Supreme Court before Sir Havil land de Sausmarez, Mr. Edney Page applied to be struck off the jury list on account of age. The applicant stated that he was born in 1850 and his request was grant-
Count Okuma has been presented by the Emperor with a piece of raised lacquer work with the Imperial insignia of the Chrysanthemum, as a mark of His Majesty's appreciation of the ates: man's service in connexion with the Coronation.
A few days ago a fine of Y.400 was imposed on T. Okamoto, a druggist, by the Kaisong Branch of the Beoul Local Court on the ground that he secretly sold morphine to Koreans nine times since January of last year. An appeal was entered.
Prixce and Princess Salm-Salm have arrived-in London. They have been released from internment at Gibraltar and exchanged, through the good offices of the King of Spain, with Colonel Gordon, V.C.. who was taken prisoner during the retreat from Mons.
Mason C. E. Heatucore,.8.0., King's Own Light Infantry, who served with the battalion in Hongkong, has just been appointed to the command of a Territorial Battalion with the temporary rank of lieutenant-colonel. He won his D.S.O. in the present war.
Two German prisoners named Kern and Struff, who escaped from the camp at Kidzugawa, Osaka, and were recaptured at the beginning of January have been sentenced by Court Martial to imprisonment for two years and a half, They have accordingly been imprisoned in Horigawa prison, Osaka.
Foutowrxa the lead of the two principal local shipping company which recently paid their floating staffs a bonus of fifteen per cent on their salaries earned since the outbreak of the war, the China Coast Officer's Guild has voted the Secretary of that organization a similar bonus of fifteen per cent. on ary for the year 1915.
Ix Twipeh, Formosa, the temperature remained at about 80 degrees F. until the 23rd ultimo, when a sudden change came about and the temperature fell to 42 degrees. Snow fell to a depth of over an inch, It is stated that such a low temperatuture has not been recorded for over ten years.
Taree months was the term of imprisonment meted out to two Chinese charged at the Mixed Court on Tuesday before Mr. Krisel, American Assessor, and Magistrate Wong, with the theft of a quantity of copper, brass, white metal and zinc, the property of the Shanghai Electric Company.
Brits have been published in Capetown providing for the establishment of a new university with headquarters at Pretoria comprising all the universities except the South African College at Cape-own and the Victoria College at Stellenbosch which are constituted as separate universities.—Reuter.
Accorpixo to the report of the Chinese Resident at Tarbabatai, a gold mine has been discovered by Chinese subject who proposes to work it, assisted by a Russian there. It is said that this mine is situated in the vicinity of the Wunamu river and was formerly worked by a Sino-Russian Company without success.
Our Ningpo correspondent wrote on February 7:—The Right Rev. Bishop and Mrs. Molony are leaving this port to-day for a few months' stay in England. Since the Bishop has not completely recovered from his recent operation, the doctors advise his going home for a short visit. We hope they will be returning in the autumn.
Accorpinc to a Vladivostok news has been received from Mr. Kataoka Yoshijiro, one
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