'A fracas occurred on a Japanese steamer loading at Quarry Bay early on the morn-ingot the 8th inst. The man who was ing was fu too great x hurry to see if weight was.correct; he was remonstrated with by the tolly-man, " Japmese, but took no notice, whereupon the Japanese threw a lump of coal at him which knocked him over the side into the water, and he was drowned. The case is being tried at the Magistracy.
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