'Tt seems, after all, that the telephone line is not' to be extended to Woosung, ne the Chinese Tolegeaph Administration decline to allow the Telephone Ca. to uso their spare wire, although the Telephone Ca. offer favourable term Oming to the laziness evinced by Woosung coolies, one of the Mossageri Maritime steamers at Woosung on Saturday last engaged forty coolies from Shanghai under the leadership of the head coolie of Messrs, Butterfield and Swire's godowns, to do night work on board. This was objected to by the regular coolie corps at Woosung, and accordingly on Sunday morning as th: outside coolies were returning to Shanghai they were attacked by the displaced men. 'A desperate fight ensued, in which the Intter gained the advantage. Upon the soldiers from the Fort appearing on the scene, the Woosung coolies retreated with one of the Shanghai men. While the police busy collecting the wounded and arresting the ringleaders, a party of the Woosung men carried their captive to an empty house where theynearlyskinned him. Here again the police came to the rescue and carried three of the assailants and three of the attacked who were wounded to the PaoshanMagistrate, Mr. Ma, who locked up the Woosuny men and issued warrants for the arrest of the ringleaders of the riot. who get ill in Shanghai oe fee children to Chefoo is a very nice place for people
go to i the summer, for change of air ut beyond the sea-bathing, which is ge erally good, it has no attractions, Tarumi, 'a few miles from Kobe, in Japan, has event better sea-bathing than Chefou; the Beach House Hotel has a magnificent view octo the Straits of Akashi, and it is always lively as steamers and sailing vessels are constantly passing. On the other side of the road are the splendid Imperial pine woods. Kobe is reached by rail or jinricsha, and excursions can be made to Akashi with its fine old castle and lovely woods, or farther along the'railway, with everywhere pretty scenery. It is unnecessary to dwell on the endless attractions that Japan offers, and though Kobe is twice the distance of Chefoo, it costs no more to get there and back, in the fine steamers of the Nippon Yusen: Kaisha, than to get to Chefoo and back. Every one who has once been to Tarumi and enjoyed the invigorating soa breeze there in the cummer will be only too glad to go there again, and recommend his friends to go there.
Over a dozen of the oldest native inhabitants" in the neighbourhood of the Rifle Butts have petitioned the acting United States Consul-General, Mr. Emer the butts removed, alleging that longer to pedestrians in the vicinity from stray bullets.
Mr. H. Uyeno, of 16, Foochow Road, has sent us two-excellent new panoramic photographs of Shanghai, one in two sheots, taken from the Astor House, looking south, the Garden Bri and Public and the river up to Namtao; the n four sheets, taken from the Custom Tower, looking north and south, and showing on the one hand the whole of the English and American settlements north of the Hankow Road, withthe river down to the Hongkew Wharf, and on the other hand the vessels and the river up to the junks. Both are very good and show very plainly what a large city fifty yours have made of Shanghai, Tombola in connection with St. Xavier's School was drawn on the 18th. articles, and the fund for the assistance of Many valuable were among the
increased by about $300. The catholic Circle played during the afternoon.
On Saturday night some people noticed sparks and smoke coming out of the roof of a Chinese shop at the corner of Boone and Seward Roads, and procuring a Indder some Japanese mounted the roof and put out the fire. The contents of the house ured. It is said the fire broke out among some empty kerosene cases.
The Central' Station fire bell gave the alarm on Saturday afternoon and the firemen turned out, some of them coming from the Cricket Ground, only to find that their services were not required, the fire 1g at three ice houses which were out-lo the limits.
The enterprise of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha in opening up new lines of communication is being well rewarded. The Tine between Kobe and Newchwang has given a great impetus to the trade in beans id beancake, and the Viadivostock line, vid the Corean ports, has considerably increased the trade to these places. The company has now in contemplation the establishment of a European line, for which there is very little doubt that it will receive substantial aid from the State. As the Japan Mail wrote three months ago "Japan's commanding geographical tion in the Pacific, her excellent harbour abundant coal, and the practically unlimited recruiting ground for seamen which hit extensive coastline affords, all urge her to make a strong effort to secure her fair share of the world's carrying trade.
The Peninswar, with the London mail of the 19th of May, arrived here at 2 p.m.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.