To Capital:—10,000 shares at $100 sesseeee $14000,000.00 Reserve Fun 288,718.70 Balance of Underwriting Account a 58,396.39
Total of Kiangse road resulting in the death of a native, who was knocked down Ly a brough ham, ' The mafoo immediately whipped his pony and drove off, but was followed Several passers-by and stopped by a Sikh policeman. The injured man was taken to \the Shantung road Hospital, where he died in the afternoon, and the mafoo to the Cental Station, Another mafoo who was with the first at the time of the accident but did not contribute to it, and who stopped the pony when he saw a police-unau, Was allowed to take the brougham away. Gciog out of the Station yard, the pony collided with the gate, took fright and bolted, overturning two jinricsha Honan road though without hurting, anybody, Several other accidents happen on Wednesday. On the bund a trap ran into a jinricsha and smashed it, and in Szechuen road a lady was thrown out of her jinricsha through a trap colliding with it, The road at the spot where this happened is very narrow, and has been rendered more so through the hoarding that has been put up, which greatly increases the danger of accidents.
We mentioned recently that a Chinese woman had committed suicide rather than go back to her husband and his family, Soon after she had got into the boat, the opium she had swallowed commenced to take effect, {80 the boatmen refused to proceed with. her on board. The boat was run alongside ithe bank of the Svochow Creek, and the woman was put on shore where she died, the body remaining there for some time, and as' neither the husband nor the woman's mother would bury it, it was eventually taken away by the tipao, On Saturday afternoon a destitute Chi-aman jumped off the Garden bridge, but after he got into the water, he apparently repented of the act and clung to one of the piles. He was eventually rescued sampan and taken to the Hongkew Station, The reason assigned for the attempt upon is life was that he was destitute and miserable, A burglar attempted to commit a robbery at a house in Hongkew on Suturday night, and after trying all the windows managed to effect an entrance to the premises. He apparently had been in the building before and knew his way about, as he locked the door between the servants' quarters and the rest of the house, then sat down, and made a hearty meal, Having thus become strengthened for his work, he proceeded upstairs and groped about, in the dan While doing so, he disturbed the occupants the lady of the house got up and proceeded to light the gas, whereupon the thief, who was in the room, made a rush for the window, jumped out and made off, leaving behind lim his tools and his shoes. Fortunately he did not succeed in stealing anything before he made his sudden exi At the Mixed Court on Friday a native was sentenced to two weeks' imprisonment: for stealing a piece of chain from the Mayne, while the receiver who also had some sandal wood in his possession was ordered to be imprisoned for two weeks in lieu of paying fine of $4. The sandalwood was confiscated.
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