... PLUCKY MADRAS BOATMEN. A PRESENTATION. Mr. F. J. E. Spring, C.1.E., Chairman of the Madras Port Trust, performed a very pleasing little ceremony ou the 14th instant, when, on behalf of the Government, he presented silver bangles to two fishermen, in ...

... Masulah Boatmen for Somaliland. A DESERTER ARRESTED. One of the Masulali boatmen, who were despauhed on the 24th instant for Bombay en route to Somaliland, returned to Madras on the 25th instant. He was at once arrested and enquiries are being made 118 ...

... the practice among the boatmen at this port to blackmail passengers while being rowed, by threats of damake to eerson and pro perty. A successful attempt made to detect this offence a few days ago with the result Ulu eighteen boatmen were tiled and convitted ...

... TOWN POLICE COURT-2 •H JAN- (Before Mr. C. Gen Air.) TIMM' ON BOARD A STIAMUL—The Police two boatmen and a boy named Verappa the theft of silver chain bag, gold spectacles and a silk handkerchief, together valued at Ha. 100, the property of Mr. Harvey ...

... accident occui red at Chaksain Ferry, in which one driver, three Tibetan boatmen and ten mules were drowned, owing to the swamping of one of the large boats. The Attock boatmen in the Berthon boats behaved well and saved a large boat with the remainder ...

... had already started. The Lawoe ran the cargo boat down, which sank immediately. Six of the boatmen, perceiving the danger, jumped overboard, but three of the boatmen who were resting in the bunks perished. One of them, a bo3 , clung to the wreck, shouting ...

... the heroic conduct of the boatmen, who bad brought honour to Calicut by their gallantry. Mr. ICnapp's remarks having been translated into Malayalam by Mr. C. Gopalan Nair. Deputy Collector, the rewards were banded to the boatmen, who were gathered together ...

... such crimes for some time. In one case a native merchant was. travelling in a boat with a considerable sum of money, and the boatmen were the perpetra. tors. When the boat reached a iesolate part of the backwater they murdered the merchant and took possession ...

... RESCUE OF THE VILLAGERS. The Mahomedan boatmen then commenced to save the goods of the Station Master and other Railway officials who had been flooded out ; but against this I emphatically protested; because, in the inundated village, I saw human beings ...

... with Mn'. Carr, crowed over to the town last evening to present the silver bangles and the money awards to the serang and boatmen for saving life at sea, On the Parade ground the local Detachment of the M. V. R. furnished a Guard of Honour. The ceremony ...

... on board the steamer tallied the siiole lot correctly; but in entering the same in the boat note he omitted 20 cases. The boatmen, who were bringing the cargo. took advantage of this omission and removed the 20 cases. An officer of the steamer discovered ...

... the boat for the merchant. He gave the Pollee the names of the boatmen who brought the metchant here, their native pace and other particulars, This led to the arrest of one of the boatmen, who has made a clean breast of the whole affsir. From his statement ...