He could count his friends, and they This, together with the comparatively half-chests to the same date last year.
were a host in number, all over China, and satisfactory quality of the tea, has tended there are few who visited this port who to support prices. The Export to Europe have not good reason to remember the 3,358,225 Ibs. against 3,441,562 Ibs. at hospitality of the large-hearted Bill the same date last year. (13th June.) Graham." In business, his word was his have received Hongkony papers to and, and he was universally respected the 17th inst.—Another European was both by foreigners and natives—in fact, we attacked by plague at Hongkong on the cannot remember a death of any foreigner 13th, M. Pasquet, the Frenchman who was that the Chinese have evinced such genuine brought from Canton to Hongkong plague sorrow over. stricken, died on the 13th.—Viceroy Tedn He married in 1805 the only daughter of landed at Hongkong on the 14th and paid Mr. and Mrs, Robt, R, Westall. for whom formal visit to the Governor.—The Bouth African fever-infected blankets were general sympathy is expressed in their sold at Cape town by the military autho-Sudden and sad Dereavement, tities to the number of 180,000 at 24d.
The termination of a severs illness, tach-—A Singapore Cold Storage Ca., combination of malaria and. typhoid Ld., has been registered.—The French fever, cotised the death of Percy Manfred Goart of Enquiry into the wreck of the Skene-Knox at the Hopital, shortly after steamer Paul Doumer entirely exonerated pan, yesterday. Mr. Skene-Knox had the master, Captain Heleux.—A Ceylon many friends in this port and wherever telegram says that the boys burnt to death he had sojourned; and the news of, his decease, following, as it did, a decided rally, anda day of great improvement in his condition, came asa great shock to all who know him.
Perey Skene-Knox was a man of strong individuality. Undoubtedly his bent lay in a military career. He was born and bred a soldier. Scotch by parentage, his domicile has been German, and he served a cadet in the German Blilitary Schools for some years, till he left the army as Lieutenant, to join the Customs Service in 1898, and at the outbreak of the Boxer Bion were a son of Major Home of the Highland Light Tofantry, and_" grand. nephew of Sir Edward Lawson. The Earl of Clerendon escaped by smashing his bedroom window and jumping out—Sir Edward Hulse, who committed suicide at Johannesburg, suffered from an old unhealed fracture of the thigh.
Tar following story, from the Hongkong Daily Press," should be sent to the Our attent has been called to a surprising display of sazucity on the part of a pigeon owned by Police-Sergeant Ma Swayed, well-known in the Colony as an enthusiastic bird-fancier. The bird in question, a blue homer cock, has been trained to fly any distance up to one hundred mites, and about eight months ago was lost in a heavy rainstorm whilst returning from Macao. He turned up eventually, however, mere bundle of feathers and showing every trace of hard times. Four mouths ago he disappeared from the cote at Yaumati Police Station, and not a size of him could be seen anywhere. On Friday last, Sergeant MacSwayed, who up hope of ever seeing the bird being under the impression that he had been stolen and eaten by Chinese, amazed to see the " homer wall along the street to the station and the cote. He was picked up and examined, and it was found that both wings had been clipped so closely as to make flight an impossibility. The bird had succeeded in Escaping from captivity and walked all the way back to its home, doubtless with great Gificulty and danger, not alone fran the street traffic but also from thieving natives with an eye to gastronomical di Sergeant MacSwayed is now endeavouring to find the thief or thieves, with a view to visiting justice upon him or them.
Tax following notes are from the "Hongkong Daily Press" of the 17th The Maharajah of Bikanir, who was in Hongkong in 1900 and is well known to be one of the keenest sportsmen among Indian princes, has promised to subscribe 1,000 rupees towards the expenses of the tour of an Indian cricket team in En-land, The British steamer Clitus (Captain McDonald), which arrived here y terdi from Chinkiang with a care of huts, reports that on the night of the 15th inst., about 15 miles south-west of Breaker Point, she passed a steamer turing a large craft, which from its appearance seemed to bea steamer. The funnel and mast were gone.
The se: Samshui, which a Reuter, telegram " few clys ago reported as lost in fa hurricane at Maniu, has arrived there ju esfety, though bearing traces of heavy weather. The Samshu rescued the native crew of nine of the schooner Josephive, which foundered during the storw. The steamer's commander reports many wrecks on the shares ut Leyte and A special to the dated London, Rabelais, Mead, Acefull, completed the field at the De 'The first three keys were Maher (wi rode Rock Sand the 40"), 'Thomson, and y.. Describing the race, the mes died to the top of the drew to the fron jo the inder ing by two lengths, the sam separating the second' and the third. Tt was a beautiful day ud the course was in splendid. condition.
The crowd was enormous. The King and Queen and the Princess Victoria were present.
Tue "China Bfail" says The Indian papers, says the Singapore of 6th June, record the other Yi-we, the Chinese reformer, had anquetted by his com-for in or to his sailing for China, on the invitation Kwang Hsu to return.
Chinese te know when he sees it. He may have sailed dway from Calcutta but he has arrived in Bombay. And we now learn that proposes ing through Upper burma before sailing for China, We should not hear that this great Chine: political thinker found vee his tour in the here fron Ranguon in 1 postpone his reaching China to a Fates There are at present too many
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