On Saturday, telegraphic news was received by the Borneo Company, Ld., Agents for the Mutual Line, as to the whereabouts of the s.s. nue. The Mayne left Cebu in the Philippines on j the 30th ult., for Singapore, and was long [overdue. It appears that, on the 2nd inst. ithe vessel, while passing through the Sula Seas, struck a reef, said to be uncharted. She was successfully got off, but was so uly damaged that she had' to put in off alabac Island. She is, probably, beached there. Several of the crew left the vessel for Kudat, from whence information was telegraphed to Singapore.
This evening, the Tanjong Pasar tug Mercury, with Captain Grey, leaves with a wrecking party to proceed to the Aoyrure's assistance.
The Moyune is a comparatively new steamer, having been built in 1895 by Messrs. Henderson and Ca., of Glasgow. She is of 3,016 tons, net, "her length is 410 feet, beam 48.1. and depth 26.2. She is lighted by electricity. She is commanded by Captain Kemp. Some time ago, she went a ground off the Isle of Wight, but was got off without serious damage.
While the church bells were tolling on the 10th instant, writes our Kudat corres. pondent, the attention of all in Kudat were directed to a two-masted lifeboat which was sailing in towards Kudat Pier. The occupants, Messrs. R. G. Strickland, T. MI. Moore, R. Plum, and Kininburgh, officers, engineer, and. quartermaster of thes.
foynne, Innded and state? the following That on the 2nd instant, at 8.30 a.m. steamer, when ch the Sea and about 84 miles distant to the eastward of Balabac, suddenly grounded on an qneharted reef. A fresh head wind blowing did not help matters, but, the engines being stopped and the steamer backed, she was able to resume her way. Both hand and steam pumps were rizyud, and, at about 8 p.m., the anchor was drop: ped' outside Balaime Island, The approx-mate position of the reef is stated to be Int. 8° 6" N. and Long. 118° 6°30 E. The next morning, it was found imprudent to the journey to Singapore, owing to condition, and she was taken to Kalindorang Bay, on the east coast of Balnbac, where a Spanish Settlement is situated.
The number of cycling accidents in this country is increasing at an alarming rate, but when they come to be looked i te they generally resolve themselves into cccurrencies thet might have hee" avoided by the exercise of a little care. A wan will run into a stone wall ina sense fog, or he will slap round a. corner and collde with jan unforeseen obstacle. Or he will tackle traffic too fast on a greasy road, or put out his hand to an omnibus for support and be clutched underneath it, or will essay to descend a dangerous hill with a total lack of all reas-nable precautions. It is very seldom indeed that genuine unpreventa-Dle cycling accident is reported, and ut these it is the still rarer sort to hear of where the trouble aris-s from defective ouachines, Se the accidents of cycling xre not so much the result "f cycling per s+, as carelessness on a cycle, and if we could persunte widely circulated journals to bead their sensational accounts "More Careless. ness," or © More Rash Riding," instend of "More Cycling Accitents,", tiwy woul be nearer the truth, snd an' implied slur on the safest of all means of locomotion would be removed.
There "ro' some practical jokers about who lay themselves ait to procure ey accidents, herdless nf the poss ble fy run, and were expected 10 return the sime way a little Inter on, and itkeemed a good joke to the local hobble. Aechoys 10 drag "eve al huge pieres of timber nercss the road in a dare the journey where trees sverhu g the highway. This port ix of the wuue depraved nature as the attempted wreck purely malicious, and in thi Stranger passing that way casmoned into the trees, smashed his machine, and sus. tainer severe pers nal injuries." A some what similar i-stance of wilful obstruction comes fran a neizh"ouring county, where a miscreant' tied a length' of bed wire nctoss thw road from one hedge to the other. In thie case the first passer-by was a horseman inst-ad of a cyclist, and he fell with his horse, and both were badly damaged, W~ huve a Inw desling with such obstructions, but the perpetreters of these outrage-s are generally difficult to lay hands upon After consultation with the Spanish authorities, it was found preferable to call for volunteers to man a lifeboat, and to endeavour to effect communication with Singapore. The above named officers pluckily volunteered, in spite of the harrowing stories of pirates furnished by the good people of Balabac; and, having provisioned and armed a lifeboat, a start was made on the 8th instant at 7.30 p.m. Up to the afternoon of the 9th, fair weather was experienced, but a heavy rainstorm deluged all their clothing in the evening. 'The next day was dry, and, after pulling from Balambangan half-way towards Marudu Bay, a fair wind brought the party to Kudat after a voyage of 44 hours. On the Lith, the Ocean Steam Ship Company' steamer Dexcalion called at Kudat, und Me. Strickland was able to discuss matters with the agents and Captain Branch. It was decided to forward a message by thes.x. Heouby to be telegraphed to Singapore fron" Labu Mr. Strickland, in the name of Captain Kemp and the officers of the ".s, Mayne, wishes to express his most cordial thanks to the og-nts and officers of the Ocean Steamship Company for all their assistance.—Straits Times, 18th October.
If one takes the mere figures of latest 24 hours! record by th Dutchman, Cordang, at the Crystal Pal ce track, namely 616 miles 340 yards, they simply stun you, as they mean a jamp upwa: de of over fifty miles over and above n total that was already regarded as marvellous, made by Huret, who has hitherto been invincible at the game. Cordang, whose previous chief performance was a close second to Riv ere in the Bordeaux-Paris race last May, then learnt the enormous value of shelter from wind resistance, as it was the motor help of Rivierre's pavers that took him away. So in this tral Cordang lid special wind shields erected on the back of each of the pacing malticycles, giving him perfect and compluto shelter. Add to this that he had an ileat day in respect of weather, and rode to sche 1u'e instead of competitive y, and y-u re helped' t" understand the otherwise seemingly impossible nature of the perform. lance Ibis worthy of notice that he used e-in-driven machine, and a+ Hu-of's seat ride was supposed to have given she chainless machine n great impetus towards public favour, this record of Cordang's will have a welcome effect in restoring public opinion to the right pith which leads to simple chains, and not to the e-mplexities of bevel gears.
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