Tokio, 14th March.
The engineer Minamizawa, who recently took part in the attempted blocking of Port Arthur, and has now been severely wounded in the fight at close quarters wih the Russian destroyers on the 10th instant, has been promoted to chief engineer, and has been awarded the Fourth Class Order of the Golden Kite, besides the Fifth Class Order of the Rising Sun, Tre Golden Kite corresponds to the Victoria Cross, and Minamizawa is the first recipient of the Order since the opening of the present hostilities—Our own correspondent.
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