The governmental announcements, of the week are as follows:—
The Governor-in-Council has proclaimed that Yokohama is a place where infectious or contagious disease prevails. Subject to His Majesty's pleasure, the Hon. Mr. Dallas Gerald Mercer Bernard has been ap-
Tue Froons ox THe YANorZE A Street in Kiukiang dari ing the recent inundations the water came down in sheets This continued for seven hours without a stop, recording a fall of 21.43 inches of water.
Accompanying the rain were fre-} quent crashes of thunder and very] Vivid flashes of lightning which} woke those who were sleeping and: shook the nerves of those awake. Two Europeans actually saw thunderbolt descend from the sky and hit the ground with a crash. These electric outbursts ran through the air with a noise similar to that from a Mauser pistol or machine gun, and continued without intermission for no less than five hours. From the din one almost feared that the Island itself would split to An Indian soldier, Private Nihala Ram of the 2/5 Punjab Regiment, was hit and killed by a flash of lightning. A fire cracker factory in Kowloon City was also struck, but fortunately all the inmates, mostly women, escaped, pointed to an unofficial member of the Executive 'Council with effect from the 10th ins~ tant, during the absence save of Sir Henry Edward Pollock, x, ¢.: Mr. John Richard Carr, Assistant Supervisor in the Botani cal and Forestry Dept. is to be Forest Officer with effect from the 12th' instant, to succeed Mr. F. C, Good. man, resigned.
An election by the Justices of the, Peace of a J. P, to serve on the Legislative Council during the absence of Sir Henry Pollock will take place at the Registry, Supreme Court, on the 26th instant, Justices of the Peace who are government officials are not entitled to take ps proceedings. Every candi be nominated by one Tustice and seconded by another.
Chinese Killed The torrents of rain, causing! several landslides, did more damage.. Pokfulam Pumping Station, situated on the hillside near Hongkong University, was crashed by a boulder washed down by the rain, and five men employed to look after the pumps were crushed to death. One man was buried beneath the débrig and has not yet been extricated, Many parts of the Island and the Mainland were flooded, Happy Valley being converted into fa lake. Three persons were reporter to have been drowned. The heavy rain carried a large deposit of sand, rocks and mud from the upper districts, and many of the streets" on the—lower levels were blocked. Business was almost suspended and commu-jon was exceedingly difficult.
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