We have receiv d the "Londow and China Exvress" of dh Sept-anber.—The Tapanese fleet has suiled from Cardiff on its homeward! jourrey.—The Honskong Corowation © ritment was received by the Governor-General of Canady in company some Unit d Stites troops in its passage through Ottawa.—The Lombard put wu for the The new boat with which Sir Thomas Lipton will compet fu America Cup. is in hand,.—Si Keppel, th ugh over ninety nother visit to the class cruiser Endymion (Captan A. W. Pazet C.M.G.) has been pair off on her return after three yours' sevice on the China Station.—serious explosion by which 15 miners were killed and many one jured occurred at a colliery at Abertysswy.
Tue following items of intelligence are taken from Indian new-papers of a recen' date:—Sir Michael Hicks Beach, wh will be present at the Delhi Durbs, will be the guest of Lord Northente.—The Amir of of guns in Germany, and the who! t: Peshawur.—Lieatenant Sanky, of the 35th Sikhs, has been shor dead' by his bower at his bungalow at Nowshera.—The man also killed an orderly, was then shot by sepoys of the regiment as he refused to surremler.—Last 1.347 ships arrived at Calcutts and 1,356 left. This is a decrease of 112 on the previous year. The high figures of 1900! were due to ihe nuwersus transports going to Africa ani China. the Bengal Chamber of Commerce have drawn upo repost for establishing a bure of commercial in-
Usper the heading ' English as She Wrote," the Yokohama "Eastern World"
It is not in London alone that the English language is misused with disastrous results. Here is a piece of Siamese journalism that puts some of our contemporaries quite in the shade in the matter of word painting. It is an_ account of a shooting outrage, and runs as fallows:—"Shooting Outrage. O! Fearful Agony. Khoon Tong, one of Phya Song's staff, was on a mission to Lampoon, and on his return instantly shot dend by sine miscreants, scoundrels. O! untimely death. 1 fearful. O! Hell. 30) fiends expresse! their morne' Thecowardice d is still at large. 6 soldiers and six policemen were at once dispatched."
If six policemen were dispatched every time a murder was committed in London, fear the supply would soon fall below the demand. Orrible!
We have received the following neies on books that may be expected Mrs. Campbell Praed's "My Australian Sinhood" is " forthcoming work which should interest all our readers. Tt is t" the earlier days of the later youth of the Coloniesthat Mrs. Praed's m-mary returns. The book ix promised by Mr. T. Fisher Unwin, and is profusely illustrated. Speaking of her earliest reelection: says: Thyt was nearly 59 years ago, when Moreton Bay was still a pen: l Set'lement, avd the Colony of Queensland ut in ex: listener; worn Brisbane was only a 1 village eviled Brisbane W: Houses of Par'iament undreamed of."
Every serious student of Municipal life, practical or theoretical, has long since learned the value of Albert Shuw's two Great deals with the uses £ the Contivent. Shaw isa writer who speaks of whit he has seen and known, and a better counsel'or for those who would make a town of their village, ora city of their town, dyes not exist. It is good news that a rebring 10 be isusd by Me T. Fishes The price is Tne Sikhs who went to th" Coren evidently enj-yed themselves and did their best to express the following letter to the ent Boliguard and Guide In-try, Sikhs, Perak, 22-8.
Sir,—Ple.s show our yood bye for every body. Beans we are yoms to-morrow mor: ing. We are lived three months in London' wet by Thank is King show to us your nice and luke county and thank is of all officers. We are lived to" much glad under command Maj General commanding Colonial tree, s. Thank him. Very, very good-bye for every body.
aliter, pleas print our good bye in piper.
Tae following note on a new departure by the Indian Government is from " Engineering"
A departure of very considerable siznificance is about to bs made by the Government of India in the shape of a Burew of Commeres. The necessity of been purchasing numb -r5 some such department has been impressed of them upon the ssu horities, and especially upon Lord Curzon, by a recognition of the defective arrangements which exist for providing the Government with advice and inf -rmation nion ¢ mercial and industrial questions, asd the almost entire absence" of any machinery by which Government procure and ¢ anfu ite te the commereii) public information on_matters which ar+ of interes: to them. From the pref outline of the scheme which the ice toy has tentatively sketched, and which has been sent out to te several Chimbers of Commerce, it is apparent that the Bureau is lesigned to fu fi the purpose of the Commercial, Labour, and Statistics Department, which is now doing good vwotk in connection with the Board of Trade at home, and the admirable organisations which have extorted the admiration of all intelligent students of American commercial methods. There will be at the head a Director-General of Commercial Intelligence, with his head-quarters ab Caleutts, but in cons: ant communication with the commercial and industrial associations in India and at home, and with the British Consular Service. For the diffusion of the information gleaned there rill be a library and an inquiry office ab Calcutta, and a periodical journal. The unary fanction of the Director-General ig stoff will be "to procure, and publish all information likely to be of use to the commercial public or the Gover ment in its relations to commerco—mattera relating to both import and export trade, to the inland and trans-frontier trade, to the industrial and mineral resources of the country, t" the competition of foreign staples with local products in India, and of Indian staples with foreiga products abroad, to the development of existing and the discovery of new markets." He will also be required to keep in touch with Chambers of Commerce and other bodies abroad, for the scheme comprehenits matters relating to foreign and colonial tariffs, excise and "consumption" dui regulations, consular fees, etc. For the munication of the information thus cols leo'ed there will be an "'inquiry office," in which all information not readily available in the library will be arrange, registered, carefully indexed, and brou: ht up to date. Trained subordinates are to be attached to this office, charged with the duty of assisting the public in formulating their quiries, and in tracing out and supplying information required.
Suaxcuar readers will be deeply interested in the following graphic account taken from the "St, James's Budget" of the dth ult.
A serious accident occurred last week to a corridor train on the railway between Leipsic and Brunswick, by which some English engers were travelling. Mrs. Henry Morriss, of Shanghai, an English lady, describing the accident ina letter to her husband. who is. now in England, says:—"We have had a terrible accident. [tis a miracle we were not all killed, Four were seriously injured, four not +0 seriously, and two slightly. The train ran off the line, and, had the drivers and firemen not turned ofthe steam and put on the brakes before Jumping for their lives, we in our carriage Which was just behind the engine would have "been blown to pieces. As it is, our carriage was jammed between "the luggage van, which was on top of the engine, and another carriage, with its glass "and woolwork smashed in. Gur carriage remained slauting, nnd anchored in the earth; another yarb trid we shuld have been la Kingdom Come. We hail two engines, and both were smash.
and leaning half over the embankment, and the two tenders were also overturned, The engines looked like crumpled paper, and their steam was hissing at us while we gut out of the window of our carting, the leers having jammed. Men had to smush window with Stools in order to escape. One stoker was only found an hour afterwards; he was s0 begrimed that he looked like piece of charred wood. All the baggage swus thrown out on to the line, and we bad to wait two hours for a train to take us to Brunswick, where we arrived at 5 p.m. instead of 9 a.m.
Tue increase of Hooliganism in some of th lower districts of London does not appear to be an isolated phenomenon. In other large cities of Europe and America the same thing is going on, and the latest centre to suiter from this form of violence is Sydney, where the Press is advocating the imposition of severe punishments to stop the evil.
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