No. 6838-JUNE 27, 1885.]
will remain in supreme coumand until the arrival of a Vice-Admiral from boyra. Should it be decided, however, to divide the squadron into two, it is very probable
and Admiral Risunier tas other,
to the Garth Castle and the two vessels then made a fair start for Plymouth. There was great excitament among the passeng ers on board the two ships, and a large nuaibor of bots were made. The pair kept woll together right up to Sunday night, at the Eddystone Lighthouse 42 minutes be fors the Clarens and anchoring in the Sound one hour and a-quarter ahead of her. It Lt one time the two vessels were so close to each other that bots were made betwoon passengers of each ship,
THE CHINA MAIL.
A SEAMAN, Dained fames Giller, an intaate was stated by some of the passengers that the Club. Mr Lockhart nestproceeded to remevial so small amount of suffering they go, the Govertimoni is wine to favour i
of Lemon's Borcing house, died very ad. donly last Thursday recrning. Deceased was put to bed on Wednesday night tre worse from drink, and on the following murning wariously ill About 10 o'clock sin. on Thursday be was avut to the Civil Hospital. but expired on the way there.
MEETING OF THE VICTORIA RECREATION CLUB,
An oxtraordinary general meeting of tho
G. DE CHAMPEAUX. Agent, Compagnia do Messageries Maritimes,
Police Intelligence. (Befor E. Muckean, Esq.). Saturday, June 27th,
OHINESE NEWSTATER
THE CHARGE MAINST THE PUBLISHER OF A
Wong Ts Kwai, the printer and pub. the Tsun Fan Fat Po, appeared on remand on the charge of having unlawfully printed
A post mortem uxamination was ordered members of the Victoria Recreation Club lot for a long time, and rules were It appears to some persona that the Chinese in Hawali, and some of the Grst batch that tisher of the Chinese newspaper kuown US |
by the Coroner the same day, and this after- #co, at 12.30, eummonses were issued for
njury to hold an inquest.apon shu body at le Mortuary at 4 pm. After the jury had viewed the body, the enquiry was adjonen ed till Wednesday next, at 9.30 a.., at the Magistracy
There was
a
was held this afternoon, in the Gymnasium, to consider the rales as to the classification of rowing monbers lutely passed at the anual general mastin large number of members present, between 70 and 80, and nong thuu were the Hon. 7. Jackson (Presidert). Messrs Tripp, Lockhart and the other members of the Commitive.
and published in the issue of the said paper for the 11th just,, a certain indecent and
obscene article.
tendency to drink, a careless way of doing duty or some one of a score of other reasons will, as a rule, be found at the bottom of nearly all the cases of want of employment on the part of engineers. Of course there aru excuptions, but they are run, and the general result of pour pay will bepoor work.. Foreign nations, whether European, Asiatio For American, are quite able to employ our surplus engineering talent at remunerativa ratos. Engine drieers can be gut by the hundred. Engineers who 'can make and mead' their engines are not a plentiful, and for many years to come will command good rates of pay whether the lago steamer companies employ, them or not.
claring
the river, the plied to be allowed to go to Hawali.; offered to, viz: saving life if in danger, the Chairman, but still protated against removed all barriers in Mr Lockhart's assertion.
Of course, about one-fifth only of that and sapplying provisions if wanted. The only service required by Captain Talbot Me Leckhart repeated 1 statomont, steamer might have gone round by the
was to carry an officer to Anoy, which was and thou said the reason thy had put Mr Maouo pasango, and tans the necidont would number will go altogether, as there is no
Besides this it is room for more. Some people have cried impossible either to a mail steamer or to it Ryrie's natae into the A olaas was have been prevented, because they had had an opportunity of tlas Admiral Lespoa will conamand the one whon the Garth Cizalle went ahead, arrivingsceing him row, and they had not sovu Mr quite possible that the barriers in the river out against it, and say on it is a bad thing; French Teasel in time. of war with China.
I remain, Dear Sir,
Yours faithfully, Hopkins row. He though! far no that caused the water to accumulate more in for Japan the Government ought to stop was concerned Mr Hopkins winst bringing and about Canton, whereas had they been it. But seeing the conditions un which forward his resolution for the good of
seemed
bo an idos and certainly the acident caused by the it under the present dearth of employment say that there
The Hawaiian Government provides that these rules word braight forward Bankow might have been prevented. Again here. by the Committee for the good of them." solves and a fow friends. He did not the Steamer Company is not responsible for the passago, guarantees employment at a think it was necessary to so Lom the flood, and it may rossonably be argued good rate of wages for three years, a freo
Wo have in Singapore a very quietly, but slint was not no, and that as the Inst that, the latter being due to laws over passago back, and makes each; znan.an' thing they thought of. He then explained
sensibly, conducted Engineers Association, and this question will danbtless receive ita how it was the rules came to be brought which man ng no-control, the Stoomer advahoe of $0. The rmers find imme
attention. No doubt, Engines, like all forward; that it was done at the suggestion Company is moto or less lee from liability diate employment on the sugar plantations
the members. The thing had been
other professional men will have to submit to some abaloment of the pecunary advan mooted
wont ropaid their advance by the first
tagoa they have hitherto enjoyed in view of formulated. He granted that it was a pity Garernment ought to bear at least a por-
the competition bright "abost by the more notice was not given, at when the tion of the loss, and to requested to open month's wages, which shows that the zules were formalited" there was not the alighatcat siges of opposition. As a proof the Macau Rensh. Tha bost people emigrant on savo about $300 by the end
changed condition of the age. But we in an Basten dimate the that they had no wish to stifle discussion, ought in some way or other to receive of his these years. On his rotary to Japan
should sympathies with them in their de
he can buy or rent a 'piece of ground, and
Mr. A. P. Stokes, Acting Crown Soliciter, salaries that are proposed ate ko low. The a might say that the preacninceting was compensation. indirectly got up by the Comittee. Mr
The suffering that is being endured by thereby provide a living for himself and appeared for the prosecution, and Dr Ho cost of a ton or two of cuals sdded to a
Kei for Lockhart then spoke of day communica
the defence.
man's monthly wages really represents a Mir Stokes rated that the case for the very small item of expenditur; and any tions to the papers on the abject, and thousands in this province is simply heart family for the rest of his days; besidom into print with the aim of a prients that they are hungry, and the brokona now systems of cultivation to that of blated for trial at the next Sessions of the is to be duprecated. The enginoors of strongly deprecated mens rushing rending. Children are cling to their pa- which he acquires a thorough knowledge of prosecution we finished, and Dr Ho Kai conction which tends to result in employing Berved his dence, the casa being commit- the worst, instead of the best, ches of men vato cinb, when they had the means of having their grievances remodied by hearted parents can only reply with eyes own primitive modes. Be may also add Supreme Court, Bail was allowed to de- Shanghai and Hongkong have, we learn, apelying to the Committes. He strongly blinded with tears that they have nothing the industry of sugar-cane raising to his fendant as before, in two sureties of $500 dotermined to make a stand guisat the maintained the necessity for the rates, said
penny-wise aud.poand foolish policy which the private stim companies inaugu the bonta given to the B clas were per to give them. If the wealthy Chinese ser- other branches, the south-westen districts and for his own art he would shants in Hongkong would institute some of Japan being pesuliarly united to that
rating; and they will, we suspect, have the fectly good, 3 Yuqis be in B class as
as A al, and it was an easy matter for any ner who was Yak Tong) ir. Canton in its well-intended Japan may be an exporter of sugar instead
from home. We may in condusion add tacit approval of the agents and consignees, means to sasist the Hunan Society (Oi growth. So that nine or ten years hence
who are obliged to act upon instructions eficient to get into either A B class
that these sonrks have not been prompted by any one even remotely connected with by any personal interest in thosubject, or
ongincoring matters. We simply writo upon the wall-known axiom tha good work deserves good pay; and we think that, of Wong Akiu. a shop coolie, appeared on all forms of conomy, that which migat remand, chared, with others not in cus-result in reducing the standard of that tody, with nawulting and beating a coelie skill and ability which rendera vogagon by uanied Li Atsi, on the 10th inst. Com steamers comparatively safe in the least plainant was walking in the street when he likely to be either roally occaemical or was attacked by the defendant and four or otherwise satisfactory, five other me, out of whom inflicted a dagger, while another of his assailants beat rather. severe cut upon his hand with a
Dofondant was sentenced to six weeks
We learn that the Registrar General's Department has been fally alive to the ngis na usul by the joss-house din, and has now so waited the permits granted for such noisy festivals as in give the Police power to abate the animarco after 11 p.m. From the fact that last night was compara tively quiet, it is prosunad that the Police enforced the conditions stipulated on the parmit, and insisted uper: the more hiden portion of the woes being suppressed. Eleven o'clock at night is enroly late cavugh in all acionor to Buatain the specially horrible elescoots of a frightful and discordant Tow. Evory allowance ought to be made for the Chinees notions of harmany; but to murder sleep after clovon o'clock, that cannot be tolerated. The Registrar General and the Captain Superintendent of Police have dono well is stopping this ivisauce.
•
The Hun. Scerotary, Mr Lockhart, oponed short the proceedings by reading circular prepared by some of the members who considered the new rules inadvisable and making the Cornmitten to call a general manting to devide the question. The circular was signed by Monsta S. L. James (X. Y. Z.), Captain Hopkins, Melby, Grace, G. Cor, W. Ramsey and a few others. In accordance with this request the meeting held this afterscon was called.
The Chairman said it appeared iron she circular that several of the nerabers of the Club were somewhat dissatisfied with the action which had been taken by the Committee with regard to the classification of rowing members. As they know, this theoting had been assembled to discuss that action, and he would be very glad to hear the views of twoan members who had taken a prominent path in getting up the citalar,
Os Tuesday evening next, at 8 o'clock, and afterwards to hear some resolution pro- | general meeting of marine engineers will be ko'd in the Victoria Ictal, to consider the
question of the reduction of wages which in some cases has already been effected and in others contemplated. About a neath ago it was autoanced by means of a cireuker scat round by the stearnship owners at Shanghai, that it was proposed to fix de
scalo of wages for engineers employed op coasting steamers at—chief engineers, 8150 per month; second engineers, $100, and third engineers, $70. Those st present enjoying the old raío ware also informed that they would have to sign an agreement, promising to accept the reduced rates when flavir turn for prometiin camo. Tko new
rates net as nearly oquivalent as can be to the wages paid to engineers employed in the coasting sloamera at home; and, naturally enough, the engineers have deter minet to resist the innovation as far as tacy United nation has already been taken by the engineers in Shanghai on the matter, and the engineera of Hongkong ara now be stirring themselves in the same direction, with what result roataina to bo HUL
cad.
posed.
rak
After some further diacon, Captain Hopkins propoved, and Mr. Carvalho seconded, that the new rule is abolished. Mr Stewart had seconded, that the new proposed as an aprendrent, rules remanin. and
The amendment was puttete rote-first, when, show of hands, 20 declared in
by
Captain Hopkis motion was favour of it then put, when 32 voted for.
The Chairman declared to resolation curried and the now rules ses abolished. hence for the purpose of fruing the A meating will be called a fortnight
resulation.
The Fatal Floods at Canton. (From Our Correspcruent.)
Canter, June 20th. I am now able to forward you few
more particulars relative to the resent floods in the Carton provime and some of their consequences.
Bach.
TREET FIGHTING,
disturbance in Wing-kat Stroot this morn Four Chinamon, coolies and hawkers. were convicted of fighting and croating a
of 825 in default to be committed. The cada to be koopthe peace for twelve months;
mentioned on Monday next.
but limited offorts, they would receive the of an importer. I wonder those interesteding, and were ordered to lind encir one surely thanks of starving thousands. Let the Chi- in furnishing labour for Damerna do not if they find themselves unable to control instead of worrying and bothering about the neus Government and people move first, and try the Japanese agricultural population,
the distress and suffering then perhaps for-clan-fighting sons of Han.
cigners might be moved to help. Donat less tho Missionaries in Canton would lend themselves as a means of convoying the outflowings of charity to these needy people.
Bangkok.
(From our Correspondent).
Bangkok, 17th June 1886.
ARSAULT
him with an hon bar.
in default to ho further committed.
TALMAGE ON CHINA. Says the Shanghai Courier:-The Rev. Dr. Talmage of the Tabernacle, Brooklyn, N.Y., is a soul-stirring pronehe, but he is not always particular about his fets. This is his idea of the condition of woman in China. His object is to show that Chris- tianity alone has raised woman above the level of the boasts;
What mean these white bundles. the
tigus know that a vast amount of pecula the International Bureau at Berns to the All who know anything of Chinero" institu- A telegram was acceived here lately frous
tion goos on. They sin even in their holy affect that arrangements would be com things. That being so, any money sub-ploted in time to admit Siam to the Uni-hard labour, and to find two sureties in sezibod by foreigners might be distributed versa? Postal Union on 1st July. The an $10 each to keep the pores for six months' in the shape of rice and fael by the follow-nouncement, thongh expected sooner, was cr of Him who went about doing good.
These tarda will of course bring on other calamities. The subsiding waters will leave an alluvial deposit that will burden the at-improvement on the present pratal system mosphere with malarial poison. The people will be welcomed.
A weaking was held in the Presbyterian retailing spirituous liquors in the streets to plough as an ex. Woman veikd and bar
gladly received by the foreign residents here. The now arrangement will in the future doubtless prove a great boen.
Any
Church on the 16th, convened by some of the loading foreign residents, to consider the navigability of establishing a hospital for foreign patients. The Rev. N. A. McDonald was called to the chair. After some discussion a Committee was ap- pointed, on the motion of Mr Satow,
(Before II. E. Wodehouse, : Esq.)
IN THE STREEK,
LEGALLY RETAILING SPIRITUOUS LIQUORSponds and rivers in China in the morn ing? Infanticide following infanticide. Female children destroyed singly because they are female. Woman harcoved to
ricafed, and in all styles of cruel seclusion. Her birth a misfortune.. Her life a tor tured. Her death a
Chun ayau, cook, appeared on remand from yesterday on a charge of unlawfully Europeans.
The cust was remanded yesterday for A note was this lagring received from Dr. evidence from Dr. Ayres, Celonial Surgeon. Ayrun by the Magistrate on the sabject,
Mr James id be thought some rules of that nature wore needed, but he thought it wen hardly fair to the rowers in the B class to pass then without having some loats for
Last Friday the embankment at Tamare obliged to was the filthiest and dirtiest this class to go out in. He thought the Kong, a place about two days distancs water, which muek give them all sorts of What a boon would have been rules were inadvianble at the present time. from Fatalian, gave way. After that the disensos. That was the reason be signed the ticular. water hirsl the aubankers at Tai Wai, conferred on the people if the scheme for Captain Hopkins said the reason he Lo Kap, Fung Lok and Shek Kok, places having a reservoir and bringing water to signed the circular was because 90 per cant. situate in the districts of Nan Hoi, Taing Canton in pipes had been completed. But of the recebes were shut out from using
At Pun Ting, a village the non-progressive character of this people any boats at all. As a proof that the rules distant from Canton sbrat a pile, a falling leaves them helpless and undone in the face were not working, Mr Falconer was there of houses caused the death by drowning of of calamity, and all they can do is to text C.M,G., British Coral General, to asks from plums, and was not bad of its kind, gongs, bura neuses, how! to the heavens that are as bras, pry to one idol to go and caso another to stop his raining, prohibit the killing of pigs, close the North Cato, sub the Northern Ruler and then-take
to say what oxarred the other night when vue of the A class look ent a B beat,
Mr M. Falconer said the classes got mixed up the other night. He believed the Secretary had heen informed of the
utter by the Steward
Me Lakhart aid the Stoward came to in the other day, and informed him that three B. men wanted me to take out a certain boat, as there were no other B. men present. Under the rules there could be no objectim to this.
Captain Hopkins naked what the new
were for,
Lockhart-To preserve the property
Un and Ko Iu
over twenty mor.
At Kan In, a market place situate neur an embankment on one of the atrouns connected with the river sich hings down the water from the Neth, and soare
their chance.
(From
Tokio.
an Decusional Correspondent.)
June 11th, 1885. Have you seen the bist against the use
the purport of which we have been unable to learn. Mr Li Fak Shing this inorn- tag stated that he was able to sppalt au to ing. the contents of the hottle of liquor bought from defendant by the witness William
Defendant was fined $60; in default aix
Thompson. The liquor was samshu made arrangements for darrying out the views of but should only be taken in siqall quanti- the meeting regarding the proposed instituties tion. Temporary promises will, in the weeks' hard-huur. nonntie, bo secured, and efforts made to raise subscriptions to enable the Committee to open the institution as soon as possible. It is anticipated that a House Surgeon will be secured and everything should be in readiness to receive patients by the 1st of Fatenary.
-
ENGINEERS ON THE CHINA RUN,
(Shgapore Free Press.)
The owners of the large steamers plying between our home ports and the Far Hast have, according to recent advices, agreed to a mcasure of (o-called) economy which is our opinion, sin scarcely fail to have disas
brig
neer departout, so that juniors shall not
in fature rewire over $70 per month or
This
is tall talking It dong not seem to strike the elotas Eoctor that if woman is
useful beast of burden in China, she is not likely to be drowned at tựr birth ; and that it Toust he. dificult to harness a wo man to a plough, and koup her at the amo time in cruel seclusion, Wisni a pity it is that men trying to enforce the auth should make use of such exaggerations to do it.
Quotations Hosaxera, Jine Zi. OPIUM-Now Patun, cash, 580/621
ود
"
old
33
New Benaros, cash,.... 5424
cash, 5-10 New Malwa, cash,..., 100/20
Allowance, Tools
48
Old Malwa, caah,.... 640/50) Allowance, Taels..... 50/70 Persian, Oily, carlx.. 520 Allowance, Taeis
40/48 Persian, Papor tied,.. 500 Allowance, Taela...... 10/24
Exchange
water from the West River, the majority of the inhabitants were durued by the water bursting through the embankment. Sono escaped to a piece of dising ground in the neighbourhund, but a water one- tinued to rise and gradually oortopped the
Vessels at prescut in dock,-8. S. For-trous results. In order to lessen the run-
of the rest of the villagers. hillock, and rising higher arlhigher drown-cf wine and wine-jelly, pablished in one of, & S. Rising Sun and Sianess determined to reduce the pay of the ongi- ning expense of their vessels they have our local papers, wherein an American Dorita. Seventeen Oliness gradumbs in Canton, Missionary cells upon his Christian broth- hearing of the distress and Toring that ren to abstain from these accursed things. were prevalent in their nasin villages, took The writer of the letter states that ho never passages on a boat with a yw to proceed in his fifo sow wine jelly upon the table to their homes and render sub assistance of a professing Christian in America, and
ponaitted to. Hongkong, 27th June, 1885, they sold. On the way he boat was especially upon this tauls of a Christian 25th instant, from An Old Resident,"
SIR-The letter in your paper of the every engineer at present employed in one Documentary 4 months sight,
of the lines in question, will be required to India, Wire,
docarent certifying that when his Minister But he knows many a good contains the proposition I intended to put torn for promedion arrives he will be Shanghai, demand,... In some places parents their children honest saul' who would 'withdraw their before you myneli, La., that subscrip tent to receive the salary named.
be at once started until the amount
We are roache roaches themselves instituted measure for their did they but know that wino jely was in Council does have the recognizances.
tence general safety. The trees were washed up usod by Christian ministers in Japan! estreated,
capsized and they were all downed,
CORRESPONDENCE.
THE LUCKY THIEF.
To the Editor of the CHINA MAIL.
scoond engineers over $100; while chief Bank, Wiro, engineers will in future have to be content with $160. Nor is this a mere expression of intention which circumstances may be
modify,
+monopoly,
21
Deraand,
13
30 days' sight,
4 months' sight,
*
"I for it is said that Credits,
Con-
however
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deanaud,
... 73 -30 days sight, private 782
... $28.85 Sovereigns,
... $ 5.58
Temperature
Captain Hopkins said that if they had on the bigh branches of trees, whilst they apport from the onuse of foreign missions', so that in case the Governor cans advocates of trude Gold Leaf 994 Que...................
ascended the Red River aud entered & the Club had to pay from $100 to by the routs, and the heartreding cries of This wonderful gnat-strainer and cancel-swat, i handed the above amount may hely is nonsel to the public interest. But! #faken at Messis Falconer dl; Ch's Premises,
and the fusillado continued for four hours.
59
the name of the boat and the time.
If that
waters.
to Mr Leonard, the 2nd engineer
any Dane down on the list as
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"Station.
REGISTER.
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And 310 Fht.
Temperature.
Humidity.
Eirection.
Bain during
Weather,
M of the Club.
Captain Hopkins referred to rule b of the L'Avenir du Toukia gires the following par.
Rales, which provides that membore shall repair and pay for any damage fieulars of the attack made upon Cosmis to unless the date was done accident siener Woodruff and his colleagues while ally. Here was a ralo which provided proceeding by Taka Than-mau-After for the preservation of the property of the Club. Had by boats ever been damaged witnessing the ratification by Liu-vinh-Inchy any member of the Club? of the engagencista entered intò on his be Mr Locklan said Captain Bopkins ought half by China vn the occasion of the signs made his stavment.
to hure first ascertained that before he
tarea of the preliminaries of peace, the Chi- hese commission returned to Hung hoa; this rule what was the reason for making
the now rules?
be disgnised, when that mono- thon, in order to reach Than-quan, they re- Mr Tripp mentioned that last year
ventore treay
that is this case the appc- of the
thus shewing hits that the branoli stream canning parallel with the 3120 for brolan oara, anti repairs to honts, the children were silenced in the surging lower winds up his contemptible narrow. subscribers much regret tha, the trial of rently high py of engineers, is ovanpared
with that of the executive branch of thei tirer. It was bero that, at daybreak one those who do the damage pay?
Captiu Hopkins--Why don't you make
minded appeal thusly.et us, in the Fung Apo was not postponed by the At-
mercantile marino, has 1
Leen torney
and Conti. BARUMKTER-- General. I suppose the latter had as to be, fully justified by e It is estimated that calderably over name of God, and for the sake of humanity; the power to ask the Judge to postpone the It is not only that the engineer, werth morning, the commissioners saw upon both
by e reumalances. Mr Tripp-Simply because the members banks of the stream an immense crowd of always say it is done by accident and you 10,000 people have lost Churlives. What and for the salvation of our own aculs, banish trial. I would anggest that you take apon
Tripp then said
a salt, is a skilled artificer of no cannot prore otherwise. Mr
of no mean people, and several zaimpans, loaded with that 90 per cent of the members were pre-must be the number of those who are re-for ever wins and wine-jelly from our scription liste put in the neural public places, is, in his way, yure much in the name po yourself the kind trouble of having sub importance, fit the able sailor or navigator presents, approached the junks containing vented from rowing, but so far as they could daced to starvation ?
horses and tables.' And this is the des- and the S 00 will, I am sure, 2005, float in
order ascertain out of 400 members only 120 the commissiunaires. The ohief of the an
to acquire so please put sition. Both parties, in The Humane Society in Caton is exert eription of teacher sent by a so-called in Isend you a 61 uute herewith; uf these 61 were
a full knowlatge anet
of their profession, avo were rowers, wat sembled multitride then barangued the Chi- in the A ola
in the and
to serve a cnsiderable period of appren- ing itself strenuously to revs the suffer-telligent people to convert the heathon to nese deputation and solicited the support of class, and the latter had almost as many ings of the people. The Committee bas Christianity! It would be no loss were! [We shall only be too glail to do as ourtiership, though, as matters go now-a-daye, China against France. The Chinese man-
boate us the furmor. Certainly they had not the best beats, but the airple reason issued art areal for help, a the funds of auch men withdrawn from the cause of Correspondent suggests, and will do so the thengineer wist be thorough, while the steam-ships' mito ny do bis duty for ik moment we find that Government has dozen years in a fairly satisfactory man- daring refused to listen to spooches of such for that was that they did not know how the Society are tea low to cope success-foreign missions.
demanded the money from Mr Leonard, a nature and declined the presents offered. į to row. The na rales were introduced fully with the gigantic cats why.
for the beaut
Mr Bingham, the U.S. Ministar hore, Number of people, have expressed their or without knowing low to put a ship
about when under uit.
The Gus Die Club. The Annamito sampaas then went away;
I have not heard yet wher the oil sids leavearest 28th for Ameries. He will be desire to contributa $1, and we have not point of duferace is that whereas five mill- Captain Hopkins pointed out that an..
the slightest doubt that should the necessites circles, or on minute a irres but searcely had they reached the bank, other ruke provided that before taking out aro doing anything or not. The laws of rast, loss to his countrymen and to the wise, the amout will put be fortisoning tation on the part of the sailor officer way than a rauaketry fire was opened upon the a boat mombin should enter their names, China stipulate that a taël ll be given to Japanese Government, as he is an honest, 2000 and that no attomat will be made to tion of watchfa'ness on the part of the an-
may state that the amount extreated is result in loss of life or property, any junka. The Tonkinese tirailleurs who con- rule were enforced, they would know who those who are reduced to the extreme of clever and sound man who is not afraid to $200
until Mr Leonard re-gineer officer is far more likely to be terribly recover the money posed the escort at once returned the fire, did the dam that did not help them:
poverty; ond five mace o bout 70 cents speak out his mind. He is abu a clever turn to the Colony. In the meantime, disastrous. Collisions and wrecks are bad Me Tripp id
to those who are not quis eo much re-lawyer and a conscientious man, and great rescind the harsh decision, and then no It is to the sleepless care of those in in finding out whether the damage was
the Governor-in-Council may see fit to enough, but boiler explosions are worse. Two servants of the Chinese commissioners done by accident or not.
duced; to those who have a little of their deal of what the Japanese will get by re- necess
Becessity will arise for a * public aubaorip- were wounded.
Captain Hopkins then went on to that the new rules were passed in an unfairroperty remaining and arealy in need of vision they will owe to him. Against all tion. We hope so. We may also state, in charge of anengine room that the past muner. They were brought forward at immediate relief, and with that many recover the other Foreign Representatives he has reply to our correspondent, that the Attor and slow of an geese steamer ove
ney General had an absolute and unques their chief inmunity from danger. The Haiphong. 39.60 91.470 stance of the court of Bue; it shows how the general meeting and pas el. It ought themselves somewhat, an allowance of fuucht, hard in favour of the Japanese tionable right to ask the Judge to allow at on deck may be heavy-handed, but he
Hongkong 29,66 84.281 distrustful we should be of our good frients to have been expressed in the notice calling about 40 centa is made,
has his But auch allow-rights to be treated as a civilised power, the trial to bo posponed. -En O.M.]aid his shortcomings; and few steam-ships ass. 23.06. quartermasters and foak-out man to Anny 29.6590.073 Shanghai, 29.6276.5 84 of Annam, who hoped, no doubt, in this the mcoting that the new rules were to
ances are only made onco, that State aid Of course he does not pretend that Jupau brought forward at the meeting and
are so badly satised as Dod to include two instance to embroil us with China and en
the rules ought to have been posted is exceedingly meagre.
or three capable seamen emongst the watch W'estock 20.7051.8 As yet can be placed on a par with the THE STRANDING OF THE ZAFIRO.'
on deck. But the engineer, especially if ho up for a week or so before, so that the Several boats have been upset whilst most civilised nations, but at the some
Hongkong, June 27. ហា danger the peace being concluded.
ar 10-AM-JUNE members might have seen them and
Dear Sir, As the report of the Zafro be a young man, has, as a rule, to depend Mazila.... 20.6383.673 been able to raise toir objection. brossing the river bere, on when going time be would not treat her sa semi-bar case published in your columns might create almost entirely upon bative servants. Bolinan.... Why, he asked, was Mr Phineas Ryrie and off to the atasmers anchoresis mid stream, barous. He knows that reforms are still impression that the captain of the Mei-They are good, hard-working men as a rule, Haiphong. 20 6688.274 W
1 b Mr Wodehones and other members untered and as much as a dollar has been asked to necessary and that they are being gradually all the assistance in his power, I would feel with any trifling neglect of orders or Amuy 20.0634.057
saleh has
not rendered to the wreeked crow but lack the instinct of associating danger Hongkong 29.71,86579 Eas into A A class, while he was:
he was noi? Was it courtesy?
go to the steamers, whilst other boats would introduced, but insists that Japan should obliged by your publishing the following routine. The officer in charge of the Shanghai 20.6972,000 s: 2
extract of Captain Benois report, which is glity machines which, tight and day, do Negasaki. 20.79 Captain Hipkins-If you are piling I
nut go at any pic.
ba given a fair chance to become an inde deposited as the French Consulate here, the work of a thousand horses, but which Wostock 29.65 54.0- will rw Mir Phincas Byrie any day you like
A few days ago the S. S. How mashed pendeat civilised nation. No one saurs It runs as full sperou deux omtarcations of an insignithant bolt, to become engines Gradients for S. W. winds are thor steep. are liable sty moment, by the breaking The barometer is still falling alowly. did not succeed in laying down the son- (Laughter and Applause). I havesailed sains two or three bears. As she was about to to know anything spent his ass ouropéennes; gouverné pour aller à leur of destruction i all within their range, and The temperature is high. This banidity
Le 9 Avril pergu tract length of line the frat month, but ex- ceeded it the second month, and as they ha- I should be shut ont from taking any
and boats for 20 years, and I don't see why leave the wharf and before she led got no doubt he will try to maintain American rencontre, accosté par ces canols dont l'un convert the fast steamer inte & were lug
boat come more accustomed to the work, will be 1 able to get on much faster. The tramway like. This is a recreation dub, not ay ay, the meat attached influenco in fapan. There is no queation portait lu aapitains du Zaire (pavillon in- upon the waters, naturally therefore fools
We all pay rowing club. do not prove much obstruction to the members with to make it a rowing club, down the river by the foron of the current Amoritsus more than they do any other malades ou s'il voulait abandonner son provided for by liberal pay and considerate
Il a fow of the hor to the wharf brake, and he was swept hut that the Japanese soum to trust the glais, Oia. Russell), Sur la donando que a strong sets of responsibility
je isti af adresado 'S'il avait des hommes responsible work can only satisfactorily traffic, provided syces are careful to keep
let them do but don't let them take
ND, away the whole property belonging to 400 Lefore thorough command her coull be nation.
navitu qui est à la côte aux les Rees, je treatment. members, specially for their own pleasure, regained she had drifted alust on to the
19 motisis sa disposition. Réponse m'a It
may be very trug that pa
ia ba I suppose by the papers you have sech des faite : Is is on principle more than anything else rocks near Dutch fully, and the only way to something about the Japanes anugration conud à Amoy Répondu
Qu'il désirait voir deposer scar coming mote and more necessary in Stest I stand here. (Loud Applause.)
Je ne le ship matters. Competition is making the Mr Lockhart said there was no doubt &ave her from being dashed on the rocks in Hawaii, The Yamashiro Mart, of the penx pas." Mis en route, Le Zafro, était ownership of steamer a scaredly more pro.. MESSES Donald Carris and Co.'s steamship good deal in what Captain Hopkins had said, was to stos straight into sme boats that Union Compay, loft hore about a week agua cute sur lot Quest da groape de lles fitable source of income than that of belugas
as their applause testified. Osptain Hopkins,
Rees entre Swatow et Amoy. Je ini sia sporulator ja China toes or Singapore Garth Castic, Captain B. Duncan, and the in the first place, however, hid acknow. er andered in the loft had side of the with a second bitch of about a thousand demandé: Avez vous besoin de vivres ! tapioca Wystt, arrived in Plymouth Sound on the Captain Hopkins-Not personal mat- the situation, run from ons boat to mother, and the Oni Mori, at the same o, leva 01 je trouve tout ce dont j'ai besoin comme dozen engineea resigned in preference to 120 chinois passagers qui accopting the now rates and their places 19th May within one hour and e-quarter, it is on principle I object.
Mr Lockhart. He feels aggrieved be so that no lives were lost a number of Cext month with a similar number. In sont à terre.
were instantly filled up by men who would It is well known that subsidized steamers take any wage whatever to gain a livoli toate, & drizaling in, f far. 9 gloomy, 6. STATE OF WHAT blue sky, e de of each other after an exciting race across cause he has been left out of A class, and claims hayo bars sent in butreems unfair consequence of the great distress in tizia the Bay of Biscay. It appears that after Mr Byzia has been put in.
delay their voyage to protect private in the engineering world know very well that squaily, rat, now, thauder, visibility, passing Cape Finisterre the Cansan sighted
open to make good the loss. If the authotyphyons and bid crops last year, more tercets, and the captain of the Monaalsh, its unemployed mombers are as a rule menu dew (wet.
This actica was probably taken at the in
WN read in the Straits Times that the lay
ing of the rails for the tramway there is be-
ing pushed on very fast, especially in South Bridge Road, where a double line is being
Jaid down. We understand the contractors
lines
the wheels of their carriages clear of the
groove in the rail. It will be some time yet before the public can expect to deriva any benefit front the line.
Fit out.
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Mr Tripp- is because they ass row,
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1. BAROMETER, reduced to B2 degrees Fahren. brit, and do the level of the gas in faches, tenths and hundredths.
3. TEMPERATURS, in the sunde in degrees,
tenthe, Fahrenheit.
2. Rexurer, in personings of saturation, the
P. and O. steamship Chusza, Captain H./ledged this to be a paraly parvonal batter, stream. The boat peop'a, aprehending men, women and children for the place; Il m'a répondu ; Il y a un village chinois service economy which tends to bad humidity of air salgrated witu moisture being
vivres pour
Lea
no economy at all. Boma half
4. DECTION OF WIND, ko two points,
5. Fuses uz Kru, sorting le Beaufort
Roller
Captain Hopking-I beg your pardon that the Steamer Conipany dette be called country, brought about through fondsing the public mails have no right to hood. But icse who know anything of that, i tigbrning, 'o overcast, A pesting showers,
the Garth Castle steaming ahead of her. I cannot agree with that
She at once but on all steam and raced up Captain Hopkins was called to order by rities had opened up the other reach and then thirty thousand people here ap could not do anything beyond what he who would not be cheap at any price. A 7. Bax, in inches tenths and hundredths,