One of the crew of the str. Zafiro fell into the harbour on Sunday night, whereupon a bluejacket from HAS. Humber, who was standing near, straightway plunged into the water, and succeeded in keeping the man up till a life buoy was thrown by a constable, and rescued and rescuer were drawn ashore.
Naval Intelligene There is not much of moment to report. The port is Jively with men-of-war's men, and we have two foreign Admirals still in
eclipse arrived from Woosung, and on On the Gth inst., the British cruiser the same date the German flagship First Bismarck arrived from Shanghai; on the 9th inst. the German gunboat Helena returned from Canton. The departures were:—On the Gth inst. the British cruiser Argonaut for Singapore and the French flagship D'Entreeasteaux for on the 7th inst. the Russian cruiser Admiral Nakimoff cleared for Colombo; and on the 10th the German gunboat Iltis left for Canton. The Portuguese gunboat Zaire will leave Macao for Goa to-morrow (Sunday).
Hongkong, 20th December.
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