W. Gande charged a houseboat coolie threatening him with a chopper. Mr. Gande, while up-country, had some trouble with his coolies and a disturbance ensued, in which the prisoner was the ringleader. 'The offence was committed as far back as the 3ist of last month, but on his return to Shanghai the prisoner absconded and was not captured until Friday. He was sentenced to four days' cangue.
We have received the Peking and Tientsin Times of the 12th inst.—The leading article considers The Commercial Future of Kinochol," which is, without doubt, full of promise.—Bfessrs. Sictas & Ca., of Chefoo, have received the contract for catering for' the German garrison thero.—The new Postal Cars on the railway are a great success.—A Russian named K. A. Sidorof, aged 37, shot himself at Tientsin on the 9th,—The Emperor of China has been ordering a large number of books, in his own handwriting, from the Book Store of the American Bible Society. He has taken over 400 copies of 72 different books.—A magnificent palace car has been built at Tongahan for the Bmpress-Dowager, and two Mandarin cars. It is reported' that Her Majesty will make trip by rail to Tanta oid Tentsin, the 22nd inst,—The Cheek Arbitration was have received Hongkong papers to
opeeed at Bangkok before Sir Nicholas nen on the Ist, the proceedings being conducted in private. Mr. Platt, of Shang: hai, and Mr. Kellett represent the Check Estate, and Mr. Carver and Dr. Franl faster' the Siamese government.—T! Sultan of Selangor died on the 17th.—Admiral Buller arrived at Hongkong in the Alacrity on the 16th and went up to the races.—Sir Henry Blake is to leave London for his new post_at Hongkong next month.—Mr. Justice Leach is to officiate at Penang during the absence on leave of Mr. Justice Law.—The Sultan of Johore has been seriously injured by a cartridge which had jammed, and which he was trying to extract from his Winchester, exploding in his face.—The report of the Hongkong Hotel Ca., La., for the latter half of 1897 shows an available balance of $27,078. It is proposed to pay a final dividend of 3 per cent, write off $10,500 from furniture, team-launch, ete, and carry forward
security of Hongkong.—The ment in the Synagogue case reached its conclusion in the Hongkong Daily Press of the 19th.—The U.S. S. Raleigh arrived at Hong-Kong on the 18th.—The Russian cruiser Rossia, 3-screw, 20 knots, arrived at Singapore onthe 9th inst. She is supposed to be able to steam from Cronstadt to Viadivostock without stopping to coal.—Fire broke cout on the Esmeralda just as she was Jeaving Manila on the 11th, and 3,000 bags of sugar in the after hold were damaged by fire and water.—Messrs. Workman, Clarke Ca., Belfast, are to' build two steamers steamer Sabr has been totally wreck for the hina' Mutual Co—The orating on a reef while on voyage between Sandakan and Lab: No lives were Jost.—The Burma railway is being rapidly pushed towards Yunnan.—The death in announced on the 19th ult. of the wife of Rear-Admiral Oxley.—Admiral Baller left for home by the Ganges on the 19th.—At the Off-Day of the Races at Hongkong, the 19th, the "Beechwood" Cup, 1 mile, was won by Mr. G. H. Potts's White Egpecnk oe Da 1} mile, Cruickshank) in 2mit "Locum Tenens" Cup, mile, Pott's Whirlwind (Mr. Bucknall) 43hsecs.; the Mafoos' Champions, 1} mile, by Mr. Hopeful's Orwell in mins.
es; the Hongkong Steeplechase Eu by Me. John Peel's Mujte (Mr. Cruickshank); the 'Yenisei" Cup, 14 mile, by Messrs McKio and Gove's Beechnut (Mr. Burkill) in mins. 56secs.; the 'John Peel" Cup, 1 mile, by Mr. G. H. Potts's Tocsin (Mr, Cruickshank) in mins. 15secs.; and the Mafoos' Race, once round, by Mr. Dryasdust's Outpost in mins, Ofsec.—The Governor of Kuangtung has sent, by request, a thousand picked troops to the Governor of Shantung.—The report of the Punjom Mining Ld., for the past year shows an ay ble balance of $27,279. 'The Directors propose to write' $20,741 off the Company's assets, and carry forward the Dalance.—Sir Nicholas Hannen and family ned to Hongkong from Bangkok on the 19th.—The Canton correspondent of the Hongkong Telegraph hints that the French are preparing to occupy Kuang-chang Bay, on the mainland, opposite Hainan.
Tux following notes are from the Hong-Kong Daily Press of the 22nd inst Wo learn that the deck passengers and crew of the wrecked coasting steamer Saba had a terrible experience after they left the vessel. were afloat five days in small boats and suffered great privatic: s before they succeeded in reaching San-dakar. An enquiry into the wreck was held and the master of the steamer was exonerated from blame, the weather being very foggy at the time and the current an unusually strong one.
'A serious affair occurred at Bangkok on the 9th of February at Leo Wah Hong's rice mill on the west side of the river. From the Bangkok Times we learn that a company of police, headed by Chief-Inspector Luang Anumat, set out with the intention of collecting the poll-tax from numbers of Chinese in this quarter. The latter had been apprised of the arrival of the police and had provided themselves with fire-arms. As soon as the police put in an appearance at Lee Wah Eleng's rice mill the coolies are reported to have collected their forces in one of their sheds and opened fire upon the intruders. None of the policemen, however, were wounded. The company of police, sixty in all, were also armed, and returned the coolies' fire, with' the result that two Chinamen were shot dead and one seriously wounded, while fifteen others were more or less injured. - The twodesd men were removed to the mortuary and the wounded man was conveyed to the Bangkok Hospital. The proprietor of the rice mill is said to be a British subject, and a complaint has accordingly been lodged with the British Consul, it being contended the police had no right to-enter a foreign subject's premises to collect poll-tax or for any other purpose without authority. Several Sikh policemen were engaged in the work and a charge will be brought against them in the British Court.
A suanz-speculation case seems as of it would be rather a dry affair of figures and fractions, but Mr. Francis, Q. C. succeeded in extracting some amusement from it in his cross-examination of Mr. Kelly, the broker Mr. Francis—You are apparently an Irishman by your name, Mr. Kelly Witness—I am not an Irishman.
Is the name Kelly your adopted name?—Lhave not adopted it, Was it your father's name?—It is a translation in English of Kadoorik. My elder brother translated it.
His Lordship—How do you spell it To tell you the truth I do not know. When I came to China my name was Kelly. (Laughter.)
Mr. Francis—May I ask you where you came from, Mr. Kelly, as you are nota countryman of mine?—I came from Bagdad. (Laughter.)
Are there any reasons why you did not assist in keeping the accounts or books, or make entries, or do anything of that sort?—Because I do not understand the English Innguage sufficiently.
In fact you are not able to write English?—A little, You are not able to read English fluently @—A little, When in the firm of Benjamin and Kelly had you anything to do with the books Tused to keep the books in Arabic, And the books of the firm were kept in Arabic until Mr. Potts joined?—Yes, ore nol kopr la. Arablo now 1 x Ta And perhaps you think it is a pity the
not think that, papers with dates from Seoul to the 12th, We have received Corea and Japan
yokohama the 17th, Kobe the 18th, and Nagasaki the 19th inst.—The Russo-Corean Bank has opened its temporary office at Seoul Itis to have the handling of all the Government money for the Finance Department, $100,000 having been already deposited in it by the Government. "The Independent says that with the pri: vilege of handling the Government revenue, it will surely become a paying enterprise."—The Han river is now free from ice, a very unusual circumstance at this season.—The P. and O. steamer Borneo ran} on the Saratoga Spit on the Hath, but was towed of by the Rosetla after lightening. The Japanese warship Kongo Kan lost a steel hawser in attempting to tow off the Borneo.—The Kosaki Maru ran. ashore. nee Kachinotau on the 13th and damaged her hull.—In the fire at Kobe on the 16th the contents were insured for 1,000 yen in the Norwich Union, 4,000 yen in the Phoenix, and 5,000 yen in the Imperial.—The warships at Nagasaki on the 19th were six British and two Russians.—The Japan Mail says that the departure of Captain and Miss Minter from Tokio will create a large gap in the social world of the capital.—Miss Elsie Adair gave a pleasant performance at Yokohama on the 16th.—A Mr. S. Neumann was charged in the U.S. Consulir Court at Kobe on the 17th with "selling a ticket purporting to be entitled to a drawing in a game of chance, the same being in violation of Chapter 68 of the Supplement to the Revised Statutes of the U: S." The bonds he sold were ostensibly issued by the General Credit Association in. England, established. in 1885..with a capital. of £1,250,000 sterling, and entitled the holder on the payment of £100 in fifty monthly
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