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was a revoluti‹ nist.
CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
He was sent to Siberia ( The letters of allotment in the last Japanese for two months for agitating against the loan have been posted. The promptitude with Government. He was saat to Siberia by Minister which the allotment has been made and the Plehve, and released when the Ministry under-avoidance of a large lock-up of money for any went a charge. He left Russia because he length of time reflect great credit on the
banks concerned. was a politica offender, and would have been
Local applicants for the fifth made to serve in the War. He had no money domestic loan were notified on 8th May. when he landed in Singapore. Mr. King had lent him some since he had been here. He was to break his voyage here for fourteen days. | On landing he went straight to Pulo Brani with Mr. King. Mr. King stopped at the Arsenal,
but witness dil not remember the encounter described by Mr. Black. On the evening of the same day Mr. King and witness went to town. Later Mr. King took witness to the recreation ground and introduced him to Sgt. Pocock. Wituess went to the Russian Consul to ask for some Russian newspapers. He had a conversa- tion with the onsul about Russiau politics, and the Consul remarked it was a pity they only killed 5,000 revolutionaries and not 50,000 in the St. Petersb rg strikes. Witness objected to serve in the Eussian army so he left Russia. At Polo Bran, he did not sketch anything. He did not ne the box of compasses. Ho did not know there were any guns on Pulo Brani. He paid a visit to a ship carrying Russian refugees and d stributed pamphlets against the War.
The case was adjourned, heavy bail being allowed.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Motor-boats have a great future in China One or two medium samples taken to inland waters would cause big sales.
The steamer Matsumaye-maru with 15,00 cases of kerosene oil ex Nigretia on board, was totally burnt in the Inland Sea on the 24th
April
At noon on 3th ins!, three more plague cases were added to the previous record; 53+3=56 since January 1st. The death roll in India, to March 25th, numbered 53,895.
Th proceedings against Mr. F. J. Bardens by Messrs. Samuel, Samuel & Co. have been withdrawn, and an arrangement made by which Mr. Bardens will sever his connection with the firm.
A Manila dentist has stated that the Chinese are food of displaying gold fillings in their teeth. As far as profit is concerned I prefer the Chinese trade to anything but the gilt-edge American trade every time. Besides, the
Chinaman is as brave as a lion when it comes to punishment, submitting to the most painful operations without & murmur.
The Manila Electric Railway and Light Company has asked the municipal board to return to it a further sum of $50,000 out of the remainder of the $75.000 left of the $175,000 deposited as a guarantee for the proper construc- tion of the road and completion of their contract. $100.000 has already been repaid, and the re- maining $25,000 is to be left as a guarante of good management.
The Courrier Saigonnais of 1st May reports that the Customs launch Annam (90 tons) has been cut in two by the Manche. The skipper of the Annum, believing that the Manche was in distress (!) changed his course, and his helmsman, making a mistake, took him right in The Customs front of the oncoming ship. skipper was slightly injured. The crew were saved.
Owing to his departure for Home, Mr. H. E. Tomkins, Chairman of the Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation, resigned his sent on the Board of Directors. Mr. H. A. W. Slade, Deputy Chairman, has been elected Cairman in his plac, and Mr. A. Haupt has been elected Deputy Chairman, Mr. F. Salinger (of Messrs. Reiss & Co.) has been appointed to the seat on the Board vacated by Mr. Tomkins.
The Singapore Free Press quotes a Saigon paper as saying" Numerous business failures (Kracks financiers) are announced at Singapore and Hongkong. More than a hundred whole sale and retail houses here have surrendered their ledgers If this news is exact it cannot fail to have an effect on local trade. It is thought that these "Kracks" are the conse. quence of the war and the captures made by the
The Korean Government on the 27th March granted a mining concession at Syuan goldbelligerents of ships carrying contraband." min, Hoan hai Province, to the Japan se British-American syndicate, which had be a asking for it for some time past.
Some time ago the " "Blake" hat was being boomed by the batters of Ceylon. "Lady Blake Buttons are now announced, the buttons being manufactured from the seeds of Talipot palm It is a new industry in Ceylon
The Chefoo Daily News reports that Viceroy Yuan Shih-k'ai's troops are being put into fighting trim. The first reform is in the direc tion of uniforms, the new pattern of which resembles those used by French troops.
The cigarettes manufactured by the Japanese Gorerum ot Bureau are being exported to Siam, Singapore, and India to a remarkable amon t. The Bureau has also received applica- tions from Denmark, Sweden, and Norway for samples of the different brands.
His Excellency the Governor has been pleased, under instructions from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, to recognise provisionally, pending the issue of an Exequatur. A. A. H. Botelho, as Consul for Nicaragua at Hongkong, says the Government Gazette.
A le'egran to the Shanghai Times, dated Peking, 3rd May, says:-The Japanese Minister has urged the Wai-wu-pu to enforce the Trade Marks Regulations. The Wai-wa-pu replied that it would be necessary to postpone the
enforcement for another six month.
See what a
Mesny's Miscellany says: marvellous development has taken place at Hongkong under British rule. That barren island has been turned into the second largest shipping port in the world in the short space of sixty years by wise administration and liberal laws.
The report of the Banyo ailway Co., Ltd., for the term ending the 31st of March last shows a divisible balance of Y2,271,390. It is proposed to add Y91,000 to reserve, pay a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, and a bonus of Y42,500, and carry forward the balance, Y674,140.
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According to the Singapore Free Press, the Chinese Christian Association at that place has been debating the question: Which is the more convenient mode of travelling for the public: the Tramway of the Ricsla?" The Since the verdict has not yet reached us. class divisions started in our local trams were inaugurated, the trams gain the vote; but until the fares are adjusted, there will still be many who vote for the man power vehicle.
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It is notified in the Government Gazette that eptember next classes will be formed at Queen's College for a higher course of education than is provid d in class I. These classes, for the sake of distinction, will be called the A commercial course will be collegiate course. first instituted, and a scientific course will be inaugurated as soon as a sufficient number of students offer. The fee will be $30 per quarter, or any part of a quarter of a year, payable in advance.
A tram conductor was charged before Mr. F. A. Hazeland at the Police Court on May 9 with embezzling 1 cents of the Company's P. S. Blackman informed His Wor- money. ship that he gave the conductor the fare from Icehouse Street to Mu ray Barracks and was handed a used ticket in return. His Worship that previous convictions had remarked evidently not had a deterrent effect. He would therefore sentence the defendant to six mouths' imprisonment and six hours stocks.
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All things that pass are woman's looking glass." These words head a feminine column in the N.C. Daily News, in which, on May 6th, Belle Heather discusses dresses and hats at the recent race meeting. It seems to us that "all things" have come to a queer pass when the Shanghai racecourse can boast of Very Frenchy a spectacle thus described: in appearance was a frock worn by a dark haired girl of cornflower blue." In these days, when the colour line is so strongly drawn, the lot of a lady with a complexion like that must be a most unhappy one.
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All ports and places in the Philippine Islands are to be opened to the coastwise trade. On May 4th the Commission passed Act No. 1341 amending section 151 of the Customs Administrative Act, which restricted inter- island trade to certain specified ports. The Act also amends and revises sections 136, 137, 151 and 284 of the Customs Administrative Act, and repeals section 138 of the same. Act will take effect on July 1st next, and is the result of the recommendations of t e committee appointed by executive order No. 12.
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A Peking letter states that H. E. Hu Wei-té, Chinese Minister at St. Petersburg, has in- formed the Waiwupu with reference to, that Ministry's recent complaint that Russian troops were transporting supplies through the Mongolian grasslands. east of Urga, and through the region west of Petune, on the Manchurian-Mongolian borders, that "instruc- tions have been sent by the Russian Govern- ment to the generals in command at the front to refrain from using the routes referred to, Eo that the neutral rights of China may be respected."
It is said that a Chinese army might march through Cores, plunder it from coast to coast, and commit all kinds of outrage, but its evil deeds would be forgotten to-morrow. A hundred thousand Japanese might pass along the same way, silent as the dumb except for their tramp; paying for every bag of rice and every string of eggs, molesting no one, orderly and well-behaved perfection itself, and yet be talked of as a plague,
Wai-nim," thi ves, robbers, wre'ches. Coreans have a venerable prejudice against Japanese. Japanese return the compliment with an old- established contempt for the Coreans.
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An Indian watchman, while searching two coolies on their departure from the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Company's works Thursday, by chance caught hold of a bamboo
was carrying. men surprised at the weight that he detained the coolies while he opened up an end and found 24 lbs. of brass secreted within. The bamboo the second coolie was carrying was found to The men were contain 12 lbs. of solder. charged with larceny before Mr. F. A. Hazeland at the Police Court yesterday, and were each sentenced to three months' hard labour and six hours' stocks.
The privileges conferrel upon the First Bank (Dai Ichi Ginko) by the Imperial Ordinance of the 24th March are quite similar to those enjoyed by the Bank of Japan and place the First Bank in the position of the Central Bank of Korea. The value of bank notes hitherto issued by the Bank, is about Y 3,200,000. With regard to the coinage reform. the First Bank will commence to take up nickels on the 1st July.
The handling by the Bank of the Korean Government funds will gradually pre- veut the dishonesty of the local officials. The Bank newly establishes branches in Pingyang, Wonsan (Gensan) and Taiku (Hyong-syang province) and agencies at Song-do, Wiju and Fongchin.
Philatelists in the Postal Department should take warning from the punishment meted out to Chan Yuk, a postman, not to remove postage Chan was caught in the stamps from letters act, and at the instance of the Posimast r General, was charged with the offence before Mr. F. A. Hazeland at the Police Court on 5th May. Mr. Johnston informed His Worship that this practice was being carried on to a great extent of late, and asked that such a sentence be inflicted as would act as a deterrent to others in the Department. The defendant was sentenced to four months' hard labour. The case may perhaps explain where som› of the undelivered letters go.
Alber. R. Hager, who was sent to St. Louis with the Exposition Board, desired some inform- stion from the Filipino students in the United States, and wrote to one young man in California asking him what "tribe" be belonged to in the The reply which he received was Philippines something of a surprise to the tactless inquirer. The young man warmly d nied that he belonged tribe," and made it nothing leg than to any an insult to be referred to in the same way as the American Indian. The young man con- oluded by stating that if the Americans looked upon the Filipinos in that light he did not wish any longer to be considered as belonging to America
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