'The Hon. J. H. Stewart Lockhart returned from his trip north yesterday fully restored to health after his attack of typhoid. 'The Chief Justice, who has been patiently waiting for a needed change, will now take three mouths' leave, and goes to fapnn almost directly. Mr. A. G. Wise will take his place as Acting Chief Justice, and Mr. Sercombe Smith will become Acting Puisne Judge.
COLLAESE OF A HOUSE WITH FATAL RESULTS.
On the Lith inst. 2 house in course of reconstruction in High Street came down with a run killing three men and seriously juring two others. They were all buried under the fallen wails, the two zen being dead when unearthed. As showing the great antipathy the Chinese have against Doing taken to a hospital, the two injured men refused to go and were taken to the Police station nearest the hospital.. Later one of the men complained of i hurt internally and requested to be tak hospital. The collapse of jerry-buile houses en to the
is becoming quite a frequent occurrence here, and people begin to wonder when the government are going to step in and insist upon work being' properly done. We may look for severe censure being passed on some one at the.enqui NAVAL MOVEMENTS, The man-of-war auchorag int presents bare appearance, and the other side of the harbour is less lively (han usual. arrivals during the interval were, on the Lith ist. that of the French cruiser Friant and on the J8th inst. of the
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