Weekly Sun, 23 August 1913

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    16 1 The Weekly Sun -126,. CROSS STREET, SINGAPORE. no.' iw SATURDAY, AUGUST 23. 1913. PRICE 10 CENTO.
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      57 1 P DUMINV CO. P^MPAGNir I ADAMSON CILFILLAN i cot* 4Gfwr«, C II Sporting Outfits. 1 EVERY REQUISITE FOR I I Football, Cricket, Tennis, Hockey, Etc. I JLarge stocks of Cricket and Football Boots, also.Tennis and running shoes! I always on hand. I j SPECIAL QUOTATIONS FOR CLUBS. 1 j JOHN
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    RIGHTS RIGMAROLE.
    1099 2 The following is from the pen of Mr. l Tom Wright, late Editor of Straits Eclto} ami appears m that paper dated lGth inst. Vrntnor, I. W, July 24. Rum place this little whirling globe of ours. Here m the Isle of Wight, at Ventnor to be particular,
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    58 2 In the Madras Presidency MagiV trate's court, Vellora Prodam, an Austrian stoker on board the Silesia, charged with smuggling 26 lbs. 3^ ozs. of cocaine into Calcutta, has been convicted and sentenced to three months' imprisonment, and to pay a fine of Rs. 1,000, m default three week*' imprisonment under
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    THE WEEKLY SUN.
    43 2 NEW ADVERTISING RATES' Inch- Scale rates :-One insertion. outside pages-50 cents per in* Inside pages (6 or 7) 75 cents per inch. CONTRACT TRADE ADVERTISME Special contracts are large space trade advertisajnw. and terms may be obtained on W plication.
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      449 2 p. o. J STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY For China, Japan, Peoang-, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London. Through BUT! of Laduig Usu«d for China Const, I'ersian *iulf, Continental and American Ports. Blwuawt will leave Singapore on or about:— MAIL LINES 1313 HOMKWARD (FOX EUKOPE). From Singapore connecting"
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      282 2 KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSGHAPPJJ. (RpYAL DUTCH PACKET COMPANY.) Under Contract with thk Nkthehlands India Government. AQMts at Singapore The snips Agency. Ltd., 2-3 ftllycr (Hay. j MAIL TABLE-AUCUST 21ST TO 30TH, 1913. The uiidermeutioned dates are only approximate. Sailing Steamship. From Expected. Will be Dcapatohed for: Date. Kumphiua Belawan-Deli... Aug. 21
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    SPASMS.
    1540 3 o«rftdr6ntatm««|p*r lejojir, m the once glittering and opulent E u>t now and again comprise a journey upon what is called ••the bounding main." It is fine ♦'rolling" ajtfraee, »i»d tn B ™il puiticuhirly apt <le«--cription of it when it happey that we h*vo to cross the pithless deep m
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    PROFITS FROM TIN.
    171 3 We read m a London paper of July 23 Following on the fall m the price of tin m recent months, Siamese Tin S\ ndicatesharea nave declined m valu* 1 but they are now h firm market at 3 13/16, on the results shown Ul the report
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    411 3 The cable steamer ''Duplex," belonging t< the Eastern Telegraph Company, Limited has beem sold to Eastern buyers. She is ot 874 tons gross aud was built at NnwcMst^iu 1872, with dimensions 2U.3ft. by 30 2ft. by 1 7, 1 ft., and was reboilered m 1907. The name of
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    26 3 Mr. W. Peel, President of the Penang Municipality, goes on leave about the middle of December, Mrs. W. Peel will be leaving for Australia m October.
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      132 3 CONTINENTAL I TVDrC 1 J^H^f^ for 1 Motor cars, Motor cycles, Cycles Buses and heavy Commercial Vehicles. 1 THIS IS THE I bB KNOWN ALL OVER THE WORLD. I CONTINENTAL TYRE RUBBER Co.. Ltd. I 17, COLLY Eli QUA), B SINGAPORE. B Notice to Advertisers, I ALL ADVERTISEMENTS must, here
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      70 3 TRAIN SERVICE. Singapore (Tank-rd). Mail leaves for north at 7.9 a.m. and 7.0 p.m. Other trains leave for Johore at 9.0 a., 10.30 a., noon 1.30 p., 2.54 p., 4.30. p Mail arrives from north at 8.16 am. and 6.52 p.m. Other trains leave from Johore 8.42 a., 10.15 a.,
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  • THE CHINA TROUBLE.
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      NEW CHINESE PREMIER WARNS AGAINST JAPAN.
      278 4 "U.iiteJ Xt StuJ, DiviJal Vi Fall" Says lisia.ig i.i .tt-inifesto. From China Press of 3 d inst Nearly all of the Cl»in«et newspapers print a declaration issued by tinittßg tlti-ling, kh« Ni-w Prewar, m winch he is reported as rlijoloiiing how t'» Japanese arc
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      THIRTY THOUSAND MEN GATHER AT HSUCHOWFU.
      41 4 Tsi nan fu, Angus! 2 —General Feng Kuo-chang is Assembling thirty th(»us«n<l troops near li^achowfo, from were he will advance sou liward, as soon as bridges and rails of the Tsingpn railwaj will be repaired.
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      Engagement Expected.
      74 4 [Jatikow, August 2.— Troops have left Wuchang m a loath w *tern direction for iSinti on the luitdrr of ilunan, where an engagement i-> expectcnL Nanking, Aagnst 2 —The Nanking troops liiivc returned from North, as there was no other chance for them. Nanking is quiet. The German
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      Residents Leave Canton.
      175 4 Hongkong; Avgwt 2 The Canton Commissioner of Maritime Customs, m view of th« special cirou:n~tance,s, aoil with the object of facilitating the d»'p;irtine of refugee*, has granted a special licenc< to the senior British steamboat corupans to carry on a special daily triple service to Hongkong. The
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      Railway Traffic Suspended.
      96 4 Canton, August 2.- The "railway traffic between Samsliui and C niton has been suspended. General Lung Chi-kuaug, who is advancing iigaiitst Canton, has reached Satushui. An enta^em«nt is imm nent. Two gunboat* of the rebels arc; reported to have joined Gt n. r.il U»g Am Fin.iiici.il support
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      Southerners at Nanking.
      108 4 Msuchowfu, August 2. Reuter'a correspondent has returned from a trip to Kuciien and Pengpu. The main span uriJ rl e pier of the Ivuoheu britlge have been md\f damtged with dviiamite. H r I) cii*piiiull**r is making a now pier. Tlii^ fill stop Feiii; Kuo-chang's progress for
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      Railway Wreck.
      106 4 Nanking, August 2. Further details with regard to the train wreck already re p<»rtod a. c as follows: It took place a .'5 o'clock on Tliursd.iy morning, thirty nules South-Eist of Linghuaikwan. A> already st «ted both trains were travelling South. The leading oue was going slowly and
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      NO JAPANESE LOAN TO HUNAN.
      563 4 Yokohama Specie Bank and Consulate Declare It Was Turned Down by Both Governments. A niessagp, apparently well authenticated, was published by one of our contemporaries, yesterday, sh\s the China Press of Aug. 3, to the effect that the Japanese loan to the Province of liunan
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      TEN THOUSAND MEN TAKE PART IN BATTLE.
      64 4 Cantonese Soldiers and Lung Chai-kwong*s Troops Meet At Shiuhsing. AT HSUCHOWFU. Foochou\ August 4- Dr. Sun Vat szti has distmbarked Jroni the N.D.L. sB. Yorck. Honak-mg, August 4, Reports from Conton state that an engagement took place on Sunday afternoon between 10,000 Cantonese
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      Indians Guard Canton.
      77 4 Horgkoner, August 3. A detachment of Indian soldiers has been despatched to Canton to guard Shameen. Chan Kwingining yesterday evening stationed a Urge body of soldier* at the inner Greek bund to guard the foreign settlement. French sailors have been landed to guard the French concession. Large
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      Southerners Dispirited.
      59 4 Hsuchowfu, August 3. Reuter's correspondent, visiting Pengpu on August 1. was surprised to see Southern soldiers plodding iilon^ bedraggled and dispirited. It appeais that the main Southern arm\, m its retreat, liad taken away all the rolling ntock on the railway aud these new arrivals were left In
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      British Steamer Fired On.
      75 4 Hongkong, August 4. Une loyal forces under Lun Chai-kwong coimmnd the West Uiver sir far qs tlowlik, some ten miles below JSliiulisinjr. r YeV c British steumor Sai Nan was find upon by rebel tro .ps while making for >S i instill i A shot crossed
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      Passengers Killed.
      166 4 Hon^konj*, August 4 At half past two yesterday morning som^ Contonese soldiers, stationed on botb banks of the river at Szeyinijow, at the entrance to Sainshui harbour, fired upon Messrs. Banker and Co 's Chinese-owned passenger steamer Wekwaoi, inflicting considerable dami^ with bullets and shells The steamer* funnel
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      Services Suspended.
      100 4 nongkong, August 4.— ln view of the Wokaoi and Shingping incident*, owners of West River conteinplnte entirely suspended their services on thi« run, alleging the patrolling of the Kiver is inadequate. They desire an effective British oonvey. Iv eveutofa stoppage of tftoumflhip coax- muni cation with the West
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      Bandits Terrorise West River.
      86 4 Canton, July 3. Canton troopg are resisting bandits who are now terrorising the West River districts from Sauhin to Sainau. General Lung T*i-kuong, who is -uspected m some quarters of secretly aid ing the bandits, still has not replied to Tsen (Jhun hsuan'n invitation to co
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      White Wolf Cornered.
      62 4 Peking, August 3. Chinese telegrams state that the notorious White Wolf outlaw whom Huang Using appointed Tutuh of Honan, lias been concerned and shot by Government troops at TjmghKien, which is a town to the South East of N»uyang, m Konan. Chang Wei-ti has been appointed Lieutenant-General
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      From German Sources.
      116 4 Peking, August 2. A branch of the punitive expedition against Yuan Shih-kai has been discovered at Wufhang. The leaders, Peng-Hang-hsen and Chang-Yuan-kan, have b^en arrested. The M Peking Jih-pao states that the Tokyo branch of the Kuo-min-taug will support m future the Kuo-min-tang m China m its
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      Northern Troops Reach Nanchang.
      72 4 Peking, August 3. General King-Knei-ti has been nppoiuted acting Viceroy of Jehol. Vice President Li-Yuan-hung reports that Yiiiuf-Pmg, has chief of staff, has es. Presi lent Yu m 3 tiii-k'ai has disuissed Yang and has ordered all provincial authorities to arrest him. T c Northern troops
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      Chinkiang Troops Retire.
      65 4 Chinkianor, August 2. About two thou saud men of tho Ciiinkiang t oops have returned from their campaign via Pukow. The majority of them look tired and apathetic they seem nob to be inspired by much desire to fi^ht. Two mi.itary trains have had a serious collision
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      Excitement in Canton.
      46 4 Canton, August 2. The, excitement is great about GeaoiM l Lnug-Chi-ku ing's ad vanoe. It is considered p >ssible that Canton will surrender without offering resistance. Canton, August 4.^Governor Cheu Chiang-ming has fled from Canton. There will be no fighting. Everything is quiet.
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      Nanking Quiet.
      16 4 Nanking, August 4.— The northern troops have received Ku-chen. Everything is quiet m Nanking.
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      Red Cross Work Acknowledged.
      276 4 Peking, August 4 President Yuan Shih-ka'i has given twenty thousand dollars to the Ked Cross Societv for the wounded soldiers m Kinugsi and H^uohowfu. Mr. Woodhead, the Editor of the Peking Daily News, his resigned the pHper vfill be edited m future by Chinese only. ,'Wwig
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      Battle Imminent.
      78 4 Hongkong, August 4.— Tutuli Chen Chiang-ming m Canton, who is opposed to the Government, exercises a severe control of the city He has <iesp;ttche i troops m the direction to JSamsliui m order to meet General Lung Chi-kuan. It appears that Chen Chiung-niing has decided not to evacuate
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      Disguest witb Huang Using.
      157 4 Hwaiyuan, August 1. Three or four days after the fighting commenced at Kiukiaug the revolutionaries m Nanking took [charge of the railway here and began to rush troops north as rapidly as they could. All regular tiaffio was stopped aud nothing but troops trains were run.
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      CRUISERS AGAIN SHELL WOOSUNG; AIM IMPROVES.
      1755 4 Fourteen Out of Sixteen Shots Drop m Forts; Damage Slight. CHEN CHI-MEI'S FINGERS. Shanghai, Aug 8 It is report- 3 froui reliable sources that Gen. Chen Chi-^ei has been seen within the Settlement within the last two days. Several newspaper have published accounts of
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    SINGAPORE CRICKET
    2812 5 REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE FOR TilE YEAR ENDED 30Ui JUNE, 1913. FINANCE. j\)o r- rait «>f tho yfsir s. working shews of [llOOni« Over KxpornlituiH of ,">. Thfl »i ldi» ion.-il su «scription of i, ante 1 during tho y°ar t^ 11 'umt has been transferred to the
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    The Weekly Sun. SATURDAY, AUGUST 23. THE CRICKET CLUB REPORT.
    1135 6 The Weekly Sun. SATURDAY, AUGUST 23. THE CRICKET CLUB REPORT. [he annual report ot the Committee of the Singapore i ricket Club, to be presented to the meeting of the members on Friday next, is the remarkable and yet v ual, emanation of a body of men from whom something
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    BANDMANN OPERA COMPANY.
    248 6 This well-known— and one eoaU justly say famous— Company arrived lin Singapore on Thursday morning jand opened their season with M Autumn Manoeuvres/* the same evening Me Roy Smith is again m charge the Company. There was a crowded and most enthusiastic house to witness an excellent
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    THE MASCOTS.
    60 6 This bright little Company a" m Singapore on Tuesd.v :itter cessful tour m Java. iu"y Jf-M Blakan Mali Barracks on i«r J and played at Tangiin BBirr^ r Wednesday and Th'iraday. m •lV pany left for the F. M. Heoftheexcresenceurper good lady, are still m cbl Company. Miss
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    38 6 Mr. L. Andersen, of the Kj-j* vi Co., left Bangkok by the ie rthe 11th inst for Home. B L, r #K ed from dysentery r -m jt:-^ and it is not likely that be wiJI to Siam.
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      100 6 PICTURES THAT WILL SURELY PLEASE Figure m the programme to be put on TO-NIGHT 2nd Show, 9.30 to 11 p.m. AT THE PICTURE PALACE, BEACH ROAb TWO SPLENDID FILM DRAMAS From A Lawyer's Wiadow (Chicago Film Co.). The Link with the Past (Thanhouscr Co.). A THRILLING SPORTING PICTURE The Groat
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    TELEGRAMS.
    483 7 Special Toll nil I Shanghai, Aug. 17, 9-45 p.m. President Yuan has appointed the ex-A<]mirable of Canton Li Chun to see that the city is m peace. [Later]. Hongkong. It is rumoured that the Governor of Hongkong has received a telegram from London Government that Sun Mun (Dr. Sun
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    195 7 m —mimtm We hear on good authority that a charming and pretty young lady of the Bandmann Opera Coy., has become engaged to a well-known and popular business m n of this town. Congrats. Says the Straits Echo of 15th inst:— We hear that Chan Cheung Ming, ex-Tutuh of Canton,
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    THE CRITIC.
    1010 7 Home truths hurt but they are beneficial. New Books. Carter's Boots.— By W. HifTy. lam It.— By A. Tub. A morning paper m London tells us What!* drowning accident." The same day we heard of a fatal cieatn. And the next morning somebody! came m and left information
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      81 7 A PROGRAMME consisting of a good selection of pictures and calculated TO KEEP YOU WELL AMUSED AND TO PLEASANTLY ENTERTAIN will be put on TO-NIGHT at the MARLBOROUGH Picture Theatre, Beach road, 2nd Show, 9.30 to 11 p.m., St. Claude and its Environs. (The Highway of the Alpf). Putting on
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      218 7 VICTORIA THEATRE, MAURICE E. BANDIW ANN PRESENTS H AA E^^A N^ ANN OPERA CO. SATURDAY. AUGUST 23. The Ever Popular anH Fascinating "THE RUNAWAY GIRL ff From the Gaiety Theatre, London. MONDAY, AUGUST 27 Mr. George Edwardea Big Success •'GIPSY LOVE" From Daly's Theatre, London. TUESDAY, AKHTN. "THE GI RITTIV
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    34 8 Some beautiful brass plates which adorned the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Branch o Broadway, Shanghai, were removed by ?nd Ue th*° r t leveB 6arly one ™°™iS them P are trying t0 locat
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    POLISH NEWS.
    105 8 fiy our Sjtcr.ial Police Reporter, Monday. I The IT y lam Dan A Lim who was convicted of theft of a pair of shoes an 1 two odd boots value $10 from the quarters of Lieutenant Carter of Tanglin Barracks was this morning sentenced to two months* rigorous
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    234 8 A Hockchiew rickshaw-puller was arrested by Mr. Howard. Head of the Preventive Service, Government Monopolies for being m possession, of non-Government chandu at Beach road. Mr. Howard applied for a postponement to make further enquiries. He said that accused brought a China-! man from Kallang to Beich road m I
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    Tuesday.
    276 8 Tan Meng was fined $10 for re-pre paring chandu dross m No. 222 Vie toria street. He paid the fine. For trespassing into th« Government House Domain at 9.40 a.m., yesterday, Tay Hood was fined $1. Tay Chwee, a cart-driver was fined $15 for working a lame and thin
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  • SPORTING NEWS.
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      FOOTBALL.
      45 8 Straits Jovial Club vs, White Star Club. Played on tha Police Ground last 3a tard;iv. Mr. Apps \v;ii reforee. Rjsuits White *>tnr Cluh 3 ijoals. Straita Jovial Club Nil. The Strait* United (A) will meet their (t>) Team iv the 2nd round to-day. w
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      GOLF.
      64 8 Singapore Golf Club. BnroAFOßi Golf Ciiampioxship. The following were the results m the semifinal round of the above competition. Ferguson be.it Mundell 4 and 3. Fowlie be;it; Mih\s 2 and 1. Mugli>tm beat FinUyion 9 and 2. Humphreys beat Green w.o. A Foursome Competition will be played r his
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      CRICKET
      75 8 S.R.C. vs. R.G.A. Tliose elevens met on th« S.R.C ground when the Ciub had an easy victory thanks largely to fiac inaingi n Jam****. Th< R.O A. teored 63, Grace (19) and Canon (m) beins? top seres. A. B CV-li.o ftoofc eight wickets for 25 tuns. For the 8U
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    ALL BULLS EYES.
    269 8 Need of Target Changes for Match Rifles. Tho latest improvement:! In riflei and immunition have brought the eternal hullVeye question to the front ::-m and \laj-.r P. W. Rio!. unison's record ,'.f eou«ecutire bull's eye* al '.1 y.u is and the other strings of bull's-eyea thtt ban
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    123 8 Mr. H. C. Ridgea has had a had go of fever since his arrival m British North Borneo but is now well again. The Burma Railway are running an engine on oil fuel between Ruigoon and Toungoo for a month as an experiment. Close upon 8,000 cases of milk were
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    CHINA NEWS.
    250 9 THE PROCLAMATION OF THE SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL COUNCIL. The Shanghai Municipal Council, under' uthority of the Consular Body at Bbtftgh*! and as result of a meeting be- i tween the two hold on Saturday morning. mi>'<l > n x^ e tM u^- a proclamation m so, of which the
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    The Intervention in Chapei.
    150 9 In response to applications In Z. F How, n% Director ot' tho Commercial ;ind others, the Shanghai Municipal Council decided on the *2Gth ult. to take 5 policing of Chapei. A« a consent this decision and the foregoing lation, a party of Municipal volunI ami police,
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    The Conflict in Chapei.
    206 9 t\n me marine*, sailors, and Volunteers from the International Settlement who had •ceupiod Chipei for three successive day. >lll hlst Sunday were withdrawn from 'hat district by the Settlement authorities it 6 p.m., Tv -sd iv. At one o'clock m lh# 'fternoori Ciptain Barrett with ten
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    Nanking Cancels Independence.
    59 9 The following telegram lias been sent by the Nanking Chamber of Commerce, etc., to Tutuh Chen Teh-chu^n and others \u Shanghai. "(Jen Huan^ tiling has left X. inking. The proclamation of independence has been OMlOftlled The city is quiet. The people are most anxious for the restoration
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    The Tientsin-Pukow Railway.
    89 9 The Tientsin- Pukow Railway. Asa consequence of tiie civil .war m NWth Xi mgsu, the express trains of the Tientsin- Pukow Railways running from Tientsin to Pukow on Wednesdays and Saturdays and vice versa on Mondava and Fridays hare been temporarily suspended, the daily mail trains timed to leave Tientsin!
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    The Shanghai-Nanking Railway.
    89 9 Lne night trains between Shanghai and Hanking has boon suspended and tlie trains from Shanghai has been running only as far as Changctiow since the beginning of hostilities m the vicinity of the Kiangnan Arsenal at Sh mghai. It is reported that tlie Consular Uody and others
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    Martial Law in Shantung.
    21 9 Martial law h;is been proclaimed all over the Shantuug Province by Ciiow Tse-chi. the Tutuh of Shantung.
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    Foreigners at Kuling.
    24 9 it is reported that, owing to the outlook m Kiangsi, foreigners at Kuling were given a week m which to leave.
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    Hunan Independent.
    15 9 It is reperted that Tau Yien-kai has declared the Province of Hunan independent.
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    The Freedom of the Press.
    48 9 It wis reported by one of our Peking contemporaries tha* the olTice of the Jihjih shin-win wa3 closed by the police and its editor arrested owing to the fact that tiifj pap^r had published ou the previous •lay strong expressions against President Yuan.
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    Proposals for Naval Expansion.
    67 9 Four Proposals have been submitted to President Yuan by Liujlvwan-hsiung, Minister of Navy: (I) for the establishment of fourteen naval schools at various river and sea ports, (2) for the opening of four naval arsonels, (3) for the inspection and survey <>f all the naval harbours
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    Foreign Firms in the Interior.
    106 9 With regard to the opening of foreign firms m the interior the following rotices, to which thn foreign Ministers m Peking uive agreed, have be*n issued by the Ministery of Foreign AtFairs (I.) Foreign firms shall only be opened [m Treaty ports, all firms m
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    New Chinese Consulates.
    46 9 The appointment of Chinese Consuls to Celebes, Borneo and Sumatra, and other Dutch possessions, as contemplated by the Department of Foreign Affairs of the late dynasty towards* its Litter days, has now been brought up for discussion by the Ministry of Foreign lutercourse.
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    The Russian Government's New Demands.
    73 9 Aooording to Shun- tvru-shih-pao of Peki rit», the Russian Government has brought our new proposals m connection with the Smo-Russian Treaty as follows (1) China should recognize the complete autonomy of Mongolia. (2.) C'lina shall have suzerainty over Mongolia. (3 China should recognize the RussoMongolian
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    The Population of Tientsin.
    93 9 The following table shows she number of foreigners now living m Tientsin Americans 145 Frenchmen 149 Britishers 634 Belgians 24 Germans 405 Dutchmen 9 Danes 25 Austriana 38 Greeks 38 Japanese 2,175 Russiaus 140 Norwegians 2 Portuguese 3 Swiss 30 StfeHpa 4 Italians 53 Roumanians 1
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