A daring robbery of prop rty fro foreign houseboat was committed on Satarday, and at the Mixed Eu yurt ye morning a coolie was brought up in custody and charged with the Inrceny of property valued $250 from Mr. A. L. Andersor the 19th instant while was lying in Namor. It is thirty-seven years since M, de Rijke first came to the Far East! and the greater portion of this long period he spect in Japan, where be was Advisiog Engineer to the Home Departmeat. In 1898 hi the conservancy work Goally mate the agreement signed by the Chioese Government and the representatives of the Powers signatory to the 1901 Protocol, M. do Rijke was selected with general approbation for the post of engineer-in-chief, In the four years that have elapsed since the conservancy work was inaugurated M. de Rijke has achieved " signal personal triumph io carrying through " bold scheme of stream regulation, the wisdom of which has been amply shown by the resalts, He has givoa Shaoghsi the Astraca CObsopel; and although be leaves before ho has been able to complete the whole! of his scheme, he has laid this commuaity under a great obligation. If time, free band could hi th ighai would have bad the Huangpa io euch a condition that, all anxiety for the fatare of the fairway would have been permanently rewoved. M. de Rijke has clearly indicated what remains to be done, and it is for this commanity to see that the good work accomplished is maintained FIRES, About 1.30 am, on Saturday a fire ocearred in the dwelling-house No. 28 Park Road and quickly spread to the adjoining house, No. 30. The Fire Brigade was summoned, but before its arrival the flames had got a strong hold on the building. Several streams were
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