We note that the Press and the Banks are omitted, but the Committee have power to alter or add to the above list.
The competition is to be held annally, each of the winners holding the cup for six months.
Competitors may obtain copies of the rules from the Hon. Sec. at 54, Szechuen Road.
Tone mirist be a serious mistake in the "*Ostatiatische Lloyd ' telegram published this morning. The indemnity received by Germany from France was only five hurds of franes, or £200,000,000. Fi milliards of roubles wou'd be over £500,000,000, an impossible sum.
Asovr 4.50 p.m, yesterday a fire broke out in a barber's shop, No. $ 112, Ningpo Road, close to the junction of Shanse and Ningpo Roads. There was a strong easterly wind blowing and the adjoining premises on the west side quickly caught fire. Almost before the alarm had ceased sounding the Mih-ho-loong had a truck on the scone and had " stream playing on the burning shop from the Ningpo Road frontage. Immediately afterwards the Victorias arrived with two trucks and laid on two streams from the Shanse Road side, thus stopping the fire from sproading across the Shanse Road. Then the Hongkews appeared upon the scene, accompanied by'some of the Torrent Company and soon five streams were playing upon the burning promises. At 5.20 p.m. some of the trucks began to reel up, the fire then being practically extinguished, and half—ay-hour later the smouldering embers had been completely quenched. The barber's shop, S 112, Ningpo Road, was completely destroyed, as was the adjoining shop $ 113, and the upper portion of the timber shop, S 111. A cigarette store, S 114, was badly damaged by fire and water and also three shops in Shanse Road. The majority of the contents of the destroyed and damaged were uninsured. that the reduction of the Indian telegraph tariff to 28, 6d. a word proved so snee ful, that it is expected that the announced further reduction to 2s. a word'will prove remunerative, but what is wanted is 1s. tariff.—The increase of the capital of the China Light and Power Ca. Ld., to $500,000 was carried unanimously at an extraordinary general mooting.—The plague return at Hongkong to the 10th was 238 cases with 214 doaths—From, 40 to 45 native banks at Canton are closing their doors in consequence of heavy losses.—H. M. 8. Sirius has been ordered home.—The German Admirals von Prittwitz and Count von Moltke are going home in the autumn, and Rear-Admiral Broussig is coming out to be in sole command on this.stntion.—Ronr-
Admiral Curzon Howe has been made a K. ©. B.—Tho Liberal Candidate has been elected for East Finsbury by a majority of 768 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mr, Richards, Conservative—The Court of Enquiry into the stranding of the Travancore suspended the captain's certificate for nine months, avd the chief mate's master's certificate for three months; the meu who brought the charges against the master and mate were ordered to bear the costs of the investigation "so far as they relate to the Court and the Court learnt with surprise that the captain was expected by his owners to find his own charts.—The P. & O. express mail steamer Isis has sunk the Turkish steamer Leonsh, at Brindisi, with the loss of 14 Turks.—The late Conservative member for Kingswinford has been succeeded by a Conservative—Commodore Dicken, R.N., of Hongkong has been made a Rear-Admiral—H.M. 2nd-class cruiser Flora, 4,360 tons, is to relieve the Iphigenia and Sirins—On the Fatshan, on her way from. Hongkong to Canton
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