Tokio—Baron Okura, head of the Okura Company, has sued President Matsukata, of the Kawasaki Shipbuilding Yards, in the -Kobe District Court, for Yen 3,140,438, which he alleges is the loss he sustained on a shipment of pig-iron from Manchuria, which the defendant had ordered, but of which he refused to take delivery. necessitating its sale by auction. Tt is reported that Mr. Matsukata has brought a counter-claim of Yen 1,300,000.—Reuter As a result of drinking some alleged whisky purchased from a pedlar who visited the ship on its arrival at Nagasaki recently, one member of the British str. Frankfort is dead and two others unconscious. The alleged brand of the supposed whisky is not stated. but it was probably a vile imitation of a reputable Scotch brand, on a par with some of the horrible stuff sold in certain establishments at Kobe as genuine. The police are stated to be searching for the pedlar.
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