military Record of the 22nd ult. has the following leaderette: -There is an admixture of the good and bad in the news which we publish to-day from the China station. Vice-Admiral Sir Gerard Noel is apparently leaving nothing undone to promote a high standard of efficiency in everything that con. cerns the war training of the fleet, and his com- mand has up to the present realised all that was predicted when his appointment to the China
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station was announced. is regrettable to find that insubordination is more prevalent than usual in this fleet. We courts-martial having report to-day been held on the station for the trial of tive able seamen, three of whom refused to obey orders, whilst two were found guilty of the still far 100 prevalent and serious offence of striking superior officers. increase of crime on the China station has, we understand, called forth some comment in the
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squadron as to whether the low standard of discipline which prevails in some ships has not exceeded the bounds of discretion. In other quarters there is x disposition to attribute the state of affairs to what a correspondent describes the now very indiscriminate method of rating petty officers. and the small amount of responsibility with which they are rested."¦ There certainly seems to be a great difficulty experienced in some ships in getting men to obey orders with the promptness and decision which are so essential, alike for the well-being of the service and the interests of the personnel. To whatever cause the growth of insubordina- tion on the China station may be ascribed, it calls for the adoption of measures which will act as a deterrent to others against committing serious breaches of the Naval Discipline Act.
MAN-O'-WAR'S BOAT ADRIFT.
Capt. Peters, of the s.8. Hong Bee, reports that in her voyage from Singapore to Hong- kong he passed a man-o'-war's cutter in 18Ň. 113.32E. She was a black boat with & gold and yellow moulding. Nobody was in her. She looked like a British man-o'-war's, perhaps belonging to B.M.S. Cressy, but that is not certain. She probably by some other fell out of her davits, something having gone wrong with the patent automatically unhooking falls.
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are six large rooms and fourteen smaller ones, containing altogether one hundred beds. The two operating rooms are fairly large, and are fitted with the most modern appliances recently received from the United States and England. Adjoining the hospital there is also a building for the medical school. The native staff of the hospital consists at present of six trained nurses, and a house surgeon and physician, both of whom are graduates of the medical department of St. John's College, Jessfield. There is also a superintendent of the nurses. It is significant of the wide interest taken in the institution that so many of the fittings and appurtenances have been presented to it by clubs or individuals. The commodious lift, for
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instance, bears the inscription. "Presented to St. Luke's Hospital by the Bottle Club of Philadelphin. The X-ray room is in memory of Edward Miller, and one bedroom has been furnished by the students of St John's College, while the roof garden, 'where the patients may recuperate, is an excellent idea well carried out. It has been nicely furnished in loving memory of the Rev. J. P. Hubbard, who arrived in China in 1852. A huge dragon flag flats on the breeze from this garden. and large bowls conta ning gold fish, so dear to the Chinese, show conspicuously among the other furnish- ings.
AUDACIOUS ROBBERY AT
SHANGHAL
The departure of Lieutenant Colonel Chou, commandant of the Native City garrison, to the vicinity of Sungkiang. with land and naval detachments, to capture a large body of salt smugglers and gamblers who had previously ambushed and defeated a small squadron of native river gunboats that had been sent to disperse them. has already been reported. Apparently the departure of Lieut. Gol. Chou from Shanghai was dnly reported to the leaders of the desperate men near Sungkiang, says the N.-C. Daily News, for they took advantage of it to send a portion of their number to create a diversion
in Shanghai city.iby making a raid on Monday night on the resi lence of the Lieutenant-Colonel. while all the male members of the family were away. The result of the raid was the taking away of a large number of trunks containing furs and silk and satin clothing, as well as money and jewellery. Having bound and gagged their victims, the bandits with their plunder mounted the city walls, close by the residence, and choosing the south-western part where it was in a tumble-down condition, they climbed down and were far away before the military patrols from the barracks not far off the scene of the robbery could get anywhere near the place.
MURDEROUS ATTACK ON AN ENGLISHMAN.
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and lashed out furiously with a stout knotty walking stick. He managed to inflict several hard blows on the ruffians, who, finding one angry Englishman more than they bargained for, fled in panic. Mr. Carter then continued his journey alon arriving at Kowloon in a very fatigued condition. His face was in a badly braised condition, there being one particularly
Some 16- large, contusion across the nose. stitches had to be put in his head. So far, we understand, no arrests have been made,
CHINESE BRIGANDS IN THE NEW TERRITORY, Mr. J. G. M. Carter, an officer attached to the Outdoor staff of the Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs, was murderously attacked by Chinese brigands in the Kowloon hills on Thursday night. He had been granted 48 hours' leave from Shauchung station; and, preferring a
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Chinese cramped little travelling in a launch, crossed from Shauchung to Loklaha in a junk. On landing he employed a coolie to carry his baggage. Some little time after setting out, two other Chinamen joined the party. Taking it for granted that they were ordinary wayfarers Mr. Carter thought nothing about the incident. When about seven miles out, on the Taipo Road, at about 5 p.m.. Mr. Carter stooped down to take a drink of water from a stream flowing, from sonie rocks. Suddenly, one of the Chinamen hit him on the head with a large lump of rock, and the other attacked him with a bamboo pole. Up in an instant, though half dazed from the blows, Mr. Carter backed against the rocky side of the road'
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BAXTER SCHOOL SALE OF GOODS.
The sale of goods in connection with this school was held in the City Hall on the 1st instant, when there was a good attendance of ladies. Excepting in the case of the toy and refreshment stalls, the articles were all on one big stall." They were prettily laid out and were presided over by the following ladies :-
Mesdames Atkinson, Barnes-Lawrence, Bate-
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son Wright, Brewin, Dicken, Gershom Stewart, Goetz, Gompertz, Harker, Hoare, Macfar-
May, Mitchell,
lane,
Pinckney, Peter, Slade, Swan, Tomes,
Siebs, Playfair, Villiers Hatton and Lady Berkeley, also the Misses Baio, Barnes-Lawrence, Berkeley, Griffen, Hancock. Hazeland, Hoare, Innes, Siebs, Stilwell, and Wallis, while the refresh- ment stall was in charge of Mesdames Siebs, May. Kruger and Fuchs, and Miss Siebs and the Misses Stella May and Marjory Berkeley were disposing of the toys in the Toy Stall:
Miss Fletcher, on behalf of Miss Johnstone and the ladies connected with the Baxter C. M. S, schools. wishes to thank all those who have the helped to make the sale such a success; Secretary of the City Hall for the loan of the Hall; Commodore Dicken for flags and the services of men to arrange them; Major Caulfield and officers of the 110th Mahratta L.I.. for the use of the Band; and all the ladies who laid out the stalls so tastefully and presided over them so indefatigably during the afternoon; and lastly all who made purchases, both great and small.
The takings, so far as we could ascertain last night, were about $1.200.
At about four o'clock in the afternoon His Excellency Sir Matthew Nathan, K.C.M.G., arrived. His Excellency purchased several articles and then kindly treated all the Baxter School children to tea.
Amongst other people there we noted the Hon. F. H. May, C.M.G., Mr. Basil Taylor and Mr. Campbell, British Consul at Canton.
The band of the 11th Mahratts Light Infantry played selections of music during the afternoon.
HONGKONG.
The Rev. G. Searle, Chaplain to the Forces at Woolwich, had instructions to be in readiness to embark for Hongkong about November 3rd.
That portion of the resumed area at Taiping- shan which has been set apart for a garden is now officially named Blake Garden "; and, in Chinese. "Puk Kung Yun.”
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Mr. Herbert Clifford Atkinson on Oct. 28 passed his master mariner's examination. He was examined by Mr. Basil Taylor (navigation), Commander Dawes, R.N., and Capt. F. D. Goddard (seamanship).
Mr. William Stewart Harrison, manager of the China and Japan Telephone and Electric Co., Ld., Hongkong, died at the Peak Hospital on Oct. 30. He was a well-respected citizen, and is deeply regretted by his many friends. He was 38 years of age.
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It is noteworthy that the alteration in the clocks makes an error in the published tide tables. To obtain the time of high and low water according to zone time 25 minutes 18 seconds should be added to the time given in the tables.
On Oct. 28th a collision between a rick- sha and an electric car occurred in front of the Harbour Master's Wharf. The tram was run- uing along at a brisk race, when the ricksha coolie tried to cross the track. He was not quite quick enough, and the car capsized the ricksha, throwing the Chinese passenger to the ground, right in front of the car. The car was brought instantly to a standstill, and there were no serious results.
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